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Shira Savada

Name: Shira Savada
Title: Real Weddings Editor
Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland
Favorite wedding flower: Ranunculus
Best planning tip: Give your photographer a “must shoot” list to make sure he or she captures every single person and detail that will make your day special.

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Real Wedding Follow-Up: Eunice and Daniel, Part 3

Posted by Shira Savada

Posted by Eunice Moyle, whose wedding is featured in the Spring 2010 issue!
The fashions!

Daniel worked with Al of Al’s Attire to design his suit, which reflected his dapper …

Real Wedding Follow-Up: Eunice and Daniel, Part 2

Posted by Shira Savada

Posted by Eunice Moyle, whose wedding is featured in the Spring 2010 issue!
Ah, the wedding dress. I came up with the original design of my dress and handed …

Real Wedding: Kristin and Brad

Posted by Shira Savada

This week, Kristin and Brad’s real wedding is sure to have you dreaming of summer.
A few tidbits:
Talented photographer Corbin Gurkin captured this lovely (and small) wedding wonderfully.
Destination wedding …

Real Wedding Follow-Up: Eunice and Daniel, Part 1

Posted by Shira Savada

Posted by Eunice Moyle, whose wedding is featured in our Spring 2010 issue!
Our save the dates were limited edition prints, inspired by British paper artist Rob Ryan and …

Real Wedding Follow-Up: Eunice and Daniel

Posted by Shira Savada

Our Spring issue hits newsstands on Monday (if only it felt like spring now), and it’s got one of our great real weddings on the cover. Eunice Moyle …

Behind The Scenes of Our Winter Cakes Story

Posted by Shira Savada

The cake story in our Winter issue was inspired by timeless symbols of love. We sat down for numerous brainstorming sessions, drafting cake ideas and lists of who …

Behind the Scenes: More From Our Memory Keeping Story

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I forgot that I had this photo on my phone from way back when we shot our memory keeping story in the winter issue of Martha Stewart Weddings. …

Real Wedding: Rae and Noah

Posted by Shira Savada

This week, we’re sharing Rae and Noah’s wedding, courtesy of one of our favorite NYC-area photographers, Dave Robbins.
We first got wind of this unique wedding from planner Xochitl …