BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

It's the second day of our Appreciation Celebration and today we've got a fabulous prize from Ginny of Virginia Geiger Jewels! The necklaces, earrings and hair accessories that you can find at this shop are all so amazingly beautiful.



The inspired designer behind Virginia Geiger Jewels is Ginny who had this to say...

 "I make jewelry and bridal accessories because I love helping to make brides feel beautiful and special on their wedding day! I am inspired by old things that I find when I go treasure hunting at my favorite local antique shops. I love working with pearls, sparkly crystals and gemstones. I also love working creatively with brides to make them custom wedding jewelry and hair accessories for their special day!"



You can find Virginia Geiger Jewels on Etsy here but if you are on Twitter then you can follow at www.Twitter.com/VirginiaGeiger and read the Blog at VirginiaGeigerJewels.blogspot.com!


Virginia Geiger Jewels is a proud member of the Etsy Wedding Divas team and they welcome custom orders!

For Day two (2) of our Appreciation Celebration Virginia Geiger Jewels was kind enough to donate a $25 Gift Certificate that one lucky bride-to-be can use towards the purchase of anything in their Etsy shop.

To enter to win:

Visit Virginia Geiger Jewels and once you've had a good look at all the wonderful pieces, return here and tell us what item you would love to purchase if you won the $25 Gift Certificate!

A winner will be randomly chosen at midnight and announced tomorrow morning. Please remember that this giveaway is for one day only, so enter now if you want to win this prize!

Thanks and Good luck!

Curry Meat


Black Beans, White Rice & Bake Chicken


Yellow Rice and Beans


Oxtail Stem



Jerk Chicken Wings


Mini Jamaican Beef, Veggie and Chicken Patties


Steam Vegetables


Spicy Shrimp


Saltfish and Fry Plaintains


Jonny Cakes a.k.a Fry Dumplings

Sea glass are pretty pieces of glass that have been tumbled and made smooth by water and sand. They have a frosty appearance and are also known as beach glass, mermaid's tears or even lucky tears which I think is so beautiful! Anne Marie Johnson, who is a commercial member of the North American Sea Glass Association, collects gorgeous sea glass on Prince Edward Island where she was born and raised! She uses them to make the beautiful jewelry you see at Seaglassin, which is on Etsy.



Keep in mind that some of the sea glass seen in the jewelry at Seaglassin are at least 50-100 years old, so each one is very special and very unique! The colors are what I love the most though because they remind me of nature which is great since they are eco-friendly.



That is why today you are so lucky to get the chance to win a pair of Cornflower Blue Sea Glass Post Earrings from Seaglassin! They would be perfect as your "Something Blue."

To Enter:

Please visit Seaglassin on Facebook and thank Anne for the beautiful donation to our "Members Appreciation Celebration." Leave a comment below to let me know that you did.

For Additional Entries:

1. Visit Seaglassin on Etsy at www.Seaglassin.Etsy.com and tell me which piece of jewelry you would love to own right now!

2. Follow Seaglassin on Twitter at Twitter.com/Seaglassin for a third entry.

Please remember that this giveaway will be featured today but you or your friends have until Sunday, April 17th to get all the entries in since all the week's winners will be announced on Monday, April 18th.

Thank you so much to each of you and good luck!

Thank you and good luck ladies!

This post is for a dear bride-to-be (who shall remain nameless) who wants to look her sexiest on her wedding night with a $40 Lingerie limit. I did a little research and the websites I liked best were Amazing Lace because most of the Bridal Lingerie were actually under $25 although there wasn't a very large selection.

Lingerie Gifts and surprisingly Amazon have everything to help a new bride make her honeymoon night fun, sexy and/or romantic. You can choose from bustiers, corsets, honeymoon kits, lingerie for him, plus size sets and fun tees too.

Yandy, Fredrick's of Hollywood, Torrid.com and Electrique Boutique are worth browsing too although there wasn't a lot to choose from in the Bridal Lingerie department, they do carry a vast selection. You may not want your sleepwear in white anyway, you may want something red or black instead. If that is the case, between these websites you can find something for under $40 maybe even $30 that you'll love... and that he'll love too!

On wedding day, you'll need to have that "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed..." and here's your chance to win that Something Blue from Amanda Marcus of Moonbeam's Shine Shoppe. They were handmade with love by Amanda and she was so sweet to donate them to our "Makeover Celebration!"

