Reminder: Now Blogging @ High Heels & Flip-Flops

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by! This is a friendly reminder that I am no longer updating this site, but am still regularly blogging via my lifestyle site, High Heels & Flip-Flops. I'm also contributing wedding and lifestyle-related content to Brit + Co each week, and have continued sharing relevant content via the Bicoastal Bride Facebook page.

I hope you'll come say hello in one of those three places! This site will also remain live as a helpful resource for those seeking wedding ideas and inspiration.

Damien Smith Photography

Thank you for reading and supporting Bicoastal Bride!

All Women Stalk Roundup: October 9, 2013

It's been a little while since the last update, but for those who are following along, here's my latest (and final) roundup of AWS posts. Even though I'll no longer be blogging over at AWS after this, I'm hoping to continue sharing new advice-focused pieces via my personal blog, High Heels & Flip-Flops, in the near future. Are there any specific topics you'd love to read about? Feel free to let me know!

INSPIRATION

7 Awesome Things About Turning 30 That Will Get You Excited

MUSIC

7 Romantic First Dance Songs You and Your Sweetie Will Love

MONEY

7 Simple Ways to Start Planning for Retirement While You're Still Young

PARENTING

7 Fantastic Gender-Neutral Nursery Themes You'll Love

TRAVEL

7 Amazing Northern Virginia Wineries to Add to Your List

7 Iconic California Cities You Must Visit on Your Next Trip

7 Fun Things to Do in Washington DC This Summer

WEDDING

7 Classic Home Essentials to Include in Your Wedding Registry

7 Great Reasons to Plan a Destination Wedding

7 Great Reasons to Plan a Small and Intimate Wedding

7 Helpful Tips on How to Make a Seating Chart for Your Wedding

7 Unforgettable Wedding Gifts Your Fiance Will Love

7 Fun Hawaiian Wedding Ideas for Tying the Knot in Paradise

All Women Stalk Roundup: August 9, 2013

After taking a brief break during my recent vacation, I'm back to blogging regularly over at All Women Stalk. As always, please feel free to stop by and check out my latest batch of posts.

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INSPIRATION

7 Beautiful and Inspiring Quotes to Help You Overcome Disappointment

TRAVEL

7 Exciting Things to Do On Oahu That You'll Never Forget

7 Luxurious Hawaiian Resorts That Are Well Worth the Splurge

PARENTING

10 Adorable Newborn Photo Ideas for Your Little Precious One

WEDDING

7 Lovely Wedding Headpiece Ideas to Make You a Beautiful Bride

7 Fun Ways to Work Out With Your Fiance

11 Creative Wedding Ring Photo Ideas That You'll Cherish Forever

7 Wedding Weekend Events That Will Make the Fun Last

9 Creative Wedding Ring Designs That Will Make You Gasp

9 Beautiful Wedding Gown Sash Ideas

All Women Stalk Roundup: June 25, 2013

For those who are following along, here's my latest roundup of All Women Stalk blog posts. Feel free to stop by and say hello!

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HEALTH

7 Simple Ways to Be Sun-Smart This Summer

LIFESTYLE

8 Must-Have Vera Bradley Accessories for Summer 2013

TRAVEL

7 Simple Tips for Surviving Overnight Flights

PARENTING

9 Creative Pregnancy Announcement Photos To Make People Go 'Aww'

8 Trendy Nursery Color Scheme Ideas

8 Super Fun Gender Reveal Party Ideas You'll Love

WEDDING

10 Amazing Ombre Wedding Cakes

9 Beautiful Blush Wedding Dresses

8 Fun Ways to Display Photos at Your Wedding

7 Heartfelt Wedding Memorial Ideas

10 Fun Monogrammed Wedding Items

9 Creative Wedding Garter Ideas

All Women Stalk Roundup: May 23, 2013

For those who are following along, here's my latest roundup of All Women Stalk blog posts. Feel free to check them out!

