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Never Before Seen Wedding Photos!

April 29, 2013 By in love love, love photography Tags: , , , , , , , , , , 4 Comments

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As you guys know, my wedding was featured on Junebug Weddings. While I was totally honored to be on the blog, they didn’t pick my favorite photos. Wedding blogs, in general, are really interested in the details of it all. But I really didn’t care too much about the little things. Yes, I made my bouquet, but I didn’t carry it. It felt unnatural. I carried a purse instead.

So I decided to share some of my personal favorite photos today!394540_10100399054518746_762294373_n

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love,
melanie

I want YOUR submissions!

April 26, 2013 By in love DIY Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

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Love Library wants your submissions! I’d love to see your best DIY, recipes and book recommendations. This little blog has had as many as 5,000 page views in a day, so this could be a great chance for you to get your work seen.

I am looking for posts with high quality, bright and beautiful pictures. I’m also looking for posts that encourage the DIY spirit and resourcefulness.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Shoot me an email.  I’d love to feature your work!

P.S. Don’t forget to comment on my Reader’s Survey. You could win a book!

love,
melanie

What do YOU want from Love Library? A Reader’s Survey

April 25, 2013 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments
Reporting to duty!

Your willing and able blog host reporting for duty!

 

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to take this blog. And if I’m being honest, I’ve been thinking a lot about the direction of my life too. I’ve got some major life changes coming up– good ones I think– and I’ve had to put on my big girl pants more than once these past couple of weeks and woman up.

Which leads me to this question… What do you all want from this blog? I need sage advice from my loyal and beautiful readers. I’m by no means a professional blogger and some days I struggle with things like:

  • Topics – are there topics (specific or general) you’d like covered in the coming months?
  • Types of Posts - DIY, recipes, books, fashion, personal stuff…. have your say about what you like most/least
  • Posting Frequency – too many posts, not enough, just right?
  • Design – I am planning a blog redesign this summer – so your comments and ideas would be helpful at this point
  • Blog Features – what would make your reader experience better?
  • Community – Are there features that you’d like added to help connect more? Do you feel connected to me?
  • Services and Tools – what could I offer you to help you improve your life?
  • What Frustrates You about  Love Library? What is Best about it?
  • Other Ideas and Feedback – anything goes, big or little.

This list was heavily created from this post on Problogger.

Please leave your answers to one or all questions in the comments. I will leave the survey up indefinitely, but I will offer up the prize of a free book to one lucky, randomly selected commenter on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. The winner can be a previous winner and does not have to be a citizen of the U.S.A.

Please help me improve!

love always,
melanie

Happy Birthday, love library!

February 14, 2013 By in love life, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , 2 Comments
Photo by heartlover1717 on Flickr

Photo by heartlover1717 on Flickr

One year ago today I started this little blog. It has gone through a lot of changes since the beginning. I wanted to write about weddings, but I quickly found out that I hated writing about weddings. I’ve tried things that have worked and didn’t work, and I appreciate anyone who has stuck around. I’ve got some fun things planned for this little blog and I hope ya’ll stick around for another year!

love,
melanie

Why My Wedding Blogging Hobby Didn’t Last

March 27, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments

Photo courtesy of Sam Fam

I may hold the record as the world’s shortest hobbyist. I get interested in something for maybe 5 minutes (long enough to create this blog, I suppose…) and then I’m over it. But in some ways, I’ve never been that interested in my own wedding. Other people’s weddings? Sure, those are interesting, but I didn’t have to plan those.

I started this blog because I felt like I needed to be excited about my own wedding. But over the short course of this blog, I’ve come to believe it’s ok to not be excited about your wedding. Crazy, huh?

Sure, I’m excited about making George my husband. I love him to pieces. He is my rock, my partner in crime, my soul mate, but I don’t really care that much about a wedding. Sure, I want a nice dress and some (gluten-free) cake, but I don’t want 5 bridesmaids, 100 guests or a boat load of debt.

So, where is this all going? In short, I probably won’t be blogging my wedding much anymore. I just don’t like it very much. Plain and simple. After all, I believe in the sunk-cost fallacy. But I do enjoy this blogging hobby. In the future you can look out for book reviews, style posts, recipes, and whatever the hell else I want to write because… wait for it… THIS IS MY BLOG!

So how did I become so liberated? I read, I researched, I did what good librarians do. Here are some links that have helped me:

love,
melanie

Welcome!

February 25, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Welcome to my little blog. I became engaged last June and like most brides-to-be, I started looking at bridal magazines and blogs for inspiration. But I quickly became jaded– and quite frankly, discouraged by what I found. I kept asking myself the same questions:

  • Since when did weddings become so elaborate?
  • Since when did weddings cost $35,000?
  • Since when did engaged couples have time to make 4,000 origami swans?
  • Since when did everyone look like models?!

After becoming exasperated, discouraged and unenthusiastic about my own wedding, I decided to start this blog. I hope that love library can be a place to document small expressions of love. And I hope that it can be a place to share small, chic, refreshing weddings, easy DIY projects, and easily translatable wedding inspiration.

Join me in my journey.

xoxo,

melanie

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