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Website Jun 12
Wedding Secrets: Near Misses and Money-Saving Tips
I hope you took a peek at Rory and Michael’s wedding on “Real Wedding Wednesday” They were a great couple and it was a beautiful wedding. Here is the inside scoop on some of their near misses and a money-saving tip.
The weather was a huge issue that day. The Central Florida area had no rain for weeks, unfortunately, the week of Rory and Michael’s wedding, Mother Nature decided to give us all the rain we were missing in a matter of days. The wedding day looked pretty good up until about an hour prior to the ceremony start time. The sky opened up and poured for forty-five minutes. Everything had already been setup outside. It could have been a disaster, BUT, the florist attached the arbor to the lamppost so the wind didn’t blow it down.
The next issue was Rory’s bouquet. Rory fell in love with a bouquet in a magazine. It was orange mini calla lilies. There is only one problem with orange mini calla lilies… depending on the rain and soil conditions, they can come in more mango than orange. Also, very often, magazines will spray flowers to obtain the colors that they want for the shoot. The florist and I were really worried about what Rory would think. In fact, the florist brought another set of orange roses to the ceremony so she could construct a new bouquet in case Rory wasn’t happy. (I think that’s amazing!). In the end, Rory loved the calla lilies, mango-color and all.
Enough with the bad stuff; here is a money-saving tip from Rory and Michael’s wedding. Above is a photo of their arbor and below is their reception table. Do you notice anything? We took the flowers from the arbor and lined them down the center of the dining table. They looked gorgeous and they saved the newlyweds $360.00!
Speaking of saving money, check out this article on PerfectWeddingGuide.com on setting up your budget. A good budget is the key to saving money on your wedding day.
Thank you again to amagicmoment.com for the great photos!
If you have questions or comments regarding this or any wedding-related topic, please post a message for me here or email me at susan.southerland@pwg.com.
Your partner in perfect planning,
Susan