Beautiful and relatively inexpensive this Kissing Hearts necklace from Fossil make a charming gift for you or your bridesmaids.

Show off pictures from your honeymoon and wedding in these designer frames by Umbra.

Bobbi flats from Kate Spade are stylish and comfortable and will take you from your wedding day to the honeymoon and beyond.

This salad server set from Designer Things is modern and chic. It’ll make even the most mundane activity, serving salad, an act of style.

Invite guests with Letterpress for a look of luxury! Vintage Swirls Wedding Invitation.

Getting married means getting organized! Think of all your to-do lists and wedding magazine cut-outs strewn across the floor in a big pile of mess. Not knowing where anything is or losing a vital contract or receipt, can cause major stress when planning a wedding. You’ll breathe a big sigh of relief after you see these cool, simple and fun ways to get everything organized!

These Day of the Week clips from Paper Source make staying on top of things easy and fun. Just clip your to dos for every day of the week and have the satisfaction of taking them off when you’re done.

Keep all of your records, receipts and pictures of your dream dress in this stylish Poppy Linen File Folder Holder by Paper Source.

This simple and clean white greeting card organizer from The Container Store is fitting for your wedding stationery. Just add your Save the Date Announcements and Wedding Invitations in alphabetical order. It’ll help you keep track of who you’ve sent them to and those you still need to send.

Keep everything together with the Origami Lane File Tote from Galison/Mudpuppy. The handle makes it easy to carry around wherever you go and stylish designs make it oh so fun.

I admit that the last few weeks there’s only been one thing on my mind…my honeymoon! I’ve searched the web for some great ways to get all of you recently wed brides geared for a romantic vacation.

1) If you’re heading for somewhere cold, this gorgeous Fair Isle Sweater dress will keep you warm and in style. The flirty little rosette dress is perfect for a night out with your new husband. The cure for the end of the summer blues? Warm sand, ocean breezes in a tropical dream. This halter maxi dress will help you get there. All from Victoria’s Secret.

2) These chic weekender bags are a stylish and useful accessory, carrying everything you need for short and long vacations. From left, Billabong Road trip bag, $74 from Swell, Victoria’s Secret Pink travel duffel $59.50, and Fossil Weekender Duffle $138.

3) Bring your wedding thank you cards with you and be inspired by the beautiful scenery to send out your words of appreciation!

A popular 2008 trend according to the Knot is changing things up (your hairstyle and dress) from your ceremony to the reception. Think long formal gown and elegant upsweep then a quick switch to a short dress and your hair in romantic waves. Here are some styles that get you from ceremony to reception in a fashion flash.

For the ceremony combine modern elegance and formal style to get simply gorgeous. (Photos from left: Amsale ball gown, the Knot, St. Pucchi Silk Charmeuse dress from Elegant Bride and Reverie by Melissa Sweet from the Knot.)

Perfect party dresses: from left (White kava blouson dress by Kate Spade and Romona Keveza dress both from Modern Bride. BCBG Maxazaria Strapless Applique dress from Nordstrom.)

I’ve found a whole bunch of cool wedding things for you to browse through. Like how about wearing sneakers on your wedding day or would you ever get married at a fast food restaurant? Check out the fun finds I found this week!

1) Celebrity wedding goddess Mindy Weiss planned a wedding where her bride switched into these Steve Madden shoes. She said it made cool photos and was like sneakers with heels. I think Stargaze the silver sandal on the right would be perfect for a seaside wedding.

2) Three couples got married in a row at White Castle, a fast food restaurant chain. Talk about a budget wedding-can I get an order of fries with that?

3) If you and your girlfriends love the Harajuku girls from Gwen Stefani’s video and album, check out these Harajuku Lovers fragrances from Sephora. They’d make unique gifts for your bridesmaids and flower girl too!

4) Take these gorgeous journals from Paper Source with you on your honeymoon and let them inspire you to record all those memorable memories of being newlyweds!

I’m in LOVE with all the wedding products out there-it makes me wish I was still a bride! Here’s a look at some of my favorite beauty kits:

Philosophy, from Sephora, makes a trio of shower gels ($30) with names like Wedding Cake and Bridal Bouquet that sound simply exquisite.

I chose a makeup artist from Bobbi Brown to do my makeup. If you want to save some money and do your own, they have a limited edition kit for about $75 which includes beautiful, natural colors and a gorgeous white makeup case and mirror.

For just $25 you can get everything you need for anything you don’t want to happen on your big day. Think fashion mishaps, from falling hems to slipping straps! Hollywood Fashion Tape has you covered, especially with their Hollywood Nights Evening Bag Essentials kit. It includes mints, blotting sheets, a mirror, fashion tape and a tin to keep everything together. The best thing about it–you can use it before for your bachelorette party and after your wedding day for your honeymoon and nights out with your new husband.

Although I didn’t have one of these, I did put together a few necessary “just in case” items and stored them all in a large Ziploc bag. It included pins–for those unfortunate wedding attire mishaps–hair pins, perfume, band-aids for anything that I was hoping wouldn’t happen, my earrings, tissues and checks to pay my hairstylist and makeup artist. This worked well for me, but in case you want to be even more prepared for the unexpected there are a variety of kits you can buy.

Target has one that sells for $49.99 and includes things I didn’t think of, such as hairspray, static remover and clear nail polish.

With You in Mind, Inc. also makes kits from $54.95 for the groom (including things he might not think about packing ,such as cuff links and socks) and the bridal party.

Abernook also sells kits ($50) for the bride, groom and bridesmaids that can be used for the wedding day and afterward for the honeymoon. And Ready Set Bride also has a truly chic kit by Roxy for $68.

If these seem too expensive, you can always make your own kit. Check out The Knot’s article, “Planning: The Bride’s Emergency Kit” for ideas on what you’ll need.

How would you like a cake topper that really looks like you? I know we’ve featured some cool toppers in past entries, but I had to show you these. Instead of purchasing plastic figures that kinda, sorta, look like you two, how about having ones that are a splitting image. Unusually Creation takes your photos and creates a figurine in your likeness. They’d also be great as unique favors.

I have yet to meet a bride with a colored diamond engagement ring. So it got me thinking, are colored diamonds just for the rich and famous, and will they one day be a dying trend? Or will they, like round cut diamonds, last and become a tradition? What do you think? (Photos: Timeless Designs rings on left from The Knot, Pink and yellow diamonds on right from InStyle Weddings.)

I told my husband that it is tradition for the bride and groom to exchange gifts on the day of their wedding. At that time, I had visions of those heart-melting photos. The ones where the bride gets a surprise gift from her soon-to-be husband and everyone is in tears. But then I forgot about all of that when he bought me the most awesome present–a laptop I’ve always wanted. And so I started off my early wife days feeling guilty.

So what’s the 411 on bride and grooms giving gifts to each other? Well traditionally, women get jewelry and the groom gets a watch to wear on their wedding day. But gifts can range anywhere from extremely pricey earrings to inexpensive but thoughtful gifts such as a photo album. And etiquette says it’s best to discuss this with your loved one to make sure you’re on the same page, or else you’ll end up empty handed like me.

I had a lot of place cards left that I didn’t use. One thing you could do is to leave your loved one little notes on the place cards to let them know you’re thinking about them. And, whether it’s an expensive bracelet or golf clubs, the gift doesn’t really matter so much as if you’re doing it from the heart. You’ll be getting enough gifts anyway from your guests, so the best thing to do is to do something personal that’s sure to make them feel special.

Photo from WeddingChannel.com.