Our HBSH Wedding Website

Our HBSH Wedding Website is finally up! 😀

Funny story: I have literally been working on this since before we got engaged. Call me crazy (we all know the story about my wedding dress)…but I knew Scott was going to propose sooner than later. Being the planner I am, I like to get the ball rolling on things when I think something might take a lot of personal touches, or extra time on. So, I jumped online and started researching wedding websites. I looked at site after site, and finally I found exactly what I was looking for.

I know you can customize pretty much any kind of webpage these days, but I was looking for a website that I could customize every little detail to fit the style of what Scott and I are going for! And, believe you me – did THAT take some time. But, alas, she is done and up and running!

I told you before in my February Video Update, I can give you a sneak peak of what the site looks like, but I will not share the actual website with you, for the sake of privacy. I can, however provide you with plenty of screen shots to give you visuals of what I’m talking about.

To start, I need to share the fabulous wedding website I found after searching and searching for the perfect style for us:

www.weddingwindow.com

It’s seriously the best wedding website I’ve seen out there. Not only is it our official website page, but it offers organizational tools like a budget calculator, check lists, guest address lists, RSVP organizer, and more. I have to admit that this site NOT free, but honestly – it was a purchase well worth it.

There are so many different layouts, styles, customizations, page options, colors, fonts, pictures, and the list goes on and on and Scott and I ~~both~~ spent countless hours on it. As soon as we found a theme for the site, we would think about it for a few days and change it again. We ended up with what you see below as our final decisions for layout. The theme, colors, and style is a mix and match of EVERYTHING – a change of every color possible, a customized photo everywhere possible, additions of pages, music downloads, link uploads, and again, the list goes on and on…

Intro Page – the gray flower background moves across the back


Homepage – not in it’s entirety, but you get the idea.

Like I said, we customized EVERYTHING…even the 4 picture blocks on the right.

Since there were 4 blocks we could change, out of nowhere I thought to spell the letters L-O-V-E. Notice that the “O” is the picture of Scott and I’s hands forming a heart! 😉

Pretty fun huh? I know I spent way to much time on this, but I really enjoyed every part of putting it together.

Like most wedding websites, we got an opportunity to share personal information our guests might not necessarily know about us including Our Story and details of how we met:

I don’t even know if I’ve shared that story on here, but I’m sure a post about that will come one of these days. Right now, there’s too much wedding info to share! 🙂

The purpose of wedding websites is to share more than just personal information, it’s a place for guests (especially out of towners) to get all of the information they would need to travel to your wedding destination. Here, we have listed not only information about the ceremony and reception sites, but also directions, accommodation ideas and local activities in Orlando.

Something that was an absolute MUST to share on our site was my blog page with everyone: shout out to Love Laughs & Kisses: whoop whoop!

One of my favorite parts about this site, is the MUSIC. I got to hand pick and download mp3s to upload on our website playlist. This alone took a day or two for me to figure out, but I’m glad I put the time into it, because it adds such a personal touch. The music plays right away when you open the site, and rotates through 5 of our favorite songs. If you want to pause, go back or jump to the next song you have full control on the bottom of the page.

I could honestly show you a picture of every single page of this thing, but I’m going to stop boring you and save the last picture for something FUN. A puzzle for our guests to figure out while they enjoy the site!

I’ve never seen a “Fun and Games” page on a wedding website before, so of course I had to utilize this one:

It’s on the easy setting, but you can change the level and type of puzzle.

I’m sure you can tell by now, how freaking excited I am about our site. FINALLY, after 6 months of working on it our wedding website project is D-O-N-E!

In a way, I feel like a proud momma sharing my baby with the world – because that’s how much time and effort I’ve put into it.

And there you have Our HBSH Wedding Website. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

If you have any questions about weddingwindow.com, ask & I would be happy to help! 🙂