Hi guys:
I just came across this posting and thought it was worth sharing. WETV is looking for anyone who had a disaster at their wedding, that was caught on tape, and who wants a do-over.
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Posts tagged ‘DIY Brides’
Beauty begins inside. Some of us need a little help with the outside. There is a special lady, who’s company is based in Nutley N.J. who can help you look your most beautiful on your special day, but, she comes to you with an even more beautiful inside.
Deirdre, the owner of Deeva Beauty, is a licensed cosmetologist, makeup artist, and educator; with a background freelancing for Estee Lauder, Lancome, Revlon, and trained by M.A.C. A big fan of ‘provocative’ beauty and the Old Hollywood pin-ups, Deirdre is known for her ‘easy glamour’ style and the one to go to if you want to look GLAMOROUS but classy. Her favorite look is SMOKEY EYES and pouty lips, but fear not, a natural ‘girl next door’ classic bride is doable as well if that is what you desire.
With all that said, when you check out www.deevabeauty.com you will see what an amazing person Deirdre actually is. She shares hints and tips, she helps with questions you may have, she travels to your location to help you save time and energy, and a portion of each of her sessions goes to help various animal agencies. Even if all things were equal, this, (which they are not), puts her on higher ground.
Here is a direct quote, (which I love), from Deirdre’s website…”But I’m not just another makeup artist and DeeVa Beauty isn’t just another company seeking profits. It is a platform to look deeper within and find compassion and kindness towards God’s helpless, knowing your beauty does not only lie in your looks but in your humanity, ethics and your courage to make a difference. We all want to find an authentic experience, a way to live more passionately…to connect with something.”
So, if you want to be more gorgeous, if you want to have a Deeva make-over party, or you just want to look the very best you can look, on your special day, give Deirdre a call. You will be happy that you did!
Go get beautiful, Call Deeva Beauty and have a wholesale flower filled day!
We’re so excited here at bridesnblooms.com. We found an amazing vendor with an even more amazing product!
Chic Unique Inc. is a company that specializes in custom made aisle runners. What a fantastic addition to your wedding (or any other occasion where you want to be the “center of attention”).
Chic Unique Inc. creates the most beautiful, handpainted aisle runners, unique to you. You get to pick the colors, the style, the ribbons, the verbage, and, best of all, what you will do with it after you walk on it.
It almost seems a shame to walk on such a beautiful work of art, but, hey, that’s what it’s there for. Once you have come down the aisle, you can choose to reuse the runner in various places at your event.
Beth recommends using it for a backdrop behind your sweetheart table, and then, once you return home, have it shortened and framed, or have a pillow made, for a keepsake that everyone can admire for years to come.
This is one of those items that “not everyone and their sister” will have. Be unique, be yourself!
So, if you are looking to step up the look of your ceremony and have a wonderfully beautiful keepsake for years to come, check out www.chicuniqueinc.com I’m sure you’ll be glad you did.
Now, have a wholesale flower filled day!
DIY was never more in style
Hello Everyone!
Just back from an amazing vacation…Hope you didn’t miss me too much. Below is an article that one of my previous blog notables sent to me, I thought it was very relevant for our readers. Let me know what you think…
Bowling alley wedding: How creativity is priceless in a bad economy
(CNN) — It wasn’t the dream wedding Rachel Sifuentes, 28, envisioned as a little girl.
No walking down a church aisle. No DJ at the reception. No white dress.
Instead, Sifuentes and her husband followed their attendants dancing down the center lane of a bowling alley where the neatly lined-up pins faded into the background. The ladies didn’t carry flowers, but waved long ribbons. The bridal party relied on an iPod for entertainment. The bride wore a silky deep-blue gown — the groom’s favorite color — purchased at a discount.
“Luckily, everything turned out to be great,” said Sifuentes, who lives in Chicago, Illinois, and wanted to save money because her salary at the law firm where she works had been reduced.
Sifuentes’ bowling alley wedding in January may not have been traditional, but the creative ceremony saved her thousands of dollars at a time when wallet tightening has become necessary for many American families. Her offbeat wedding is representative of a growing trend, wedding experts say, as brides are discovering cheap can be chic, and also inspire innovative party ideas.
“Necessity breeds ingenuity,” said Ariel Meadow Stallings, a writer who runs the online bridal site Offbeat Bride.
She explains what has ushered in the recent trend of frugal yet creative brides: “It’s the combination of the economy with the fact that through the ’90s, there was a big explosion of the wedding industrial complex.”
