emily719's reviews

Etsy is by far the best site for ordering wedding items. I honestly don't know what I would have done without Etsy....they have everything that you could want for your wedding, and a lot of the sellers' prices are VERY reasonable. The quality of everything that I've ordered has been phenomenal. I have ordered items for my wedding from the following sellers: PalmonasNest, Garters by Kristi, Lilyelle, BeeTreeByMe, and Tulaloo.

If you have not visited Etsy.com already, you MUST do it!!!! I love Etsy!

My bridesmaid dresses are through David's Bridal purely for the convenience of it; half of my bridesmaids live out of state, so it's much easier if they can go to the David's closest to their home. David's is also one of the less expensive BM dress retailers, which was also important as I wanted to keep costs affordable for the BM's. That being said, every time I go into this store, it is pure chaos. There are rogue brides and family/friends of brides clogging the store and the racks, the line is backed up 30 minutes long at the cash register...it's ridiculous. They screwed up and ordered the wrong dress for one of my BM's and just seem to have a very careless way of doing business and servicing customers.

If you're going for cost effective and lots of style options, David's is great. If good customer service, knowledgeable sales associates, and a calm, non-chaotic store atmostphere is what you're looking for, then I would stay away. On a side note...I did NOT purchase my gown from David's!

MagnetStreet offers many different options for Save the Date designs. They have a quick turnaround time and the quality of the magnets is great. I didn't like it that I could only order in quantities of 50, and I thought that they were a little pricier than other vendors, but overall I was happy with them and would definitely recommend them.

Mywedding.com offers a lot of different wedding websites choices, all for free. It's easy to design and maintain.

I found Garters by Kristi on etsy.com and immediately knew that I had to order my garters from her. My fiance' is a huge Florida Gators fan, so I ordered the Florida Gators garter set. It was $26.74 (including shipping) for two garters (one to keep, one to toss). I LOVE both garters, and I don't think that I want to toss one of them because they're both too cute! Very fast shipping as well....I totally recommend Garters by Kristi.

I first saw these ring dishes in a local bridal magazine and fell in love with them. You can order them to say anything that you want, but I decided that "to have and to hold" was simple and beautiful. The nice thing about it is that after the wedding, this can easily be used as a Christmas tree ornament or just to hang on your wall. Shipping was fast and it came nicely packaged. I love it...it's perfect for the ring bearer's little hands. :)