Pictured above are the flower girl baskets that we purchased for our wedding. We bought them at Hobby Lobby for $5 each. I had a can of white spray paint and I dressed the plain, brown whicker up to a more appropriate wedding color. While these baskets were never designed to be used for this purpose, Laura and I agree that they’ll be perfect.
I tell you all this, because Laura spent days scouring the Internet for wedding flower girl baskets. The cheapest on that she could find that fit the bill was $45.
This example confirmed something that’s been continually reinforced throughout the wedding-planning process… the word “wedding” is a million dollar word. I’ve listed a few more examples below….
Prom corsage: $40. Wedding corsage: $100.
Limo ride: $80. Limo on your wedding day: $400.
Cake: $40. Wedding cake: $800.
Dress: $80. Bridesmaid dress: $250.
Bouquet of flowers: $40. Bouquet of wedding flowers: $300.
Now, it’s not that I’m cheap. But give me 15 minutes and a can of white spray paint and I am convinced that I could save thousands.
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Or at least 40. 😉
All of the memories made after spending those thousands…priceless.
Dave, good math.
Laura, not priceless… pricey.
hy-vee cake for the win!