For Your Reception
$25 for $75 worth of wine from Barclays Wine
Ends in 1 day
For Your Wedding Favors
Side deal:
$25 for $50 on Zazzle
Ends in 1 day
For Your Beauty Supplies
$10 for $20 of supplies at Soap.com
Ends in 16 hours!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Use Groupons to save on your wedding!
Groupons are a great way to save on things for your wedding! Here are some below that are available for a limited time!
For Your Reception
$25 for $75 worth of wine from Barclays Wine
Ends in 1 day
For Your Wedding Favors
Side deal:
$25 for $50 on Zazzle
Ends in 1 day
For Your Beauty Supplies
$10 for $20 of supplies at Soap.com
Ends in 16 hours!
For Your Reception
$25 for $75 worth of wine from Barclays Wine
Ends in 1 day
For Your Wedding Favors
Side deal:
$25 for $50 on Zazzle
Ends in 1 day
For Your Beauty Supplies
$10 for $20 of supplies at Soap.com
Ends in 16 hours!
Monday, September 27, 2010
A great resource for a bride on a budget...
Etsy is one of my favorite website for little wedding details. The vendors on Etsy are so incredibly talented and you can find some pretty great prices on things you normally did not think you could afford. Some of my favorites that I am thinking about for my wedding are below!
Bridesmaid Jewelry
Seller: kymjewelry
Flower Girl Dress
Seller: mapletree2000
Wine Bottle Lanterns
Seller: WordCouture
Personalized Wire Dress Hanger
Seller: lilafrances
Friday, September 24, 2010
Win a Bridal Gown Hanger and Hankie!
Bridal Gown Blog is giving away a fantastic personalized gown hanger and also a bridal hankie. You can go here to enter!
There are a few ways to enter so make sure you take advantage of them all!
HOW TO ENTER:
Image from Bridal Gown Blog
Etsy Seller: LilaFrances
There are a few ways to enter so make sure you take advantage of them all!
HOW TO ENTER:
- You must choose to follow her blog PUBLICALLY!
- For a SECOND entry blog about this contest and leave an ADDITIONAL comment to let her know you did that with a link to the post (she will check!)
- For a THIRD entry twitter about this contest and leave an ADDITIONAL comment to let her know you did that with a link to the post! You can find her twitter page here
Monday, September 20, 2010
Save 20% on Shoes.com
Still looking for shoes for your wedding dress? your rehearsal dinner dress? your honeymoon??
Save an EXREA 20% sitewide + free shipping at Shoes.com with promo code SHOEDEAL.
Good through 9/25/10
Save an EXREA 20% sitewide + free shipping at Shoes.com with promo code SHOEDEAL.
Good through 9/25/10
Friday, September 17, 2010
Get a free photo book!
Picaboo-who I mentioned is having a giveaway for a free photo book- is offering a new Photo Book deal. If you haven’t purchased anything from Picaboo before, you can get a FREE large classic photo book (up to 20 pages). Each additional page is $1.99
What you need to do is create a Large Classic, Classic Leather, or Classic Custom photo book with 20 pages and use the code 1FBLGB-&W. you will receive a $39.99 credit from your order. There is an $8.99 shipping fee, but this is a great deal! You can use engagement pictures and make it your guest book and have people sign in the blank areas!
If you have already gotten a free book or you have already made a purchase from Picaboo, you can still get 50% off all photobooks with code: PNTG50
What you need to do is create a Large Classic, Classic Leather, or Classic Custom photo book with 20 pages and use the code 1FBLGB-&W. you will receive a $39.99 credit from your order. There is an $8.99 shipping fee, but this is a great deal! You can use engagement pictures and make it your guest book and have people sign in the blank areas!
If you have already gotten a free book or you have already made a purchase from Picaboo, you can still get 50% off all photobooks with code: PNTG50
Photo Album Giveaway on Wedding Bee
Picaboo Wedding Album Giveaway!
To enter, visit Picaboo’s wedding albums, and leave a comment on wedding bee's blog with th album style of theirs is your favorite. For a second chance to win, follow Weddingbee on Twitter and retweet this contest (if you’re already a follower, simply retweet by clicking here!). You must enter by Thursday, September 23 at 11:59 PM PST.Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ways that I have saved
Trying to save money is almost like a game for me. So I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s carried over into my wedding planning. It’s not as though I am cutting big corners, but I am looking for ways to save on whatever I can.
Simple ways I have saved money…
1. Shopping through ebates.
Ebates.com is amazing. You get cash back for doing your normal online shopping through them. They have cash back opportunities on so many on line stores. For example, I bought shoes for the BM’s at Ann Taylor. I went through Ebates and got about $7 cash back. It’s not a lot, but it starts to add up. You get a check every few months with your cash back money. Last one I got was for about $30 and it just went straight into the wedding fund.
2. Looking out for the best sales from wedding websites
I bought personalized stamps for our save the date postcards. I waited until zazzle.com had a great sale and got 120 personalized post card stamps for about $7 more than what they would have cost at the post office-and they were so much better than the blue polar bear stamps that is the only option for the post office! I did this by waiting for a good sale, jumping on it, and going through ebates!
I also did this for our invitations/reply cards. Saved over $65 on them with the 25% off sale!
