The WedShare for Facebook Guest Manager associates your guests and Facebook friends

WedShare for Facebook is actually a new wedding planning client with its own applications, or “apps”, that integrate with your WedShare personal wedding website. It’s a good chance that many–if not most–of your wedding guests are Facebook friends as well. The WedShare for Facebook Guest Manager integrates with your standard WedShare Guest Manager and automatically maps your friends to your guests.

Here I’d like to pause for a disclaimer: WedShare for Facebook is a brand new client, and it’s being released as a beta add-on feature to WedShare. This means that it’s still actively being built, actively being debugged, and is in no way, shape, or form a finished product. But the currently available apps are stable, and WedShare is encouraging its Facebook-connected members to give it a try, and see what you think. Suggestions and feedback are appreciated!

Your WedShare for Facebook dashboard. Two applications are live in the beta release

The WedShare for Facebook dashboard is for brides, grooms, and guests. If you’re planning your big day, you’ll see the available planning apps as icons, and if you’re a guest, you’ll be able to view and submit an RSVP for any events you’re invited to. Everything is integrated to your wedding website, so if you modify something on Facebook, it updates on your wedding website, and vice-versa.

The apps currently available in the beta release are the Guest Manager and Event Manager. WedShare has more on the way, but wants to get these two important features well-used and well-tested by members first.

Manage your events and share them with Facebook friends

You don’t need a WedShare wedding website to use WedShare for Facebook, but the great thing about it–if you do–is that both clients are integrated in real time. If a guest who is also a Facebook friends submits an RSVP on Facebook, your website’s RSVP page updates, too.

Another feature is the optional My WedShare tab on your Facebook profile. Choose which content from your planning apps and personal wedding website to also include here. It’s a great way to share the big day details! Currently, only the Event Manager planning app is included (guests can RSVP from here, too!), but more options are on the way.

Share your wedding details and allow RSVPs, right on your Facebook profile

Give it a try today at apps.facebook.com/wedshare.

In addition to usability, suggestions are also welcome for the final name of the application and the profile tab. A discussion board is available at the application profile page for the purpose, and as always, feedback is welcome on the WedShare profile page as well: facebook.com/wedshare.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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“Crash the Wedding” is the hottest new wedding show to hit the bridal industry.
Brides and grooms are welcome to RSVP to be a part of this historical event. It’s a
mock wedding. It’s a bridal show. And it’s all green!

Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Time: 6pm-10pm
Location: Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

At this new take on wedding shows, you will experience an exquisite live mock
wedding first hand with the top luxury bridal industry specialists in the area at
one of the most beautiful locations in Southern California. You will have the
special opportunity to get a behind the scenes look from the specialist’s
perspective as they disclose their secret tips and tricks to help you plan your
perfect wedding. The entire event will culminate with an exciting LIVE auction with
100% of the money raised to go towards our charity, Step Up Women’s Network.

It’s the perfect date night! You will receive a food tasting, wine and cocktails,
along with a swag bag filled with tons of gifts and special offers. Tickets are
$100 per couple and are subject to availability. Seating is limited.

For more information and to RSVP go to crashthewedding.com

Have a great weekend everyone!

Photo Credits: Logo and screenshots from crashthewedding.com

Here’s a vintage inspired wedding board with a teal blue and green color palette. Such a fun and fresh color combination for a Spring or Summer wedding that also gives a bit of a modern feel to the event.

Have a wonderful weekend!

{Photo Credits: Alvina Valenta Bridal Gown Style: AV9950 via JLM Couture, Teal Blue Balloons by Hong Studio via Wedding Chicks, Tandem Bike: Emerald Wedding Invitation via Wedding Paper Divas, Butter Women’s Chuchu Peep Toe Pump in Teal via Endless, Teal Blue and Green Reception Table Setting by Tara Whittaker Photography, Blue Cocktails by Infinity Photography via Blogger Brides, Centerpieces, Flower Vases by Clayton Austin Photography via Green Wedding Shoes, Green Vintage Cabinet by Clayton Austin Photography via Green Wedding Shoes, Chic Wedding Cake by Lisa Lefkowitz Photography, Bridesmaid Holding a Green Hydrengea Bouquet by Next Exit Photography via Love & Splendor, Green Ties and Bowties via Martha Stewart Weddings, Teal Blue & Green Candy Buffet Table by 5ive 15ifteen Photography, Beverage Table Bar by Beaux Arts Photography via Kelly Oshiro Events}

The Force was strong with this full dessert bar and Star Wars cookies, a surprise for the groom.

