Make sure you check out their forums with great info from other brides and entire weddings that were DIY'ed. They post pictures and links to how different things were made and how they turned out. Check it out - you'll be happily surprised!!

You can't go wrong with Costco. Had my Aunt purchase some flowers a day before my wedding to help make boutineers for all my extended family. (We had the florist only make them for the bridal party)

They were amazing and lasted the whole day!!

They have the best prices if you happen not to be too picky on the color and goto their clearance section. I find that if you check back often and get to know the sales people more, they are willing to help lookout for certain colors and stuff for you.

Great shipping rates as well as others have listed.

Got a few things there for my invitations and place cards, but I found that there were other less commercial (more industrial) places that would sell a similar paper type for less. Great when you don't have time or just looking for ideas.

Hotel Vitale was a great place to get married. We only did our getting ready shot in the hotel room and lobby area but what a sleek chic hotel it is in SF! What more can you ask for? It's so close to everything and the people at the hotel couldn't have been nicer!

I'm not sure how the ceremony and reception place looks like though! Loved the lobby for pictures, very contemporary!

I attended a wedding this past weekend at Hakone Gardens and the Japanese garden was wonderful! What a great place to get married and you don't have to walk far to get amazing scenary for photos! They had the ceremony at 5 pm which is after the park closed to the public so we had the whole place to ourselves! Dinner was also served outdoors and the weather couldn't have been nicer!

I recommend to checkout this venue to any upcoming bride!

I don't know what I could have done without Michael's! I went there like 3 times a week a few months before my wedding and got all my favors, invitations and little trinkets there! A word of advice is to see if you can get all your friends to help your clip the coupons they always have in the newspaper! They come in so handy!!

I had ordered my dress from Jin Wang and the bridal consultants there were so helpful in helping me selecting my wedding dress. I've always been a fan of Jin Wang so I was almost sure of what dress I wanted before going there! They had a few fittings to make sure the dress fit perfectly and really worked with me to keep me within my budget!!

Highly recommended!

Jira did the makeup at my friend's wedding and WOW, what a great job they did. They were on-time, very professional and they just do an amazing job! Highly recommended!

We went to stepping out to learn out first dance and had a great experience. They helped us pick out a song and taught us all the steps to really stand out on our wedding day!!! We couldn't be more happy! They even went out of their way to open up the studio early on a Sunday morning so that we could practice to our music and have the whole dance floor to ourselves!!