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Tim and Mo’s Garden Wedding Vites and Site

The Glö-Bride: Melissa, Educational consultant

Her Glö-partner: Tim, Landscaper

Celebration Date & Location: August 2010 in Melissa’s sister’s backyard in Junction City, Oregon/Lane County, USA

Tell us how you got engaged:

I have been friends with Tim’s sister for over 20 years. Tim and I recently met again after many years and sparks flew. He proposed over a picturesque bridge on bended knee, and I, of course, said yes.

What’s the overall ‘feeling’ you’re aiming for with your celebration:

We’re celebrating in my sister’s beautiful garden with many, many lush blooming plants. The overall “feeling” we’re going for is casual garden party.

Are you adding any fun twists on tradition:

We have wonderful cooks in the family, so we’re doing potluck.

What was the inspiration behind your Glövite and Glösite design? How did you make it?

My sister’s garden and her cats were the inspiration for the invitation and website. We also threw in an eagle to honor Tim’s totem animal.

I have to confess, I had to do a bit of research to learn that a totem animal is a personal spirit that helps watch over and guide you. Pretty cool stuff! I took a little quiz and found out that I am either a Horse (neigh!) or Dog (woof woof!)

My friend, Merisha Lemmer, designed our invitation. (You can email Merisha here)

Now show us your vites and site!

Any good planning tips and tricks:

Get e-mail addresses early. Also, have a plan for those who have yet to join the twenty-first century and don’t do e-mail or can’t access the Glösite.

If you have guests who aren’t on email, consider sending paper invitations that match your Glövite designs. If you choose a Glö design, we can arrange for you to have matching paper invitations printed. Just contact us at Glö!

I discovered that Melissa and Tim were using some other nifty tools to help with their planning. The first is a travel booking site called Hotel Planner where you find group discount rates on hotels. A SUPER big help if you have numerous guests coming from out of town. You can even specify that the event you’re planning is a wedding. After the hotels are chosen, you have a landing page on the site that lists all of the hotel options for your guests. What a great way to make it nice and easy for them! Melissa and Tim simply included a link to the site on their ‘Travel’ page.

Melissa and Tim also registered for their honeymoon using Travelers Joy. And although the google map couldn’t seem to find Mexico (??), I’m sure the pilot will have better luck! Registering for a honeymoon is a great option for those of you who have what you need for the house already.

12 Aug 2010

Snazzy “things to see and do” map widget

So Glöbies are incredibly resourceful. You guys find the absolute neatest zing and zang to add to your sites. A perfect example is the map that Kyle made with Google Maps for her site – it includes ALL the hotspots that her guests will need to know about (and get to) during her wedding celebration in Topsail Island. It even has nifty little icons to help guests differentiate a hotel from a restaurant.

View Topsail Island Guide in a larger map

Super cool, huh? I asked Kyle to write a ‘how to’ explanation so that others would be able to do the same. She’s such a good egg that soon after the below arrived in my inbox.

It’s super easy to do!

First thing you need is a Google account if you don’t have one already. Once you’re signed into your Google account, you go to http://maps.google.com/. On the lefthand side of the map, you’ll see two links: Get Directions and My Maps. Click on My Maps. If you’ve never made a Google Map before, a video will pop up that has a great tutorial on how to use the feature. From there you can either click on Learn More to get more details or just click on the Get Started button that’s below the video.

Once you click Get Started, you’ll have Title, Description, and Privacy Options. Give you map a title and description and then you can start dragging and dropping your icons all over the place! I find the easiest way to start is search in the map for the address that your map is going to be centralized around and then start dropping the icons for your points of interest.

Once, you’ve made your map, all you need to do is add it to your Glösite. In the top, right corner of your map, click on “link” – you can just grab the code under “Paste HTML to embed in website” or else you can choose to customize the map. Once you have the code – paste it into any of your Glösite pages by adding it in the widget box.

One of the neatest things about creating a Google Map is that you can share it with the world by making it “public.” Think of all the people in the world who you can help! Kyle told me:

I’ve already received emails from people who were going on vacation on Topsail and used my map during their holiday when they found it in a Google search so I’m glad it can help people beyond my circle.

That’s total Glö spirit. You rock Kyle!

9 Aug 2010

Spice up your Site

Travel Help For Your Guests

In this day and age, it seems that almost every wedding has a multitude of out-of-town guests. It’s great, and makes us feel super-duper loved when folks travel from far and near to celebrate with us. However, some guests are more comfortable than others with booking travel arrangements. I am a travel fiend and am fairly obsessed with booking travel online (seriously, I think it’s a sickness.) Because of this, I sometimes (ok, often…) I forget that for friends and family members who don’t travel frequently, the simple act of finding flights can be daunting.

Since I know the Glö-bies out there love to make things as stress-free and easy going for your guests as possible, I did a bit of searching for some fun travel-related widgets that could help point your guests in the right direction. Helping your guests arrive at your celebration safe, sound, and with as little hassle as possible will ensure that they’re ready to pah-ty as soon as they arrive!

Flights, Cars and Hotels

Flight Status (ok, maybe this is more for YOU as you’re going nuts with excitement waiting for everyone to arrive!!)

Drive vs. Fly? (N America Only, it seems)

Trains & Rail

Europe

Visa Requirements

21 Jul 2010