by Alison Moore Smith | May 12, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
When preparing to address our wedding invitations, I looked up the prevailing wedding invitation address etiquette. It's appalling in it's complexity. If you ask me, the purpose of the address—getting the invitation to it's intended destination—has been entirely...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 11, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When people visit our new home, they are often surprised that we have concrete floors throughout the house. The main floor has polished concrete and the basement has acid washed concrete (the upstairs has dragon board (another post all together) and the stairs are...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 10, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
Finalizing the invitation for the wedding was, surprisingly, the most difficult part of the wedding planning. There are so many options with such cost variables that coming to a final decision was difficult for the bride and groom. (To be fair, the bride—with her...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 14, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
After castigating all potential partygoers for thinking RSVPs are just an old-fashioned, cultural artifact (they aren't!), I have a public confession to make. Although I'm rather a student of formal etiquette (and an enormous fan of Judith Martin!), I don't follow...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 10, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
One of the things we love about our wedding reception venue, is the movable ceiling grids. They can be decorated with lights, fabric, lanterns, or myriad combinations of things. Jessica really wanted to have a pretty ceiling decor package, and Noah's has a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
Having moved fairly frequently since we married 25 years ago, Sam and I don't have long, trailing roots here in Lindon. Our friends our spread all over the country. So while the announcements will go out to about 400 people, we expect less than 150 at the actual...