To Enter To Win:

Visit Moonbeam's Shine Shoppe on Facebook and thank Amanda for the oh-so-adorable, blue pair of earrings that she wanted you to win during our "Makeover Celebration!" She's a Bronze Budget Bride like you, so show her a whole lot of love! Oh and please leave a comment below to let me know that you did.

Remember, this giveaway is being featured today but you and your friends have until Sunday, September 25th to enter to win all the prizes!

The week's winners will be announced on Monday, September 26th.

Good luck everyone and please be here tomorrow to enter to win another great prize!

Thanks and have a great day!

The winners of "Makeover Celebration" are...

Winner of the "Meet Me In Paris" earrings is JELS MALENGA




Winner of the $20 Gift Certificate is NICOLE HONEYCUTT




Winner of the Garter Set is MICHELLE HOLMES




Winner of the Hair Facinator is TAMARA WILLIAMS




Winner of the "Something Blue" earrings is MICHELLE HIPPS




Winner of the Bridal Sash is JORDAN DENIUS




Winner of the 24 Cupcake Cuddlers is TINETTA GUMMER



Winner of "How I Lost 24 In Just 4 Days" e-book is CARRIE M.



Winner of Earrings From My Lemonade Dreams is TAMARA G.



Congratulations to all the winners! Please email me at: BronzeBudgetBride@Live.com with your contact information and I'll give you the details on collecting your prize!

Thank you to each and everyone of you who took the time to partcipate. It meant a lot to me and I hope you enjoyed it too!

If you've been trying to find an elegant but non-traditional white flower to use in your centerpieces then these lilies are perfect for you. You can find them HERE being sold in sets of 60 at Cosco.com for $89.99. That is an awesome price for Lilies and they make a statement all by themselves but you can also mix them with another flower, like roses, to create a dymanic centerpiece.

You can get 100 pink, white, red, orange, white or yellow roses HERE for $89.99 to replicate a bouquet like the one below.

I added a tutorial months ago about how to create your own Ostrich Feather Centerpieces right here and after seeing these beautiful plumes, I am sure you will want to take a look at it to see just how easy it is for you to do it yourself just as many budget brides have done before!

This giveaway is over and the lucky winner of the $30 Gift Certificate is Esther Martinez! Congratulations Esther!

For those of you who didn't win, we have another giveaway in January so don't be discourage, next time the winner could be you!


Oh we've got another giveaway from the fabulous Chantell Reid who makes the most amazing headpieces, accessories and more.  Less than 24 hours left to enter so read all about Chantell and then be sure to enter the giveaway!

Chantell Reid started her business in the middle of planning her own wedding and to save money she made her own bouquets, the hair pieces her bridesmaids wore and she even made her hair piece as well. She said, "I purchased a vintage feather band and added a touch of me to it. It was perfect. The inspiration took off from there."



Chantell's first Etsy shop was CReid0409 but she has now decided to open two (2) separate, new shops that better display her creations. You can still find Chantell's creations at her old shop www.CReid0409.etsy.com and just for Bronze Budget Bride members, if you use the coupon code : BRONZE at checkout you will get 20% off your entire order!



The new shops are www.FeatherAhead.etsy.com which has gorgeous headpieces and yes, Bridal pieces too! Her other Etsy shop is www.CreationsByCReid.etsy.com which has crochet items such as crochet flower hair clips and more really soon.

Chantell who is a stay at home mom who has survived open heart surgery has now opened her heart to you and is offering everyone the chance to win a $30 gift certificate to any of her shops, yeah! The contest begins today December 3rd and ends December 18th! A winner will be randomly choosen and announced on December 19th!

To enter to win:

Visit at least one of Chantell's shops CReid0409.etsy.com, www.FeatherAhead.etsy.com and CreationsByCReid.etsy.com! Once you've checked out the items, tell me which item you'd love to win and why!

For additional entries:

"Like" Chantell on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/creationsbycreid and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/creidcreations, then come back here and let me know that you did to be entered two more times.

Please tell your friends about this giveaway so that they too can learn about this amazing woman and the wonderful things she creates, plus win a $30 Gift Certificate as well!

Thanks and Good luck!

I bought this "Love" key ring a few weeks ago because I thought it was cute but since I haven't used it yet and probably won't for a while, I thought I would give it away to one of you instead.

If you like this key ring, just leave a comment below with the word "Love" in it, before the weekend is over and on Monday I will announce the person who I'll be sending this "Love" key ring too.

The selection will be done through random.org so that everyone will have a fair chance to win it!