The biggest influences on our wedding

... would be Etsy. A VERY close second would be the blogs that I have been following - all of the blogs I follow support the idea of starting and creating your own traditions, taking the traditions you both enjoy/value, and making yourself happy with the wedding process (not people who want to live vicariously through you and their ideas).

Etsy Ideas
So many creative folks on this website. And can find something in your price range. We have purchased two of these things and are creating the others on our own.









Blog Ideas






Blogs I follow:
* A couple who threw all traditions out the window and started from scratch, only using $2000. Also where we got our Tree * * * Ceremony Idea - http://2000dollarwedding.com/
* Good ideas and deals, a good amount of DIY - http://brideonbudget.blogspot.com/
* Was focused on her DIY wedding but now is on her DIY ideas for her home and family. Got our pomander ideas here - http://diaryofacraftywife.blogspot.com/
* Another bride like me who is doing a large amount of DIY before her wedding. Had the additional idea of changing pomanders into topiaries but then decided to just have the florist worry about center pieces - http://chelseagetsmarried.blogspot.com/
* The idea is in the title - http://www.diybride.com/
* A very blunt and to the point blogger. Ideas and advice. - http://manolobrides.com/

I cannot tell you how totally lost I would be without all the incredible ideas out there.