Budget Tips & DIY Ideas

Get great budget wedding tips for how to get cool looks at a great price.

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  2 Recession Friendly Wedding Menu Options

  When you get married, so much of your personality gets communicated through the details of your wedding. From the music to the food, you get to throw the party of your dreams. Yet, some... read more »

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  Do-It-Yourself Fabric and Ribbon Covered Vases

  Often the best way to create a lot of drama on a dime is to cover your glass containers in fabric to bring in your color of choice. Here are some simple steps to help you create your ow... read more »

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  Invitations: To Custom Order or Not to Custom Order

  Custom invitations can often cost more than expected. Factor in the costs of invitations, the number of invitees and even custom calligraphy. So, how do you get that custom invite when... read more »

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  Wedding Invitation Ideas: Select Moroccan Save the Dates!

  Having a Moroccan inspired wedding? Then set the tone for your wedding with these Moroccan Inspired Save the Dates. ... read more »

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  Refreshing Hydrangea for Your Wedding Flowers

  Hydrangeas are beautiful additions to any floral design and fit within most color palettes. These blooms are large, full, and available year round. ... read more »

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  BUDGET TIP: Blossom Branches as Tall Centerpieces

  Rooms will tall ceilings or large outdoor spaces lend themselves to high centerpieces. For an easy and elegant table display, fill a tall clear cylinder vase with numerous stems of blo... read more »

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  Budget Friendly Tips to Help you Find the Perfect Wedding Dress

  So you finally found the perfect man…Your parents love him, your sister is sufficiently jealous, and he totally gets your artistic, slightly nutty best friend. ... read more »

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  Lights, Camera, Action: Budget Photography Ideas for Your Wedding Day

  You’re ready… You have the dress, the shoes, the hall. You and your husband-to-be have already chosen your first dance song, the perfect cake, and a stellar DJ. Your wedding day is ... read more »

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  Wedding Invitation Ideas: Go for Bold Patterns With Your Invitations

  Forget those plain white on white or even gold on white invitations. Instead consider bright colored invites. Go Bold with... read more »

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  Wedding Favors: Chocolate Truffle Wedding Favors

  For this particular DIY favor creation, we used simple boxes and let the color of the ribbon dictate the embellishment. We love this favor box for a fall bridal shower; with all the lea... read more »

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  Top 15 Ways to Save on Your Wedding Day

  Looking for a few ways to cut some corners this season on your wedding? Well, look no further, we have some perfect recession friendly tips to help you design the wedding of your dreams... read more »

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  Bachelorette Desserts: Do-It-Yourself Chocolate Cake

  Looking for a perfect and easy way to create an additional dessert for your big bachelorette party? Or just trying to come up with a cool dessert to serve your hubby to be this weekend?... read more »

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  Not your Mother’s Corsage: Top Corsage Ideas

  Somewhere between the dreaded prom corsage (lets face it, the flowers may not have actually been as bad as your date!), and many mothers recently opting NOT to wear one, the corsage’s... read more »

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  Using Carnations for Your Wedding Flowers

  Ok, so before you start imagining obnoxious dyed green carnations...you should know carnations have made a comeback... read more »

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  DIY: 3 Flower Arrangements for your Wedding

  Feeling crafty? Why not try creating one or more of these easy flower arrangements.... read more »

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  Top Five Recession-Friendly Honeymoon Planning Tips 2009

  Getting married is a whirlwind of to-do lists, excitement, and mind-blurring decisions. Planning the honeymoon destination amidst all of those life-changing and momentous decisions can ... read more »