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What to DIY (and what NOT to): Insider Tips from a Top Planner

in collaboration with Wish Wonder Dream

Here at Grey Likes Weddings, we can spot a truly fabulous fête from miles away. What makes a wedding exceptional? Maybe it’s the cascading, oversized florals, or an epic ceremony backdrop. It could be the punchy tablescapes or a breathtakingly, radiant bride. One thing’s for sure—it’s all in the details and we’re seasoned enough stylists to know that when it comes to doling out advice on how to achieve the one-of-a-kind details we adore so much, it’s absolutely essential to defer to the professionals. Which is why we are so excited to be launching this expert video series from the wedding-planning-extraordinaires at Wish Wonder Dream. Today’s video is the first installment in a series featuring top tips and helpful planning advice from the dream team (literally). We couldn’t be more excited to be sharing this exclusive, insider advice with you—from How to Get Glowing Skin on Your Big Day, to How to Choose the Perfect Bridesmaid Dress, to Magazine-Worthy Dessert Display Ideas. We’re especially loving today’s video What to DIY (and what NOT to!)— because if there’s one thing we know it’s that making something look effortless actually requires a lot of effort. So take a couple minutes to soak in these tips— they’re worth their weight in gold sequins.

 

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Stationery:

Your Style from Start to Finish with Minted

Bringing you vision to life from save the dates to your table numbers

We know we have professed our love for Minted before, but with their ever expanding portfolio of products we feel the need to share their beautiful work with you again! Minted is proud to offer coordinating designs so it’s easy to bring your wedding vision to life from your save the dates to your table numbers.

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Brides can even coordinate earlier in their planning process with Minted’s new FREE matching wedding websites. 

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You all know our love for beautiful lettering, so we love that brides can style envelopes with FREE calligraphy-inspired guest addressing that matches many save the date, invitation and thank you cards. WOW!

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It is hard to beat the free value-added services that Minted offers such as matching wedding websites, guest and recipient addressing, table and name printing, customization service, and proofs – all of which is fully customizable until it’s perfect!  Brides can work directly with Minted’s Wedding Perfection Team to change colors, fonts or even to create custom elements like monograms and hand-drawn maps.

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And most importantly, their designs are printed on high-quality paper with luxe finishes! The team at Minted is very proud of their consistent and reliable top-quality production and fulfillment.

Today we are excited to offer our readers an exclusive offer from our friends at Minted: 15% off wedding stationery using code GLW15WED through 10/9 @ 11:59pm PST.

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Squarespace: After the Wedding Edit!

wedding websites (and beyond!)

Okay you guys. You’ve heard us rave about Squarespace before, right? It is the perfect place to host your wedding website–but what you may not have thought about is how a Squarespace wedding website can actually take you beyond the day for more fun and interaction with your guests. To show you just how fun, we thought we’d share with you Jill and Ryan’s wedding website with images courtesy of Nostalgic Photography.

For starters, because Squarespace is so easy to design and navigate, that it makes is possible for you to do a quick switch and thank your guests on the landing page:

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Squarespace also makes it easy for you to share tons of images in a really clean and beautiful layout. How fun is it to recap the big day after it has happened? Guests can come to your site to reminisce!

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You can even incorporate pre- and/or post-wedding festivities, or even your honeymoon snapshots.

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Jill and Ryan also chose a unique hashtag for their wedding and shared instagram snapshots that their guests took, which adds a whole new element to the recap! If anything sounds too intimidating, we love the Squarespace offers 24/7 live chat support, so stuff like this is a breeze to figure out, even if you get stuck!

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Every annual Squarespace account comes with a free custom domain, and if you use the code GREY15 you even get 10% off! With the capability to track RSVPs, share wedding details, add your registry, and all that great stuff, we seriously couldn’t be more obsessed.

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For All Its Worth

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company

Alright, lovely ladies! For those of you that are donning an incredibly gorgeous piece of jewelery on your left hand (or for those of you that are crossing you pretty little fingers you’ve got something special headed your way soon) this post is for you!

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The only downside to carrying a pricey sparkler on your finger every day is the potential chance that something might happen to your little gem. Because we all know that totally unexpected accidents happen, like damage, theft, or just plain complete accidental disappearing acts, it makes absolute sense that you insure that little heirloom of a ring that you wear every day! Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company is one of our fave choices for insuring your ring and giving you peace of mind.

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We absolutely love that they understand name brand, and they promise that if anything happens, you’ll get the same quality and kind that you had before–so if you are rocking a Tiffany’s or Cartier sparkler and something happens to it, you’ll get to replace it with the exact same! Plus, if there is damage, Jewelers Mutual® will also allow you to use your own jeweler for repairs. For most couples, your ring might fall under your home owner’s or renter’s policy, but Jewelers Mutual® is truly the only way to make sure your coverage is completely comprehensive without as much limitation as you’d get from broader policies.

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Image Credits:

Images by Jose Villa with Joel Serrato featuring rings from Trumpet and Horn with styling by Type A Society

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ZOLA REGISTRY

featuring curated collections

With wedding season fast approaching, we have definitely got gifts on our minds, ladies! Seriously, how much fun is it to curate your wedding registry? It’s like figuring out a way to define your sense of style going forward and such a fun way to have you home reflect the new stage of your life as a Mrs. So, speaking of registries, we thought today it would be really fun to show you three different styles of registries, and how fun it can be to reflect–or perhaps even FIND–your style using a registry! Which brings us to Zola Registry!

But why? Well, for starters, we are all about style. However, sometimes, curating your style is easier said than done. Creating a registry with Zola is more than just picking your fave gifts. Zola actually helps you by curating collections of gifts, based on style. Whether you lean rustic, boho, or glam, they are there to help you round out your style so that your registry reflects you, your partner, and the home you are creating. To show you just how it works, we thought we’d share with you some of the curated collections from Zola.

First up, The Georgetown Collection, which if you might have already guessed, is Lady Grey’s fave:

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Side note: that gold bar cart above is a bit pricey, but thankfully Zola allows for group gifting so you can talk all your besties into going in together on that one for you! Dreamy, no?

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If the preppy style isn’t your jam, how about the chic and modern Tribeca Collection?

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Find these Tribeca items: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6

For those of you boho girls, we love The Silver Lake Collection.

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Find these Silver Lake items: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6

Of course, if your house is already bursting at the seams with stylish finds, or if you are the kind of couple that prefers activities, it is super fun that Zola allows for you to registry for experiences or honeymoon funds as well as gifts. There are all sorts of other killer perks that they offer like gift tracking, so you know who bought you what (comes in handy for thank you notes), virtual exchange, so you can swap out gifts before they are even sent, and even a send it later option, so that you can choose when you want each individual gift shipped (and don’t have to deal with a million boxes after your honeymoon).

For those of you who are as obsessed with we are, Zola is offering $25 to spend when you sign up and create a registry!