Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
I create wedding stationery for brides all over the nation and on a daily basis I help these brides personalize their day. The brides I work with are inevitably creative with many other aspects of their wedding day. With the help of brides from coast to coast I have put together a list of the [...]
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
The average cost for a wedding is currently $22,000–for one day! So what do you do when you budget, like ours, is less than 1/2 of that? You start early, keep an open mind, and look everywhere for everything…
One of the, if not THE biggest expense (some say 50%) of you wedding budget is where [...]
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Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Finding good vendors isn’t as easy as picking up the phone book and choosing the one who has the nicest ad or the cheapest prices. Many of my brides hire me for just that, to help them find the wedding professionals that are trustworthy, and that will fit their needs and budgets.
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
Two good friends recently threw an amazing Engagment party for my fiance’ and I. As soon as we supplied the guest list to our hosts, I made the mad scramble to Ask and my wedding books to scrape up every bit of information I could about Engagement Parties. And guess what? There is plenty on [...]
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
10. Don’t take a lot of people with you. Buying a dress can be an emotional time, and having 4-5-6 people with you will only crowd and confuse the issue. Inevitably, 6 people will have 6 different opinions, and do you really want to deal with that? I searched in 3 places and broke it [...]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Now THIS was my favorite part of the wedding process: looking for a wedding gown. I trolled every wedding gown website (including EBay) soaking up the gorgeousness of all the wedding gowns…
As an admitted and well-known formalwear junkie, I knew that my wedding gown had to be spectacular–It IS the ULTIMATE formalwear, after all…But I [...]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
All brides leaf through Bridal Magazines that each offer endless ideas when it comes to planning a wedding. Too often though, Brides are faced with so many decisions to make that knowing where to begin can be difficult.
Choosing a theme or color scheme for your Wedding Invitations and Paper Details is a wonderful place to [...]
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