{Photo Credits:
Be My Valentine Chalkboard Printable via Nest of Posies Blog
Silhouette & Love Quote Cake via Sweet & Saucy Shop
Heart Shaped Raspberry S’more Macarons via Pizzazzerie
Heart Shaped Sunglasses & Pink Heels via We Heart It
Bridal Gown with Heart Shaped Back via One Wed
Flower Girl & Ring Bearer via Babylicious Kids
Groom’s Shoes & Pink Tie by Cooper Carras Photography
Bouquet by Allyson Magda Photography
Groom’s Boutonniere by Birdsong Photography via Brenda’s Wedding Blog
Chairs with Paper Heart Garland Decor by Carla Ten Eyck via Style Me Pretty
Polka Dot Napkins on Chalkboard Setting via Hot Polka Dot
Red VW Van With Heart via Matisse Color Blog
Valentine Printable via Libby Bonjour Blog
Cupid’s Arrow Place Card DIY via A Gray Blog
Wedding Bar Menu Sign by Jose Villa Photography via Elizabeth Anne Designs}

{Photo Credits:
Ombre Love Yarn Letters via My Sister’s Suitcase Blog
Ombre Isle Runner via Grey Likes Weddings
Ombre Wedding Cake via Sweet and Saucy Shop
Ombre Bridesmaid Dresses via Babushka Ballerina
Bride with Heart Balloons by Jodi Miller Photography
XOXO Ombre Wedding Cakes via Mariee
Ombre Cake Slice via Weddings by Lilly
Love Keys via Kiss the Groom
Ombre Floral Centerpiece via Vintage Rose Garden
Valentine’s Day Strawberry Cake-In-A-Jar Favor via Juju Good News
Ombre Bouquet via Grey Likes Weddings
Reception Table Decor via 100 Layer Cake
Valentine’s Heart Get Away Car Garland via 100 Layer Cake
Red Get Away Car by Stephanie A. Smith Photography via Style Me Pretty
Groom’s Boutonniere via One Wed}

Photo Credits:
{Ruscic Dessert Table with Figs via Ruche,
Figs Letterpress Wedding Invitation via Hello!Lucky,
Flower Girl & Ring Bearer by Braedon Flynn Photography via Grey Likes Weddings,
Bridesmaids by Elizabeth Messina via Kiss The Groom,
Wedding Isle Chair Purple Floral Decor by Amelia Lyon Photography via Green Wedding Shoes,
Rustic Outdoor Table Setting by Bonnie Tsang Photography,
Fig Jam Wedding Favor by Bonnie Tsang Photography,
Bride & Groom with Rustic Sign via Ruche,
Bridal Bouquet by Shari + Mike Photographers via Ruffled,
Fig with Wedding Rings by Angela Anderson Photography,
Champagne Pomegranate Cocktail via My Recipes,
Purple Flower Arrangement Centerpieces by Bonnie Tsang Photography,
Rustic Truck with Red Wedding Shoes by Kristy Weldon Photography}

Paloma

Cocktail Ingredients
1/2 oz. Rock Candy Syrup
1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
1 1/2 oz. Tequila
Top up with Squirt
Ice
Lime
Salt for Rimming (Optional)

Preparation

Check out Robert’s video on how to make it here!

{Photo & Recipe via Drinks by Robert}

Agave Kiss

Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz Tequila Herradura Silver
½ oz Chambord
1 oz White Crème de Cacao
1 oz Double Cream

Preparation

In a shaker with ice, add Herradura tequila, white crème de cacao, double cream and chambord. Shake for 15 seconds. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass, rimmed with white chocolate, add a spear of fresh raspberries, and serve.

{Photo & Recipe via Drink of the Week}

Sparkle In Your Eye

Cocktail Ingredients
2 Parts Tequila
1 Part Piña Colada Mix
2 Parts Orange Juice
Fresh Cinnamon
Ice

Preparation
In a pint glass with ice mix the tequila, piña colada and the orange juice. Shake and serve in a tall rocks glass and add a cinnamon stick for a garnish.

{Photo & Recipe via Skimbaco Lifestyle}

Liquid Love

Cocktail Ingredients
2 parts Tequila
Cranberry Juice
Orange juice
Minx Vodka Cocktail

Preparation
In a rocks glass with ice add the tequila, a splash of cranberry juice, a splash of orange juice and top it with Minx Vodka Cocktail.

