Carnations for Cool Kids: Chic and CHEAP!

eboneemonique — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:22:57 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, carnations are pretty. They're pretty in look, pretty simple to assemble and bouquet and (best of all) they're pretty easy on my wallet, especially if you get them through a discount flower delivery service.

Take a look at this beautiful carnation bouquet. ::drool::

Well, I had some down time on Sunday (it was my birthday present to myself, I guess!) and was able to do my very first (but not last) DIY mini-carnation bouquet. Ladies…if I said this was simple, I think I still wouldn't be saying exactly how E-A-S-Y it was. Also, I couldn't believe how budget-friendly the bouquet was.

Here are a few pictures (blame it on my Blackberry, not me!).

Granted, if I wasn't fresh off a margarita high, I probably would've been able to spend more time giving it a dome-like shape and making the ribbon wrapping prettier…but nevertheless, I think it turned out wonderful! In fact, Mister Mr. was extremely impressed and gave the thumbs-up for carnations being the official wedding-flower.

Do you know how happy that makes me?

Here's a cost break down of what I spent:

$12- 2 bouquets of flowers from Sams

$1 ribbon

$1 corsage pins

$1 flower/stem wrap tape

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Grand total $15.00

I'm so convinced I can do my entire bridal party for under $100, that I'm actually geeked. Now, I'm just trying to determine if I'll order the flowers online or just go to Sam's/Publix the day before the wedding and scoop up what I can.

What do you think?

CIAO

Ebonee Monique

Taking a new approach

Dricka — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:15:55 +0000

This time around, I am going to take a new approach to wedding planning. It is not that I wasn’t excited before, but this time there will be no delays. I am claiming it.

I want to wait for a new job, but I can’t wait forever. At some point I have to put my personal life first. That point will be whatever our new date is — blame FI for us not having one yet, he is the one who wanted to check and see if there are any days he can’t be off.

I am trying to get a lot of my DIY projects out of the way. I want to construct my own pocketfold instead of paying for the premade ones to save money. At this point, I can choose to make one every two days and still have them done in plenty of time to mail out! I have purchased some sample paper from paperandmore.com so I can get a feel for what color combinations I want to use. I should have those completed within the next couple of weeks and can be on the look out for a sale, or just ordering some of the supplies as I have extra money.

I also want to start trying to figure out how I want my programs to look. This will come later, but since I will have the sample paper, I might as well figure out what they will look like. Once I finish the invites, this will be my next project. Plus I need to take advantage of the Michaels 40% off weekly coupons. They will be tired of seeing me and my printed off or cut out coupons weekly.

I also ordered another broom so I can redo my jumping broom. That was the first DIY project I completed, but I wanted to use my new colors. Since I got all hot glue gun trigger happy, some of that stuff is NOT coming off without a fight and a mess, so I will just redo it and consider the first one a trial run. That stuff should be in the mail this week. Once I get it, off to JoAnn’s I go to find new fabric. If I have time I may stop in and get the fabric when I am on that side of town.

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Carnations for Cool Kids: Chic and CHEAP!

Taking a new approach