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My wedding was October 2019. Simple and elegant on a shoestring budget.

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October 11, 2019

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Our Wedding- 5 years later
W-K in Married Life, on October 7, 2024 at 11:11 AM

It's my wedding anniversary week! This year for our 5th anniversary I asked my husband to do a stylized shoot with our kids. I can't believe I joined this site when I was in the planning stages and...

Diamo_, Nov 26, 2024 10 800
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10/23/2021 Private Reaffirmation of Vows- Second Anniversary
W-K in Married Life, on October 25, 2021 at 9:05 AM

Things did *not* go as planned for our reaffirmation this year. Our anniversary is on 10/11 and we had planned to go to the Ohio Ren Fest during their Romance Weekend where they did a mass vow...

W-K, Oct 28, 2021 9 356
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Some Flower diy Encouragement
W-K in Do It Yourself, on October 12, 2021 at 1:08 PM

I made the boutainaires, corsages, and bouquets for my own wedding. I found it relatively easy for hand tied arrangements. I did them with silk flowers for our wedding just in case I needed a long...

Lynnie, Oct 13, 2021 3 641 1
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Ren Fest Renew- My garb came in!
W-K in Wedding Attire, on September 27, 2021 at 10:55 AM

We're just a few weeks away from our renewal and the shirts that I ordered for the day came in. I am in LOVE with mine. I waffled back and forth with white vs black but at the end of the day I wear...

Dabblinggadwall, Sep 29, 2021 7 465
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2Nd Wedding Anniversary Vow Renewal
W-K in Community Conversations, on September 24, 2021 at 3:35 PM

So.... we decided that we're going to renew our vows every year from here on out. Either as something small and private or something larger and fun depending on how we feel. DH and I got married...

Sexypoodle, Sep 25, 2021 7 727
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Bling Bling
W-K in Wedding Attire, on December 14, 2020 at 9:10 AM

When my husband proposed to me we didn't really have a lot of money and were both struggling financially so he did what he could at the time. And I loved it because he picked it out and genuinely...

Mrs. Spring, Dec 16, 2020 21 1,227
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10/11/2019- 1 year down a lifetime to go.
W-K in Married Life, on October 23, 2020 at 8:22 AM

When I first came to this website in May 2019 the world looked so different than it does now. Newly engaged, ready to plan the big wedding of my dreams that I never got with my first marriage. Then,...

W-K, Oct 26, 2020 10 748 1
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First Married Christmas!
W-K in Married Life, on December 13, 2019 at 9:28 AM

I can't believe still that we've been married two months. It feels like we just got married yesterday. We got our family photos back and I wanted to share

Clíodhna, Dec 17, 2019 13 164
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It's been a month! Pro-bam, budget tips, Pic Heavy
W-K in Married Life, on November 6, 2019 at 12:37 PM

I still can't believe it's been a month since I married my sweet husband. I still can't believe it turned out so well, We were operating with a very small budget of $1,500 for 30 guests (28...

Abbey, Nov 8, 2019 25 550 1
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Saga of the $5 Wedding Dress
W-K in Wedding Attire, on September 28, 2019 at 10:15 AM

Now turned craft project 😂 I was dissatisfied that it looked too plain so I started some beading along the neckline. I also got some satin to make a sash but so far I’m not digging the sashed look...

Christine, Oct 28, 2019 16 430 2
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Venting a bit- irritated with my church
W-K in Wedding Ceremony, on August 21, 2019 at 2:08 PM

Just venting a little bit. I LOVE my church. But I go to a large church that feels very disjointed sometimes. Like they're so big they have no reason to be this disorganized. I've attended this church...

W-K, Oct 27, 2019 12 228
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My gorgeous under $1,500 wedding, pro and non pro pics
W-K in Married Life, on October 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM

10/11/2019 was amazing The good- my church mentor surprised me while I was getting ready with her tiara that she wore for her wedding. My hair wasn’t styled for it but I wore it anyway... because why...

W-K, Oct 17, 2019 28 618 1
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a dress was bought on Wish...
W-K in Wedding Attire, on September 16, 2019 at 7:10 PM

So this is part 1 of 2. My step mom took it upon herself to buy a wedding dress and a dress for my daughter on Wish. My daughters dress came over the weekend. I can’t say I’m unhappy about it either....

W-K, Oct 16, 2019 9 384
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Bam- Pro Sneak Peaks pic heavy
W-K in Married Life, on October 12, 2019 at 6:34 AM

Duuuude 10/11/2019 was awesome! I’ll do a breakdown once I get settled but here are someone my favorites sneak peaks from our wedding photographer.

W-K, Oct 14, 2019 19 353 1
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Pretty Sure Hell Froze Over
W-K in Family and Relationships, on October 7, 2019 at 10:29 AM

Just had to share. My biggest concern with this wedding has been my parents. They have been divorced for 26 years. In that time I haven't seen them both in the same room more than once. They literally...

Nicole, Oct 13, 2019 11 292
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Our day is here!
W-K in Community Conversations, on October 11, 2019 at 6:54 AM

Our wedding day has finally arrived! I couldn’t sleep like AT ALL last night. All the planning and stressing is oh-va! FH’s best man arrived last night from out of state. There’s a real charge of...

Cher Horowitz, Oct 12, 2019 11 123
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Rehearsal Disaster
W-K in Parties and Events, on October 9, 2019 at 11:50 PM

The rehearsal our officiant insisted on having was a mess! First it’s volunteer week at our church and instead of having everyone leave at 8:30 everyone stayed still making blankets for cancer...

Sinéad, Oct 11, 2019 3 209
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Last Minute Vendor Frustrations
W-K in Planning, on October 9, 2019 at 9:06 AM

Just venting. My wedding is on Friday. I have kept vendors at a minimum for my wedding. The biggest of which is the restaurant where we're hosting our reception. My vendor emailed me yesterday saying...

W-K, Oct 9, 2019 4 109
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I’m saying yes! To the Wish dress...
W-K in Wedding Attire, on October 5, 2019 at 4:13 PM

I’ve had such a hard time with my dress partially due to funds and then just not being able to find what I wanted that felt worth the money. I was ready to settle for something I didn’t really love or...

W-K, Oct 7, 2019 11 279
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Wedding Night on a Budget
W-K in Honeymoon, on October 4, 2019 at 11:24 AM

I can finally start thinking about our wedding night! We decided to book a hotel room locally that has Jacuzzi (a request from FH). It will only be for one night. We'll get there probably around...

W-K, Oct 5, 2019 15 249
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