on their way out the door...
Sep. 4th, 2017 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Squeal, they're done and ready to go! The Knot says no earlier than Labor Day for an April wedding, so I've been patiently waiting all month to send out what I finished way back before even my birthday. My homemade Save the Dates, are they not so cute? Not to mention thrifty? Eagle-eyed followers will no doubt recognize the lavender cardstock leftover my penguins Christmas Card two years back, and I already had the hilarious stamp left over from a friend's wedding project years ago. White cardstock and ink were already in possession. All I had to buy was the photo prints ($10) and the postage stamps ($15). Okay, and the envelopes ($2).
On a side note, I'm still aghast at how much a wedding can cost!!! I realize there is absolutely nothing new in this statement, but I guess every first time bride has to go through it herself before she really, truly understands. And I think I'm being pretty thrifty, too. I'm DIYing my own StDs, the invites, centerpieces, menu cards, toss bags, welcome bags, and programs. Okay, no, I'm not DIYing my actual dress, but I'm buying it from a woman on Etsy and she's DIYing it for a fourth of what the average bridal gown costs. We're getting a food truck instead of a caterer. And yet - and yet, I am still busting my budget at the seams. Crazy, no?
But for all that, still no regrets. I'm still having a blast doing project management for the most fun project ever, still lapping up Pinterest articles and harvesting herbs for toss bags and just generally briding the heck out of life. Now that it's September, my dress should be arriving any week now. (bounce) So excited!
Squeal, they're done and ready to go! The Knot says no earlier than Labor Day for an April wedding, so I've been patiently waiting all month to send out what I finished way back before even my birthday. My homemade Save the Dates, are they not so cute? Not to mention thrifty? Eagle-eyed followers will no doubt recognize the lavender cardstock leftover my penguins Christmas Card two years back, and I already had the hilarious stamp left over from a friend's wedding project years ago. White cardstock and ink were already in possession. All I had to buy was the photo prints ($10) and the postage stamps ($15). Okay, and the envelopes ($2).
On a side note, I'm still aghast at how much a wedding can cost!!! I realize there is absolutely nothing new in this statement, but I guess every first time bride has to go through it herself before she really, truly understands. And I think I'm being pretty thrifty, too. I'm DIYing my own StDs, the invites, centerpieces, menu cards, toss bags, welcome bags, and programs. Okay, no, I'm not DIYing my actual dress, but I'm buying it from a woman on Etsy and she's DIYing it for a fourth of what the average bridal gown costs. We're getting a food truck instead of a caterer. And yet - and yet, I am still busting my budget at the seams. Crazy, no?
But for all that, still no regrets. I'm still having a blast doing project management for the most fun project ever, still lapping up Pinterest articles and harvesting herbs for toss bags and just generally briding the heck out of life. Now that it's September, my dress should be arriving any week now. (bounce) So excited!
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Date: 2017-09-05 06:48 am (UTC)Weddings are terrifyingly expensvie; which etsy seller did you end up going with? :D
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Date: 2017-09-10 03:54 pm (UTC)Ellana Couture and her gazillion five-star ratings. I'm still nervous as I await the delivery, but I'm reasonably confident that I'm in good hands.