Eating to Feel Your Best

Follow these nutrition tips now to be slim, glowing and serene at your wedding.

Eat breakfast. "It jump-starts your metabolism," says trainer Tracy Effinger, co-author of The Wedding Workout. "And if you blow it off, you're more likely to reach for potato chips at 11:30 A.M." 

Drink water. NYC dermatologist Lisa Airan recommends about four liters a day. To keep track, she says, "buy liter bottles of water and mark them 1, 2, 3 and 4."

Choose wisely. L.A. lifestyle coach and nutritionist Jackie Keller recommends a diet of fruits and vegetables; high-fiber grains, such as whole wheat and barley; and small amounts of lean protein, especially fish. "Your skin will be fed, your eyes will be bright, your nails will be healthy."

Sleep well. "Sleep deprivation is a scenario for losing control of eating," says Stephen Gullo, a diet psychologist and author of The Thin Commandments Diet. "It can particularly increase a craving for carbs."

Pack a snack. To avoid a drop in blood sugar and a craving for candy bars, keep a nutritious snack in your purse. Snack options include soy crisps, a small amount of nuts, all-natural peanut butter on a celery stick, or a container of fat-free yogurt.

Tips & Advice from Instyle Weddings

Pie in a Jar

 As Pie is almost a tradition in our family, I would love to have a Pie & Peas Break towards the end of the evening or even traditional Apple Pie as favours to give away at the end of the night. Either way, pricing these stout, bites of yumtiousness is proving rather costly at £4.50 a pop so this is the easy, cost effective way of making adorable favours or a snack at the end of the night. Easy.

Image and wonderful idea courtesy of Our Best Bites

Amazing Amy Atlas

I'm glad I was guided to this website. Amy Atlas Events. This lady is wonderful. Her brilliant design ideas and attention to details are just wonderful. Wonderful. This is what I want at the wedding. For more sweet-toothed delights have a look at her blog.

To Monogram or Not To Monogram?

I recently read that to make simple monogram logo for your wedding will save you money and tie the whole thing together but, I think a monogram on anything makes it look rather "lah-di-dah". That's ok if it's what you're looking for but, if it's not, what other options have you got? I'm off to explore.

In the mean time here are a few monogrammed ideas I found. Hope you like.

The Mystical Woodland Banquet

The moss covered table, the wood rounds to display individual platters and the tiny acorn details. Great idea for the wedding!

More Cake!

This is just stunning! The rich cream base colour and the PERFECT little mushrooms, acorns and ferns and moss.

Woodland Berries Cupcake

chocolate_berries_cream, originally uploaded by My Artisan Cake Company.

There's got to be cupcakes!

Woodland Wedding Cake

Woodland Cake, originally uploaded by EB Cakes.

Today I'm looking for everything to do with my Mystical Woodland Wedding them... this cake is inspiration for it. To keep within budget I will probably be baking this myself with help decorating from my artistic Dad. The wooden slice-of-tree cake stand is frugal ecofriendly idea - as long as you haven't cut the tree down especially for your wedding day...that's not okay.

Thank you to Style Me Pretty

This is a dedicated Thank you to the Style Me Pretty people.

Thank you for all the inspiration on your site!

With only 465 days to go I have been searching for some wonderful DIY projects and lo and behold here you are to my rescue!

From favours to table decor, bridesmaid gifts to food - you can find everything on Style Me Pretty