BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

I love this centerpiece for so many reasons and would be perfect for a modern wedding. I saw a similar centerpiece done for a wedding with a Heaven on Earth theme. The colors were just simply white on white with tons of candles but it was gorgeous.

You can use these as ceremony decor as well as table centerpieces if you choose. Just click on the prices below to find the items for you to do it yourself.

Million Star Baby's Breath -  20 Bunches $189.99

Did you know Did you know that Costco.com sells wedding supplies? Well they certainly do. The bulk flowers are well priced but what I find quite interesting is how affordable the wedding invitations are on the site.

The one I have pictured above, Embossed Rose Border Invitation, is among the lower priced invitations and the cost is just $66.00 for 100 invitations. You not only get the invitations for that price but you get to personalize it with your choice of font and ink color as well. You also can adjust the lines as desired and they come with double envelopes which you can have lined for just $15.00 more.

If you are interested you can order a sample for just $1.25 to test the quality before you buy. So click here to go and check them out today if you don't want the fuss of doing your invitations yourself but want them done at an affordable price.

"Spring Elegance" Laser-Cut Butterfly Favor Box

I always recommend trying on some wedding gowns at a bridal boutique before buying online!! If you love a gown you see online but no stores have it, you can go to a bridal boutique to try on that style of gown to make sure that it works on your body!

If you are looking for bridal shoes that are affordable, classy, timeless and chic, then you might love these I found on Amazon.com for just $16.99. Click here to browse or buy.

Have you heard of David Tutera? Well, he is wedding planning genius and he has been the host of Get Married on Lifetime and he is also on WETv hosting My Fair Wedding, a series in which he goes in  at the last minute and transforms the weddings that the brides have been planning into something out of this world. I love his work.

Well, he has now teamed up with Disney to offer bride's a fairy tale wedding in what they are call the Disney's Couture Wedding Collection. They offer bride's a Simple Chic package, Classic Elegance, Cocktail Soiree as well as an Enchanted Garden package to choose from. I personally love the Simple Chic version, pictured below.
Click on Disney's Couture Wedding Collection to view photos and find out more about these packages. It may not be for a small budget bride but it is certainly interesting information.

There are three primary venues that you must secure for your wedding weekend – a ceremony location, a reception location, and a block of guest rooms. When chosen separately, this will require 4 separate points of contact for 4 separate arrangements. Why 4? Because now you need transportation to move your guests from their hotel to the ceremony, from the ceremony to the reception and, most importantly, a sober ride to get them safely from the reception back to their hotel. In choosing a hotel, you can book all three with one agreement, through one point of contact and thereby eliminate the cost and added effort involved in contracting for transportation between the three.

In addition to securing a venue, you must also arrange for catering, staffing, decorations and equipment rental to ensure a beautiful and tasty event. For most venues, these will be 2 – 4 additional contracts with 2 – 4 additional managers or specialists and sometimes it still leaves the work of calculating how much you need of each entirely up to you. However, hotels not only offer the food and beverage, tables, chairs, dance floor, linens, china, centerpieces, lattices, arches, candles, etc., but they also offer one point of contact who can supervise the experienced coordination between departments and staff so that you are assured in having a beautiful and well rehearsed event that doesn’t run out of food or drinks. As a bonus, since everything is located on-site, you don’t have to worry that the caterer or rental company may have forgotten to pack the soup spoons or silver platters.

When you start planning your wedding, you suddenly find yourself in a position to hire vendors that you’ve never had to hire before. There is a wealth of information available to you, and each option looks as beautiful and elegant as the next. How do you know if they will really deliver on their promises? Here again, with a hotel, you get not only a great venue and catering manager to guide you through the planning process, but also the assurance of a strong industry name such as Hilton. With the support, training and experience of an international company behind your planning, you know that it’s going to be a fabulous event. As an added bonus, you can get frequent traveler points on your wedding that you can later apply to a vacation or other rewards.

While as a bride, you have many venue options available to you, you must also consider your own time and budget constraints. Hotels offer inclusive packages that are not only a great value for your budget, but also offer many services and amenities that can relieve you of additional tasks such as negotiating with additional vendors, arranging for transportation and doing research on every separate caterer, equipment rental, and linen company in town.

courtesy of weddzilla.com

This video shows that you don't have to spend a ton of money on a wedding menu and that you don't have to stress too much about it, so a buffet reception with comfort food  on the menu is just fine.

Hi I was wondering if anyone has bought a wedding dress from off of this site, and if so did you like it and do you have any pictures?  Thanks.