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Sooooo…..remember how I mentioned Natasha had won a wedding package at the Nashville Lifestyle's Wedding Show? With that awesome floral package work $845? Yeah- the florist decided he wouldn’t honor that because it has been more than a year. So what’s a girl to do with a $300 floral budget and the need for 7 bridesmaid bouquets, a boutonniere, and a bridal bouquet? DIY baby. Here’s Natasha’s floral inspiration (please pardon that I don’t know the original source, she sent them to me via e-mail and I can’t find them for the life of me!) Basically, she wants only roses, both garden and standard varieties, with either fawns ear or greenery. She did not want ranunculus as seen in the second photo. Using this criteria and thinking about her colors (cream, white, and pale pink) here’s my inspiration. I love LOVE the colors in the photo on the left , (I so love the freesia too!) but I think the size of the rose bouquets on the right is more of what we’re going to be working with. An...

Over a year ago Natasha went to a bridal show and won $250 toward invitations at a local invitation shop so we made an appointment and went to check out the goods today. Natasha fell in LOVE with some fabulous invitations, but honestly for 175 invitations they were running $1200-$1400! Definitely out of the budget. So I set to work finding something similar to the 3 invites she loved, but more within the budget. The breakdown? Top left: You can change the filigree color and the text font and color AND you can line the envelopes in color. Best part?  For the invite, response card, and lined envelopes for 175 people- $240 Top right :   These invites have a rough edge to them and look a bit like hand-beveled invitations. Again, you can change the design/font/colors and line the envelopes. For this invitation with a lined envelope and response cards (and envelopes) you're looking at- $210 Bottom picture : 150 of these invites with response cards and envelopes (unlined) woul...