We have entered July, and it feels like the first half of this year lasted two years and a day! The time we went out to drink and took the (gasp) public commute seems to a wary dream of another time. The time you were excited about planning your upcoming wedding and do all the novelty things that you get to do as a bride-to-be was of another time too! After months of isolation, even when you go out for an occasional public area, your heart starts beating and the anxious energy around is almost palpable. While people are doing ‘responsible socializing’, there is an impatient ticking in your head constantly. Wedding planning, however, is a beacon on the horizon which will keep you going, and it is definitely something that the virus cant suck any happiness out of. It is, in a way, your saving grace and your source of power to fight through these times! This is why we come to every week with a handful of wedding planning links around the internet which will help you hang on to your sanity! Read on!

              

There is an easy-breezy allure to backyard wedding and the vibe is often reflected on the bridal dress. Whether you getting married in the backyard of your house, or you are tying the knot in a beautiful vacation home, the wedding dress needs to be easy, and effortless, while still dressing up the important event. This article compiled some of the most amazing dresses perfect for a backyard wedding. Whether you are a dressy glam girl or more inclined to a casual floral pattern, there is a dress for every girl in here! Check this out!

 

23 Chic and Casual Dresses for a Backyard Wedding

via Brides

 If you and your partner have had to make the important decision to move your wedding to 2021 or later, we understand how incredibly hard that decision that must have been! Not only is the uncertainty infuriating, but it also means you have to go through the motions of the wedding planning again. It might also mean that your heart is still hurting and disappointed and wedding planning seems like an emotionally intimidating task right now. However, there are somethings that you need to sort out for your upcoming weddings and the sooner you start, the better! Read on!

 

8 Things to Do If You Moved Your Wedding to 2021 

via WeddingWire

 Let’s face it, weddings are expensive, and the expenses don’t end there with the wedding, its only getting started. Add up the expenses of your wedding to your honeymoon and starting a fresh life together, and the number can be enough to give you a mini heart-attack! If you will rather have money as a wedding gift and are wondering whether there is a proper way to get the message across to the guests, there are plenty of ways you can do that with tact, without offending or hurting anyone! Read on for info on the same!

 

How to Ask for Money Instead of Gifts for a Wedding

via Brides

 While a certain virus is hell-bent on restricting couples to either stay apart or quarantining together with very few means at hand, many couples are walking out of the tunnel with rings on their fingers and a wedding promised in the future. Nothing like a global pandemic to bring a sense of clarity and ‘knowing’ about your partner! If it goes to show one thing, it is that a pandemic cannot stop one from hoping for a future together, in fact, it is a furnace that tempers love into growing stronger. Brace yourself for the creative proposals coming your way and arm yourself with a tissue for the tears!

 

These Quarantine Marriage Proposals Prove That Love Always Wins

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 While months of planning go into your Plan A, every detail is essentially well-thought-out and something that you love! But as a ‘good practice’, you have Plan Bs, the plan you are not exactly thrilled for and its something you hope you never have to use. But what if you do? When odds are not in your favor and you need to roll out your wedding plans, be it ceremony location or reception seating, we encourage you to plan for the next-best setting to be as good as the best! And here is how-

 

Expert-Approved Ways to Ensure You Love Your Backup Plan

via Martha Stewart Weddings

 Being a bestie to the bride means being there for her-stress-rants, 3 am Pinterest wedding inspo suggestions and wedding day bathroom emergencies and all! It is time to make her feel special, as you know she will do the same for you! And when it is a quarantine bride, she might be battling a storm of her own and will need you a tad more than usual. With the added stress of postponing or canceling, your bestie bride might need a warm hug now more than ever, but you restricted and frustrated-because, social distancing! But you will be surprised how many things you can go to help her get out of a funk and smile! Read on to know more!

 

7 Sweet Things To Do For Your Bride Bestie (While Still Social Distancing)

via Bridal Musings

 It is bizarre to think that we are in a world where a socially distant wedding is a thing and brides are wearing masks to match their wedding dresses! One one hand it is morbid and can make you feel like you stepped into a post-apocalyptic TV show, on the other hand, it is reassuring that love will surpass and outlast any calamity or pandemic and will still find its way. It is heartening to see people getting married with an urgency, as they want to spend these trying times with the love of their lives, and to see near and dear ones being there for the couple, cheering from the distance. People are proposing more and getting married overnight as they see with vivid clarity what they want and don’t want to wait. Brides are DIYing their wedding decor and micro-planning their weddings with a military discipline because it gives them something happy to look forward to. And if we hold on to each other tight enough, they will make out of this, stronger than ever. With that thought, we leave you with this week’s wedding planning resources, with promises of coming in next week again!