Second time around, oh my!

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Congrats to you as well!! I had hoped since this was our second time around, that we would keep it low key, frugal. Well....he is turning into a Groomzilla! First time I have ever heard/used that term....but it fits for him LOL. He is more involved than my X ever was LOL

I have noticed that venues are definitely trying to recoop the last 2 years and I do sympathize with them. With that said, I have opted to DIY, rent, omit a few things to keep the cost down.

Congrats to you and welcome to wedding wire! This is my first marriage and my fiancé... we've been together for 20 years and he surprised me. As an older Bride I am planning a mire intimate affair so saving money to put it towards the important details we want. I'm thinking on party favors too... I don't want to leave them out but trying to come up with something on a small price scale. As for flowers... my sister owns her flower shop and is a florist so I'm all set there...very fortunate!


Have fun planning! This site is wonderful!

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Awww super cute!!

View quoted message Yes it is very expensive now a days to say like 15 years ago inflation is crazy. The candy and cookies well that's our children's ideas. They wanna pick a few kinds and help bake them. 🤗🥰

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Thanks Christine! Appreciate the advice. Will def look into the local florists first. As for the favors, i was going to opt out of them for the same reason. It's definitely more expensive this time around HOLY!. The quotes for places, vendors, the little things....geeeze. I may steal your candy/cookie idea though

Congrats!! This is my second marriage but first for my fiance. We did fake flowers and definitely a word of advice check your florist first for fake flowers because sometimes DIY isn't always the cheaper route. I was gonna do my own bouquet and Boutonnieres and doing it myself was gonna be more than what the florist is charging me. For favors well it's a bit of everything from candy to milk/cookies and bags of homemade caramel popcorn. I feel anything keepsake like candles etc for favors is a waste because half get left behind.

View quoted message Congrats and thanks for the Marketplace tip. Never would have thought of it. Im gonna start looking into that.
I wasnt sure about the thank you gifts but the idea of candy suits ne just fine.

It's second marriage for me and first for fiancee.....less than two weeks for us 😉

Welcome to wedding wire! If you aren't looking for a specific colour or kind of flowers for your wedding maybe check out marketplace or any other second hand bride swaps...if you go with artificial. You can some times score a great deal on flowers already set up! I also got my mirror (for welcome sign), centerpieces and candy jars for candy bar (that is our favour) on marketplace... I am definitely doing fake flowers because real flowers would have me in agony from hayfever. We are doing the favours just because it's a fun one and if people don't eat it, it's candy 😅

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Thank you!

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Those are stunning.

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You're so welcome hun!

Yeah! for 10 centerpieces, 2 bouquets, 6 boutonnieres and 5 corsages it was just under 1000 and another 250 for labor to have our florist put them all together. If we were going with real, she said it would cost around 3000. and she's working with premium flowers.

This is what we chose

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Thank you for the welcome!! Wow 3x the cost ?? GEEEEZE. will definitely have to look into artificial

thank you!

Congrats on the engagement and welcome to WeddingWire!

For party favors, my fiance and I have decided against this because half the time favors get left behind and to us that's money wasted where you can use that money towards something else for your wedding!

For flowers, we've gone with artificial for a few reasons. They were 3 times less then what real flowers were going to cost. We were able to choose whatever flower we wanted and not was in season. They will last forever and will not wilt when it's 35 degrees on our wedding day!