This is nikkip925's Pink Wedding!

Here's my dress finally! It is SO PRETTY and exactly what I wanted!! They did such an awesome job- I completely recommend anyone looking to save money on a dress to go to gianinarbridal on ebay. My dress was $160 all together, and they combined 3 pictures I sent them to make my dress, and I got to pick the colors. I am still just so amazed at the quality of the workmanship and the material. I just need to have my mom adjust the straps lower, but that's easy and well worth the money saved!

Sorry about the blurriness and quality.. my daughter took them on my phone and it needed to be recharged plus she wasn't too good at being still.. I'll take more later with my regular camera!

My daughter, who just turned 4, modeling her flowergirl dress we bought off of ebay for $25! And the tiara comb from forever 21 for $6. They're gonna look so cute!!!

http://www.chiangmaicraft.com/ I am going to buy 100 of them for $160 including shipping! It may take 3 months, so I'm ordering now. But this is so cool. Thanks to cassieandkyle I am doing this as favors (venue and weather permitting) per every 2 people instead of traditional ones. So pretty. If not, I can give them out as regular favors for our guests to light off at home.. not as dramatic, but still cool!

Just pictures.. maybe I'll do the table numbers with the dangling crystals.. but I have no idea how I could get that to work either... if I incorporated sticks into my centerpieces maybe.. too bad the ceiling is so high at the restaurant- I'd have them hang from there!

Trying to think of a way to make this work with lots of guests... clearly it'd have to be alphabetical and not by table.. and I'd have to figure out how to hang them.. but it's so pretty and it'd be so much cheaper and faster to do than the escort card crystal tree I had liked before.. and ideas?

I can't find a non blurry picture in pink with the pins, but every single rose in bouquets/boutennaires and in centerpieces will have a diamond pin in it. And I'll alternate something with three 3"cube vases per table and the 4x3x6 inch vases with 6 or 9 roses in them. And scatter the diamond confetti on the tables or in the vases or something. I have to do some mock ups. I think the linens are white with black overlays or runners and napkins. I have to go and actually pick it out soon, but that's what I'm thinking.

Here's my experience so far.. They sent me the picture in the post below- I told them the ruching was too tight and to loosen it and make it softer- I should have drawn the alterations the first time around. But so far I am extremely impressed- I sent them 3 pictures to make a dress for me in a light pink with a black sash and this is what they came up with. It's almost perfect- I sent back a picture with my last wishes of alterations- we'll see how it comes out. And they did it much faster than I was expecting. I ordered it Oct. 2.

So I decided I would give it a try. I am sooooo glad I did. I a few pictures I wanted that I sent to gianinarbridal- mostly amy michelson's laurel but in a halter and a criss cross back. And in pink- because it's a renewal and I don't want to be too wedding-y. They have been so amazing. The bodice is a bit different than what I wanted, too tightly ruched, but they just emailed me a picture to make sure it was how I wanted so now they can fix it. So it's like I can see every step that they do to my dress and make sure it's right. It's clearly not finished, it's not even a halter yet, but I was soo worried about the material and quality and now I'm not. I'm sooo excited. I definately recommend it. a $3000 dress custom made with my specifications for $160. Can't beat it. I heart gianinarbridal!

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I have never heard this song before and I wish I had.. it's so true.. I shuld play it like 500 times a day so maybe I'll be a little more grateful for everything I have.

I think I may make a slideshow for our renewal with pics of my husband and our kids, and everyone there. What do you think?

I had originally thought the second one (only in ivory), but then I found the 1st one.. and I have no idea anymore.. They give off completely different images.. I don't know if I want them to be more like mini grown ups or if they should be little princesses.. The girls will be 2 and 4.. with their little bouquets and tiaras and gloves..heeelp!

I used glittery black and pink cardstock and made them into trifolds..the picture definately doesn't capture all the sparkles.. I'm happy with them.. and since the written part was free and it was $16 for the all paper to make 100 invites.. that's .16 an invite! not too bad if I do say so myself! I'm making an insert (glittery of course) that says to go to rsvpit.com and enter a code to have them enter the number attending, meal choice, ect.. and a phone number in case somone doesn't like computers.. I'm cheap and hate spending money on stamps.. do you think some people will throw fits about this? I could always make some the traditional more formal rsvp and envelope to send back..

This is definately going to be my cake.. If anyone knows where to find lots of rhinestone rows of 6, please let me know.. thanks!

I have no idea.. I just know I don't want to spend a lot, like over $50, and that I like rhinestones.. any ideas? These are some that I found so far.. Thanks! oh.. I edited to add my dress so you can envision the whole thing- only the sash will be white and not blue... thanks again!

I found trim for only $5.25 a yard for my escort cards.. again, sooo excited... I'm going to do pink I think, but should I do all pink or use the pink, black, and clear? it's at decorating studio.com ... they also have crystal garlands there too! This is the cheapest I've found in my color online, but I'm going to Michaels Thursday so I'll check there too.. has anyone found it elsewhere?

I just had postcards made (100 for free!) at vistaprint.com. I was scared it'd look cheesy and flimsy, but it doesn't.. it's cardstock material, so I'm just attaching them to glittery hot pink cardstock so it folds in three and mailing them in sparkle envelopes and I just got 100 invites for $40 (the enveoples cost the most at $22 for 100) and not a lot of time! I'm excited I didn't have to print them all... and if you want 25% off www.vistaprint.com/25foryou .. the postcards are 100 for 18.27 now... I did slow shipping and got them within a week.. so if you don't want super fancy invites it's perfect!

I was going to use gerbera daisys but I'd be getting a better deal if I used hot pink roses instead! 125 for $86.28! Has anyone ever used Sam's Club flowers before?

I was thinking of alternating between the one with 9 roses and then the ones with 3 in the vases, I just can't decided if I want to keep the stem on or not.. I wouldn't do the floating candle.. and they'd be square vases.. with diamond confetti on the bottom.. any ideas?

Just wanted to tell people that the mini buckles are on sale for $0.99 at http://www.trulymadlydeeply.com.au/store/catalog/Buckles.html

And you can get some bigger ones (1.5") for $2.10 at http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com/13764.html.

I was excited. The cheapest I could find before was $4.

black, white, silver.. goes with my theme! And they're already boxed and prewrapped with white ribbon! YAY.. for like $1.29 each! I'm having them all put on a table, by the door for guests to take, not set on tables- I think it just looks nicer that way- especially when surrounded by pink diamond confetti! :) www.favorwarehouse.com

with pink roses instead I don't know if I should do the ribbon or not- but I like the round and placement of the flowers in the first one. There will be a lit up fountain, like my first cake! And our original crystal topper..

our reception.. incredibly cheap.. love it!

with a white sash.. my hair up high, with a rhinestone barrette and veil under it and a pink flower on the side.. glitter hairspray and smokey eyes..

IF NOT SUBMERSED GLITTERED.. LIGHT OR NO LIGHT? WHAT COLOR GEMS IN BOTTOM? DEFINATELY SQUARE VASES... and the gerberas and diamond confetti