The Modern Bride

a.k.a. The Marriage of Technology and Weddings

(sorry)

Ahem, anyway, technology has taken over my life.  It's taken over many of our lives.  But, as a woman planning her wedding, I must say that technology has become my newest lover and fiercest enemy.

It all started with the engagement...  How soon is too soon to flip the switch on our facebook status?  How many people do we need to call personally before we can make it public knowledge?  We waited a day.  (As a side note - I'm so glad my fingernails were in reasonable shape at that time b/c that first picture of the ring on my hand will live forever, thank you timeline.)

Then, the research, oh the research.  WeddingWire became my first source for any potential venue and continued to be a help throughout the search for photographers, wedding planners, dress shops... pretty much everything.

The list of wedding blogs grew from occasional visits to Weddingbee to constant checking of an entire list on a very regular basis.  Want to see some of my other favorites?  If you must...

The Wedding Chicks
Offbeat Bride
Style Me Pretty (recently featured my venue, so they're even higher up on my happy list)
the Knotty Bride
Para ti Novia (a source for more traditional Mexican weddings)
Sparkle & Hay

And, while it's not a blog, what day would be complete without several visits to Pinterest?  I mean a lot of visits and a lot of random searching when one of the pictures on my home page flips a switch in my mind and leads to other trains of thought which would never have otherwise occurred.

Then, there are the shopping sites I've "favorite"ed.  If I didn't know me, I may look at the ridiculously long list of shopping sites and wonder what in the world kind of wedding this was?  A royal wedding perhaps?  Must be something spectacular to require all this stuff.

Finally, there is all the technology I have been using for personal stuff.  This blog, iDo Software (for guest lists, checklists, budgeting, etc.) and Wedding Window for our wedding website.  (Not to mention that we'll probably use some sort of online services for gift registry and all the honeymoon planning.)

Whew!  That's a lot.

It's easy to become distracted by all the shiny things like dreaming of what our wedding will look like online, etc.  So, that's the ugly side I guess...  Gotta stay focused on the important stuff (like ending up a married woman) and let go of the online crazy...  Well, maybe just stop comparing everything I decide with the things I see other people do and limit web visits a bit.

Who am I kidding?

*opens new tab*
*types in wedding related address*
*sighs contentedly*