BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

This Peacock Feathers Butterfly Hair Clip is just one of the beautiful wedding accessories you can purchase with your $20 Gift Certificate from  Luly's Wedding Accessories and $5.00 if you win it at the October Wed Hunt which is next Saturday...just 8 days away! See why you don't want to miss it!! It starts at 1:00p.m. Eastern, 12:00p.m. Central, 11:00a.m. Mountain and 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time!!

To recap the rules which you can find HERE on the October Wed Hunt page a clue will be posted every 10 minutes for the two hours of the hunt which will lead you to a cute little pumpkin with a number on it. Once you've found the pumpkin, just comment letting everyone know you've found it by writing the number you see on it. The number will relate to the prize for that round in the order that are in now!

So browse through the pages of the magazine to get familiar with them and be at your computer on time Saturday, October 23rd to when the first clue is posted. I promise the clues won't be too difficult and you can use "SEARCH" in the upper left corner of the site to help you!!

Good Luck!! :)

This gorgeous Peacock Ring Pillow is just one of the beautiful wedding items you can buy at Luly's Wedding Accessories and at the October Wed Hunt you can win a $20.00 Gift Certificate to this shop! Yes, it's true and if you remember from the Pretty Peacock Wedding Ensembles post I made during Etsy week that Luly sells not just ring pillows, but beautiful ensembles that you can get custom made for you!

At Luly's you can also buy Flower Girl Baskets, Flower Girl Wands, Flower Girl Halo, Flower Girl Hair Accessory, Headbands, Ponytail Holder or Clips, Cake Toppers, Kneeling Pillows, Keepsake/Toss Garter Sets, Guest Books, Toasting Flutes, Unity Candle Sets, Engravable Stainless Steel Cake Serving Sets, Bridal Pouches, Keepsakes, Dollar Dance Bags, Veil Fascinators, Bridal Hair Clips, Bridesmaids Hair Accessories, Wristlet Cuffs, Boutonnieres and Mother's Corsages!!

So don't forget to RSVP for the October Wed Hunt where you can win the $20 Gift Certificate to Luly's Wedding Accessories Etsy shop and please follow our wonderful sponsor at each of the links below:

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Thanks and Good luck!!

Here's another amazing prize that one lucky bride will win at the October Wed Hunt from our sponsor Jen Clark of Head Full Of Flowers! Jen designs feather fascinators, bird cage veils and bridal head pieces that she then makes by hand so this Pearls and Peacock Hair Fascinator is truly one-of-a-kind. It is made of bleached Peacock Feathers and 3 Fresh Water Pearls sit at the center with a cluster of gold Swarovski Crystals surrounding them. If you are the winner, you can request to have the Hair Fascinator made in a different when you go to claim your prize.



Jen does amazing work, her pieces are so beautiful and if you would like to place a custom order send just her an email at Jen@headfulloffeathers.com and make sure to follow her at all the links below:

Website: http://headfulloffeathers.com
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Oh, don't forget to go and RSVP  for the October Wed Hunt today!

I don't know who does a Peacock theme better than Luly's Wedding Accessories! Every time I visit Luly's Esty shop there is always something new that makes me go, "Wow, that is sooo pretty" and some of her latest additions are no exceptions. Her Peacock designs are oh so beautiful and you can buy a whole wedding ensemble or just a ring pillow with the flower basket set. Go see Luly's Wedding Accessories and if you don't see anything that fits your theme or style, Luly takes custom orders too, keep that in mind!

Victoria Joanne will be giving away a $100 Gift Certificate to her HCC Custom shopping boutique to the winner of the A Little Garter Photo Contest! As someone who owns one of her garters, I can tell you that this is a prize that you want to win because for that $100 you'll get a keepsake that is truly top quality, made by the hands of a creative genius.

So get your submissions in as soon as you can ladies because as the saying goes, "if you snooze you lose" and you don't want to miss your chance to win! Just 9  days left to enter!

I've always known that I never really wanted to make my own invitations, save-the-dates etc. because the thought of it just doesn't excite me. Thank goodness for a website like Forever Friends which have won the OneWed Best of 2009 and 2010 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award!

One of the reasons brides love this site is because at Forever Friends if you don't find the invitations you're looking for they will help you to customize any of the invitations to match your wedding theme. What that means that is that if you have a Sci-fi Theme or a Jungle Theme maybe even a Crocodile Dundee Theme, which sounds super cool by the way, you don't have to stress yourself out trying to find the perfect invites and you don't have to go the DIY route either...help is a phone call away.

Yes, if you dial 516-721-2635, not only can you get as much as 20% off the price you see on the website and you'll also get a chance to talk to Beth Fruchtman who owns the online store. She is yet another one of the reasons why brides love Forever Friends because not only is Beth incredibly sweet, she pays close attention to the details you want as a bride and brings them to life with her creativity!



Even if you're not interested in invitations there is a such a nice selection to browse through at Forever Friends. You can shop there for favors, wedding accessories, labels, gifts and much more...so click this link to visit the online store or give Beth a call at 516-721-2635.

If you've been looking for cheap but elegant totes for your bridal party these could be the ones. They are made of cotton and almost 16 inches tall but are 18 inches wide. So head on over to The Lakeside Collection and see if these Wedding Tote Bags are bags your Bridesmaids, Maid of Honor or even your flower girl will get excited about. At $4.95 a piece, I think they at least worth a peek.

One of the weddings I am working on is really stretching my creativity limits with the budget!  Not that this is a bad thing - especially in this economy.  Anything I figure out or ideas that come along can always be used in the future to help other people. 

So, picture this...(nice pun, huh?)  I have a bride who was a drama/film major in college.  Absolutely adores movies.  And can be a drama queen herself sometimes (can't we all, though?).  Traditional wedding and nothing too outlandish, especially with watching every penny.  What to do to bring a little fun on the scene?  Ta-da!  The Save-the-Date cards - of course! 

Why didn't we think of this sooner?  So I peddled on over to Hobby Lobby; in their Party Section, they have small packages of 8 of actual popcorn holders in the Carnival theme section for $1.49/pk.  I picked up a box of 100 tickets for $1.99 in the same area.  In the paper punch area, I found a mini punch of a cupcake by ez success for $7.99 (I only used the top part of the cupcake for this.  A sparkly yellow 12x12 scrapbook page for $1.99 and some white cardstock for $4.99 and I was off!  Using MSWord and its wonderful AutoShapes, I measured the popcorn packages, used a shape that matched and set the correct height/width.  WordArt for the curvy top "Save-the-Date" and text boxes for the rest; print out two to a page on the cardstock and cut them out.  Another AutoShape for a cartoon bubble (for the curvy popcorn part) with yellow fill in the shape, and cut this out along with the text card.  Trim the yellow bubble to arch over the text and glue on.  Punch some of the top cupcakes out of the sparkly paper and glue onto the yellow for accent "popcorn."  Glue two tickets to the outside of the box, and glue the sides and back part of the bottom of the box to itself.  Then just put the card in the front part of the box, address the envelope and voila!  Perfect for those who are mad, mad, mad for the theater!

Yesterday I told you about two websites where you can rent expensive jewelry for an affordable price. Well, for those who would rather own the look but for less, I've found the perfect store for you. I've had this site book-marked for a while since I have been planning on buying some jewelry there for myself. The sets are affordable starting at $8.95 with the highest price being $29.95, so you can buy some fantastic looking crystal necklace and earring sets for you or your bridesmaids. They are beautiful and it's hard to believe that some of them does not contain real diamonds but you can certainly rock them like they're the real thing.