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What to Budget for Your Wedding Dress

I love weddings! I love being part of your big day, but I also can’t get enough of the preparation period of wedding planning and consultations and dress fittings and all the excitement. I’ve dedicated a portion of this blog space to sharing tips for brides in the midst of wedding planning or even just getting a headstart on a future wedding down the road!

Today, I’d like to talk about something that can get a little stressful during the wedding planning but it doesn’t need to be: budgeting for your wedding dress. There are a lot of things to pay for in preparation for your wedding day, but the wedding dress is something present throughout the entire event and in all the pictures after the fact! It only seems fitting that you should choose a budget and a gown with care to make sure it fits in with the rest of the planning.

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Think Outside the Box with Your Wedding Florals

Let’s talk about wedding florals today! This is one of my favorite subjects as a hobby florist myself! A while back, I spoke with Sarah from Blushing Rose Floral about her business and her passion and one of the topics we discussed was ways for brides to think outside the box when it comes to their wedding florals.

Here are five ways to keep your wedding floral design unique and personalized to YOU and your wedding:

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Vendor Spotlight: Blushing Rose Floral

Do you ever meet those business owners where you’re just blown away by their talent and creativity? I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sarah from Blushing Rose Floral several times and I couldn’t wait to interview her about her business and her passion for floral design!

As a little girl, Sarah remembers watching her father bringing in flowers to give to her grandmother. The emotion behind this sweet gesture established her love of flowers not only for their beauty but for the strength and support they represent. “Flowers lift us up in our darkest times, and celebrate with us in our brightest,” Sarah says.

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Using Accessories to Make Your Bridal Ensemble Unique

One of the hardest parts of finding a wedding dress is just making sure you feel that your gown is quintessentially YOU. No one wants to feel they’re in a borrowed gown for the wedding day — you want to be wearing YOUR wedding dress, one that seems so perfect that the big day couldn’t be complete without it.

But when it comes to wedding dress shopping, especially in smaller …

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How to Plan Your Floral Budget

One of the hardest things to gauge with wedding planning is how much of your budget you should set aside for different aspects of the big day. Today we’re going to be talking about budgeting for your wedding day florals.

Setting a budget for your florals from the beginning of wedding planning is helpful so that you can manage your budget around this variable expense. Florals are a variable expense because the day …

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