In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and Pantone’s Color of the Year, Emerald, today’s inspiration board will make all other brides green with envy! Emerald is such a refreshing alternative to more traditional greens used in weddings. It’s like the spunky, yet more sophisticated cousin to kelly green (which I love…such a preppy staple!) Are […]
Confetti Wedding Inspiration Board
March is definitely coming in like a lion today! The snow outside my office window is making me wish for spring even more than I normally do. But the snow has inspired me to focus on something much more fun falling from the sky…confetti on your wedding day! I love everything confetti and glitter (I […]
Real Wedding Wednesday: Keepsake Vows and a Boston Terrier
This was a super fun one! What do you do when you have the cutest Boston terrier, you’re marrying your best friend, and you want a keepsake of your vows? You ask me to put all of those ideas in my crazy head and this is what you get! I actually worked on this project […]
Who’s Hosting? A Guide to Wedding Invitation Host Lines
As I mentioned last week, your wedding invitations send a lot of subliminal messages to your guests . One of those messages is to indicate who is hosting the wedding. Traditionally, (read, back-in-the-day, when the bride’s parents paid for everything and there was probably a dowry involved) things were simple for wedding invitation designers. The […]
In Case You Missed It: Dear LC’s Been Gettin’ Some Love!
The last two weeks have been filled with incredible love for Dear LC! I was featured on two separate blogs, one of my Pinterest pins was repined 50 times, and the Dear LC Facebook Page hit 350 “Likes”. Told you! Absolutely incredible! Where Dear LC Was Featured Deposit a Gift: My “Will you be my […]
Save the Dates: Do you really need them?
Let’s face it: weddings are expensive. It’s very rare that you meet a couple who isn’t looking for areas to cut costs. So one of the questions you might be pondering while wedding planning is “do we really NEED to send save the dates?” You might not. You really only need to send them if […]
What are your wedding invitations really saying?
I know I’ve said it before, but it’s true! Your wedding invitations are extremely important to the planning process as well as the wedding itself. How else will you let your guests know the who, what, where, when of your wedding day? But in addition to those important details the invitation’s other job is to […]
Recently Engaged? Congrats! Wedding Planning Timeline

With Valentine’s day just barely in our rear-view mirrors I’m willing to bet there were quite a few engagements recently! If you’re one of the lucky lovers to be sporting some new bling, congratulations! Your wedding will be on of the most exciting days in your life as a couple. But for many brides, planning […]
Trend Alert: Metallics
Metallics were big in 2012…and they’re sticking around for 2013! Which, personally, I’m thrilled about! One of the colors I’m using for my own wedding will be gold – score one for Dear LC! Adding a metallic touch to your wedding is the perfect way to kick things up a notch. But don’t go overboard. […]
Dear LC’s Getting Married: Cake Tasting
Yum! Soon-to-be Mr. Dear LC and I had our cake tasting on Wednesday at Sweet in Worcester and it was de-li-cious! Owner and chef Alina Eisenhauer is a genius – a Sweet Genius in fact! She competed and won on the Food Network’s tasty hit Sweet Genius! I’ve been a fan of Sweet since they […]