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LIFESTYLE

7 Great Monthly Subscription Boxes

7 Smart Reasons to Shop at IKEA

7 Easy Ways to Keep Your Cat Healthy

7 Smart Wine-Tasting Tips

7 Tips for Getting a Master's Degree

TRAVEL

7 Top Airplane Travel Essentials

7 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress While Flying

7 Amazing Perks of Flying First Class

WEDDING

7 Fun Ways to Entertain Your Wedding Guests

8 Special Ways to Honor Mom at Your Wedding

7 Quick Tips for Writing Wedding Thank You Notes

7 Fun Grand Exit Ideas

7 Hot Wedding Photography Trends for 2013

7 Beautiful Pastel Wedding Gowns

All Women Stalk Roundup: April 17, 2013

Even though I took some time off from writing for All Women Stalk during a recent trip to California, I still have a handful of new posts to share with you this month. Feel free to check them out if you're interested!

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LIFESTYLE

7 Inspiring Career Quotes 

PARENTING

7 Fun Ways to Get Girls Interested in Science

TRAVEL

7 Fun Cruise Trips

8 Great Reasons to Plan a Cruise

WEDDING

7 Tips for Working With a Professional Bridal Hair and Makeup Stylist

7 Fabulous Father-Daughter Dance Songs

7 Tips on How to Plan a Catholic Wedding

All Women Stalk Roundup: March 26, 2013

Another month, another fun batch of posts for All Women Stalk! For those who are interested, here’s my latest roundup. 

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BEAUTY

7 Marvelous Mary Kay Beauty Products

8 Best LUSH Products for Acne

FOOD

8 Delicious Disneyland Restaurants

HEALTH

7 Smart Ways to Manage Endometriosis

LIFESTYLE

9 Tips for Bringing a New Kitten Home

7 Simple Ways to Be a Conscientious Consumer

TRAVEL

10 Best Disneyland Kids' Rides

10 Best Disneyland Adventure Rides

7 Terrific Southern California Theme Parks

7 Exciting Disney California Adventure Park Rides

7 Great Reasons to Tour Europe While in College

WEDDING

7 Creative Wedding Guestbook Ideas

8 Wedding Welcome Bag Essentials

Bicoastal Bride Is Now on Bloglovin'

With the announcement that Google Reader will soon be shutting down (a huge bummer), I’ve now joined Bloglovin’. Feel free to follow me there from now on if you're switching over, too, and also let me know if there are any other reader programs you actually like better.

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

I’m very glad I was able to import my Google Reader subscriptions, but am also worried that I won’t as easily be able to add feeds from new websites/blogs unless they too are signed up via Bloglovin'. Does anyone know an easy way to get around this issue, or are there any other helpful suggestions you can share?  

All Women Stalk Roundup: February 21, 2013

After having a chance to get into the swing of things and start sharing my advice with readers, I think it’s fair to say that I absolutely love my new weekly writing gig at All Women Stalk, where I've been busy posting up a storm lately!

In case you’re interested in any of the topics I’ve written about, here's a quick roundup linking to my recent articles. Please feel free to stop by and say hello or even just share suggestions for future posts, since I’m always looking for new ideas!

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BEAUTY

7 Must-Have LUSH Products

FASHION

7 Tips for Traveling in Style

LIFESTYLE

7 Thought-Provoking Broadway Musicals

7 Wine-Themed Decor Ideas for Your Home

LOVE

7 Sexy Boudoir Shoot Tips

TRAVEL

7 Big Island Hawaiian Adventures

7 Amazing Washington DC Museums

WEDDING

7 Budgeting Tips for Your Wedding

7 Tips on What to Bring to Your Wedding Dress Fitting

7 Wedding Items Worth Splurging On

7 Gorgeous Alfred Angelo Wedding Dresses

7 Beautiful Alfred Angelo Bridesmaid Dresses

7 Awesome Engagement Shoot Tips 

7 Wine-Themed Wedding Ideas

7 Wedding Day Emergency Kit Essentials

Now Blogging for All Women Stalk

I'm thrilled to join the team at All Women Stalk, where I'll be blogging about weddings, travel and more several times a week. One of my first posts, 7 Budgeting Tips for Your Wedding, recently went live, and I'll have a lot more going up soon. 

