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I def check out wedding blogs like this one!! If you check out my blog I have a list of the ones I like. I also love going on Theknot.com and Brides.com. If you want unique ideas I def think that online bridal blogs would have more than the magazines do.
I still buy those magazines because they are portable and I don't have a wireless internet card yet. But I totally agree, the wedding magazines are lame and the same venders are featured in all the magazines. The only magazine I like (read love) is Martha Stewart. Because she is actually innovative.
I am addicted to wedding blogs. More of my great ideas have come from wedding blogs, and especially weddingbee, than from any magazine.
I think really creative weddings are featured in Grace Ormonde and InStyle Weddings. I find that most of the "new" and "fresh" ideas are often found by looking at other people's weddings. Even though weddings featured in that magazine cost a lot more than we're planning to spend, I like trying to find ways to implement the same ideas by DIY.
I do blogs to. Or just be you, this is your wedding do what you want to do. Thats what I'm doing if everyone doesn't like who care. Its your wedding not theirs.
Blogs, blogs, blogs... One connects to another, connects to something else, and soon you've fallen down a rabbit hole of creativity. I have so many things bookmarked that blogs have led me to!
i used to sub to all of them, but now i only read ms weddings because i think a lot of the crafts can be used for occasions other than weddings. of course i may be biased, but blogs really are the biggest source of information for me. 
When I first got engaged a year ago I subscribed to every wedding magazine I could find! Then, they were great because I was brand new to the wedding scene and just beginning to brainstorm about my wedding. Now...it's a year later, there are 6 months until my wedding, and I'm well beyond the brainstorming stage! Lucky for me, my subscriptions are just about expired. My biggest gripe about wedding magazines is that they don't offer enough practical advice to brides on a budget. Still, they offer plenty of lovely pictures to look at...but I don't know if they offer anything that can't be found online.
I am in LOVE with Southern New England Weddings, it profiels so many beautiful weddings. It is obviously geared towards NEw England with its vendors, but the magazine would be great for people in other areas because the photos are so inspirational and the best I have seen. I also love La Bella Bridal, which is geared towards New England, DC and I think NY.
I think they are better than national publications.
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I also got tired of the same old ideas. I got lots more fresh ideas and inspiration by wandering around architectural salvage shops and antique shops, and looking at really old photos of weddings from the 20's and 30's.
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I agree! I think wedding mags just rehash the same ideas in different colors and with slight variations, for the most part. It always makes me wonder where the really new, innovative, creative writers are. I feel like if you've read one mag, you've read almost all of them.
I agree that Martha Stewart tends to be good, but I've started to draw inspiration not only from blogs but from non-wedding mags. Home decor and entertaining mags are FULL of good ideas, just waiting for someone to give them that wedding twist!
I got tons of ideas for my wedding next January from this year's Martha Stewart Holiday!
I hear you. I love design blogs for entertaining inspiration and color schemes, and I pay a lot more attention to decor in restaurants/lounges now to see if I can steal ideas.
Thank you for your suggestions. I guess I should look into blogs. What blogs do you recommend for inspiration?
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It seems as though half of all wedding mags are gown ads. I do get a lot of ideas, but many of them aren't as doable as they make it seem. And what's with them always featuring "real" weddings that cost a fortune. Around here, "real" means doing whatever you can to pull it off with $5,000-10,000....or less. I suppose it does have a lot to do with the ads dictating content and all that, but it would be nice to catch a glimpse of classy weddings done with a TRULY limited budget.
I'll just start my own. =)
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MS Weddings is BY FAR the best wedding magazine. You're right about the others- they're just recycling the same ideas over and over.
My biggest source of creativity and inspiration are blogs, 100%! Our wedding would be totally lame if it wasn't for the blog world. :)
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Feel free to check out my blog as well as my wedding blog roll. As for magazines, one of my favorites is Wedding Style Guide. http://weddingstyleguide.blogspot.com/
WSG is an Australian publication which also features US weddings but the inspiration is over the top and the best part, all of ads are from Aussie vendors so they are fresh and new! You won't be able to book the vendors you find in the magazine most times but the inspiration is endless. And better yet, the blog is filled with inspiration as well. For a sneak peak, check out some of the pages of their magazine here:
http://perfectbound.blogspot.com/2008/06/heatwave-chic-from-wedding-style-guide.html
http://perfectbound.blogspot.com/2008/06/beach-ball-wedding-style-guide.html
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I still get the Martha Stewart issues when I see a new one. I'm always worried I will miss some great idea if I don't get the magazine!
