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Posted in Do It Yourself, Uncategorized, Wedding Budget, Wedding Crafts, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Reception on Jul 16th, 2009
I love the concept of potted flowers for weddings and rehearsal dinners! So much of weddings is for one day only, it makes me happy to know that these flowers will continue blooming all summer long. It’s also charming!
Like the napkin ring idea I wrote about earlier, if you commit to potted plant centerpieces, make [...]
Posted in AvantBride, Do It Yourself, Wedding Budget, Wedding Crafts, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Reception on Jul 1st, 2009
I saw this done at a wedding I went to recently and absolutely loved the concept. The event was actually the rehearsal dinner and the theme was country chic with a pig roast. The tables were covered with checkered tablecloths and had potted flowers for centerpieces. It was beautifully put together. My favorite part, however, was [...]
Posted in Seattle, Wedding Budget, Wedding Cake, Wedding Flowers on Feb 8th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Wedding Flowers on Jan 22nd, 2009
A Savvy Bride’s Guide to Cheap Flowers!
I’ve had a lot of brides email me with questions and comments regarding two blogs that I’ve written about on Whole Foods wedding flowers. (Los Angeles and Seattle) You’d think Whole Foods was paying me to promote them! They’re not, I just happen to love what they offer a [...]
Posted in Green Wedding, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Reception on Sep 28th, 2008
Green weddings or even just adding a little green to your wedding has been a major trend for brides growing increasingly stronger over the recent years. There’s no denying that there are limitless options to having a “green” wedding – you can go as far are you’d like. The hole in the ozone’s the limit! [...]
Posted in Wedding Flowers on Aug 28th, 2008
A savvy bride wrote a review about Dorsey Floral and it piqued my interest so I thought I would write more about it. When I asked her about her experience using Dorsey Floral she had nothing but great things to say about them. She said she had wanted to have calla lilies but was told [...]
Posted in Wedding Flowers on Jul 10th, 2008
A local Seattle bride, Kate, is taking over this blog today with her experience using the florist at Whole Foods Westlake in Seattle for her wedding.
She writes, “I called Lilly at Whole Foods about two months in advance and told her the wedding colors. I didn’t have any specific flowers in mind, but specified that [...]
Posted in Wedding Flowers on Mar 29th, 2008
Flowers
I knew from the beginning that I wouldn’t be spending a lot of time or money on flowers. Most wedding planners recommend spending between 10-15% of your budget on flowers, but my fiancé and I had rationalized the price of our location by including our flower budget in it! It was, after all, a [...]