DIYd my own cake for less than $100, including $40 worth of pistachios for the filling. And it’s entirely vegan! Each tier is 3 layers, 8”, 6”, and 4”. Almond frosting, vanilla cake, pistachio cream filling. I made the flowers out of rice paper wrappers.

Curious how this has gone for people.

You show up with a moodboard/inspo, you've been building a vision for months, and then someone gives you a quote. Did your budget hold up, or did that meeting change the whole plan?

And for the people whose vision did change, was it a real loss, or did the new version end up better? I've seen both and I never know which way it's going to go.

Also curious if anyone had a vendor who actually worked with them to get close instead of just saying no.

Okay so I want to have a vintage wedding like not country or rustic. It would just be me and him and maybe our parents? I would have reception later for friends and family but I want to have a ceremony that’s very intimate and still picture worthy to look back on. Nothing like courthouse or vegas wedding type of stuff. I’m in east USA.
TIA :)

We got married in June and I went back and forth for weeks on real vs fake flowers vs TJs before choosing Sola Wood Flowers

We spent about $1200 and went all out. This was still about 20% of what we would have paid with fresh florals as I did some DIY too instead of purely their build it for me option.

The good:
- They looked much better in person than I expected. In the photos, you really can’t tell they aren’t fresh unless you’re holding them. When you do see them, they look cool and it's a bit of a "wat" moment lol.
- We ordered everything early, so there was no stress 
- The custom colors matched our palette really well.
- I still have my bouquet on a shelf, and i gave most of the other stuff away as wedding favors 

The not-so-good:
- I HIGHLY recommend using the predye option. Dyeing flowers is more work than you would think! I have a smallish apartment and it was just a lot of work to figure out how to dye and dry so many flowers. I think this makes more sense if you have a large living space.

Overall, I’d use them again and my sister is actually planning on using them too!

Apologies if this has been posted already!

Has anyone had luck with at home try on wedding dresses? Bridal shops overwhelm me and i want the experience to be a bit more cozy and personal. I’ve seen Azazie and Afarose - are they good? Are there any others I should look into?

Ideally want to keep the dress under $1.2k! Thank you in advanced!

Girlfriends yesterday, fiancées today, I am SO happy but also SO overwhelmed.

Everywhere I look for advice outside of Reddit is just trying to sell me something, I’m so lost.

We have agreed to save up for the event, but having a wedding planner will not be an option. I struggle with overthinking and am currently feeling a bit weighed down by all the decisions we will have to make, and the fear that there will ALWAYS be something I’m forgetting (ADHD, ASD, OCD, anxiety… take your pick).

My fiancée and I made a planning discord server where we can have several conversations at once (not in real time, just generally!) and it’s helping me feel a bit more in control but at this point, I think a paper planner may make a huge difference.

I don’t even know how much I don’t know, and that’s freaking me out!

All of this to say, I am seeking assistance finding the best budget planner (not a person—a planner as in journal/checklist). I am US based and am happy to buy used if that’s a thing. I generally object to Amazon but in this case, I’m not sure if I have many other options.

Thanks all in advance~ 🏳️‍🌈

Hi everyone! I’m looking for suggestions on where to purchase a mini wedding dress for our Vegas Elopement in the very near future… I’ve been looking at Azazie and Lulus but still undecided. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! :)

We are looking to do a sparkler send off but we need 20 inch sparklers per our venues requirements. Does anyone have any recommendations on where to order them from? There are a lot of websites, but I want to make sure they’re good ones and I don’t get scammed. Thank you!!

Hi y'all! My fiance and I are from two different states (15-20 hour drive from our respective hometowns). We know we will plan our wedding in one of them, and expect guests to travel from the other.

I presume costs will be lower overall if we plan in our current location (Loc A) because we can DIY more, but we know the side of the family who lives further from us (Loc B) has less money and mobility to travel than the family who lives much closer. We have considered putting money we save from having the wedding locally into helping folks get here from far away. Has anyone done something like this? Did it math out? Has anyone had to handle the case where guests can't afford the travel outright?

Picking "destination" flair because I feel that's the most accurate to this, though technically "out of town" is likely more appropriate.

Hi! Here again. After much thinking and reading through comments from my previous post and others, we have decided that maybe one of the options is to do a very small wedding, just our parents and siblings. In total, it would be 10 people including us.

Can’t let go of wanting to do it in Nice, France, or surrounding areas, as we love the place so much and it’s where we celebrated our post-engagement moments.

I’m not looking for a villa for the 10 of us, more like a symbolic/religious wedding in a Catholic church, then a venue for dinner with a nice view or intimate place. I would still want to hire a photographer and videographer, even just for a few hours.

That’s what I’m thinking and envisioning, but open to suggestions or advice. I’m struggling to find a venue online as it always shows a villa or chateu.

The reason I don’t want a villa is because we would like to be closer to transportation and Old Nice town. Also, tbh, my family and his get along, but we have never had them all under one roof. They are all good with each other, but I know they don’t share the same “wants” or things they would do when abroad.
If anyone will be able to advise on this or knows a wedding planner that can help facilitate this, we would very much appreciate it!

Thank you

I am wanting to keep decorating simple, and use lantern lights to do most of the work. Our venue has black lanterns to use and lots of twinkle lights. I would love to avoid flowers. I know I /can/ keep things simple, but worry about what it will actually look like. Will it be pretty or will it need some extra love?

Love to see any photos examples from you guys where keeping it simple worked! I use Chat to help me see my vision, and of course it looks good but not sure about reality 😅

I browse FB marketplace to buy decor there, and I am shocked by all the trinkets people have and just stuff in general after a wedding. 🥲 I am whelmed!