I did all my 30 centerpieces, 12 boutonnière, 7 bridesmaids bouquets and one large bridal bouquet on the Friday before my wedding. I really wanted to have white roses at my wedding and the only way I could afford it was by buying them wholesale and doing them myself I bought vendela roses and white hydrangea, 30 6x6 glass cube vases for all of my wedding for about 900 bucks compared to 5000 to 7000 dollars!!!!!! other florist were charging me. So if you have the time and the manpower you will save a lot of money by doing it yourself!!

I loved discountmugs.com I ordered 200 personalized shot glasses. They looked great the prices cannot be beat!!! Completely recommend them and check out their discount codes they have awesome deals!!

I saw an ad for Paper Wonders in Ceremony Magazine and decided to check them out. I loved the invitations they were beautiful and had several options for my monogram theme wedding. Unfortunately this was an impulse buy and I did not compare this place with other vendors. I loved my invitations but they were SUPER EXPENSIVE!!! So if you are on a budget do not go here. If invitations are your splurge then this would be your place.

My experience dress shopping at Alfred in Beverly Hills CA was a great one. I walked in without high expectations and ended up getting my dream dress and was well in my budget 1100 will at the accessories including bra, tiara, veil, and under wire.
I went to pick up my dress and then it was time for alterations I made and appointment just to find out that 30 other brides,bridesmaid, flower girls had my same appointment time with only one person that is in charge of alterations and they only do alteration appointments on Sunday!!! It was horrible they were super rude and the alterations lady compared herself to a doctor saying that she was the most valuable person there and if I couldn't wait then I could go somewhere else mind you I had already waited 2 hours sitting on the steps along side 30 other people. The worst experience EVER!! I left and went to another alterations place just to find out that the corset back needed to be completely redone because it was falling apart!!! luckily they did a great job at Minguitas in downtown LA and all alterations to my dress came out to $130 including hem, redoing the corset back and making a simple bustle. In the end I loved my dress but was very disappointed with Alfred Angelos.

My wedding was at the Marina Village Conference Center Baja room. It was the biggest room that they had and it has a patio and a large bar. I really think that this vendor helped me stay on budget since I was able to bring everything in myself and compare prices one everything to get the best deals. I wish they could have let us extend the time past midnight for our reception but everything was great. The only thing I would say is that you should be ready to provide EVERYTHING!! They only give you tables and chairs and you have to remove everything at the end of the night. It is overlooking the marina and has free parking. It is a little difficult to get to if you are not from San Diego so be sure to provide a map and directions. Overall I was very please.