Project Wedding Blog

Project Wedding is introducing another exciting new feature ~ you can now register for your wedding or honeymoon right here! Whether it’s bedding or bakeware, have fun as you pick and choose items from Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Macys, Bed, Bath & Beyond or Bloomingdales. Visit the homepage of PW and look for the “Create your Registry” section.

You can also register for your honeymoon as well ~ think massages, dinners, kayak adventures, sunset dinner cruises … the sky is the limit. This is the fun part of planning your special day, so have fun and get started — if you haven’t already!

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Joe and I have been on vacation for two weeks… so sorry about the lack of posting! I will return soon in the next few days. There are tons of real wedding inspiration coming up!

One of my favorite photos from our trip…

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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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Our Budget Savvy Bride Contest just started this week, and already we have some absolutely fantastic entries with great tips on how to save big time when planning a wedding.

Check out the story of Amy’s Black and White Wedding with amazing texture and details, all for less than $7,000.

Hillary has some amazing advice on getting friends and family members to help out. Even better, her wedding day attire (dress, veil, brooch, bracelets, earrings, and shoes) came out to just $213! Find out more about Hillary’s amazing story here.

Sophieblossom is using her second-hand know how to create the wedding of her dreams for less than $1,000. Check out the details here.

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MissNowMrs.com’s world is all about making brides’ lives easier! Their service aids busy brides and newlyweds in completing the name change process — saving them on average over 13 hours of paperwork, form assistance, waiting in lines and research!

Now through May 25, we are giving away 5 MissNowMrs. gift cards ( valued at $29.95) to some savvy PW brides. All you have to do is check out MissNowMrs.com — and tell us one thing you learned from the site you didn’t know before!

Winners will be chosen randomly on May 26. Good luck!

See official sweepstakes rules.

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My wonderful sister Kathy will be joining us as a guest blogger! Yay! She is the main pastry and dessert contributor to our guide, and has worked with desserts and pastries for many years in both the restaurant industry as well as creating ultra-chic high end dessert bars for many happy California brides. Welcome Kathy, and I look forward to reading your posts! =)

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We’ve compiled some of our favorite wedding invitations to help inspire you. To check out our entire invitation gallery, click here. Enjoy!

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Share your wedding color inspiration with us and you could win a $200 VISA gift card! Create a community article containing at least 4 inspirational photos along with captions explaining why they inspire you and you’ll be entered to win.

Don’t limit yourself to only 4 photographs! We want to see more, so feel free to upload as many as you like. To get started, click here.

But first, we have some color inspiration for you!

http://www.projectwedding.com/wiki/show/cpow-gray-and-orange

http://www.projectwedding.com/wiki/show/cpow-red-and-aqua-blue

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Just in case you haven’t heard, we’re running two awesome giveaways this week! All the giveaways are completely editorial, as I hand pick each giveaway and only feature vendors that I believe that our brides will adore. It’s really easy to enter… just click on the links and comment on the article!

$500 Gingi Beauty Giveaway

$50 Gumdrop Cookie Shop Giveaway

If you are a vendor and would like to donate items for a giveaway, please send an email to contests at projectwedding dot com

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I am so excited about the fantastic response we got for our $750 DIY Wedding Challenge. The winner was chosen by you - our awesome community! Thousands of people voted, and the winner of the $500 grand prize by a very slim 1% margin is … the Message in a Bottle Invitations, with 26% of the vote! The $250 first runner up prize goes to… DIY Calligraphy, with 25% of the vote!

Layout by Hostess with the Mostess

Congratulations to the two winners! =) And thank you to everyone who participated and voted!!!

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