Michelle is a newly wed who planned her own wedding. She has some great insight on what her thought process was for some very important aspects of her big day, such as choosing a venue, centerpieces and invitations!
"The day you get engaged you are so excited and then suddenly the glitz is over. You sit back and start thinking “Holy cow! How am I going to begin to plan this wedding?!?” The first thing I thought about was, what place can hold 400 people? Since not many places can hold that many people I quickly picked the Fountainhead in New Rochelle after only having gone to see 5 other venues.
Then I thought: “How much money do I want to spend and what can I spend less on?” All I kept thinking about was flowers. I knew nothing about them except for the popular ones like Roses, Sunflowers, and Daisies so I was clueless. The Fountainhead only let you pick from two florists so that saved me the headache on what florist I was going to use. I quickly decided on Arcadia Floral in White Plains. When I walked in I saw all these beautiful flowers but I didn’t know what their names were or how much they cost. I had no idea what I was going to do so I looked through many magazines for ideas but I wanted to know the names and cost and they give you that information. I then took it upon myself, went online and looked up flowers, got the names, pictures, and how much they cost. By doing that I was able to pick out beautiful flower centerpieces for a reasonable cost.
For my invitations I on went on the website Amercianweddings.com and got beautiful invitations for very cheap. The great thing about them is they sent me a sample of a few of the invitations I liked on their website and I thought that was helpful because I was able to touch the paper and make sure they were sturdy. Then I chose between the samples and ordered them. They were delivered in less than 2 weeks and to save time I invited my bridesmaids over one day and they helped me put them together and stuff them. It was fun to have the girls together and it helped me a lot.
Weddings can be so expensive and you should do research on possible ways to cut some corners to keep your budget in check."
A special thanks to Michelle for sharing her planning story with us! We congratulate you on your wonderful wedding and marriage!
If you or someone you know also have a great planning story or anything that you feel could be helpful for any bride in such a situation please email Formerly Miss at info@formerlymiss.com with a photo of you and your fiance/husband and you will be featured as our next Bride Story!
