This company has a coalition with David's Bridal, where we got my dress and my bridesmaids and flower girls dresses, so we got a few discounts. My husband only had to pay for his tie, shirt, vest, shoes, and cufflinks, and got his tux for free (a $40 savings I believe it was) because they got 5 tuxedos. The tuxes looked great and they had a great selection. The staff was friendly and not too pushy. The only thing I didn't like was they didn't have the exact matching color for my bridesmaids dresses so we had to go with a close second. It worked out alright, but if you have an unusual color, you may not find a match close enough. Overall very happy with this company.

This lady works out of a salon in her home, and she also is the lady who styles/cuts my hair normally. She only charged me $40 to curl my hair and do an updo. She also styled two of my bridesmaids hair for $20 per girl. This is outrageously inexpensive. If you can find someone who works out of their home (make sure you do a trial run if you have never gone to them before) it would be well worth the effort. My hair looked so great on our wedding day. I was ecstatic. It was gorgeous and it stayed in place all night, even with loads of dancing. My best friend paid over $300 to have her hair, three bridesmaids, and the MOG's hair done, which isn't bad if you've ever seen average salon prices, but I would much rather save the couple hundred dollars and go with a private stylist.

I wasn't excited when my mom suggested we check out this place for invitations, but I was surprised when I saw their wedding invitation album. They had hundreds of designs, quotes, fully prepared invitations, do-it-yourself wording, etc. The options were nearly unlimited as to what you could do with the invitations and they really had beautiful and unique designs. We were able to print around 350 invitations, including envelopes and stickers with the matching design to seal the invitations for much cheaper that I ever would have expected and they were ready in about a week, which was convenient because we got married about two months after we decided on a date. I would highly recommend using this company or another similar company for your invitations. They will be just as beautiful and you can save a bundle.

I don't remember exactly what it cost but I think that is a close guess. My mom works with a girl whose sister teaches at a horticultural school, like a skill center, for high school students who are learning how to do floral arrangements. I was so pleased with just about everything to do with the flowers. They had a very wide selection to chose from because they were able to order any flowers for very cheap. Also, because it is a school where students would be arranging, the costs were kept very low after the cost of the actual flowers, delivery, etc. Our flowers were arranged by a senior girl who had gone to national competition for floral arrangements that she had done before, and everything was overseen by the teachers. They turned out beautifully and I could not have been happier. Plus, we got them for less than half the retail price.

This church we got for free because we attend there. If you regularly attend a church, or know someone who does, you may be able to get the location for free or for a very discounted rate. However, it is customary to give a small gift to anyone who helps, such as music if someone from the church volunteers services, clean up if people are helping clear out decorations for upcoming church service, and sound if someone is taking care of that for you. The amount would be at your discretion. I think we paid $20 to the gentlemen who helped clean up because that was all they would accept, and our pastor wouldn't take any payment.

All I needed to do was add the bustle. The dress was a perfect fit otherwise. Generally speaking expect to spend much more at this particular vendor. Just a hem is $75 base price, and the prices continue to climb depending on the complexity of the gown. We had a slight problem with them bustling the way we wanted. I had to have them redo it the week of the wedding.