It's rainy and cold and miserable outside, but I am happy! Why? Because I finished my paper (YAY!) and tomorrow is my last day of work before my long four day weekend (OH YEAH!).So, I figured, since I am feeling quite amorous with life right now, I thought I would share the love and show you guys a few photos from our "Luv Session." Taken by the fantastic photographer and generally nice person Kate Headley during this past Cherry Blossom festival, these were so much fun to do...although the w... Read Full Story

I couldn't help but notice a blogpost today - a blogger I follow recently got engaged. Honestly, I couldn't be more happy for her. However, she blogged about the specs of her ring - karat size, everything. Something about reading it - quite honestly I don't care how big your engagement ring is - turned me off, and I found myself scrunching my nose at the absurdity and abruptly stopped reading. I'm no etiquette police but I do not go flaunting around my engagement ring specs all over the blogo... Read Full Story

When I set a goal of booking the rehearsal dinner venue by November that seemed so far away.. Can't believe it's now, and it's almost past now. Guess we need to get in gear on this!So I'm thinking.. even though I'd really like to do a dinner in Arlington, it probably makes the most sense to do something semi-near the venue. We'll probably have 30 guests - just wedding party and their dates, our parents, some other important types.. So yeah 25 or 30.Right now we're looking at these spots: Vill... Read Full Story

(Source) Or rather, a bouquet full of roses is what I'm talking about! Our lovely florists, Atelier Floral Design, put up some photos on their Facebook fanpage from a wedding they did at Glen Echo Park over the summer and I started squealing! It made me SO excited about my wedding. The pictures totally inspired me to share with you guys what I am hoping to see in March.(Courtesy of Steve O'Toole Photography)When planning this wedding, the ONE thing (out of many...tee hee) that I HAD to have ... Read Full Story

weeee I'm so excited!! ok I've mentioned this before but to sum up, I bought a dress in March that was beautiful and cheap and made my mom cry - but it didn't make me swoon. I bought it because I liked it well enough and it was an amazing deal (priscilla of boston dress for under $200? Yes please). I had done some other dress shopping and fell in love with a couple different ones but they were way out of my price range.Enter preownedweddingdresses.com. I've been randomly trolling the used/sam... Read Full Story

Announcing the Dessy-Pantone-OneWed Style Board ChallengeWin $500 in Dessy Accessories or up to 8 Lela Rose Bridesmaids Dresses We are so enamored by the new Dessy-Pantone Style Board tool that we have teamed up to offer a luck bride (actually 4) $500 in Dessy Accessories for the best inspiration board they can create. In November, December, January and February we will be selecting a monthly winner. At the end of February we will select our grand prize winner who will win up to 8 Lela Rose b... Read Full Story

I really want to write about my wedding, but I am waiting to organize my pictures that we got from our photog so I can share some of my faves.Until then, I am here and there helping other friends who are in the process of getting hitched with some last minute accessorizing. I happen to love THE REMIX, this fabulous vintage store in Capitol Hill ( and online shopping!).I have to admit, some (most) of the clothes are crazy expensive, but what I love about this place are the bits and baubles th... Read Full Story

Hello, my name is Miss Glen Echo; and I am a shop-a-holic.Being engaged has allowed me to indulge my addiction with total inhabition (to the dismay of Mr. Glen Echo). For example, recently, there has been a lot of talk about my bridal shower in Feburary. A trip to pick up a birthday gift for a friend resulted in me irrationally justifying purchasing a shower ensemble...mmm...4 months in advance. At least this time, my indulgence resulted in purchasing something really cute and interesting tha... Read Full Story

RSVP Catering invites all future brides and a guest to take part in a complimentary tasting on Thursday, November 5, 2009 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. The event will be held at RSVP Catering, 2930 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031. Call (703) 573-8700 or register by email: info@rsvpcatering.com. The tasting offers prospective brides an opportunity to sample RSVP Catering’s creative cuisine, including selections from Organix by RSVP, a seasonal selection of local, organic and sustainable foods. Gu... Read Full Story

It might be early for me to be worrying so much about this but.. I've been doing a lot of looking around online for bridesmaid gifts and I'm having some trouble figuring out what to do! First let me just describe my bridal party:MOH: tall, masculine lesbian, wearing a suit in the wedding. does not do girly. cannot buy her a cute clutch or feminine jewelry or anything like that.Attendant#2: oldest sister, kind of a hippy/tomboy, straight but not into much of anything girly. outdoorsy, all abou... Read Full Story