hey apw,
So the week after Thanksgiving, am I right? I have to say, our whole family was so delighted to be home on Sunday. Traveling and seeing family is great, but there is really nothing like your own bed. (Apparently this holds double when you are two, since our kiddo actually giggled and kicked his feet in pure delight when we put him in his crib the first night we were home.) But then you get back, and you have to CATCHUPCATCHUPCATCHUP before the holidays. Since APW doesn’t publish the last two weeks of the year (there is no vacation like knowing there is nothing being published on your vacation), we’re gearing up hardcore around here to close out the year, and get January ready for primetime… and all the newly engaged that will join the ranks.
On that note, I thought I’d give you a rare for realz behind the scenes view of what’s happening over here. I’ve been spending much of the week sorting through your real wedding submissions, which obviously means I have the happiest job in the world. However, I also wanted to give a nice big apology to anyone that sent in their wedding this year. Our wedding submissions sort of went… crazy this year. I genuinely have no idea what happened, but suddenly we were getting four times as many weddings coming in with the exact same number of staff to manage them. (Example: I’d finally caught up on recently submitted weddings—weddings submitted a few months ago are still a project—and I looked away for two days, and came back to find ten brand new weddings submitted. OMG. OMG. Send helpz.) So we’re working through our really lovely wedding backlog, and we will get there. I want each of you who submitted a wedding this year to know that we’re looking at them, and loving them, and trying really hard to manage them. (We have weddings scheduled up to March right now! Insane!)
And with that, here is to a lovely holiday-ish weekend. I had my two-year-old help with his first cookies last week (above), and I’m still impressed with myself. And we’re literally lighting the lights (and possibly a fire in the fireplace) this weekend, right on theme.
XO,
MEG
Highlights of APW This Week
Our wish for you is simply, light.
Who says centerpieces need to sit on the tables?
Gifts for nerdy tech-lovers.
Losing the key to marriage.
Leise Jones loves winter weddings, and wants to shoot yours!
Gifts for people who are impossible to shop for.
Planning a wedding as an autistic person.
An intimate Advent wedding that just nails it.
DIY your own simple cocktail stirrers.
Is it too late to fix my bridal shower?
Link Roundup
This program will allow mothers at Logan Prison in Illinois to choose a gift that you donated, and surprise their child/children. Please help us make this a special holiday season for kids and moms who are experiencing the pain of separation, but who work so hard to maintain that critical bond throughout the year.
The divorce surge is over, but the myth lives on.
A conversation with Chris Rock.
Marketplace is doing a whole series on gentrification this week that they’ve been working on for months, based on a particular neighborhood in LA. We’re excited!
Where do we go after Ferguson?
What a sane drug policy looks like.
Love science? Want to wear a shirt covered in women? How about this one.
A guide to the terrible, delicate art of making parent friends.
You can’t make it on YouTube anymore—a really interesting take that applies to a lot of online content, currently.
What it’s like to raise three kids on $7.50 an hour.
Fuck everything, yet again.
Great local moms in history.
Americans are obsessed with parenting advice. So why are our kids so miserable?
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