June 19, 2008
My DIY Wedding
Hi Everyone! I'm back and married! It was so beautiful, and the weather was perfect. I wouldn't have changed a thing. I know you're anxious to see how my wedding projects turned out, so I've posted some pictures below.
The wedding ceremony in the Bahamas |
The actual ceremony was on the beach, but the reception was in a large gazebo-shaped structure with hideous chairs, so I commissioned several family members to help me transport the chair covers and sashes to the Bahamas. The coordinator wanted to charge me $5 each! With 35 guests, you do the math. Of course, I went the more frugal route. I ordered my chair covers online and had them shipped to my place.
Check out the chair covers—don't they look great?! They were $3 each at chaircoversonline.com. |
Instead of renting suits, all the men bought linen suits, including my husband. Wow, that feels so strange to say!
The groomsmen in their linen suits walking down the sandy aisle with my bridesmaids. The suits were only $90 at Fino Menswear in NYC. The ties were $7 at saveonties.com. |
Here are more wedding pictures as well as some info about some of the things I used:
Me pinning my dad's boutonniere to his suit. The flower in my hair was 99 cents at the dollar store! |
Isn't the flower girl cute? I got her flower dress for $40 at britchesandbows.com. |
Look at my beautiful girls! These Raylia bridesmaid dresses were $119 at houseofbrides.com. The shoes were $15 at oldnavy.com. |
Here I am showing off my $5 flip-flops from DSW. |
If you look closely, you'll see the petals are not only in her basket, but also in her dress. I got 100 petals for $3 at petalgarden.com. |
So cute! |
My brother and I posing for the camera. |
Happiness. |
If you have any questions about anything else you see in the pictures, just leave me a comment and I'll post a reply. Happy DIYing!
Oh...just a tip for anyone who's honeymooning in Nassau, if you're going to be there for a couple of weeks, and you don't want to spend a ton of money, you should go to the Fish Fry for some great eats. Fish Fry is basically a strip of local, reasonably-priced seafood restaurants. You can take the #10 bus (Cable Beach) and it's only $1. Just ask the driver to let you know when you get to Fish Fry. There isn't a bell or anything, so you literally have to stand up and run to the front of the bus when you want to stop.
Posted by DIYnista at 11:08 a.m.
Awwh such a beautiful wedding! I love the bridesmaid dresses you chose!
Posted By: Desiree
2008-07-07 8:43 AM
Re:Beach Wedding
Hi Kennetra, Thanks so much. I got married in May. The food was great. I had grouper and baked chicken as my meat selections, and the grouper was awesome. Grouper and conch fritters are everywhere on the island!! If I could change anything,I would probably have spent the extra money for chair covers during the ceremony. I just figured for a 12 minute ceremony do I really want to spend an extra $100 bux! But now, looking at my pictures I think it would have looked nicer.I also would have stayed in Nassau for my honeymoon rather Paradise Island. DH complained the whole time about the price of food, and the beach at the Atlantis closes at 7:00 so they were no midnight strolls along the beach. We spent most of our honeymoon in Nassau during the day, and took the ferry back over to Paradise Island at night.
Posted By: DIYnista
2008-06-30 9:11 AM
Beach Wedding
Congratulations, I am having a beach wedding also at the cable beach resort next year. I wanted to know what month did you get married, how was the food, is there anything you would change or do differently. Thanks and you look great!!
Posted By: Kennetra
2008-06-28 7:03 AM
It's absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!
Posted By: Lori
2008-06-26 10:17 AM
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