The Budget Savvy Bride

Happy Friday, everyone! It’s Maddy from Somewhere Splendid and Confetti Pop again, and I’m excited to bring you our first arrangement that is officially sponsored by Blooms by the Box.  Today’s arrangement is a special request from Ez of Creature Comforts (love her and her blog!) for her sister’s purple hued wedding. A special tip for everyone, because I [...]

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  I’ve been getting many of questions lately about what exactly I do. I have to admit, telling people that I am a professional wedding blogger has gotten me some CRAZY looks from time to time, since many people still don’t seem to understand exactly what a blogger does. So I am joining my friends [...]

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Oh, the dress. Everyone offered their opinions… Brandon really wanted to come shopping too, but I vetoed that idea. He was picturing me in a short dress, actually… and I was thinking maybe. But I was also looking at long, flowy styles; ones he referred to as “nightgowns”. Not a good sign. This was an [...]

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  Weddings can be expensive, but you can cut costs a number of ways via online resources like lynda.com! As a graphic designer, I was able to DIY design TONS of our wedding details from invitations to programs, guestbooks and more- but not everyone has that knowledge. With lynda.com you can take online classes to [...]

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Even though we’re having a secular ceremony, we opted early on to incorporate a lot of Filipino (derived from Catholic) traditions. One of them was both the cord & the coin ceremonies. The coins are carried to the alter by a coin bearer. I always found the coin containers traditionally used kind of feminine, and [...]

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I’ve got a fun wedding for you guys today filled with tons of details! I love that the bride and groom incorporated their personalities, interests, professions and talents into their day in a MAJORLY budget savvy way! Can you believe they used twigs gathered in their neighborhood for centerpieces and they look THAT fabulous? FREE [...]

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You know I’m a sucker for a great smartphone app, which is why I LOVE Wedding Snap! With Wedding Snap, you can gather all of your precious wedding memories in one place with ease. Wedding Snap is the simplest photo AND video sharing experience that uses iPhone and Android apps to help instantly collect your [...]

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{source} We are officially into the double digits here in wedding planning world.  This may sound strange to most of you in the same planning stages as we are, but I feel like things are starting to finally slow down a little bit.  At the beginning there was this RUSH RUSH RUSH to get everything [...]

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Ok, I have to take a second to brag on my daddy (and my mom)  for just a second, which thankfully segue’s into a great DIY for keeping yourself organized. See, my loving parents have been so great throughout this whole process. In fact, they have been better than any kind of Calendar or wedding [...]

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I’m so excited to share that we’ve teamed up with LearnVest to bring you some great money-saving tips and advice! Starting today, we’ll be sharing content from LearnVest to help you save money while planning your wedding! We think it’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship Hope you enjoy! With wedding season soon upon us, [...]

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