here’s all the excellent online stuff i wish i knew about when i was planning my wedding.

eye candy:

• style me pretty: your one stop shop for gorgeous. great tools like the fashion lookbook and the ability to tag your favorite photos.
• the knotty bride: sure, it’s also lovely, but go here to actually read alison’s blog, not just look at the pictures. she cracks me up.
• rock n roll bride: pink hair, rad weddings.
• pinterest: stop clipping magazine pictures, start pinning photos from blogs. this site makes it so easy to organize everything you love online. no more giant bookmark lists or wasted printer ink. genius. the community is in beta right now and you need to apply for an invite. totally worth it.

practical advice:

• every last detail: one of the few wedding blogs that is not only nice to look at, it also offers tips on how to actually go about getting your dream wedding without going completely nuts.
• grey likes: another with the best of both worlds. in video format, if you happen to not be planning your wedding at work.
• martha: not that i had to even say it.

vendor searches and reviews:

• wedding wire: zillions of reviews submitted by brides. also lets wedding pros connect their “storefronts” so you can see who’s worked with whom.
• the inspired list: hands down the prettiest, cleanest, least sales-pitchiest compilation of wedding pros on the web.

everything:

• bride tide: this is a whole community that hosts links to everything–and i mean everything–wedding related.
• twitter: follow one wedding blogger and the next thing you know you’re following a hundred. sit back, relax, and get linked to beautiful things all day long.