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Our Favorite Wedding Planning Apps for 2016

GloTaryn — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:00:44 +0000

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Ten of the Best Wedding Hacks We’ve Ever Seen

Dana — Thu, 28 May 2015 17:30:07 +0000

We’re all about wedding hacks this month on Glö, and today we’ve rounded up a list of our favorite ones, from all across the internet and our own experience in wedding land. From food to tech to some really simple ones to keep you comfortable in your own skin (and shoes), we’ve got all the wedding hacks you could ever need for saving time, money, and stress at your wedding. 1. Wedding Cake Hack from A Practical Wedding: This one is pure genius. It’s pretty much common knowledge that you can use sheet cakes in place of a fancy tiered cake to save major money on your cake, but here’s a way to turn even the plainest grocery store cake into something chic, cute, and totally on point using a few flowers and some ribbon. 2. Self-catering, Potluck, and Other Wedding Food Hacks: Speaking of food hacks, Bon Appétit has this handy guide for partially self-catering your cocktail hour by prepping good cheeses, meats, and dips ahead of time. This is a great way to ensure your appetizers are high on quality but not high on cost, which is pretty much the dream, right? A Practical Wedding also has this great guide to […]

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Wedding Hack: How to Make Big Batch Wedding Cocktails

Dana — Thu, 21 May 2015 14:00:37 +0000

We’ve been talking a lot about wedding hacks around here. You know, clever ways to make your wedding more awesome, that don’t cost an arm and a leg. The goal with wedding hacks, in general, is to keep the impact high but the effort low. To that end, we’ll be running a series on some of our favorite hacks, starting with this easy one for offering signature cocktails without all the hassle using a big batch cocktail mixing method. It’s a common dilemma: you want to have a signature cocktail at your wedding during your super-fabulous cocktail hour, but your bartenders are your brother’s friends from college. You love them dearly but also know that there is no way they can froth, swizzle, and shake drinks to order, and keep the drink line moving. There is a simple solution here, and it is big batch cocktails that are pre-made so that your bartenders only have a couple of steps to mix each drink. It allows them to move quickly, and lets you make sure each drink is balanced without working to hard. Here’s how it’s done, along with a whiskey sour recipe. Select a wedding cocktail that is reasonable for an amateur bartender. That means: […]

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Crowdsourcing wedding photos vs. an unplugged wedding

GloTaryn — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:59:18 +0000

We’re loving the post A Practical Wedding featured this week on using Instagram to crowdsource your wedding photos. Collecting photos is one of the hottest topics these days in the wacky world of wedding planning. The obvious discussion is around the “how to” – since many couples are leveraging photo sharing technologies to collect memories from their celebration. Some of these couples are using crowdsourcing as the primary method for collecting photos, while others are using it as a fun addition to their professional photographer’s services. On the other end of the spectrum, there is a separate trend to ask guests put those phones away, away, away for a completely unplugged-wedding. What’s your preference for your own celebration? Have you given it any thought?

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Create a wedding photo booth with your iphone or ipad

GloTaryn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:30:18 +0000

On Mashable, I saw an article about a new ipad/iphone app that let’s you create a mobile phone booth. (You can read the full Mashable article here.) The gist of the app is that it allows you to use your ipad, iphone to take a photo that’s transformed into a photo booth looking layout. You can then apply different filters, share the results electronically or order prints. Prints are done on glossy stock, cost US$2.99 and take 3-5 days to arrive. (I’m assuming this is US focused for the time being.) The company’s blog post introducting PopBooth explains that the service was born with weddings in mind! Why PopBooth PopBooth was conceived when our co-founder Bryan was preparing for his wedding. Photo booths are really fun, but they are mad expensive. With the iPad2‘s new front facing camera we realized we could turn an iPad into a photo booth. Something fun at events and at home with friends and family. Party Mode Speaking of events – PopBooth for the iPad2 is made for parties. Check out the settings tab. Turn on party mode and pass the iPad around at your next event. After your party-goers create their photo strips they […]

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Something Blue

GloTaryn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:22:57 +0000

Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. Even if you aren’t exactly a “traditional bride” following some wedding traditions can still be fun. Personally, I do not consider myself a blue garter sort of person and we were not into the whole garter-grab-flower-toss-spectacle. If you aren’t that sort of person either, here are a few ideas for you. First, let’s start with Glo’s very own, Taryn. Miss Taryn, opted for an intimate blue garment. She has a whimsical personality and to her there was only one perfect blue option, BLUE UNDERPANTS! Apparently, these bloomers were so blue they actually showed up through her gown! Ah-Maze-Ing… If you just couldn’t pull off the blue panties (some of us need shape enhancement via the wonderful Spanx option) maybe you would enjoy some equally charming alternatives that suit your unique personality. I chose to paint my fingernails and toe nails blue. Selecting the perfect shade was half the fun. For weeks I searched high and low for the best shade. Leading up to the big day I conducted a serious of tests before making the final decision. Finally, I went with the OPI Russian Navy Matte shade. It looked so […]

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New Twists on Catering for your Wedding

GloTaryn — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:00:14 +0000

It goes without saying, food is one of the most memorable parts about any event. So, how can you make your food really stand out without having to focus too much on it ahead of time, AND without breaking the bank? Here are four tips to help you:

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Invitation and Accent Designs from OneHeart Weddings

GloTaryn — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:46:58 +0000

So I’m always hunting around the web for different DIY design options. The other day, I happened across a fabulous resource from One Heart Weddings, which offers downloadable DIY designs. Their designs are super compatible to upload as Glövites, and you can print the designs at home if you need some extra paper invites for the older relatives. Plus, there are matching templates for Wedding Programs, Menus and Thank You cards. (as an added bonus, the first 2 downloads are free. yippee!) I also love that there is a “backgrounds and accents” category with icons and images that are perfect for making Glösite designs. To use a OneHeart Wedding invitation design as a Glövite, take the following steps: 1) Choose any OneHeart invitation design (I recommend using a portrait sized design) and clicked “personalize online” 2) Edit the text and click “download PDF” 3) To upload into Glö, you’ll need to crop the design and save it as a ,jpg, .gif or png format. You can either crop the PDF version and then save it as a JPG using a program like paint (PC), paintbrush (mac) or Adobe Photoshop. OR You can take a screenshot of the finished design […]

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How to add funky slideshows to your wedding website

GloTaryn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:40 +0000

UPDATE: Unfortunately, slide.com is no longer available for use. However Kizoa appears to be a good alternative. Everyone loves photos. But if you’re going to add photos to you wedding website, why not have a bit of fun with it? If your wedding website allows you to add widgets or custom HTML it’s easy to embed fun and funky slideshows (like the one below) directly into your site. To make your slideshow - Slide.com is a great place to start – it’s easy to use and it’s free! Using Slide – you can add photos and then customize the show’s style, skin, music, & effects to make it snazzy. Once you’re finished designing your show, click save and you’ll move on to the ‘Share slide show’ page. On the left side of the page, select Hi5 or Blogger to access the HTML code for your slide show. Copy the code, flip over to your wedding website editor, and paste the code into the widget or custom HTML box of the page where you want it to appear (on Glosite.com, you’ll find a widget box at the bottom of each “edit page.’) That’s it! Have fun with your show — mix […]

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