BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

Check out WholeBlossoms.com for wedding flowers. They not only sell a large selection of wholesale wedding flowers but their prices are some of the best. Here are some of the popular ones for weddings:

• Roses - an exhaustive number of colors to list not to mention prices as some of the best
• Rose petals - you can buy assorted, red, pink, white rose petals at signficant savings
• Garden roses - perfumed garden roses to liven up your wedding
• Calla lilies - next to roses, calla lily flowers are some of the most popular flowers for weddings
• Hydrangea - a good color and size selection of hydrangea flowers
• Orchids - they have cymbidiums, dendrobiums, and mokara orchids

They also sell wedding in a box combos which come with pre-made bouquets and other arrangements for weddings and brides. Many more flowers are shown on their site.

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As a Bronze Budget Bride make sure you are on the look-out for Black Friday deals for your wedding. This time of year you can find jewelry for yourself and bridesmaids at half the cost! Enjoy the Holidays and have fun finding some fabulous deals.

"What's a wedding wishing tree?" was exactly what I asked when a bride-to-be mentioned to me that she was making one for her wedding. I was fascinated by what she was describing and Googled it as soon as I could to see one for myself. I came across an instructional step-by-by guide here at Here Comes The Guide that describes a wishing tree as a "Dutch wedding custom where guests are given a piece of paper, either shaped like a leaf or made of card stock. The guests write their wishes to the bride and groom and then hang it on the tree. This creates a gorgeous centerpiece and the tree is placed at the entrance to the reception to wow your guests right when they walk in."



For your guests you can use these rectangle wood tags that cost $0.25 each since they are much sturdier than paper and would hold up better over the years but you can find so many beautifully designed tags here on Etsy.





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• Images hosted online and archived on DVD
• A handcrafted 40-page flush-mount wedding album

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I would be the first to admit that Ebay is a fantastic source for small budget brides who are looking for wedding items at a bargain price. One thing you should note though when shopping on Ebay is that the sellers that offer excellent service, with the highest buyer ratings and who ships their items quickly now carry a Top-rated Seller badge.

 

This is extremely comforting to buyers, myself included, who have had a bad experience with an Ebay seller. I did get a refund for the set of  Junie B. Jones books that I purchased yet was never shipped to me but as you can imagine it did make me quite leery about buying anything from Ebay again. That is why you should always be careful when shopping online and read as many customers' reviews as you can! Now with the Top-rated Seller badge shown with each item from the best sellers on Ebay, it certainly will cut down on how many reviews we'll have to read before finally making that decision to buy...or not to buy.

ATTENTION, ATTENTION ALL BRONZE BUDGET BRIDES!  Go now and enter for a chance to enter to win a Platinum Wedding estimated to cost as much as $100,000 in the 2010 Southern California Dream Wedding Giveaway!

To enter all you have to do it to enter your beautiful love story (make it a tear-jerker), but be honest and give them an awesome reason to choose you to be the winners of this fabulous prize

The lucky winner's wedding date will be, Sunday, June 27, 2010 at the beautiful Rancho de Las Palmas in Moorpark, California. You can invite up to 100 guests to celebrate with you on this glorious day and you won't have to worry about any of the details it will be all taken care of by their team.

The contest is open to all US Residents, and you must be at least 18 years old. Go HERE to enter and find more details about the giveaway.

For many brides-to-be planning a wedding on a small budget, there are things that we'd love to have at our wedding but unfortunately the budget won't allow it.  For example, I would love to hire a professional photographer to take photos for at least six hours on our wedding day. However, with all the research I've done, I know it would take a junk out of the budget.

I've gotten a quote of $700 from an amateur photographer who wants to build her portfolio since she's just stating out but since she lives in another state and plans to do it while she is vacationing, I'm not putting her on my short list.

Recently, I read a story of a bride who hired an art student for $350 who raves about the photos even now because she said they were even more amazing than some professional portfolios she’d browsed. So with that in mind, I picked up the phone not too long along and called the Arts Institute on Tennessee. I politely asked if it was possible for me to speak with someone in the Media Arts Program. Once I was connected, I told explained to them why I was calling and they were more than willing to help me. I am ready to hire any of the students just yet, but I may not even need to call back since I found a group of students from that college on  FaceBook and it's easier and more efficient to contact them there directly.

Most students are eager to make some extra money, but who isn't these days but still I was surprised that I was quoted just $300 for pre-ceremony, ceremony and reception photos from one student.

I wanted to share this story for all the small budget brides out there who are thinking about skipping a photographer all together. Just contact a college in your area that you know offer photography courses. You can even search for the school on FaceBook and see what or who you find. A student with at least a year of training is recommended and don't forget to ask to see photos that they've previously taken. You want to be sure they can provide you with some incredible pictures at the end of the day, even if their price is perfect for your budget. Having him or her take some engagement photos of you and your hubby way in advance might be a great way for you to judge for yourself whether or not you'll need to find someone else.

All you need to do is to sign up for a free trial or join right away, for just $34.00 for an entire year, then pick a design template you love, download it to your computer and you are set to create your masterpieces. You can use your own font or select one from the many that is available for you.

My favorite set at WeddingDNA.com  is the Pink Parisian... look how gorgeous they are and that floral accent at the top is available to use for table numbers, and escort cards as well.



You don't just get the templates, accents and fonts though, you also get thousands of graphics to choose from and advice to guide you as you go along.

You are only limited by your imagination with just how much you can create with the thousands of items WeddingDNA offers. So check out them out today, start a free trial and be on your way to creating Wedding Invites and more that you'd be proud to show your friends!

Do you know you can add "bling" to just about anything and turn your budget bride finds into treasure a platinum bride might buy. To do this all you need is some stick-on Rhinestones that cost no more than $4.00 for over 200 of them. You can find a variety of them in different colors and shape.

You can choose a color to match your theme like blue or pink...



Or you can add a rhinestone with a shape that matches your theme. For example, for a beach wedding theme, you can add the ones below.


Click HERE to check them all out at CraftSuppliesForLess.com!

You can add rhinestones to your wedding veil...



To your wedding shoes...

To table cameras...

To a regular knife and fork set and make them look good enough to leave on your cake table to cut the cake!



To your guest book, ring pillow, just about anything you can imagine!



As a budget bride with a little creativity and time, you too can have a small budget wedding with platinum style.