2014 Capital City Wedding

YOUR CAPITAL CITY wedding
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Smart buy
People love Moleskine notebooks for a lot of reasons: They’re sturdy, compact, kinda cool-looking. In short, they work. And their Passions Journal collection even made it stylish to document your interests (movies, music, books) in analog fashion. The latest entrée in the line is perhaps the most obvious: the Wedding Journal.

Great places to wed
You’ve found your perfect mate. Now it’s time to pick a venue for your big day.

The overly simplified wedding checklist
But every bride we talked with thought we should include a simple checklist of the “big stuff” that belongs on every wedding plan list – regardless of the scale of the event or how long you have to plan for it..

From civil union to marriage
The couple separated for eight months in 2012 but got back together on Valentine’s Day. “I gave Jaime a briefcase full of office supplies and she got down on one knee and proposed,” said Brenda. “I wasn’t prepared. I still had my Garth Brooks night shirt on."

The new comfort zone
With a range of necklines, sleeves, illusion elements and lace – lots and lots of lace – designers are showing off alternative looks that allow brides to take a few risks, with dress styles that are chic, youthful and luxurious, without having to settle on the strapless standby.

What’s the groom say?
The David’s Bridal survey echoed research from Mintel, which found that not only are men becoming more involved in wedding planning, they’re becoming nearly as stressed as women when it comes to planning a wedding, with 32 percent of men calling the process “overwhelming,” compared to 42 percent of women.

Attack of the wedding photo!
A photo of a wedding party aligned in royal fashion around the bride and groom is a staple of wedding photography. Then there’s the classic black-and-white photo. These elegant images will always have a place in wedding albums, but lately another shot has made it to the roster: the action-packed, staged Photoshop photo.

Slo-mo video booth
Everything looks cooler in slow mo on. Maybe that’s the reason the slow-mo video booth is replacing the traditional photo booth at wedding receptions across the country.

The top trends for 2014
The rustic wedding theme is getting a cosmopolitan update in 2014, according to the experts. “People are tired of the shabby-chic thing, so they’re going for an old-world glamour kind of vibe,” says Sara Burnett, the editor of wedding-inspiration blog Burnett’s Boards.