{Photo & Recipe via Skimbaco Lifestyle}

Tequila Mockingbird

Cocktail Ingredients
1 Jalapeño pepper slice
2 oz Patrón Silver Tequila
1.5 oz Watermelon-Basil Purée*
.75 oz Fresh lime juice
.75 oz Agave syrup (one part agave nectar, one part water)
Glass: Rocks

Preparation
In a shaker, muddle the jalapeño slice. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake for 10 seconds and double strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.

*Watermelon-Basil Purée Ingredients
2 cups Chopped fresh watermelon
7 Basil leaves

Preparation
Purée both ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Refrigerate until needed.

{Photo & Recipe via Liquor}

Dulce de Tequila

Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz Tequila Tezón Reposado
1 oz Martell Cognac
1 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1 tbsp Agave Nectar
Large-grained Sugar for Rimming
Lemon Wedge for Garnish

Preparation
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with sugar. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

{Photo & Recipe via Wirtz Beverage Group}

Cantarito

Cocktail Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Tequila Blanco
1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Ruby Red Grapefruit or Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice
Grapefruit Soda Such as Squirt
Lemon, Lime and Orange Wedges for Garnish
Salt for Rimming (Optional)

Preparation
Rim a clay mug with salt and add some ice cubes (about 1/3 full). Add the tequila and juices, then top it off with grapefruit soda (Squirt) and stir. Garnish with the fruit wedges.

{Photo via 5 De Mayo Mexican Restaurant}

Vampirito

Cocktail Ingredients
2 Parts IZKALI® Silver Tequila
3 Parts Sangrita (Viuda de Sánchez) – A mix of orange, tomato juice and spices.
3 Parts Grapefruit Soda (Squirt)
Juice of ½ Lime
Pinch of Salt
Salt or Chilli Powder such as Tajin for Rimming

Preparation
Mix first three ingredients in a pitcher. Add to taste lime juice and salt. To spice up your Vampiro even more, add a dash of Picante sauce.
Pour into a tall glass with ice cubes that has been rimmed with salt or preferably rimmed with Tajin chilli powder.

Add a lime wedge for garnish and ENJOY!

{Photo & Recipe via Izkali Tequila}

Tequila Sparkler

Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz El Jimador tequila blanco
1/4 oz triple sec
4 to 5 fresh raspberries
1 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz agave nectar
top with essn sparkling meyer lemon juice (or, other sparkling lemonade)

Preparation
Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker half-way with ice and combine all other ingredients except the lemonade. Shake and strain into a fine mesh strainer over a rocks glass filled with ice. Use a small spoon to stir the liquid in the strainer to ensure all liquid goes into the glass. Top with sparkling lemonade.

{Photo & Recipe via Examiner}

- Fine Feathered Hairpiece with Sparkling Brooch and Swarovski Pearls by Fine and Fleurie for $55

- Venetian Teardrop Earrings in Silver by Fine and Fleurie for $50

- Adrianna Papell Sleeveless Spaghetti-Strap Beaded Blouson Gown via Macy’s for $239.20

- Miss Anne Silver Sequin Lined Bolero / Wedding Party Jacket via Fashionably Yours for $64.95

- Caparros Shoes, Raquel Evening Sandals via Macy’s for $69

Times have changed, and the advent of the digital camera has pretty much made this time-honored tradition a thing of the past. I can remember when collecting photos from camera cards first opened up new and interesting solutions to the guest photo-sharing challenge.

To make things more interesting today, most of us now carry one or more cameras around with us practically 24/7, built right into our phones. They’re more powerful than my first dedicated digital camera, a brick of a thing beloved at the time for the fascinating new instant-viewing convenience, but laughably out of date by today’s standards. As our always-ready phone cameras become ever more powerful and ever more ubiquitous, juiced by apps like Instagram and Vignette, just think about all the opportunities to capture stellar candids at any event. Go to a wedding today and take time to observe the guests during those big moments of the cake cutting, the first dance, or dad’s speech. How many people have their phones out, snapping shots? Think of all those great candids. All the different perspectives. At your own wedding, wouldn’t it be nice to have a way of just gathering all those images up in one place?