As for the others, I gave up on those a few months after being engaged. After a while, it just became so much of the same, so many ads for dresses, so many "do it for less!" type articles, or articles featuring weddings that seemed so ridiculously expensive that I didn't even bother reading them. Plus, in the more local magazines I was always worried that vendors had paid to be featured. It was fun to look at all of them for the first few months!
WIth all of the fabulous wedding blogs out there, I never really got into the magazines! They're too overrated, and overstuffed with the same ads over and over.
Seems like wedding mags are just full of ads (read: same wedding and BM dress ads) and occasionally there is an inspirational idea or two or a thoughtful article. I'm basically addicted to WeddingBee.com and StyleMePretty.com. If there's something I need help or advice on, I Google it or ask my girls.
I must say I have gotten so many ideas from wedding bee
go weddingbee
Honestly, it is all beginning to blur into one big giant magazine for me. I am much more comfy reading my favorite style and design blogs now because I think it's fresher, more original.
You can only see the same pictures over and over. Same stuff. Same ads. What's going to be earthshattering? Not that much. Now I do love "Instyle Weddings" and Martha sometimes. They do have a few interesting things. Grace Ormond's mag is very lovely too..but real life elegance (not spending a million bucks) is what I am after..I think my style is actually quite nice now that I've defined it well.
I agree with everyone, I'm all about the wedding blogs!!! Love them. There's some that are updated with fresh, unique, wonderful ideas everyday!
Also, I've found that I really enjoy UK magazines- Conde Nast Brides UK is the best.
Bellenga, did you know Grace Ormond magazine is digital now ... on the web? I just figured that out.
Just last week, I spent a good quality time browsing 11, yes, ELEVEN bridal magazines. I only came out with perhaps a half dozen inspirational photos, and the rest didn't impress me at all. And not a single dress spoke to me...ugh...so discouraged!
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I find myself torn when it comes to the bridal magazines. I already have my gown and my bridemaid dresses, so I am completely sick of all the dress ads. But I can't help but check older mags out from the library and have a giant stack of the new magazines I've bought over the past few months. I love weddingbee, but the bridal mags are like wedding candy!
I too have fallen in love with the library. Until I got engaged, I had not seen the inside of a library for years!!!!! I didn't even remember how it worked! Lol. They have everything though. Books, magazines ... everything. They will even get what you want ... and it's not expensive like at the bookstore.
ugh, i agree. Almost all of the COVERS look alike. bride on beach, looking over her shoulder. so i don't even buy them any more last time i bought one was about three or four months ago. I know not all the magazines have that picture but the ones i've been glancing at at passing by do.
I'm definitely sick of the really really cute things(invites especially) that are over a thousand dollars for 50 of them...
harumph
Ilovenycmissie, I was in the bookstore browsing and I fell in love with a wedding book. I think it was by Preston Bailey. Well, the book was $65 and I just could not justify spending that on a book ... yes I will splurge on shoes, but on a book? LOL. So I thought, let me call the library to see if they even have it.
Well, guess what? Not only did they have it, but I checked out like 20 of the hottest titles in Wedding books ... for free. Yep. Free. It's so nice to get something for free!
They're pretty to look at but not very practical. Sorry, I don't have a money tree in my backyard for the ridiculously priced items in there!
It must take too much time/effort to market a "budget friendly" bridal magazine. There's always Martha Stewart!
I never thought about going to the library! I'm so there tomorrow! :)
Oh, yes, trust me, I am at the library all the time! The librarians all know me and ask about my progress on the wedding planning every couple weeks. It's so cute. 
I am SO tired of all the dress ads. Seriously. They are all the same in every single magazine, and they are all just... too much. Too much styling and glamour for what I want. I've been putting putting together an inspiration binder but since I don't have a printer that is compatible with my computer, all the GREAT stuff I've found online is sitting in folders!
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I'm tired of the same vendors being featured. I want to see new fresh talents! And I'm tired of the same ol' ideas being recycled over and over again. Anyone feeling the same way? Any other gripes? Any favorite wedding magazine that you can recommend? Or where do you go to get inspiration for your wedding?