Virtual Reality: Re-Experience Your Wedding Through Tech
As virtual reality applications grow in popularity, they're being tested in all forms of photography and videography. One new way VR is being used is in wedding videos, allowing couples to re-watch their wedding in 3D.
Category: Wedding Materials
Assigned at Birth? Gender-Neutral Approaches To Raising Kids
Binary gender choices face children from the moment they're born. Boys toys, girls toys. Boys clothes, girls clothes. Many parents are now raising their children outside of the binary, in a gender-neutral environment.
Category: Society
Danse Macabre: Dealing With Death in the 14th Century
As we deal with COVID-19 in the present day, we can look to the past to see how our ancestors used laughter to deal with tragedy. During the plague, paintings of dancing skeletons - the dance macabre - were very popular.
Category: Funeral
Use Your Wedding To Support Causes That Matter to You
One uplifting 2020 trend is couples foregoing wedding gifts, and instead requesting charitable donations to causes close to their hearts. If you're in a financial place to do so, consider donations over gifts.
Category: Wedding Materials
Estate Planning: Why Same-Sex Couples Need To Act Now
Same-sex partners who are cohabitating but not married should seriously consider creating end-of-life documents, even if they are young. Unfortunately, same-sex couples do not enjoy legal protections afforded others.
Category: Loss
A Quick Guide to Save-the-Date Cards
COVID-19 has put a pin in most weddings this summer (and potentially beyond). But that means that save-the-date cards are even more critical now than ever! Keep your guests informed with these save-the-date tips.
Category: Wedding Materials
Considering a Backyard Wedding? Read This First
Having a backyard wedding is a clever way to cut costs on your wedding and make it more personal at the same time. Still, there are some things you'll need to know before you commit to tying the knot in the backyard.
Category: Wedding Planning
Understanding the Minimony Trend and Whether It’s Right for You
With COVID going on and most weddings getting canceled, some are turning to 'minimonies' in place of a wedding this summer. A minimony is a symbolic placeholder for your wedding, a stripped-down wedding experience.
Category: Ceremonies
Dying as They Lived: Unique Funerals Through History
While funerals are typically a somber time of quiet reflection, they don't have to be if the departed didn't want theirs to be. Here are some celebrity funerals that were creative tributes to those who passed.
Category: Funeral
The Call for Compassion in the Age of COVID-19
In the age of COVID, many of us are anxious about our health, our loved ones, even the economy. Practicing empathy and compassion towards your fellow humans will help all of us get through this pandemic together.
Category: Loss