One Month / Update

By the way, we've been engaged one month today. We have 17 months until our wedding day.

Thus far, we have booked a photographer and looked at a venue in Nashville. I have purchased 16 Anchor Hocking Stars & Bars bud vases (pictured above) for our reception. I am very proud of this purchase as none of the 16 cost more than $1 a piece and several were much less. I intend to resell them after the wedding, if possible, to another budget-savvy bride.

I hope that these simple bud vases will save on centerpiece costs as they will hold fewer flowers than your run-of-the-mill centerpiece. I will pair them with votive candles.

Other than that, I'm just sailing until I begin shopping for a wedding dress.

Thrifty Find: Cake Stand

I found a cake stand! My $2.99 Goodwill purchase is a "vintage" wooden stand for a 9"-10" cake. I plan to refinish it and paint it either black or white. (Pictures to follow!)

My cake vision consists of four separate, round, white cake tiers, simply - if at all - decorated. I like the idea of fresh flowers on top of each. Since the tiers will remain separate, I need four cake stands for display purposes.

Wedding cakes can be true works of art - both beautiful and delicious. However, I wouldn't hang a wedding cake on my wall. You eat it. Luckily, Big Spoon and I agree that a good wedding cake doesn't necessarily have to be outrageously expensive.

Have suggestions for Nashville-are bakeries? I'd love feedback :)