My mom and I were working together to plan my wedding ceremony and reception, and I couldn’t believe the marvelous ideas she came up with. But out of all her suggestions, I think the one I’m most grateful for is the suggestion to go online to shop for my wedding accessories and reception supplies. I couldn’t believe all they have to offer, and some of the items can be purchased at a discount. That really helps the bank account from hitting rock bottom. Weddings can be quite expensive, and even though my mom and dad are helping with a big part of it, me and my fiance have to contribute too. We are having a massively big wedding and he and I decided it wouldn’t be fair to put it all on my mom and dad. With all the guests we have coming it would put my parents in hock for the rest of their lives.
So, here we are, me and my mom, shopping and planning this event together. It took me a while to decide if I wanted to have a themed wedding or just go with the traditional kind. I looked over several possibilities, the beach wedding, a summer garden wedding and I even considered a country western theme, it really sounds like a lot of fun. But I decided on going with the traditional. We found a lot of exceptional decorations and supplies for the ceremony and the reception. I absolutely fell in love with my wedding photo album and guestbook set. Both were exquisitely decorated with satin covering and can be engraved with our initials. I found all the bridal accessories I needed, like hair accessories, flower girl basket and ring bearer pillow. I had no idea that I could find so many wedding supplies right from my computer.
I was just as fortunate with the reception supplies and decorations. They had everything from crytal champagne glasses to unique wedding favors and favor boxes. My mom said she wished she had known about this before she threw me my bridal shower because they had some pretty unique bridal shower favors too. Even though I chose to have a serious non themed wedding and reception, I couldn’t pass up the funny cake topper I chose. I knew everyone, including my fiance, would get a real kick out of it. I thought it was pretty neat, and it does show the funny stereo type side of marriage.
Our champagne flutes were special bride and groom glasses and our beautiful serving set was sterling silver with dazzling crystals on the handles. All of our centerpieces were flower bouquets of red and white roses in bowl type vases and our place card holders were these cute little picture frames for each table setting. The favor boxes I chose were so festive and really added to the décor of all the reception tables. At first I was just going to use the adorable little hang tags they have, but I decided that these unique favors I picked out for our friends and family should be packaged in the best.
Thanks to my mom and the online shopping, our wedding turned out fantastic. Everything was so beautiful and I have lots of pictures to fill my gorgeous wedding album with. I also picked up another album to store all of my honeymoon pictures in. That album is full too. We had a more than picture perfect honeymoon in beautiful Hawaii, and now I have twice as many memories to look back on through the years to come.