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cost of wedding.com On average, US couples spend for their wedding, while their wedding budget is 50% less. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring. In the US, 82% of couples spend less than the average wedding cost while 18% of couples spend more than the average. Maybe something like a median would be a better reprentation when 82% spend less than the average. Those 18% could be totally skewing the numbers.

Thanks so much for the feedback. I can't upload draft #2 because it's on the computer in the room where my friend is asleep. But, I have made the changes. I made the text off center so it centers with the tree I made the tree lighter green. I put a thin black line around the peach date. It stands out better now. I put a green oak leaf between the location & town I'll move the name down too. Once I have the chance I'll post the current version. We are going shopping for her wedding dress & my BM dress all day today so it might take me a while. Thanks again! I'm so excited about them. It was fun for me to be able to contribute something to her wedding. As an out-of-state BM I won't be able to throw showers or anything like that.

Here is draft one of my friend's save the dates. She is getting married between two oak trees on a ranch. Her colors are green & peach. Any ideas to make it better? I'll be ordering these as vista print postcards. She is visting me this week & we are in full wedding planning mode. I'm one of her BMs. She was one of my superimposed honorary BMs Updates! I dropped my friend off at the airport this morning so now I have a chance to polish up her save the date. version 2 version3 version4 version5

Quote: Originally Posted by Rachelle E. Oh...I'm sad to hear about them losing your veil too! That really sucks...and I know it's just a detail and it feels like another should work, but it's completely understandable being bummed and really wanting "that one". Once your heart is set on something like that, it's hard to change gears. That being said, I have no doubt you will find another veil and it will turn out to be perfect! You'll see wedding pics of yourself and not be able to imagine it any other way. :-) Good luck w/ the veil hunt!!!! Can't wait to see pics of your newest option. Thanks! It is funny how it works. I didn't even want a veil. Then I started looking at them because my mom really wanted me to have one. I loved that long simple style. But, I only planned on spending $30. My friends was atleast $200 is not more. Her wedding was very grand with a huge budget (maybe $60,000). So I got excited about a veil nicer than I ever would have bought. It's hard to change gears to my original thought of having a cheap veil. But, I know I can't spend as much as she did to buy a veil like hers. I'm just a little bummed trying to accept that. I feel bad for her too. Such a pretty veil & then it gets lost. I'm excited to do a dress rehersal. I haven't put it all together yet. off to the airport....

Wow you girls are amazing! Especially since I know how much tammy loves her veil. And rebecca isn't getting married until after me. I am so moved by how generous you are! (the smiles are not working right, but I was going to insert group hug here) Here is a pic of her veil. It was the simple, long style I wanted. But, then it has beautiful, subtle details of peals along the trim. I could buy one like it, but I'm sure it was expensive. It was just so exciting to see my friend had this perfect veil & was happy to loan it to me. I have another veil option from a different friend. The only thing is the veil is a little fuller than I wanted. I'm about to pick a friend up at the airport. I'll do a dress rehersal for her & see what she thinks of veil choice #2. It would mean a lot for me to wear that one too. My wedding will be on that friend's 5 year anniversary. I'll post a picture of me in my dress & veil #2 and see what y'all think. Thank you so much everyone for being so caring! This is a great place <group hug>

I love lists to! Lists & calendars. I had a similar feeling last saturday. My wedding to-do list was full of stuff I didn't really feel like doing. Then there was my work list of all these work related things I really didn't feel like doing. So saturday I turned on some good music & just started checking boring stuff off the to-do list. It felt really great. In all the madness, just make sure you take time to stop & smell the ferrets. That's what my granny always said.

Quote: Originally Posted by tvt man, that stinks. the photographer should replace the veil that he/she lost I think they are not sure she lost it. But, they don't really think it was lost on the way there. It was in the bag with the dress. She was retaking pics of the dress & veil. I'm not really sure why.

I was going to borrow a friend's veil. I was her MOH in January so it was special to me to have a "something borrowed" from her. The veil is beautiful. It was just the style I wanted, but much prettier. Her mom had her take it to the photographer after the wedding to take more pictures of it. I guess the photographer didn't get enough at the wedding. The photographer lost it. So now I'm veiless. I can buy a cheap one like I had originally planned. It just won't be as beautiful as the one I was going to borrow. I really didn't care about the veil at first. But once I saw the beautiful one I was getting to borrow I got excited.

