Life. Love. Lipstick.

On our way home on a road trip last week, I finally picked up a copy of Southern Weddings.  Oh. my. gosh.  I have always liked bridal magazines, but am very selective.  I like fewer ads, more real weddings.  Helloooo, SW!  

I know, there probably isn’t much to say about this fab mag that hasn’t already been said, but I thought I’d just highlight my 3 favorite things about the magazine.

• True Bride Confessions are little snippets at the bottom of every few pages.  They are exactly what you would think… My favorite?  “I want a ring bigger than hers.”  While that’s super shallow, I think there are so many ladies who can relate (btw, I’m actually not one of them because my ring is perfection, but I used to be that girl).
• This magazine is seriously packed with real weddings!  Who doesn’t love that?! It’s always my favorite  part of a magazine, and with 52 pages of the beautiful wedding pics and stories, this one is loaded!!
• I think my favorite feature in the issue is “Stepping Out,” which showcases beautiful (and colorful!) wedding shoes of real brides.  I used to do a lot of shoe posts on this blog because I LOVE them!

If you have not read this magazine yet, you seriously need to.  The real weddings are reason enough!  Even the advertisers are worthy of checking out.

I am willing to pass on my copy, so if anyone wants it, email me and it’s yours! rhondagaileubanks [at] gmail [dot] com .

Today I ran across 3 very different and amazing weddings, all which had one thing in common: awesome fashion sense!

First up, captured by Ashley Brokop, is these dashing men in suspenders in khakis.  The entire wedding of Lizzy and Johnathan is so darling.  Do yourself a favor and check out the compilation done by Southern Weddings.

Once again, let’s give it up for stylish grooms.  Now, it is entirely possible that the bride was behind the idea to wear such an awesome jacket and pocket square.  Regardless of whose idea it was, I’m loving it!  You also will not want to miss the ceremony photos from the wedding of Breanna and Charlie, shot by my favorite beach wedding photographer, Paul Johnson.  It’s truly breathtaking!

I found a dreamy set of photos on Style Me Pretty, and while not my personal style, the dress worn by bride Elle is so romantic and beautiful.  The photography alone, by Twin Lens Photography, is enough reason to go check out this post on SMP.