3. Look for Groupons!
I recently got a Groupon for Zazzle where I got a $50 certificate for $25! I can now get personalize stamps for the invitations at a much cheaper price! My mom also bought one, so she can buy stuff for the wedding too!
4. Entering contests
I enter any contests I see on blogs…and boy has it paid off! Our engagement story won us a $50 gift certificate to Rexcraft. I plan to buy a cake topper or personalized napkins from there. and I won a $200 gift certificate off a blog to a great wedding boutique called unveiled bridal where I plan to get the ring bearer pillow, flower girl basket, and possibly a card box.
5. Using credit card points
We recently booked our honeymoon, and the travel agent encouraged me to use points if at all possible to help us save money. By booking our tickets with American Express and using my points, we saved $60. Not a whole lot of money, but it’s still $60!
6. Booking while vendors have a promotion
Since I was the first April bride for our DJ, we got $200 off of the package…$200 off?! I’ll take that any day! We also booked our photobooth when they were having a summer promotion and saved $200.
7. Vistaprint
Vistaprint is a great resource! I have gotten a few wedding items from here when they have their “free” sales and you just pay the shipping. I got return labels with an engagement picture of our hands with my ring on them with our new Mr. and Mrs. name. I got 250 business cards to put with our favors with log in information to a Snapfish account we created for everyone to share their photos for less than $10.
I also got a photo calendar with our engagement pictures for free at Vistaprint!
8. Getting magazine subscriptions on line
I am obsessed with bridal magazines. When I open the mailbox and one is in there, it’s like Christmas! But to buy them at the store, you could go broke in a month I swear! So I have found really good deals on year long subscriptions to Brides, Bridal Guide, and Martha Stewart Weddings. This way I can still look through them and enjoy “Christmas” but not pay the extra money at the store!
9. Don’t pay for a wedding website!
There are too many good wedding websites out there to pay for your own. Unless you are completely insistent on having the URL be just your names! We created ours at mywedding.com and it has been fantastic-and free!
10. Booking your honeymoon when they are having promotions
I think it would be silly for someone to ever book a Sandals vacation when Sandals wasn’t having a sale! They have them numerous times a year, and we saved 60%…that ended up being $5,800! Check on line for deals, or book with an agent. It’s silly not to save money that’s so easy to save!
Simple ways I have saved money…
1. Shopping through ebates.
Ebates.com is amazing. You get cash back for doing your normal online shopping through them. They have cash back opportunities on so many on line stores. For example, I bought shoes for the BM’s at Ann Taylor. I went through Ebates and got about $7 cash back. It’s not a lot, but it starts to add up. You get a check every few months with your cash back money. Last one I got was for about $30 and it just went straight into the wedding fund.
2. Looking out for the best sales from wedding websites
I bought personalized stamps for our save the date postcards. I waited until zazzle.com had a great sale and got 120 personalized post card stamps for about $7 more than what they would have cost at the post office-and they were so much better than the blue polar bear stamps that is the only option for the post office! I did this by waiting for a good sale, jumping on it, and going through ebates!
I also did this for our invitations/reply cards. Saved over $65 on them with the 25% off sale!
3. Look for Groupons!
I recently got a Groupon for Zazzle where I got a $50 certificate for $25! I can now get personalize stamps for the invitations at a much cheaper price! My mom also bought one, so she can buy stuff for the wedding too!
4. Entering contests
I enter any contests I see on blogs…and boy has it paid off! Our engagement story won us a $50 gift certificate to Rexcraft. I plan to buy a cake topper or personalized napkins from there. and I won a $200 gift certificate off a blog to a great wedding boutique called unveiled bridal where I plan to get the ring bearer pillow, flower girl basket, and possibly a card box.
5. Using credit card points
We recently booked our honeymoon, and the travel agent encouraged me to use points if at all possible to help us save money. By booking our tickets with American Express and using my points, we saved $60. Not a whole lot of money, but it’s still $60!
6. Booking while vendors have a promotion
Since I was the first April bride for our DJ, we got $200 off of the package…$200 off?! I’ll take that any day! We also booked our photobooth when they were having a summer promotion and saved $200.
7. Vistaprint
Vistaprint is a great resource! I have gotten a few wedding items from here when they have their “free” sales and you just pay the shipping. I got return labels with an engagement picture of our hands with my ring on them with our new Mr. and Mrs. name. I got 250 business cards to put with our favors with log in information to a Snapfish account we created for everyone to share their photos for less than $10.
I also got a photo calendar with our engagement pictures for free at Vistaprint!
8. Getting magazine subscriptions on line
I am obsessed with bridal magazines. When I open the mailbox and one is in there, it’s like Christmas! But to buy them at the store, you could go broke in a month I swear! So I have found really good deals on year long subscriptions to Brides, Bridal Guide, and Martha Stewart Weddings. This way I can still look through them and enjoy “Christmas” but not pay the extra money at the store!
9. Don’t pay for a wedding website!
There are too many good wedding websites out there to pay for your own. Unless you are completely insistent on having the URL be just your names! We created ours at mywedding.com and it has been fantastic-and free!
10. Booking your honeymoon when they are having promotions
I think it would be silly for someone to ever book a Sandals vacation when Sandals wasn’t having a sale! They have them numerous times a year, and we saved 60%…that ended up being $5,800! Check on line for deals, or book with an agent. It’s silly not to save money that’s so easy to save!
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