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Feel free to stop by and say hello sometime!

A Royal Anniversary

It's hard to believe that a year ago today, I was live blogging the royal wedding as editor of the Weddzilla Blog. Time flies! Happy anniversary, Will and Kate!

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2012 Wedding Trends: An In-Depth Look

Happy Valentine’s week! I hope your year has gotten off to a great start thus far, with many exciting adventures to come. 

Today, I’m thrilled to share the news that my article on 2012 wedding trends, featuring advice from top industry pros, has been published via The Favour Shoppe. Please feel free to stop by and check it out, and remember to also join me at High Heels & Flip-Flops, where I'm blogging regularly each and every week. 

(Photo Credit: Alex Neumann Photography)  

Join Me @ High Heels & Flip-Flops!

Winter’s greetings, and a belated happy New Year! After two glorious weeks spent basking in the California sunshine, plus a few extra days devoted to catching up and fighting off the inevitable post-holiday blues, I’m back and excited to kick off a 2012 that is certain to bring new challenges and accomplishments alike.

Want to join in my non-wedding-related adventures throughout the year? Come say hi over at my lifestyle blog, High Heels & Flip-Flops, where I love talking food, fashion, fitness, travel, career and more.

Cheers, and here’s to an amazing year ahead!  

(Photo Credit: Thomas Sabo Charm Club) 

'Kaptur'-ing Our Day

Returning from our honeymoon last year to start organizing all of our wedding photos, videos and well-wishes was undoubtedly exciting but also somewhat daunting, since our friends, family members and vendors alike had tons of memories stored all across the Internet, on CDs, on photo-share sites and more.

After a year of juggling these items in different locations, I was excited to discover and start using Kaptur, an interactive website that allows you to easily bring together everyone’s photos, videos and updates for access via a personal online album.

Quick to set up and easy to use, this customized program pulls together media from sites including Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, along with items you choose to upload from your personal computer. Once you’ve created an album, it’s a cinch to share via email, Facebook or Twitter, too.

I plan to keep adding to my collection over time, and am thrilled to see my album and wedding story featured on the Kaptur blog today! Feel free to check it out and give this service a try for a fun and simple way to relive your day over and over. 

How did you or will you organize your wedding photos and video clips? 

(Graphic Credit: Kaptur) 

New Blog...High Heels & Flip-Flops

Greetings, readers! Since I last posted here a few weeks ago, I’ve happily completed my first year of grad school and also enjoyed two incredible weeks in California and St. Maarten. Now that I’m back, I can’t wait to share all the fun details about my trips and start blogging regularly again.

Though I plan to keep posting wedding-related inspiration here as the mood strikes, including about the next wedding I’m coordinating in just two weeks, I’m also excited to share my new blog, High Heels & Flip-Flops! Head on over to read my first post, describing the inspiration behind the title, and join me as I share my experience as a West Coast girl who’s spent the past few years learning to live and love life in our nation's capital.

Inspired by my love of food, fashion, fitness, travel, career and all of life’s adventures, High Heels & Flip-Flops chronicles my mission to live a positive, meaningful life to the fullest, whether East Coast or West Coast, in high heels or flip-flops.

Hope to see you there! 

(Photo Credit: Personal Library) 

Happy Days

It’s a great day for me, with another publishing class done for the semester and a very successful wedding this past Saturday for two wonderful clients!

I can’t even begin to tell you what an honor and a joy it was for me to share their day. While wedding coordination is certainly a huge responsibility, it’s one that I love, and it was truly a magical feeling to share in my clients' excitement throughout the day and in the months prior, knowing that I played a part in making sure things ran smoothly and that they had the day they’d dreamed about. Here, just a few pictures of the lovely ballroom, along with me taking things in from the sidelines during a quiet moment before springing back into action. 

