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BUDGET. There’s that word again…

Wedding ’stuff’ really only gets used once… and then what do you do with it? Those cool centerpieces, the little box or bird cage that holds  your many gift cards, the wedding bell decorations or the seashells if you’re doing something beachy. You can give them away afterwards, or toss them or try to get your wedding planner to buy them (thanks, but no thanks)… or you can get them inexpensively in the first place. For example: I have these beautiful fishbowls (they’re large, so they don’t look hokey) that already have sand and seashells in them. You add some candles in your colors and viola! you have an inexpensive, beachy, readymade centerpiece. eBay, of course, is always a GREAT option, because there is always someone who bought 40 of those eiffel tower vases (new) with pink ostrich feathers or 200 white lantern balls and want to recoup some money. I also found this website ~ it’s like a ‘classifieds’ or ‘flea market’ for just bride ’stuff’ :  http://www.vintageglamblog.com/classifieds/

Here’s another fabulous website for brides ~ after those pre-wedding hormones have subsided and you realize you have 400 white candles and 50 white lantern balls leftover, and that you didn’t wear your tiara AND your veil ~ what do you do with them? You sell them on BravoBride.com ! Excellent resource for everything from jewelry and wedding gowns to bridesmaid dresses and centerpieces.  

Tybee Island Wedding Japanese Sobas

I (Tybee Island Wedding) also have other items that I rent out inexpensively ~ like material Japanese umbrellas (white), , urn-shaped vases, tons of seashells, dozens of clear glass votive holders… all good stuff to consider. 

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Tybee Island Wedding has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™! 

In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 100,000 wedding vendors from across the US. That means Tybee Island Wedding is one of the very best wedding planners, officiant AND photographers!! 

Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews. 

“We are excited to launch this annual award program to honor high-performing vendors based solely on the experiences of our WeddingWire community,” according to Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “This year’s recipients have set the bar high, exhibiting excellent service and expertise in the wedding industry.” 

Tybee Island Wedding would like to thank our past clients for speaking on our behalf and helping us win the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award!

I really really wish I was this clever ~ and sometimes I can be ~ but in this case the idea (and picture) came from That Bride! The world is just full of creative people!  Oh, and to keep taking her idea, you can get a vintage suitcase for traveling back with cards, and put out Tybee postcards for people to fill out their well wishes on… 

And while I’m at it and talking about cute, check out this website ~ Inky Pinky. I put a link to the site, after I typed in the search word ‘beach’. It’s got toppers, favors, candle holders… very cute, very unique. Martha is saying that fun cake toppers and COLOR are in this year ~ this site will help!!

My Dream Christmas wedding 

OK, so I’m already married, but a girl can pretend, right? 

If I were to do a Christmas wedding, here’s what my dream would be: 
My theme would be vintage Christmas, with a southern twist. My colors would be ivory, navy and periwinkle blue. I would tell my guests to dress casually elegant for a nice dinner wedding.

I would love a wedding at night (6:45 p.m.). It would be at a historic indoor location (here on Tybee I would pick the Hunter House), lit with lots of taper candles and white lights. I would have my ceremony and dinner in the same location. 

My bridesmaids and I would arrive in an old Bentley. Then I would walk down the aisle to a classical guitarist playing Dance of the sugar plum fairy. My bridesmaids (2) would be wearing navy dresses (with periwinkle accents) and carrying ivory flowers, and I would have a vintage ivory dress, with maybe a little bling, and maybe a little wintery shawl.  I would have deep red roses with a little ‘bling’ inside them (and probably a crystal dragonfly, as they are my favorite bug). 

Instead of an archway, I would take 2 – 4’ pine trees and light them with white lights and do a vintage garland and stand between them.  The groom and groomsmen would do nice black suits. The groom would have a red rose boutonnierre to match my bouquet, the groomsment white rose boutonnieres. 

After the ceremony, I would play classic Christmas tunes by Sinatra, Bennett, Bing during the cocktail hour. White cosmos~ yum! ~ definite must, along with some warm chocolate and coffee drinks with choices of alcohol. I would have a cocoa bar for the kids. 

I would mingle with my guests. We would have some passed hors d’ oeuvres (warm). I would probably hang a few white lantern balls and star lanterns for accents around the room (and lots of mistletoe!!). I think I would seat all the family at one long table, and then have my guests at round tables. (I found this picture and I liked the feel ~ it’s from marinmagazine.com). 

My name tags on the tables would be vintage Santa gift tags, more of a Father Christmas type. I would have candles everywhere, and of course wine flowing. I would have poinsettias around, which the guests could take home. There would also be Christmas ‘poppers’, which were a treat long ago. I would have ivory tablecloths with ivory plates with silver rims. I would encorporate the beach by having white finger starfish scattered about. 

For dinner, we would have a Christmas ham, green beans, wild rice, mashed potatoes, a nice salad with cranberries and walnuts… mmm. I’ll have to think about second choices for meat, maybe a nice carved roast. 

For my Grandmother, I would have to have Grasshopper pie, and maybe grasshopper martinis. I think I like cupcakes the best, so I would want a cupcake tree with a variety of cupcakes ~ peanut butter chocolate, red velvet with cream cheese frosting, vanilla with a strawberry cream cheese frosting. 

We would have some dancing, bring more Sinatra, Bennett and Bing into the mix. Maybe I would even have my groom learn a first dance with me. My favorite song, since I was a little girl, is a song by Burl Ives called “Lavender Blue (dilly dilly)” and that would be my first dance song.  

My guests and I would mingle, dance and eat until it came time for the groom and I to be swept away in our Bentley ~ we would go and stay the night at an Inn on the beach, or maybe a cozy Inn in Savannah. My guests would go home stuffed and singing Christmas carols, and I would be very, very happy. 

Thank you for viewing my dream Christmas wedding! 

11/21/08~ If you’re looking for someone to help you plan you and your families’ /friends’ trips to Savannah and the Low Country, talk to Jennie. She can also help you with your honeymoon trip, if you’re just going to have a wedding here and then maybe hit the Bahamas (or something!). www.myeasytravelplanner.com . Highly recommended by Tybee Island Wedding. She told me of the following AWESOME deals:
1. Carnival crusie lines is offering gift certificates for a limited time for $412.00. This will allow 2 people to cruise anytime they like! Amazing price!
2. My favorite! Disney is offering Buy 4 nights get 3 nights free! You dont have to go by Dec 20th of 2008, but thats when you have to book it by…great deal! And this includes staying at one of the Disney resorts for a 7night package…Also, if you travel between Jan 4th and March 29 of 2009 you will receive a 200.00 Disney Gift card!!!
3.If you know anyone getting married or planning a romantic vacation or honeymoon, Sandals is offering a 50% discount on their resorts if you book by Nov 26th of 2008. Its coming up quickly but you dont have to actually go during this time, just have to book it..