![]() Plus, their ideas were definitely more palatable than what was being offered by Brides Magazine. Although not everything they shared was quite my style, the fact that these bloggers were updating their sites every day made them a constant source of inspiration. They were basic blog layouts with simple designs and were updated daily, being run by girls just like me who were also planning their weddings. They had all just started and they weren’t the big, glossy online publishers you see today. The thought that we didn’t have to get married in a fancy wedding venue, I didn’t have to wear a white dress and chair covers were something we could chuck out the proverbial window didn’t even cross my 24-year old mind.Ī few months later, I was spending one of my many frantic Googling sessions looking for slightly cooler wedding stuff when I stumbled across some American wedding blogs: Ruffled, Green Wedding Shoes and the now defunct Eastside Bride, The Unbride and Snippet & Ink. I didn’t really like ANYTHING, but as it felt like something semi-traditional it was the only option, we started planning our wedding, inspired by what we saw. I went out and bought every single wedding magazine and like many of you, I’m sure, immediately felt incredibly disappointed with what was on offer. I have quite an obsessive personality and if I like something I REALLY REALLY like it… to the extreme! Although I was never really the kind of person to ever think about her wedding (I knew Gareth was ‘the one’ but as a child of a messy divorce he’d told me many times he wasn’t sure if he ever wanted to get married), I threw myself into wedding planning WHOLEHEARTEDLY. Gareth proposed to me on April 12th 2007, exactly five years to the day since we started dating. Maybe it will help you if you’re just starting out with your own business, or maybe it’ll be nothing more than a welcome distraction from that other thing you’re really supposed to be doing right now! Regardless I think it’ll be a fun exercise for me to journey back down memory lane for a bit. One of the questions I’m asked the most often is “How did you start Rock n Roll Bride?” There’s a short version that I reel off without a second thought, but after reading this post by my friends at Bespoke Bride I was inspired to put digital pen to digital paper and write about it in much more detail. How I Started Rock n Roll Bride (AKA If I Can Do it, You Bloody Well Can Too!)
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