If you're new to the Blue Orchid Designs blog, welcome! This post will help bring you up to speed on what we're about and what types of topics you can expect here. Our blogging style is direct, pragmatic and fun. If the dress makes you look fat, we'll tell you. We'll also be the ones wearing waterproof mascara on your wedding day because chances are very high that we will tear up when you walk down that aisle.

So who is "we"?

I'm not schizophrenic, I promise. Simply put, if you hire Blue Orchid Designs for your event, you don't just get me, but an entire team of professionals making sure your wedding is better than you expected. For more information on my company and the team, you can click here.

Still want more? You can click here and here to read some random facts about my life. Oh and the part about John Krasinski being my future husband? Don't take that literally. Unless, of course, you are John Krasinski. In which case, my ring size is a six.


Who else is reading?


This map, from Google Analytics, shows all the countries and territories that the Blue Orchid Blog is read in. We'll save you the trouble of counting all the green-tinted countries - they total 139. Crazy, no? The most visits come from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines, in that order.


What do you talk about?

Want a quick peek into our archives without having to actually dig through them? Sure thing!

A year ago this month: We talked about designer Olivia Luca and her oh-so-stylish and eco chic wedding dresses. I love the understated sophistication of her designs.

Everything old is new again: Round tables have only been standard fare at receptions and dinner parties since the 1960's and now they are back on their way out in favor of the long feasting tables they originally replaced. Here's the story on how they came to be the norm in the first place.

For all you non DIY Divas, take heart: My disastrous attempts at creating Martha Stewart's Tissue Pom-Poms.

Pop quiz: whose name goes first when addressing an invitation to a couple? Answer: The woman's. In this post, we get into some of the name etiquette that accompanies stationery and wedding invitations.

Want the men in your wedding party to look uniform in the details as well? How to tie the perfect tie in 90 seconds.

I want to be a planner just like you! Great! Read this first. And then read The Smart Planner.

There are a few hundred posts in the depths of this blog, so listing all the helpful ones is darn near impossible. You can search through our categories above to find posts by topic, and for a more specific search, you can use our Google-powered search bar at the bottom of every page.


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On the Calendar:
Friday, April 11th :: a guest blogger you won't want to miss!