Welcome to BDW!

Quote: Originally Posted by bakari45 Thanks all for the welcome. I look forward to participating on this forum. And thanks again, Morgan, for inviting me here. Glad you are here. We'll have to post your postcard design on the forum once it's perfected.

Welcome Bakari! It's cool being called a graphic designer

Go to quick links--> top posters.

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR we're not going to get slammed with a bunch of random non-brides/DW-related members now, are we? lol Are you worried we are saying, "just click here & join this forum & a large sum of money will arrive in your mail box"? I'm letting people know its a wedding forum. Oh, I can go solicit to a ferret loving forum & recruit more members for club ferret. I won't reveil my strategy until september, but I'm keeping it purely wedding related. Well, weddings & now ferrets. I wish I could tell who my people are. It would be fun if you could click the referral number & see who makes up your collection of referrals. I will call them "morgan's people." it's fun to share the joy of BDW with the world. I see some of these sad wedding planning forums & I want to bring them over to BDW because I know it will make them happy.

i agree, for us june/ july/ august brides it's much less stressful. Prices were available & obviously on the rise so it was easy to tell guests either book now or never. I would be much more worried if my wedding was in 09.

Quote: Originally Posted by JennyK me too hehe I've been posting on like 5 different boards I got busy at work & the first thing I did was come check my referral number. I'm up to 6 now! I need to stop looking at it. I don't want to get to carried away.

Airfare increases prevented a lot of people from being able to attend my wedding. But, you have to be able to accept that. I'm happy with the 24 guests we will have. It allowed me to be able to take everyone on an excursion & make better OOT bags. I wouldn't have been able to do that with the 50+ people who originally wanted to come. Luckily my family had already booked & all the people that had to be there. I was also really glad we picked a cheaper hotel to offset the travel cost. Even with high airfare, it's still a good deal on a vacation. I'm getting a little stressed about the cost of flying home. I live out of state from my family. I'm attending a wedding in houston & one in ohio this summer. Airfare is so high!

Have you considered taking pictures together before the ceremony? I love the way those turn out. I also hope it will let me get out all the tears before.

i found a better selection at office stores. it was easier to get the color i wanted with a matching envelope.

i'd sue if i was on the flight and some guy was hogging the toilet

I have 4 now I'm obsessed with checking my referral number.

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride I'm not sure what you mean by the perfect sunset lighting, but here are some of my pictures as an idea (these were taken by a professional who came with me, although by the looks of it she didn't use the same type of equipment as Matt talks about above based on the pictures he posted with the moonlight) Thanks! very helpful. The sunset lighting I'm talking about is when the sky looks like the sky in Matt's siggy pic. Or maybe that's something the photographer captures with their camera settings. I honestly don't know how it works. When I watched Matt & Sol's video the sky didn't look as intense as it turned out in their pictures, so it must be photographer magic. Shutter speeds? Also, this picture of Nics • TAMARACK STUDIOS • And Jean-Marcus posted a wedding with beautiful sunset pics. I wish I knew more about this when I scheduled my wedding. I'm worried we'll be outside during the harshest part of the day & eatting dinner when it's beautiful.

Thanks so much for the info. I guiess I should have scheduled my june wedding for 5pm. We do have an awning though. I'm just not sure if mike & I will be under it. It looks like it covers the guests.

i told mike's mom the other day about the OOT bags & I could tell from her reaction she thought OOT bags were above and beyond what's necessary. She had offered to make favors for me & I told her I already had a whole bag of them. My friends also reacted the same way. More shocked that I'd give everyone a whole bag of stuff. So I don't think it's something people expect at all. But, I loved putting them together. Making the OOT bags & planning the excursion have been my favorite part. I can't wait to report back on what I would do if I had to do over.

Your blog looks great. Did you do the design yourself? I really like your background & logo. That is too cool that you were able to "bring it to life." Have a great time in cabo!

Quote: Originally Posted by sgrimm1 Morgan, I wasnt saying to not report it. Sorry I read my post and it doenst make a lot of sence. I would deffinatly leave a note, at least it is somewhere to start to try to get the repairs made. OIC, I thought you were saying they could just pay the deductable so it wasn't a big deal. It just made me so sad to do the math & see it took me 100 hours to pay for that. Man, making $5 an hour was terrible!