Crafty Budget Consious Brides, this is your Lens!
I've also included some budget friendly ideas. Happy Planning!
Resources for having an iPod Wedding
- iPodWedding.com
- This appears to be a fairly new site. But it goes over the basics of what you'll need to pull of being your own Dj. It holds promise by making mention of a tried and true song playlist to be added.
- Saying I do: Weddings, iPods, and you
- This site is a little iPod crazy, as it goes into detail of using the iPod for all stages of wedding planning. Never the less the section on music is well written.
- A Dj's stance on using an iPod
- To be fair you need both sides of the story. Here is a DJ's stance obviously against using an iPod over a Dj and a few of the things that can go wrong.
- DIY Wedding Music
- Links to other resources and tips on what songs to play.
- One Couple's Playlist
- Searching for other couple's playlists can be helpful in coming up with your own.
Wedding Music
From Amazon MP3
You'll need Equipment
Surf for deals, check out rentals or your reception location
DIY Fresh Flowers!
This one isn't for everyone
Personally I used silk flowers from Hobby Lobby and made my own bouquets, corsages and boutineers way in advance. I also ordered freeze dried rose petals (they won't stain or cause a slippery mess) to scatter and for a toss, and hundreds of red carnations to make pomanders from www.growersbox.com to decorate the ceremony site. The pomanders were a lot of work but looked amazing and were carried to the reception to do double work as decoration there, then sent home with guests as a prize.
Floating gerbera daisy heads in a bowl of water is a very simple easy to DIY centerpiece idea. Remember to leave about an inch of stem as an anchor and always use a knife or shears, not scissors to cut stems.
- Grower's Box
- Check out the Wedding's in a Box specials.
- Fifty Flowers
- Visit the DIY combos.
- Fresh Roses
- California Roses
- Amazonia Flowers
- Smaller quantities great for test runs!
- Flowers Growers
- Lots of variety.

800 Red Carnations rehydrating *fake rose displays beside them*
DIY Wedding Photo Albums
- My Publisher
- Requires you to download software. Several sizes and cover options including leather for a very professional look.
- Snapfish
- No software to download, but you must upload your photos to work with them. Several book sizes. Check out the mini books a cute idea for gifts or mementos for your wedding party or family. Limited layouts and paper backgrounds.
- Picaboo
- Requires you to download software. 40 different font options and over 240 layouts. Allows background sharing. Allows for some creative layering.
- Blurb
- Requires software download, but has the largest number of pages allowed by far.
- Mpix.com
- One of the most customizable software I found, but the book is limited to 50 pages.
DIY Decor
- Rock Candy Centerpieces
- If I had seen this idea in time for my wedding, I so would have found a way to use it. This crafty blogger bought clear rock candy, the kind that looks like fat crystal blocks on a string, and hot glued them to wire hooks, tied a pretty ribbon to the wire and hung them all over. Fun!
- Feather Wreath Centerpieces
- I made centerpieces using a white foam wreath, hot glue, and cheap bulk feather boas. With the feather wreath placed around the base of a glass hurricane (rented) filled with rose petals and a white candle that had a clear label of our monogram on it, the whole effect made for a very pretty centerpiece.
- Another example of feather wreaths
- This one is done on a grander scale and would also look awesome hung up on say the church doors.
- Eiffle Tower Feather Centerpieces
- To mix things up, but in keeping with the theme, half the tables had a more expensive centerpiece. I found the ostrich feathers on ebay, used a bell bouquet holder, and filled the vase (rented) with sand.Very eye catching.
- Fruit Centerpieces
- Lots of things can be done with fruit. Poor white sugar into a hurricane, place a candle, and fill the sides with a layer of cranberries. Fill a basket full of fruit or cut up citrus and place in vases filled with water.
- DIY Centerpieces
- A long list of simple centerpiece ideas.

Search eBay for your dress, but first try a Bridal Shop for size!
There are a TON of new or in great shape wedding gowns on eBay
I went to a couple bridal shops first to find out my size and get a feel for what I really wanted. Well, I fell in love with a gown that was way too pricey but I found the exact same dress on eBay, new, for 1/2 the price the Bridal Shop wanted! It's worth checking before you committ to the dress.
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