I just adore this wedding! So many fun details and lots of great budget savvy DIY ideas! I especially love the wheat centerpieces- definitely a great budget-savvy idea! I also love the seating card display, their ribbon ‘wedding wands’ and the lovely lanterns as decor! Hope you enjoy this installment of the BSWOW! xoxo-Jessica Ricky [...]
The days are counting down. Holy smokes! I cannot believe we are THISCLOSE to the wedding. I am not originally for Georgia and neither is Matt, so most of our families are scattered around the country. Sadly, we are not expecting a big out of town turnout, but for those who are able to make [...]
**Photo credit: Onewed.com via Groomsadvice.com** Hello, fellow Budget Savvy Brides! In order to design a wedding on a budget, I’ve had to find new ways to stretch our dollar. Here are some basic tricks we’ve used to find great, budget-friendly deals: 1) Craft stores ALWAYS have coupons (and great sales!): Check weekly for coupons [...]
So sorry that I didn’t get my favorite links post up yesterday, y’all. This has been a CRAZY week! Yesterday I was glued to the TV all day watching the manhunt for the 2nd Boston Bombing suspect, like many others across the country. Weeks like this remind me how lucky I am to have [...]
Happy Friday, everyone! It’s Maddy from Somewhere Splendid and Confetti Pop again, here to bring you the newest installment of Blooms on a Budget. Today, I have a beautiful spring arrangement that makes me wish I wasn’t just hit with 6″ of snow here in Minnesota! The color is so bright and cheerful – it warms me right up! This [...]
We sent our Save the Dates 9 months before our wedding day, because after 15 months of being engaged we wanted to shout it from the rooftops “We’ve chosen a date! Mark it on your calendar and celebrate the commitment that we’re making to each other!” We were under the impression that our friends and [...]
This Free Pocket Fold Invitation Template set, exclusive to Budget Savvy Brides, is literally blooming at the seams. The set includes a coordinating invitation, RSVP card, and enclosure card. Oversize flowers in reds and pinks are set off by a gold pocket fold, for a high-end look without the high-end price tag. No one will guess [...]
It’s time for another fabulous budget savvy wedding!! I knew I had to feature this outdoor DIY wedding as soon as I saw it! The vibe, the colors, the community- it all just touched my heart. I love when people include their friends and family in the day and use the ‘it takes a village’ [...]
As you might remember from last year, I was a speaker at three AMBER HOUSLEY: Inspired workshops in 2012. I’m excited to share that I am going to be speaking again in 2013 at the AH Inspired event in Nashville in August! Yay! AH Inspired is an incredible event, and if you [...]
This detail was actually one of Brandon’s ideas, and I love it! There are cake toppers that I like on etsy; some are upwards of $150! For a cake topper? I don’t think so! So Brandon proposed an idea, which I immediately (and excitedly) agreed to – it is creative, inexpensive, and really shows our [...]
Happy MONDAY ladies! Hope you all had a most FABULOUS weekend! I’ve got some fun news, we are opening admissions for a new group of Bride Bloggers to share their budget weddings here on BSB! We are looking for five budget savvy brides who are currently planning their weddings to blog and share their experiences, [...]
The type of cake we’d get if we had a lot of dollars: image found here My first choice venue was $4,298 plus the cost of food; a beautiful 25 acre retreat center that only allows you to rent the space for 2 days minimum. And when my favorite gentleman and I were cake tasting, [...]
