I could not have said it better myself

One of my favorite wedding websites/blogs is Offbeat Bride which proclaims themselves "Taffeta-free Alternatives for Independent Brides" Now here comes my big disclaimer, which may make me seem lame and flighty, which I most certainly am. If you are a girl, it is probably likely that since you were tiny, you had a vision for your wedding. And probably as you matured and grew and got to know yourself, it changed and shifted. And if you are lucky enough to meet the guy of your dreams, it changed and shifted after you met him. And you know what? There is NOTHING wrong with that.

I unashamedly, unabashedly, love all the weddings I shoot. I've shot weddings that cost half a million dollars. I've shot weddings that I was by far the most expensive part of the day (NO PRESSURE THERE...LOL) that were backyard BBQ's with an ipod DJ and all sorts weddings in between. But the thing that ties me to my clients is that the ones that hire me trust me to capture their moments in the setting that is truly THEM. For that I am truly, truly grateful. My goal is to translate your day into beautiful pictures and memories that befit YOUR day.

This is a question I ask a lot of my clients near to the wedding day.. "So, where are you going on a honeymoon?" I ask for a few reasons; I love to travel and love to hear people's stories about places I have not been and why they are going. And because since I see first hand over and over how stressful wedding planning can be I hope that you can take some time to really get away and savor being married. And let's be honest, the economy is crap. I totally get that the honeymoon is the easiest part to delay, or postpone or scrap all together. After all those chair covers are really important, right? (insert sarcasm here)

So this post on Offbeat Bride really stuck a chord with me

Honeymooning is one tradition I wish we hadn’t thrown out!

I would also recommend going on a honeymoon. We didn’t, for two reasons: we had some friends from out of town who stayed around for the week after the wedding, and we’re both trying to finish up our degrees in the next few months and couldn’t afford the time off. However, seeing as we were utterly exhausted for about two weeks after the wedding, I really really wished we’d been able to go away, far from everyone we knew, and just have time to be together and to explore what getting married meant to our relationship. We’ll probably take a trip later in the year, but it still won’t be the same. Honeymooning is one tradition I wish we hadn’t thrown out!

A Honeymoon does not need to be a trip to Fiji or Hawaii. What it does need to be is time for the two of you to decompress. A week end at a B&B in Door County, an overnight in Chicago. 4 days in your apartment with your cells turned off and the computer shut off and not a soul around you, just take-out and good movies.

Take time for yourselves. Be good to yourselves and your marriage early on :)