Our Wedding Website with Blogger

[The front page: I organized it to have our event information first]

[The "Things To Do: San Diego" page with information about local attractions]

[We figured people would already ask about our registry, so we just decided to include it on the website]

Our wedding website was a huge project that took far longer than I expected. I decided to use blogger so that we could quickly change or add content, and I made a similar banner to our save the dates with our names. Sorry readers, I had to white out our names, but I swear, it looks really cute all joined together!

Since we didn't spend any money on the save the dates, we decided to put some money into the website. I contacted Ellie of Rainy Day Templates to help integrate my banner and side images into a super cute blogger template. She was fantastic, and super, duper quick. She showed me several different options, and I think our email thread was into the 50's by the time I said "yes! polka dots! that's the one!"

I highly recommend contacting her if you're looking for a cute new template for your blog!

As for the content, these are the sections we included:
1. About Us (pictures of us throughout the years, the story of how we met, and a very brief summary of what we do now)
2. Engagement Pictures
3. Event Details (with directions and a link to the venue on Google Maps)
4. Travel and Hotel (hotels in the area, car rental information)
5. Things To Do: San Diego (kayaking! Shamu! panda bears!)
6. Food and Dining: San Diego (yum!)
7. Registry (we finally settled on Crate and Barrel, Target, and Wishpot)
8. FAQs (what should I wear? what will the weather be like? I'm vegan, will there be food for me?)
9. Contact Us

That's all we have for now, but I love how we can quickly add anything--like a picture of our cat with a sign counting down how many days until wedding, or for something more practical, a Google map of our wedding events.

The bad part about blogger?
+ There is no application set up so that guests can easily RSVP online. You also can't use music (which I'm fine with, because I personally don't like music on websites).
Wedding websites from Project Wedding or Offbeat Bride include these features, and so many other cool options!

+For those guests who aren't used to the web, the interface might be confusing.

+This was a semi-DIY project. I had help from Rainy Day Templates, but I created all of the banners and had the "vision" for how I wanted it organized. DIY=lots of time, and for the couple looking for a stylish and quick way to put all of their wedding information up on the web, this would not be the best option.

But the big pro? No one else has this design! It's completely unique to our wedding, and for that I don't mind the fact that I was up until 2 in the morning re-drawing green petals for the banner.

Seriously.

I hope our website is useful for all of our guests planning their trips, and I am so glad that it's been sent out and that I don't have to work on it for a very. long. time.

I gotta prep the cat for that picture first.