Dallas-based wedding planner Donnie Brown (donniebrownweddings.com) has planned the nuptials for over 2,000 couples during his fabulous career. Keep reading for his top 10 ways to keep your bank account in the positive when planning your own trip down the aisle.
Jul
30th
Planning for Kids at Your Ceremony
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
If there will be small children involved in your wedding, either your own or young siblings or relatives, you need to take a few precautions to make sure the day is joyous for them, too. When deciding on flower girls and ring bearers think twice about asking children who live far away. It’s not a bad idea, but you need to make sure they have ample time to get to the wedding location. Young adults can be fitted for outfits in their hometowns, but children’s nerves flair up easily. You might find at the last minute that young ones have stage fright. Rehearsals can help a lot, but any doubts you have should be discussed with the parents of the children, so no one’s feelings are hurt.
Jul
28th
Make a Foot-Ball Cake for your Groom!
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
I found the recipe below at parenting.com while searching for Super Bowl party food earlier this year. I decided to share it here because I thought it would make a perfect groom's cake for a football fanatic. It's made mostly out of cake, frosting and candy, so yeah, what football fan would not be happy with that.
Jul
27th
Purse Style Holders - Favor Box - $0.59
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
These boxes are fab find and perfect to use as favor boxes although they are indeed purse style gift card holders. The boxes measure 4 1/2 inches wide and 3 3/4 inches tall. They come in 6 colors including black, gold and garnet (red).
Jul
27th
Textile-Inspired Cupcake Wrappers - $0.96
By Carlise (Carla) Shepperd
photo credit cupcaketakethecake.blogspot.com
"Similar to haute couture, all our designs are custom-created and made from high-quality materials with an extreme attention to detail and finish. The product when assembled into its cupcake shape has a continuation of the pattern with an intent of not showing any “seam”..."
Jul
26th
DIY Lemon Cake with Butter-Cream Icing
By Carlise (Carla) ShepperdSo many wedding cakes these days are made with fondant which may not taste the best but can be decorated much easier. If you want a traditional wedding cake then a butter-cream cake is a much cheaper alternative to a fondant cake, even if you were to do it yourself.
The YouTube video above is perfect of any of small budget bride who want to take on the task of making their own wedding cake. The video goes through step-by-step from beginning to end teaching just how to bake a lemon wedding cake and frost it with butter-cream icing.
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