You’ve followed all the wedding budget advice. You’ve agreed on a budget, set a savings goal, created a separate “wedding” bank account, and basically saved you ass off to afford your dream wedding. (If you’re super-smart, you’ll follow all the tips in the “budget” section of the Gothic Wedding Planner). But you forgot one teensy-weensy [...]

To all you beautiful gothic brides, darkly delightful gents, and any and all who read this blog or my other work, thank you so much for brightening my year, buying my book, and amazing me with your amazing creativity! A very merry Christmas! Wherever you are, I hope you’re safe and happy and enjoying time [...]

I wanted to give you a special Christmas treat today – another Real Gothic Wedding! This one’s from Sassy and Ian in England. They created this magical Christmas wedding with a gothic twist. I love Sassy’s wedding dress – especially the corset from Angels Carrying Savage Weapons (watch for a feature on them soon!) and [...]

One of the best sources of inspiration for gothic brides are pictures and stories from real gothic weddings. So here on the gothic wedding planner blog, I try to feature a few real-life gothic weddings to give you heaps of ideas. Sean and Rachel’s wedding is unique for a number of reasons: the bride’s beautiful [...]

Bridesmaids – we love them. They help glue invites together, they tell us when that dress we like looks horrific, they put up with all of our bridey, weddingey bollocks. So how do we say thank you? With alternative weddings, the couple tends to make use of the creative talents of those around them. Friends [...]