Because of limited finaces, I had to do the decorations for my wedding myself. Garden Ridge had everything I needed to make the flowers for my brides maids and myself, centerpieces, flower arrangemets for the tables, and decorations for the archway we used for the ceremony, all for around 80.00. Not too bad.

I had a very tight budget for my wedding so when I was looking for a wedding site I needed something cheap, but still attractive. I also had the added problem that many of my guests didn't have much in the way of transportation (we had a true college wedding) so I really wanted to have the two sites close together. the Sam Houston Memeorial Museum was a good pick for us. the resevation was cheap, the site that we chose of the wedding was outdoor and very attractive. They also allowed us to rent a room inside the museum for the reception and as an alternate wedding site if the weather wasn't nice. the room they rented us left something to be desired, all they had available was a briefing room (half the letters had fallen off making it the EFING room, classy I know). On the whole it worked for us, and the wedding site was lovely, but I might reccomend having the reception elsewhere.

for my wedding photos I opted to have a friend who is a proffessional photographer do it. She offered to do it for free as a wedding gift, and as I was on a budget it seemed like a good idea. Unfortunetly I was wrong on that. Because she was doing it for free I didn't want to be too picky so I didn't really tell her exactly what I wanted, and because I am a friend, and not an offical client, she didn't give any suggestions on what I might want later. I also never recieved prints from her, and will have to order them myself from a disc she gave me. although I appriciated her doing the pictures for me, I think I would have liked a better record of the big day, so moral of the story, photos really are something you want to splerge on. you'll really wish you'd had them proffessionally done later.

My brides maids were pretty speread out geographicly, so it was almost impossible to get everyone fitted at the same place. so I used Target.com and sent them a number of dress options in a variety of price ranges. Target.com has a very nice dress selection especialy if you are having a spring or summer wedding. The dresses they carry also tend to be more unique than the ones you find a popular bridal shopes, and far more inexpensive. Target.com is a great choice if you are having a more informal wedding, or if your brides maids just want something a little different.

I like any other bride took my time looking for the perfect dress. I was on a very tight budget for my wedding ($1,000 total for everything), so I need something inexpensive, but still stuning. After some hunting at local stores I finally broke down on tried to find one online. For me, Bridesonline was perfect. They had a dress almost identical to my dream dress (which usually goes for $1,000 or more) and they have the number for a 24 hour phone line you can call on the web site, so even though I found the site in the wee hours of the morning I could still call and talk to a real person about mesurements, if they had the right color in stock and anything else I needed to know. They have a very wide selection of dresses in the most popular styles so even if you don't know what you want I think that Bridesonline is a good option for any bride, especialy if you are on a budget.