DIY Hollowed Out Pumpkin With Flowers Centerpiece

Creative & DIY Wedding Ideas from Real Brides – Part 21

Suggestions for fall weddings: For centerpieces – Small carved out pumpkins with flower arrangements placed inside. Instead of throwing regular birdseed, let your guests throw pumpkin seeds instead! Birds will still be able to enjoy the pumpkin seeds on the ground once the wedding is over! ~ Beth Richardson  [Photo: justmommies.com] A Real Tear Jerker… […]

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Creative Wedding Ideas From Brides – Tropical Wedding Ideas

Tropical Wedding Ideas I’d be delighted to share my ideas for a tropical themed wedding. It would be nice to know many others are benefiting from my ideas. I know it would have made it easier for me had I found this type of  web site last year!! We got married in Jamaica, and then […]

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Candy Apples Wedding Favors

Creative Wedding Ideas for Brides – Part 19

Candy Apples by TorieJane I got a local tourist attraction to make candy apples for wedding favors. They cost just $2.50 each and we bought silver organza ribbon to tie on them. Our wedding is a Valentines Day wedding and the red will look great on the tables! Besides who doesn’t love a candy apple?  […]

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Birthday Cake Used as a Wedding Cake

Creative Ideas from Budget Brides – Part 16

. My fiance and I are on a super-tight budget. We decided to get our cake from our local grocery store to save money. When we arrived, they just happened to have a very elegant birthday cake (with white icing!) on display. We ended up ordering three of them and decided to make our own […]

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DIY Wedding Reception Food Platters

Brides Wedding Ideas – Save Money on Reception Food

Tip from a Real Bride: If you don’t have a lot of money to spend on reception food, change the time of your wedding. Have a late morning wedding so that the reception will be in the early afternoon. Then just have platters of lunch meat, cheeses, crackers, etc. Things will be much more laid […]

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Fun wedding reception idea - the conga line!

Fun and Sentimental Ideas from Real Weddings

Photo from Fort Myers DJ Here’s a fun wedding reception idea. When it is time for the dancing, the bride and groom head a conga line in which they go around the room and “pick up” all of their guests. This is a great way to get everyone onto the dance floor and loosen them […]

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Table for Remembering Loved Ones at Wedding Reception

Creative Wedding Ideas from Brides – Part 10

Remembering loved ones who have passed at the wedding:  Both of my grandparents, my fiancee’s grandparents, and his father have all passed away. To “include” them in our ceremony, I will carry in my bouquet a flower of their favorite color. While “our song” is being sang, we will place each flower in a vase […]

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Creative Wedding Ideas for saying thank you at a beach wedding

Creative Wedding Ideas from Brides – Part 9

Tracey’s Wedding Ideas … Another neat idea instead of a guest book is to have a photograph taken of you are your fiance, have it matted in black, and then when your guests arrive at the reception have them sign and leave a message on the black matting with a silver, white or gold pen. […]

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Creative Wedding Ideas - Lemon Centerpieces

Creative Wedding Ideas from Brides – Part 8

Wedding Ideas from April and Steve … Thanks for such a great site!! An idea that I am using in my wedding is… I received a case of small glass fish bowl from a previous wedding – free. [Check Craigslist and Freecycle for finds like this! Some people give stuff away after their weddings are […]

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Creative wedding ideas from other brides - guest sign in sheets

Creative Wedding Ideas From Brides – Part 7

Wedding Ideas from Rebecca Like many of you I am on that endless search for fresh, original wedding ideas. So here goes a few… Someone here had the idea to have bridesmaids carry candles instead of bouquets. Well, I simply loved it, but I’m having an outdoor wedding, so wind could cause problems.  The solution […]

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Feather pomander bridesmaid bouquet.

Wedding Pomander Bouquet – Alternative to a Bridal Bouquet

Feather wedding pomander bouquet by partyshakers.com A wedding pomander bouquet, otherwise known as a Victorian Kissing Ball, is a floral ball suspended from a ribbon loop, carried in place of a traditional bridal bouquet. Brides who want an alternative to the traditional wedding bouquet may prefer to carry a pomander. Its a nice change for […]

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Red and white cake ideas

7 Stunning Red and White Wedding Cake Ideas

Need inspiration for red and white wedding cake ideas?  We’ve handpicked some of THE most gorgeous red and white wedding cakes from the most talented wedding cake designers in the wedding industry. Check out these stunning red and white wedding cake ideas! This three tier red and white wedding cake features a different style of […]

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