–Ariel Meadow Stallings, wedding writer
Weddings remain a multibillion-dollar industry and summer is the busiest season. There were about 2.2 million weddings in 2009, with each event averaging 128 guests, according to The Wedding Report Inc., a research company that tracks the wedding industry.
But the wedding business may slowly be eroding in the fragile economy. The average cost for a wedding dipped in 2009 to about $19,500 from a peak of $28,700 in 2007, said The Wedding Report Inc. So far this year, wedding spending has improved — with the economy — to an average of $23,800.
Sifuentes’ bowling alley wedding was a bargain: She spent about $5,000, which included the ceremony and reception.
Websites and blogs — such as A Practical Wedding and 2000 Dollar Wedding — have surfaced over the last few years to help brides creatively pinch their pennies.
In Maine this summer, one bride substituted a baked potato bar for a traditional five-course meal at the reception. Other brides have replaced costly gourmet cakes from bakeries with homemade Rice Krispies treats and chocolate chip cookies.
Some couples recommended switching from a dinnertime reception to a brunch or hosting the wedding on a weekday night rather than on the more popular Saturday. Other brides have abandoned expensive venues such as private hotels or banquet halls for public buildings, parks and libraries. One New York bride spent less than $600 on her wedding in 2007 by keeping the guest list short and having the ceremony in a public library. What a great idea!
When it comes to invitations, place settings, decorations and dresses, the brides have learned the power of DIY, which stands for “do it yourself.”
But it’s not always easy to have an offbeat wedding. Some wedding experts caution the bride may not have enough time to handle the extra responsibilities. Other brides say they still feel families and friends expect them to throw a lavish, traditional wedding.
“There was so much pressure on everything,” said former bride Meg Keene, founder of the blog A Practical Wedding. “Everything was presented as obviously this is the option you’ll chose, if you want it to be a good wedding.”
For Sifuentes, throwing a bowling alley wedding came with some hesitation. She worried about what some guests would think about her cutbacks.
“I was concerned that I was going to come off as a cheap bride or not having a very nice wedding,” she said. “I didn’t want it to be a tacky wedding.”
But her bowling alley wedding turned out to be classy, she said. About 70 of the couple’s closest friends and family members joined them to feast on an Italian buffet. There was plenty of dancing, but they also found time to bowl.
A Brides.com survey in 2009 also found brides are watching expenses. Four out of five couples set a budget for their wedding. Half the brides will spend time researching financing for the ceremony and reception, the survey said.
“People are being smarter,” said Ali Phillips, owner of a wedding planning boutique firm, Engaging Events by Ali, in Chicago. “They are asking themselves: Do we really need to have the fancy chairs? Do you really have to give wedding favors?”
Phillips, who has been a wedding consultant for nine years, said she noticed clients making cutbacks to guest lists and choosing fewer upgrades this year. For example, five years ago, the average guest list contained about 180 people. This year, the guest lists have about 120 people.
Jennifer Crawford, 30, of Huntington Beach, California, kept her wedding budget a priority. At her wedding in April, she shaved costs by having a seamstress copy the style of her dream gown that retailed at $2,800 at a boutique. Her handmade replica was a fraction of the cost — $650. This is genius, most people believe that a custom made dress is out of their price range, but, as it turns out, it’s actually much more economical than paying for a “name”.
–Ali Phillips, wedding planner
In Oklahoma, bride-to-be Ashley Heckathorn, 24, estimated she will save up to $15,000 by making her own bouquets, (She must be using bridesnblooms.com) which will save her from whittling down the guest list. She is relying on Craigslist and friends’ talents to find deals for her wedding, set for June 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Some wedding experts say the wedding industry is recovering. Xochitl Gonzalez, a wedding consultant at Always a Bridesmaid in New York, said her guests aren’t as afraid to spend money on the ceremony and reception as they were when the economy initially plummeted.
Rebecca Dolgin, executive editor at The Knot.com, said weddings are recession proof. But Dolgin said she noticed brides are shopping more carefully and comparing deals for their weddings.
“People generally only get married once,” Dolgin said. “There may be ebbs and flows in the economy, but they are always going to look back on their wedding day.”
Hope you enjoyed the article, I know I did. Now go and remember you can save hundreds of dollars on your wedding florals by simply using www.bridesnblooms.com . Have a flower filled day!
Calling all DIY, budget, and techno-savvy brides, have we found the site for you! What if I told you that you could get a professionally edited movie from the amateur video footage taken at your wedding at a price that won’t break the bank? Or that you could create an e-save the date and have it hosted in a private gallery? Looking for an affordable wedding slideshow to show at your reception?, This is the place! Ariane will show you how can you easily capture photo video clips taken by your guests at your wedding. All this and more is available at Storymix Media.
