The Lover.ly team has long been fans of Real Simple - our go-to guide online and in print for making life simpler, and more beautiful. That’s why we’re beyond thrilled to introduce Real Simple as our newest editorial partner! Not only will you be able to find Real Simple’s beautiful wedding content in the Lover.ly search engine, but you’ll also be able to find Lover.ly’s content over on Real Simple’s newly relaunched wedding channel.

We’re celebrating with some of our favorite quotes on love and partnership! Share your faves with the people YOU love most.

XO,

The Lover.ly Team

Lover.ly and our friends at Wedding Paper Divas are teaming up to bring you fun + fresh wedding stationery…for free! Through next week, enter to win $500 in stunning save-the-dates and inspiring invitations.

Head to lover.ly/win to enter.

GOOD LUCK, Loverlies!

Join Lover.ly and a slew of our favorite Northern California friends, vendors, and brands at The Lab Event THIS SATURDAY at Cline Cellars in Sonoma, CA!

What can you expect? Chat with the best wedding vendors in the area, get amazing ideas from beautiful vignettes put together by the most creative wedding talents in the area, check out a runway show from designer Sarah Seven, and taste some of the tastiest food and wine Sonoma has to offer. And of course, come on by and chat up the gals from Lover.ly – we’re excited to tell you about what’s to come in 2013!

Check out video from last year’s event—The Lab 2013 promises to be even more amazing this Saturday…so join us!

The Lab Event 2012 {Cline Cellars} Sonoma from Lovespun ~ Handmade Films on Vimeo.

There are only a few tickets left before The Lab 2013 is at max capacity, so grab one of the last tickets NOW. See you there!

What a fabulous year it’s been, Loverlies! We moved from our 250 square foot office in Cooper Square to a brand new space over SIX times the size in the Flatiron district. We’ve expanded our editorial partners to 32 of the best wedding blogs and publishers, and expanded our shopping partners to over 700 of the coolest wedding shops and brands on the web. We released Lover.ly 2.0 early in the year and are on the cusp of releasing the our newest version of the site—Lover.ly 3.0 (coming soon!). And best of all, our full-time team has grown to NINE!

We wanted to take a minute to introduce the newest member to the Lover.ly team: Melissa Mandelbaum!

Our new office accommodates 40 people, and we’re excited to grow our team to include super-passionate, best-of-industry talent next year. The Lover.ly team is made up of people that are among the BEST of what they do, and we’re all dedicated to revolutionizing and simplifying the way that brides get inspired, shop, and hire vendors for their weddings. If you love start-up culture, big challenges, the color PINK**, and GETTING IT DONE, we want you on our team. Drop us a line at hello (at) lover (dot) ly with your resume, experience, and why you’d be the perfect fit to join the Lover.ly team. We can’t wait for you to join us in 2013!

XO,

Kellee and the Lover.ly Team

**Just kidding. You don’t have to love pink, but you have to at least like it…Lover.ly HQ is awash in pink!

We’re so excited to be teaming up with Birchbox to Pretty Up Your Party this month! Head over to our contest page to enter, and good luck!

It’s a great week for beauty, Loverlies! Find Lover.ly guest blogging over at the Birchbox Blog all week this week as we share our favorite beauty tips and products to get pampered and pretty for your wedding, honeymoon, and beyond. As a bride-to-be, being engaged is the perfect time to pamper yourself and discover new beauty tips and tricks. Birchbox is the perfect way to discover hand-picked beauty and lifestyle products; it’s like heading to your favorite department store every month without ever having to leave the house!

Via a $10 a monthly subscription, Birchbox will send you deluxe beauty samples from our favorite brands like Kerastase, Jouer, Smashbox, Stila, and more, giving you an awesome way to try out all the new products that editors have buzzed about, without the commitment of dropping major $$$ on full sized products. If you discover something you love, you can purchase any products (and lots more) right in the Birchbox shop. Genius!

If you’re looking for a great gift to pamper yourself or a bride-to-be in your life, a subscription to Birchbox is IT!

Check into the Birchbox blog every day this week for tips on what to pack for your honeymoon, taking care of your hair as a bride, the great wedding-scent debate, and more, from the Lover.ly Team! And we’ve got a great giveaway coming your way tomorrow…stay tuned!

Best. Bride. Ever.

Win dresses and accessories for you and your bridal party. There’s one week left to enter…

Head to our contest page: http://lover.ly/win

Hurry! This contest ends on September 27, 2012!

Well, hello there! Team Lover.ly has been busy behind the scenes designing and tweaking, and at long-last we’re excited to unveil our brand-new blog to the world!

Photo by: Elizabeth Messina on The Brides Cafe via Lover.ly

There’s so much inspiration to be found at Lover.ly—the ultimate search engine for weddings—that we needed a special space to share our finds and faves with you.

What will you find here?

• Wedding Trends
• Wedding Tips
• Wedding Fashion – From Inspiration to Reality
• Wedding Day Must-Haves
• Wedding Color Schemes and Themes
• Lover.ly Bundle and Lover.ly Portfolio Highlights
• Lover.ly Announcements and Updates from the Team

All with inspiration from our 30+ amazing publishing and shop partners, and Lover.ly Bundles of wedding inspiration and Vendor Portfolios YOU’VE created.

Photo by: Elizabeth Messina on Kelly Oshiro via Lover.ly

We bid adieu to our old blog, hosted on Tumblr…but the old blog won’t go dormant! We’ll be Tumbling our favorite Lover.ly wedding finds there, so if you’re an avid Tumblr, make sure to follow Lover.ly on Tumblr.

Photo by: Elizabeth Messina on The Brides Cafe via Lover.ly

Get ready for wedding inspiration overload! Be sure to subscribe via RSS (LINK), and to get your personal dose of wedding ideas and inspiration customized to you, head over to Lover.ly and TAKE THE STYLE QUIZ…you’ll swoon over the results!

XO,

The Lover.ly Team