Remember from my earlier post that my bridesmaids and I did ALL of the flower arrangements!
Flowers purchased from Wholesale florist-$950 (includes all flowers used for rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception; all floral tape, wire, and ribbon)
My Sister-in-Law handmade all of the bridesmaids jewelry as a gift. She will have a blog soon, so check her out! "SHE by Sarah"-approx value of each set $25 (earrings and necklace)
In addition to the programs(~$50), I also designed and printed our save-the-date magnets(~$80), invitations(~$1.15 each), favor tags, etc.
For the table runners, I purchased a large roll of white taffeta fabric with velvet damask embellishments. One of my bridesmaids and I cut and hemmed all of the runners and tableclothes. ($70 for 10 yards of fabric-made 4 tablecloths and 3 runners for all specialty tables)
Lastly, my husband insisted on having a cookie cake for his groom's cake. His plan was to get a large rectangular shaped cake. After much discussion, I convinced him that not only would it be unattractive to have a plain flat cake next to our large fancy wedding cake, but that it also would be not be enough cake. We decided on 3 cakes of 3 different sizes. I purchased the Grecian columns and the beaker and test tubes for the topper, and we created our own 3-tiered groom's cake! (Cost for the columns and cake topper-$20)
All in all, DIY projects are so fun to do and you can make things exactly the way you want them! I saved alot of money by doing DIY projects, but some were time consuming. So unless you have quite a bit of free time on your hands, you'd probably want some help!
That's all for now!
Jennifer