Enter WeddingSnap. It’s a brand new mobile app, free for your guests, that they can download to their iPhones or Androids to immediately send you their pics…right from the event, as they take them. And now with the new wedding website app for WeddingSnap available on WedShare.com, those photos can appear instantly on your personal wedding website.

Guests take photos from their phones with WeddingSnap. It sends the pics immediately to your online album as they are being taken, in real time.

With the WeddingSnap wedding website app for WedShare, photos guests take appear on your wedding website instantly.

Photos are live on your website as they are being taken.

Go to the “Apps” section of your WedShare dashboard to add the WeddingSnap app. Just enter in your album code, specify the page(s) on which you’d like your album to appear, and you’re done! You can specify how many photos you want to display, too; the latest ones will be shown first, along with a link to your WeddingSnap album page for the rest.

For more on mobile photo sharing, check out WeddingSnap.com to learn all about this awesome new service.

Images courtesy of WeddingSnap.com

August 19, 2012
City View at the Metreon

11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

For event information please contact plan A at 310.860.1300
or email: unveiled@planAevents.com

website: unveiledevent.com

First, if you don’t already have one, go to PayPal.com and create a free PayPal account. I’d recommend setting up a Business or Premier account to make sure you have access to the merchant tools.

Next, log into your account at PayPal and select the “Merchant Services” menu tab.

Click on the option to “Create payment buttons for your website”.

Enter in details to customize your button, like the item name, price, and any other preferred options. You can choose a “Buy Now” button, a donation, or other payment type.

Click the “Save Changes” button on the bottom of the page to generate the button HTML.

Click “Select Code” at the bottom of the HTML to highlight it all, then copy it to your computer’s clipboard. You’ll add this HTML code to your website page to embed the button where you want it to go.

Now log into your WedShare Dashboard and edit the page on which you’d like the button to appear. Click the “HTML View” button, the last button on the WedShare editor’s second toolbar, to edit your page HTML. Paste in the PayPal code that you copied earlier, than save your changes.

Edit your wedding website and paste the HTML code into your page. WedShare allows you to toggle to HTML view so that you can insert any third-party item or widget.

Refresh your website to see the button on your page. Now visitors can click on the button to send funds right from your website!

Whether you’re planning a destination wedding, your honeymoon, or just a cool spot to hit in your own home town, you’d be remiss if you didn’t give this a try. Gogobot is a great way to not only learn about a location and what to do there, but to share your favorite places with friends and even see if anyone you know has already recommended spots in the area you’re at.

When you sign up with Gogobot, you’ll be able to connect with Facebook or Twitter and immediately see the places your friends have traveled and recommended. Need more information about an area? Use the “Ask a Question” feature and let the large and growing community point you in the right direction. Gogobot lets you explore an area extensively to find the best attractions, hotels, dining, and more, all using reviews, photos and details generated by other travelers. And it’s mobile, too, so it’s like having the best, most updated travel guide in your pocket wherever you go.

Find out instantly what the best spots are to hit in an area. Information is always fresh, updated and maintained by Gogobot's extensive traveling member community

Get the scoop on the move with Gogobot mobile

Best of all, whether you’re on the road or discovering a hidden gem at home, Gogobot is the perfect way to share the experience with everyone. Use the mobile app to quickly post a Facebook postcard, or do a writeup and share even more. Your profile will include all your location details and even itineraries, so it’s a great scrapbooking and journaling tool, too.

Snap shots of where you are to share online with the mobile app

Share postcards on Facebook, on the fly from your location

Ready to plan your destination wedding or honeymoon? This is a great place to start. Just be forewarned: usage could be habit forming. Happy travels!

Lover.ly, a new scrapbooking service and search engine for wedding planning

While being geared topically towards weddings and wedding planning, Lover.ly also adds tools and features that nearlyweds might find particularly useful. For one, they’ve partnered with a number of wedding vendors so that pricing information and purchases for some items can be made directly off of that item’s pinned image.

Some merchandise photos allow you to see purchase details by clicking a "Shop" icon right from the Lover.ly image view

And there’s also a color selector to filter image results by a specific color, helpful for narrowing results down to within your palette:

Using the color selector, you can filter results to a particular palette

With Lover.ly, you add photos to “bundles” (analagous to Pinterest’s “boards”), which can be shared easily with friends and family. Add it to your e-planning arsenal, nearlyweds!