Elements of a Wedding A to Z Series: J. Crew

J is for J. Crew

When looking for inexpensive bridesmaids dresses take a look at J. Crew. J. Crew has a whole line of decently priced wedding attire, you can even order online. Having the ability to order online gives your bridesmaids who live far away an easier time ordering their dresses.

Here are some of the varieties that they offer.

$89.99

$99.99

$129.99

They also have bridal gowns for decent prices.

$250.00

Elements of a Wedding A to Z Series: Invitations

I is for Invitations

Invitations can get very expensive very fast. But, if you use creativity you'll be able to create beautiful inviations for less money.

If you have time and a good printer or access to a good printer consider printing your own wedding invitations. There are plenty of free printable invitations on the web. Here are a couple of sites: 

Invitation Nation 

50 Free Wedding Invitations 

Southworth 

Another money saving tip is to find someone either in your wedding party or in your family who has beautiful hand writing and is willing to address your envelops for you. Make sure you offer to give them a small gift or at least cook them a meal in exchange for the help. This will save you a couple hundred dollars.

Etsy.com is another place to look for decently priced invitations. Here are a few that are available right now.

Color Stripe, 0.20 each 

Avocado Green and Black Custom, $1.60

Help for Haiti

With the recent tragedy in Haiti, we find our selves looking for ways to help. The best way people can help is to donate money, even if it is only $5 per person, it will help. Here are some links to places where you can donate to help Haiti.

Red Cross

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Itunes

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti and all their family and friends around the world.

Aruba Vacation

A and I just got back from our first ever trip to Aruba, we had a great time and wish we did not have to return to the cold and snow. I have a few pictures to share with you. We stayed at the Radisson Beach Resort, for 5 nights. A and I played golf, rode ATVs, enjoyed the beach and took a Catamaran snorkeling (really A was the only one who went snorkeling, I was just along for the boat ride, big fear of fish).

This pic was taken during a stop on an ATV tour that we took. We were on top of a giant rock.

Everyday we sat under these grass huts called Palapas.

Our room at the Radisson had a Caribbean/Asian/Relaxing design. We'll be redoing our master bedroom and were inspired by the laid back style of our hotel room.

The room had these amazing floor to ceiling Asian inspirated screens that opened up to a balcony. When closed they still let in light but, allowed for privacy.

All in all, it was a great trip and we can not wait till the next time that we can get back to Aruba.

Elements of a Weddings A to Z Series: Hair

H is for Hair

When choosing a hair style for your wedding day you'll want to keep it as simple as possible. The simplier the hair style the less time it will take in the morning, it will cost you less and you will look more like yourself. For your bridesmaids hair, I would advise letting them do it the way that they are comfortable with. they will have more fun that way. (The one thing that you should coordinate is if your bridesmaids are going to wear anything in their hair it should be a color that you choose.)

Inspiration!

 

 

www.hair-style-inc.com 

Real Simple

One Year of Blogging

I can't believe it has been an entire year since I started this blog and blogging in general. I thought it might be fun to re-post my very first post. I have learned so much since I posted this Your Perfect Wedding post, I cannot wait to see how much I will learn in the next year. Enjoy!

You can have a perfect wedding as long as you stay true to yourself and your fiance, you will have the perfect wedding for you.
After you have enjoyed a few days of being engaged you might feel like you want to start planning. The best thing you can do at this time is to dream up with you fiance what you envision this day being, not the budget, not the guest list, but what this day means to the two of you.
So grab a pen and paper and write down the following:

1. What time of year do the two of you love.
2. Is there a special place or kind of place that means something to the both of you.
3. Whats your favorite color ( this is more for the bride than the groom)
4. Do you have favorite foods.
5. Are there any special wedding traditions that mean something to either one of you.
6. What do you mean to each other.
7. Do you like to hang out with a few friends at a time or is your motto the more the merrier.
8. And last but not least what describes the perfect wedding to each of you.

Really discuss these items with your fiance, because this is what you’ll refer back to when making most of your future wedding decisions. This will also be a good time for you to get an idea of anything that your fiance feels is important and should be included in the wedding during your planning.
And of course have fun with this and never forget why you're getting married in the first place.
PS: Go through this excerise before you talk to your sets of parents it will give you a clear idea of what you what before other people start putting in their two cents.

Merry Christmas

I'll be taking a break this week, see everyone after Christmas.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Share plenty of love, presents, food and joy!!

Elements of a Wedding Series: Gowns

G is for Gowns

The bridal gown can set the mood for an entire wedding, so when choosing your wedding dress find something that represents you as an individual.

Bridal gowns can get very expensive very fast, so you will want to know what your budget is before you even start looking.

A great place to look for bridal gowns is Etsy.com, especially if you have a good tailor. If you do not have a reliable tailor try looking at places like David's Bridal or other small bridal boutiques that do their own tailoring. Be prepared to pay just as much as you pay for the dress for the tailoring.

Etsy.com Inspiration!

Bellina Bridal $797

Bridal Bliss Designs $539

Michele Nassaney $850

The Wedding Collection $895

Your Fairy Tale Wedding $899

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday Wedding Deals

Here are some of the Wedding deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday:

Happy Thanksgiving!


Eat plenty of turkey, cranberry sauce and pie!