While Wedding Paper Divas & Tiny Prints will be open and running on Friday, the three of us will be on vacation celebrating Thanksgiving with our families.  So, sadly, there will be no further blog posts until next Monday.

However, feel free to use this time to make use of Tiny Prints, great site wide sale, while you shop for the perfect holiday cards, New Year’s cards, and even Valentine’s Day greetings!  Or, check out Wedding Paper Divas great wedding invitations, save the date cards or party invitations.

Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

- Lea, Tara & Katie

With Thanksgiving in front of us and Christmas right around the corner, this time of year can become stressful for those dealing with fitting in to a new family.  I’ve heard way too many times that you aren’t just marrying your spouse at your wedding–your marrying their whole family!  Here are some links to help you deal with hosting or visiting the in-laws during the holidays:

-Associated Content offers this helpful article on hosting your parents or in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner.  Among them, make sure to include recipes from both sides of the family in your dinner so that they both feel equally honored.

-eHow.com has some steps for coping with meddling in-laws.  Remember, as hard as it may be, it’s always better to be the bigger person.  Respond accordingly!

-Distract your fellow family members with gifts!  Reader’s Digest has a list of gift ideas for the in-laws on their blog.

-Yahoo has a list of survival tips for the holidays.  At least one of these is sure to work.  If not, check out author Dina Koutas Poch’s book”I Heart My In-Laws…” for even more guidance.

-Finally, a personal tip: before you head out or have people over, make sure you and your significant other are on the same page.  You have to be able to support one another.  Isn’t that what marriage is all about?

Today’s real wedding features the wedding of Caterina and Joseph.  Caterina and Joseph were married on Long Island, New York on a beautiful summer afternoon.  Their event featured purple tones throughout.

Caterina & Joseph

August 2008

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