Wedding video filmed on Flip camera from Ariane on Vimeo.
a look at this…
Unique Products with You in Mind
One of the interesting things about Storymix Media is that they create products specifically tailored to help make your wedding day easier and more memorable. Creative Director Ariane Fisher says, “After speaking with a lot brides and reading through many bridal forums, we realized that our expertise in creating custom, personalized media products that tell a story would be of real value to today’s brides.” So, they created a site focused just on wedding couples.
Save Time, Effort, Money, and Enjoy Your Day for a Lifetime!
Here are some of my favorite ways Storymix Media will make your wedding just a little bit better.
Guest Uploads – for only $9.99 you can get all the photos and videos from your guests in hi-resolution files. It’s easy (just send your guests a link) there is no sign-up required. Great as a compliment or alternative to a pro photographer or videographer.
e-Save the Date - save some money and trees using a private online gallery to send a personalized slideshow. Just imagine how happy your out of town relatives will be to see you and your beloved, if they are unable to attend.
Slideshows - these are great to tell your love story, but rather than spending hours struggling to make one yourself or hope your cousin will do it, pick from 8 professional themes and know it’s done right.
Custom Movies – if a pro videographer isn’t in your plans, then you can either rent Flip cameras or use the footage from a camcorder. The best part is you’ll have a 15-20 minute highlight video of the best moments, without the scenes of the camera sitting on a table forgotten to be turned off.
BridesnBlooms.com Special Offer
Storymix Media is offering their BridesnBlooms.com readers a 50% coupon to the first 10 people who order any product. Just use coupon code BNB50 in their ordering system. As a thanks for their offer we’d appreciate it if you would provide some feedback if you are contacted by Storymix as they want to make sure you loved every aspect of your experience.
As a National company, Storymix media can make ANYONE’S dreams come true!
You guys know that we love you and always try to bring you the coolest trends that we find. We think Storymixmedia is the epitome of what we stand for.
Go, record your wonderful events, incorporate Story Mix Media into your everyday life and have a wholesale flower filled day!
Hello everyone!
Have I found a gem of a site for you! www.weddingwelcomekits.com
What is that you may be asking…
Everyone knows that when out of town guests make the time, spend the extra money to stay overnight, and whatever expenses are over and above what your local friends would be paying, that you should show them that your recognize and appreciate their time and effort. So, what to do? You don’t really have any extra time, but, you could welcome them to town with a lovely welcome box, which has been custom made just for you.
www.weddingwelcomekits.com does just that. They will personalize your boxes, include all the labels and ship them directly to your door. Whatever you were looking to put inside, special for your guests, is up to you. Rest assured, when they arrive and see these lovely boxes, they will know that you cared and recognized that they cared too.
The choices of color, font, ribbon and design are up to you and are listed clearly on the site. They even list their pricing, the only thing that you will have to wait on is the shipping price, which, they calculate via USPSs guidelines (they don’t upcharge on the shipping, what they are charged is what you are charged).
Your basic 10 pack includes:
Welcome Box (White, Pink, Light Blue, Oatmeal or Gold) with a personalized label
Treat Box: 3x3x3 white treat box with a personalized label
Personalized Water Bottle Label
Welcome Card (one sided printing included)
Single ribbon for the Welcome Box and single ribbon for the Treat box
Total cost (plus shipping) $60.00 or $6.00 per kit. The costs go down at the 25 count mark, to $5.50 per kit.
Not bad! Take a look at their site and see what they have that will work for you!
Have a Welcoming and wholesale flower filled day!
Hello to our Arizona Brides!
We have a wonderful planning company to tell you all about. How would you like to be a guest at your own event? Leave the planning and the frustration to a professional! We have found a great company that does planning and then some.
Sweet I do’s (how cute is that?) www.sweetido.com an extraordinary planning company that brings more to the table than just planning.
One of the most wonderful things about sweet I do’s is that they create guest anticipation and participation! Looking for a twist on your theme? Getting married in the heat of the summer? What about a really cool themeatic Ice cream sundae station?
Their packages are all inclusive. The candy, jars and containers, scoops and tongs, labels, signage, décor and accessories, linens and matching gift packaging. With candy buffets starting at $3.00 per person, the candy buffets created by Sweet I Do’s are an affordable and fun alternative to favors.
Here’s to a very sweet ending to your upcoming event, with sweet I do’s.
Hope you have a wholesale flower filled day!