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I am so impressed with all the fantastic money-saving tips from our 75 entries to the Budget Savvy Bride Contest! Every entry was uniquely creative in finding ways to cut costs on a wedding while maintaining their vision. It was extremely difficult to choose our favorites, so a very big thank you to our five fantastic expert judges who hand-picked the very best entries.

AND THE WINNERS ARE: Cut Costs not Corners takes first place! The runner up is It’s All About Priorities. The third place winner is the Bride from Tennessee! Congrats to all of the talented brides!

Anya Sarre, celebrity stylist for ET and The Insider, loves Planning a Backyard Wedding because of the beautiful personal touches that went into this intimate $5,000 wedding.

Bee Kim, Publisher of Weddingbee.com, selected Cut Costs not Corners because the bride showed many different ways to save money – DIY projects, resource figures, and precise figures that are so helpful for other brides-to-be planning a wedding on a budget!

Jennifer Sbranti, Founder of Hostess with the Mostess, chose Joy’s Plan for our Wedding for the creative DIY ideas, unique fashion elements, and attention to detail.

Chelsea Fuss, Founder of Frolic!, picked the Bride from Tennessee, for an elegant southern wedding that looks like it cost five times its $10,000 price tag.

Margaret Wong, Founder of ProjectWedding.com, loves It’s All About Priorities because the bride gave beautiful tips and examples of how she achieved a gorgeous California wedding for half the average cost!

Congratulations to our five Budget Savvy finalists, who are eligible for the $750 first place, $500 runner up, and $250 third place prizes!

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I love the whimsical nature of some wedding photos. One Love Photo captures the beautiful simplicity of twinkle lights — and the randomness of a fish out of water — the clown that interrupts the wedding! Somehow it all works. These pics made me smile so I thought I would share!

Images Courtesy: One Love Photo

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I have to give a twist, shake and shout out about Project Wedding’s newest feature – the wedding song guide – which features hundreds of cool tunes to play during your big event, from the bridal entrance to the cake cutting spectacle! Artists on the playlists include everyone from Elvis and Frank Sinatra to The Foo Fighters, Willie Nelson and Mariah Carey. I could spend hours listening to all of the festive music … wait, I already have!!

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More lovely details from this beautiful Hawaiian wedding…

Kristy of Volatile Photography shares a few more wedding details with us…

Jonny Gomes, the groom, is a world series baseball player. As a surprise, my assistant and I designed a wooden sign for the couple that read “Home Run.” The sign was used in many photographs and the bride and groom took it home to hang in their home, and save forever.

In lieu of favors for guests, donations were made to the Human Society of the United Statein each guest’s honor.

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I love the blue wedding details from this gorgeous Hawaii wedding off the Kohala Coast. I love the incorporation of starfish and light blue converse shoes to go with the beach wedding theme. The embroidered wedding date and “Groom” shoes are just too cute!

Here to share some details with us is Kristy Ahumada of Volatile Photography, who captured these precious details on camera:

Kristi and Jonny had an oceanfront ceremony at the Fairmont Orchid, on the Big Island, Hawaii. Around fifty-five guests heard the Blowing of the Pu (conch shell) just before Kristi and Jonny married. The bride and groom exchanged their own vows, and had a blessing of the rings in the Koa Bowl, which is a Hawaiian tradition.

The color scheme of their big day was aqua, fuchsia and white. The bride wore aqua-colored heels, while the groom and groomsmen wore custom made Chuck Taylor’s by Converse. The Chuck Taylor’s of the groomsmen were aqua in color, and had the wedding date stitched on the back. The groom’s Converse shoes were white, and had “groom” stitched on the back. Kristi’s bridesmaids all sported different styles of aqua-colored dresses, and the groomsmen were in button-up cream and white striped shirts, and linen pants.

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Since I spent much of last week using pinks in my inspiration boards, I’ve decided to avoid pink all-together this week. The focus of today is all about shades of one delightful color: sunshine yellow!

I just wanted this yellow inspiration board to radiate warmth and fun. This could be perfect for a light-hearted spring or summer wedding. The flower possibilities are great for yellow themes. I used daffodils, narcissus and calla lilies, but you could also go for gladiolus, tulips, roses, daisies, and buttery yellow stock.

I love bow accents with this cute theme. The dress is by Thread. The brighter yellow heels with the bows are called Rossi by Steve Madden. The darker yellow peek-a-boo pumps are Pura Lopez from Nordstrom.

The bow shaped napkin fold and the lovely wedding cakes are from Martha Stewart Weddings.

For the menu, lemons are an obvious choice — lemonade, lemon sorbet, maybe even lemon meringue tarts? Yum!

To check out my wedding songs of the day, come see me at Keen To Be Seen!

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This is the most creative invitation I’ve ever seen!

Stop Motion Wedding Invitation

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