💼👧's 🔍: Vegas weddings, alcohol consumption is down, a DIY invitation hack I swear by

Hellmann’s is officiating weddings, college-educated guys are struggling with employment, and I consumed a rack of ribs.

Let’s get into it.

Branded Vegas weddings are hot right now (should I….?)

From Hellmann’s (yes, the mayo company) sponsoring a recent wedding to Denny’s popping up a chapel (“Allow us to put the Mmmm... in matrimony”), Vegas is rolling out all the stops to get more couples to marry there. Due to the economy, way fewer people are taking part in shotgun Vegas weddings, and the powers that be in Sin City are trying really hard to bring the romance back. As someone deep in wedding planning, I kind of get the appeal of a one-and-done, inexpensive, virtually planning-free ceremony? But no, I don’t want mayonnaise to marry me.

Gen Z guys with college degrees are struggling to get hired

The unemployment rate for male college grads is 6% - compared to 3.5% for women of the same age demo and 4.2% (regardless of college graduation status) nationwide. For the first time in history, young men without college degrees are actually more likely to be employed than their more-educated counterparts. While recent female grads are more likely to have jobs, they’re still typically making less compared to guys. Ugh, hate to hear that.

Alcohol consumption rates at an all-time low

While I can’t say this stat applies to all the bachelorette parties I’ve attended this year, 40% of surveyed Americans reported having avoided alcohol completely over the past week - which is the highest that stat has ever been since 2000. Only 54% of Americans report drinking alcohol at all (to be fair, this is self-reported - can we trust ‘em??), which is a new all-time low for the US. Most are citing health concerns as their motivation for avoiding booze; subsequently, we’re seeing a huge surge in the alcohol-free bev market.

When you have one single weekend at home, you make an entire rack of ribs. Ok, to be fair, my brother made an entire rack of ribs and I watched, then ate them, then got on a plane, because I lied: I had ONE SINGLE DAY at home, not an entire weekend. Classic! Went to a bridal shower in Chicago for my bestie; wore this adorable Ref set which was perfect for midwest summer.

I’ve never felt more corporate x bridal. White set (check), pearl phone chain (check), sexy little fishnet shoes (check check). This top is on sale for a shocking $36 - only an XS left, scoop it up quick if that’s your size!

If you’re a DIY bride, you will die over this Canva hack. I recently learned you can upload a CSV of names and/or addresses to Canva, link the fields to a design, and Canva will auto-populate the data onto each design. So instead of copy/pasting names and addresses onto 100 envelope designs, you can just set up one, tell Canva how to handle the data, and in a few clicks, you’ll have ALL your envelopes complete. Here’s the tutorial! Will literally take you less than one minute!! LMK if you try it! (Would also work for any occasion that requires printing and variable formatting).

Thanks for reading!