Now that he's seen the dress...

When I decided on a 'Green' wedding, the first recycled item I looked for was the dress. Here's how I did it. First, I went to all the boutiques and found the model numbers of the dresses I really liked (Like is a key word here, it was important not to have a favorite) Then I waited. You need to wait for the dress to go 'out of season' so that online sellers have a chance to buy and wear it to their wedding and sell it after. These were the dresses that I liked:

And of course this guy:

I purchased my dress in January from a woman in NC who had not altered hers. I paid $150 for the dress and another $100 getting it altered and cleaned.

I loved that my dress was inexpensive, and that it got double the life of a typical wedding gown.

You can always be green by selling or borrowing out your wedding gown, but since I knew that my wedding was outdoors- I figured it would not be in good condition afterwards. I was right.

People seemed very surprised to find out that it was a second hand dress. I loved it!

-Liz

Oh Jane...

How'd you do that?

Here is the breakdown of our 5K turned 6.5K wedding budget!

$1500.00 – Rentals: Tent 30’x60’ & 20’x40’ (Ceremony) Tables, Chairs and linens 2 Mini Biffs

$500.00 – Bulk and overstock flowers

$100.00 –Goodwill decorations, vases and picture frames

$415.00 – Keg Beer

$200.00 – Liquor

$150.00 – Pre Owned Wedding Dress, Shoes and jewelry (Sign up in store for coupons at DSW and wait to purchase until they start arriving!)

$1700.00 – Caterer served bbq style menu of pork, beef, dinner roll, Italian pasta salad, roasted potatoes and mixed fruit salad – he also supplied the dinnerware.

$830.00 – DJ Services

$375.00 – Photography- I hit up Craigslist.org and made a gamble on a up and coming photographer, it totally paid off.

$120.00- Wedding invitations, I have an art degree, so I designed them and had them printed at 123print.com on a holiday weekend special

$100.00 - Marriage License - Well spent. 

$25.00 - Kid Table Goodies - Target's Dollar section is perfect for this!

$75.00 - Dry Cleaning of suit and dress

$350.00 - Wedding Cake

$225.00 – Wedding Officiant

 $6665 – GRAND TOTAL

We really didn’t save money by having our wedding at my father in law’s house, we could have saved more had we rented out a VFW, but the intimate atmosphere of their home made our wedding priceless. The handmade details were showcased at our location and we wouldn’t have done it any other way.

-Mrs.Z.

I now pronounce you Mr & Mrs NPZ!



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We did it! It was 2 kinds of hot last Saturday and all our friends and family turn out to help put together our DIY wedding! Thanks to everyone who made our day amazing! We love you!

One Crazy Slumber Party....

I will tell you more about it soon, but Sis LJP is holding the photos hostage for now I guess.

Happy 4th of July!

Have a fun and safe holiday weekend! No work until Tuesday!   

-Liz

Yep, I'm pretty much famous now...

Every week for the passed 3 or 4 years I have made sure to check http://www.thedrummer.com/ for the 'Celebrations', which is more or less just society news. I like to see who ends up marrying who, even though now you can see that on facebook, I still feel compelled to check, it feels so formal. So obviously we submitted an announcement. Here is is:

And, yes, I pretty much feel famous now!

-Liz