As I mentioned in September, I’m a contributor for the Oriental Trading Blog! I love Oriental Trading’s products for weddings, parties, and beyond, and this month I teamed up with them to create a delicious and adorable DIY Wedding Favor that is absolutely perfect for a fall wedding! I whipped up a
One of my favorite tips for saving money on your wedding is to nix the open bar and opt to serve wine, beer, and a signature cocktail (or two) instead! Signature cocktails can add an extra dose of personalization to your day, because both you and your fiancé can choose your favorite
One of my favorite tips for saving money on your wedding is to nix the open bar and opt to serve wine, beer, and a signature cocktail (or two) instead! Signature cocktails also add a dose of personalization to your day, because both you and your fiancé can choose your favorite drinks
This post is sponsored by Bottle Your Brand, an awesome source for custom wedding labels to personalize your wedding! Today I want to share a fabulous resource for personalizing your wedding in an affordable way! If there’s one thing that makes a wedding shine, it’s the details. But if you’ve spent any
If you’re not a fan of wedding cakes or only want to get a small one to cut, finding frugal dessert options for your guests can be a challenge. Thankfully most of your guests will be happy to have something different besides cake. If you need help finding inspiration, read the list
Skipping a DJ at your wedding is one way that couples choose to save money. But before you plug in your iPod and set of speakers, see what you could be missing. You may be tempted to pick songs that only you and your best friend know. Hey, it’s your wedding. But
When we decided that we were going to host two events (a small intimate ceremony following by a sit down dinner and a reception two days afterwards) we knew that we needed be careful not to go over budget. One of the items that we felt we could cut costs with would
This is my first post as a married lady!  Kyle and I had a fabulous wedding with our friends and family on April 25th and I am so excited to share everything about it. When the professional pictures come back, there will absolutely be a long post recapping the day and giving
Being that my fiancé is currently in law school, I tried to handle a majority of the tasks involved with wedding planning. However, I did ask if he would plan the honeymoon and find our DJ (he actually may have volunteered for these tasks!). Vacations and music are definitely more up his
Dylan & SaraAfter the initial shock and excitement of getting engaged wears off, the wedding planning and decision-making start to set in. Location, timing, who’s going to be in the wedding, flowers, the rings, etc. – those are all important things to factor into the wedding budget. But there’s one more important
Lets face it, you can’t exactly have your cake and eat it too, especially during a wedding. As our wedding gets closer, we are faced with the details. The small ones, the important ones, and the sweet ones. When we began meeting with bakeries for our wedding cake we started to realize
For my fiancé and I, food is at the top of our priorities list for our big day. After a wedding, we always discuss the food (of course we discussed the bride & groom, but food was always discussed), so we knew we wanted to have food everyone would rave about so
As I mentioned in our budget post, dessert is among our top priorities, so we thoroughly enjoyed choosing our desserts for the wedding. TJ and I both love sweets and often spend our weekends exploring the many cake, cupcake, and dessert shops in the Triangle. When originally discussing our ideas for our
Choosing our venue was probably the biggest obstacle we faced. And to be honest, that was scary for me, because it was the first decision we made, so I was nervous in thinking how hard all of the other decisions would be! However, deciding on All Saints Chapel would make a lot
Last year was a great year for music, and introduced some new romantic tunes into my list of modern music to use for a wedding first dance. Of course, there’s always the classics like Frank Sinatra and Etta James, but we wanted to share some more current stuff for those of you
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