I’m starting to stress about our $15k budget. We are funding 95% of the wedding and taking out a loan for what is basically the biggest party we’re ever going to throw for ourselves is not an option (this is not property or a business venture,
I’ve been brainstorming about this wedding for over a year now. There are endless online resources for gathering ideas and inspiration. In the early stages, I started saving the odd image to my computer desktop. That started to get a bit disorganized so I started a
So, my little brother’s high school graduation party was last Saturday. Isn’t he cute? (: Anyway, we have a ton of family from out of town, so it was suuuuper fun to have everyone together at my parent’s house to celebrate. There were a lot of
To me, photography is the one great, tangible keepsake that you get to have forever from your wedding. These pictures will be displayed in your home, mocked by your children as they grow up, shown at your children’s weddings, and displayed at your Ruby Wedding Anniversary: basically,
Without calling myself obsessive compulsive when it comes to organization… I will admit to being a little over the top. So when it came to gearing up to decide every tiny detail of our upcoming wedding, I knew I had to get organized fast or my
After “When’s the big day?”, it seems like “What are your colors?” is the next most common wedding planning question. I am a color-loving person, so the idea of picking just two or three colors stressed me out. Even if I could pick two favorite colors,
So now it is crunch time, there are less than 30 days until I say I do! The invites are out! I thought I would give you the complete invitation cost breakdown, on these bad boys. As you may remember the invitations cost $81.16. Postage to
I’m sure you ALL are well aware that the Royal Wedding is happening ONE WEEK from Today!! This event is long anticipated as there hasn’t been a Royal wedding in almost 30 years! Everyone’s talking about details, colors, flowers, Kate’s dress and the like, but what
This post is sponsored by Blooms by the Box! Thanks for supporting the sponsors who make this site possible. How to choose Wedding Flowers, keeping the color wheel in mind! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think one of the first things that brides-to-be do early in
Hello ladies! One totally budget-savvy (and personal) tip often given to brides is to use your talented friends to help out with your wedding. We took full advantage of this option, and it turns out that we had lots of friend vendors willing to help out in different
Tomorrow is my big day and while I’m totally pressed for time, I wanted to share a few things I learned. Planning a wedding sucks. No, really, it does. Some parts are fun, some parts are glamorous, but typically it just was a big suck. Things
Considering a backyard wedding for your big day? Don’t miss these tips to pull off a beautiful wedding on a budget, in your own backyard!
I won these Christmas photo cards on a blog (it’s not a wedding one, promise!), so we opted to use them as Save the Date Christmas Cards! These lovelies only cost us the postage to send. It was quite the early Christmas present to this BSB!
Above all, we want a simple wedding. We also want our wedding planning process to be simple. What does this mean for us in the planning process so far? Part of planning is doing things. Things we have done so far: 1. Ordered our custom-designed wedding
Where to start?! So, I am ten months out from my wedding. According to the all-encompassing wedding checklist I’ve been using, I should already have created my wedding budget, decided what my top priorities are, gotten my final guest count, booked my ceremony and reception sites,
