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Welcome to Appleby Photography and thank you for visiting our wedding blog! We are a wedding and portrait studio located in the midwest. We are happy to serve the Wisconsin and Iowa area. Please let us know how we can help you- we would be honored to be a part of your day!

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Amanda & Jon | Wedding

Amanda and Jon's wedding took place in the Wisconsin Dells. The location is great for families that are traveling to the wedding destination. It's like a vacation built right into the weekend!

Friday, July 13, 2012

Kendra & John | Wedding

A few images from Kendra and John's wedding:

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Too Much Of A Good Thing

You have your Pinterest account and you are following tons of people and accounts. How is that working?

Are you loving the ideas? Are they too much? Are you going to use any of them? Do you have this unstoppable desire to try to use them all?

So many ideas can become overwhelming. You need to know when to look at the pretty pictures and when to stop looking and start doing. No wedding will plan itself just by looking at the bridal eye-candy. These boards from our last post are meant for inspiration, but it's up to you to actually plan the wedding and follow through on all the details.

Remember that a couple of great ideas are all that you need to make your wedding fabulous.

You don't need to stress yourself out with trying to do everything that you see on blogs and Pinterest for your one day. Pick a couple that you feel are really fun or that would add special meaning on the day.

Then, forget the rest.

You want to be able to enjoy your family and friends on your wedding day, not stressing over the fact that you didn't finish your 64 DIY projects. Plus, some of the fun blog posts you see on wedding boards and sites are not even from real weddings, but from stylized photo shoots that were set-up just to show off cute ideas. The blogs know that you can't do everything on one day, so don't measure your real wedding by their pretend ones.

If you are looking for ways to use Pinterest better with your wedding planning, read this from mashable.com: How to Avoid Pinterest Wedding Angst

How do you use Pinterest? Is more better or can you have too much of a good thing? When do you draw the line in looking for new ideas?