Plus, now that my crazy busy marketing class is out of the way at last, I’m looking forward to getting back to blogging, working on my next wedding coming up in August and actually having some time to spend with my husband, family and friends!

Before I dive back in, I want to first share a quick feature from Fredericksburg.com, where the wonderful Sharon Naylor, author of more than 30 fabulous wedding books and one of the kindest people I’ve met in the industry, asked me to weigh in about one of my favorite wedding trends – late-night snacks!

Check out the article, written a couple weeks before I moved on from Weddzilla, and stay tuned for more new blog posts soon! 

(Photo Credits: Personal Library & Creators.com) 

Swept Away By Royal Wedding Fever!

I’m late posting here today because ever since 3 a.m. Friday, Weddzilla assistant Amanda and I have been swept away by royal wedding fever, blogging live and doing our best to keep up with every development that comes our way so that we can share it with our readers just as quickly as we can.

On Friday alone, she, several of our other fabulous bloggers and I worked together to publish a whopping 42 blog posts! Yes, Amanda and I were writing, editing, tweeting, posting and responding to questions from before the sun came up to long after it set, loving the chance to share all the news and details firsthand, but nevertheless feeling entirely exhausted by the time it all drew to a close.



This week, we’re still going strong with follow-up reports about trends, newly revealed recaps and more, written by the two of us, as well as the rest of the awesome Weddzilla blogger team. Check it out and see for yourself the proof that as if I wasn’t royally obsessed enough before the wedding, I certainly am now!

Did you watch the royal wedding? Are you still following the latest updates and recaps as they come out, or are you getting tired of hearing about it at this point?

(Photo Credit: Getty Images)

It’s A Royal Wedding Blog Party!

I’m not usually a coffee drinker, but there’s a good chance I’ll become one this morning. Why? Because it’s 3 a.m., and I’ll be watching and blogging live along with the rest of the world as William and Kate at long last say “I do”!

Want to join the party? Come on over to the Weddzilla Blog, where me, royal wedding reporter Amanda, expert guru Sharon Naylor, and tons of our fabulous bloggers are on deck for a morning filled with live updates, trend tracking, interactive polls and more from 4 to 11 a.m. EST. Additional updates will be ongoing throughout the day, so be sure to join the conversation by sharing your thoughts, comments and ideas!



Of course, we’ll be live on Twitter and Facebook, and also invite readers to submit their stories, plus photo and video links, for a chance to see them featured on the blog! Want to join the party via your own blog or website? Add the code for our Facebook live stream to your page so that all of your readers can follow the fun.

Stop by and say hi! It’s going to be an awesome day, even if I do end up wanting to take a nap before noon!

(Photo Credit: Official Royal Wedding Website)

A Royal Interview

Like everyone else, I’m super excited about the royal wedding coming up on April 29! Our fabulous Weddzilla reporter Amanda has done a great job covering all the details leading up to the big day, and we’ve got some exciting ideas in the works. For now, you can read her posts via the link above!



In the meantime, I was also thrilled to share my thoughts and ideas about the royal nuptials in an interview with Wedding Republic. It’s live to today, so feel free to check it out!

Will you be watching the royal wedding live? What are the top details you can’t wait to see revealed?

Celebrity Bride DeAnna Pappas Obsessed With Weddzilla’s Weddmark App!

As editor of the Weddzilla Blog, I love getting great feedback from brides and readers about both the blog and the wedding planning tools Weddzilla offers.

This week, I especially loved reading our celebrity bride DeAnna Pappas’ fabulous post about all the ways Weddzilla's Weddmark app is simplifying her wedding planning, allowing her to easily share ideas and inspiration with family members and friends, even though she’s constantly busy and on-the-go!

Check out what DeAnna has to say by reading her blog post, where she shares exactly why she's obsessed with the Weddmark and why she thinks other brides-to-be will love it, too. You can also visit our Weddmark site to learn more about the app and web browser tools.

Have you tried the Weddmark? Are there other apps or planning tools you love? Let me know what you think by commenting below!