As someone who’s sensitive to blood sugar highs and lows I was really worried about forgetting to eat and crashing on my wedding day. I think it’s a fairly common problem for the bride and groom to be so busy and excited that they don’t have time for eating and drinking. I knew for me [...]
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Marrylicious – Seattle’s Cutest Wedding Idea
Posted in AvantBride, Green Wedding, Seattle, Wedding Gifts, tagged Marrylicious, MOB gift to bride, Seattle Bridesmaid, Seattle Wedding, Seattle Wedding Gift, survival tips, unique wedding idea, Wedding Reception, wedding reception planning, Wedding Survival Kits, Wedding Survival Package on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your Best Wedding Registry – Tips for Cookware Part II
Posted in AvantBride, Seattle, Wedding Registry, tagged All-clad wedding, Avant Bride, AvantBride, Budget Wedding, calphalon, How to Save wedding, macy's wedding registry, Seattle Macys, Wedding Registry on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to Save By Purchasing a Cookware Set
There’s already a lot of research out there on the best types of pots to choose whether you get nonstick, hard anodized, 18/10 stainless steel, copper core etc, etc. Having seen my mom use the same Revere stainless steel cookware set for over 30 years from her [...]
Your Best Wedding Registry – Tips for Cookware
Posted in After The Wedding, AvantBride, Seattle, Wedding Registry, tagged coupon macy's wedding, discount, macy's wedding registry, seattle wedding registry, Wedding Registry on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to Register for Pots
Tip #1 Register for many single pots rather than a set
Oftentimes when you go to Macy’s or other stores they’ll tell you to register for individual pots and then exchange them after the wedding for a packaged set. The reason for doing this is so that guests can purchase something at a [...]
Romantic Pre-Wedding Washington Wine Road Trip
Posted in Do It Yourself, Green Wedding, Seattle, Wedding Budget, Wedding Reception, tagged Avant Bride, AvantBride, budget wedding wine, Forgeron wedding, Green Wedding, L'Ecole No 41 wedding wine, local wedding wine, road trip from seattle, seattle to walla walla, seattle wedding wine, walla walla wedding, washington wedding wine, washington wine, wedding wine on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Are you up to your neck in preparations and driving your guy crazy with details? Where is the love? Hit the road for a little relaxing couple time with the benefit of covertly knocking something off your to-do list. Incorporating local suppliers is not only great for the local economy and environment, it also showcases [...]
AvantBride featured on KUOW’s The Conversation
Posted in Seattle, tagged KUOW, Recession Wedding, The Conversation, Wedding Seattle, weddings on a budget on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today The Conversation with Ross Reynold’s had me in the studio to discuss planning a wedding during a recession. They wanted to know tips on how to have a DIY wedding.
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?current=TC
Check out the podcast! And stay tuned for more blogs to come….
Affordable Sparkling Wines for Weddings
Posted in AvantBride, Seattle, Wedding Reception, tagged affordable sparkling wines, affordable wedding, champagne, champagne toast wedding, chapagne toast seattle, cheap sparkling wines, Cheap wedding, diy wedding seattle, sparkling wine seattle, sparkling wines, thrifty wedding on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
AvantBride recently sponsored a sparkling wine tasting for brides-to-be at The Local Vine. The owner of TLV chose five wonderful bubblies that are so good no one would know that they are actually affordable! Thanks to Sarah and her team at The Local Vine. For those of you who missed the tasting here is a [...]
Seattle Events – Paper Source Wedding Demos February 21st
Posted in Puget Sound Events, Seattle, Seattle Wedding Events, Wedding Invitations, tagged Bellevue wedding invitations, Cheap Invitations, Cheap Save the Date, Cheap Wedding Bellevue, Crafty Wedding Invitations, Creative wedding Bellevue invitiations, Creative wedding invitations Seattle, Do it Yourself Wedding Invitation, Paper Source, Paper Source Bellevue, Paper Source Seattle, Seattle wedding invitations, Wedding Invitations on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is some information from Paper Source about their demos this weekend.
Complimentary Creative Wedding Demos
February 21, 2009
All Paper Source Store Locations
We invite you to join us for an afternoon of complimentary demos, make-and-takes and inspiration for your big day!
11:30 am – Announcing the Big Day
12:45 pm – Inspired Invitations
2:00 pm – Tasteful Tabletop Décor
No matter [...]
Seattle’s Safeway Announces Budgeting Tools for Thrifty Brides
Posted in Seattle, Wedding Budget, Wedding Cake, Wedding Flowers, tagged Avant Bride, Bridal Flowers, Budget Wedding, cheap seattle wedding cake, Cheap Wedding Flowers, do-it-yourself wedding seattle, grocery store flowers, inexpensive seattle wedding flowers, Safeway, Seattle, seattle wedding budgeting tool, seattle wedding cakes, seattle wedding vendors, Supermarket flowers, Wedding Flowers, wedding wine, www.AvantBride.com on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It appears that supermarkets are catching on to the trend of thrifty brides purchasing more things for their weddings at supermarkets. They’ve long sold cakes etc, but now are attempting to make a do-it-yourself wedding a little simpler. I played around with Safeway’s “budgeting tool” and found it very intuitive to use. On their website they [...]