A groom’s cake is often a creative accompaniment to the wedding cake, but why stop there? This was a great example of thinking beyond the traditional and really going the extra mile to put together a treat for yourselves and your guests. These unique details will be what makes your wedding stand out from others, and will be the most memorable!

For more on my friend’s love of sweets, check out her new blog, Snackaholics.

Gourmet or designer donuts are a hot trend in wedding desserts right now…so hot that some couples are opting for these heavenly deep-fried confections instead of the traditional wedding cake by having a donut cake tower; how fun is that? Other couples include them as part of a decadent dessert table, as wedding favors packaged in a pretty customized paper bag, or included in a gift box for out-of-town guests. Bakeries are increasingly adding gourmet donuts to their menus with very creative and inventive flavor combinations and colorful glazes. I found some really pretty examples of how you can feature these donuts and make them the focal point in your dessert table. Time to enjoy some delicious doughy goodness!

{Photo Credits: Row 1: Dee’s Mini Organic Doughnuts by Divine Order Photography via Green Wedding Shoes, Row 2: Milk & Pretty Donuts on Dessert Table by April O’Hare Photography, Row 3: “Snow” Coated Donuts On Custom Cake Stands by Justin Lee Photography via Inspired by This, Row 4: Doughnut Tower Groom’s Cake Alternative via Yum Sugar}

{Photo Credits: Row 1: Donuts on White Cake Stand via Project Wedding, Mini Doughnuts & Coffee Wedding Dessert via Martha Stewart Weddings, Row 2: Heavenly Pink Doughnuts Platter via Country Living, Doughnut Dessert Wedding Reception Centerpiece via Martha Stewart Weddings, Row 3: Wedding Cake Tower of Krispy Kreme Donuts via People by Ryan, Donut du Jour Signature Mini Donuts via Melissa Bagley, Row 4: Krispy Cream Donut Wedding Cake Tower by Karen Lisa Artistic Photography, Wedding Doughnut Cake Tower by Megan Thiele Photography}

{Photos via The Fry Girl Inc }

A lot of the content on your wedding website could be incorporated easily in print form. And I especially like the idea of this as a carry-along guide for a destination wedding, or if you have several guests coming from out of town: lots of great stuff on the location could be highlighted in the “editorial” for your guests to peruse and use as a guide, along with all the great photos and stories about you and your sweetheart.

An interesting idea. Check out Wedzines.com for more information, quotes, and to see samples. And if anyone has used the service, I’d be interested to hear how you liked the results.

Photo Credits: Cover sample by Wedzines.com

The YouTube Video Editor will allow you to combine more than one video together, and can also be used to trim sections of the video to shorten it. You can even add a sountrack! The easy one-click publishing feature lets you publish your edited video to YouTube immediately.

Video-sharing service YouTube unveiled a new online video editor designed to allow easy editing of clips before publishing

“The editor is ideal for merging single, short clips in to a longer video,” said Rushabh Doshi, a Google software engineer, and Joshua Siegel, a Google product manager, in a YouTube blog post. “For example, you can transform clips from your vacation in to a video travel diary set to music, or create a highlights reel from footage of your last basketball game.

“It’s also great for trimming a long video down to the moments you really care about. Say you’ve uploaded a wedding ceremony – a beautiful event, but do you really need to see all the guests shuffle in? The video editor lets you easily remove unwanted footage so you can capture just the moment when they say, ‘I do’.”

Looks like a promising tool for working with online videos. If you have a lot of uploaded clips you’re managing, check it out to see if the new editor will help out.

Have a great weekend!

Photo Credits: Screenshot from Youtube via telegraph.co.uk

{Photo Credits: ROW 1 Federal Era Home Decorated for 4th of July via Country Living, Patriotic Dessert Table via Martha Stewart Weddings, U.S.A. Flag & Couple’s Names Sign by Kristin Marie Photography via Southern Weddings Magazine, ROW 2 Independence Day Groom via Wedding Magazine UK, White Balsamic Custard Tart With Fresh Berry Topping via Epicurious, Photo Booth Sign by Familyattic via Etsy, White Wedding Dress by Sarah Seven, ROW 3 Firecracker Favors With Victorian Postcard Prints via Country Living, Red, White & Blue Classic Wedding Invitation via WeddingBeePro, Midnight Stroll Bridesmaid’s Gown by Sarah Seven, Blueberry Signature Cocktails via Brides, ROW 4 Starry Night 4th of July Wedding Cake by Cakeline via Bridal Guide, Sparklers via Sparklers Online, Guests with Sparklers by Angela Anderson Photography, Wedding Fireworks Show by Stephanie Williams Photography}

{Photos via Style}