Dudes, because of you, and wonderfully generous people like you, and the magic of the internet, and the goodness of strangers, and the kindness of friends, we’ve raised $11,420.36 so far to help ease some of the pressure from the medical bills that have piled up over my past 11 surgeries as I head into my 12th, via Dishing for Dana. That’s $1,142 we’ve raised for the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association, so far. There are no words to describe how it feels to be on the receiving end of such an outpouring of generosity and support. It is awe-inspiring to say the least. It has altered my perspective, improved my general outlook, and changed my life for the better in ways I never imagined. YOU have changed my life for the better in ways I never imagined.
So I’m REALLY FREAKING AMPED to kick off the final phase of Dishing for Dana with a series of ebay auctions designed to help you save a truckload of money on some bad-ass products and services, with all proceeds going to our FUNdraiser! My surgery is this Wednesday, and I can’t imagine a better way to go into it.
The auction price of these sales will be donated to Dishing for Dana, a medical fundraiser to assist with bills from the 11 surgeries I’ve had in my battle with chronic autoimmune disease that threatens my eyesight. 10% of the funds raised will be shared with the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association, to help benefit the millions of Americans suffering from autoimmune and related diseases.
Here’s what we’re offering:
Full-Service Wedding Photography Package from Picotte Photography, valued at $4,800.
Picotte Weddings is an award-winning Southern California based photography and cinematography studio, whose work has been featured in countless national wedding media outlets, magazines, and blogs. They’re also great friends of ours and have hooked a broke-ass up with us in the past when we teamed up to give a lucky couple free wedding photography, resulting in Ila & Hiroki’s gorgeous real wedding feature!
The package includes:
• Wedding Day photography (up to 7 hours)
• Engagement or Boudoir Session
• 2 Photographers (Suthi Picotte as Lead Photographer)
• Unlimited 35mm film & Digital Images
• 4×6 prints of every image + 100 favorites in a Wedding proof album
• On-line gallery of all images
• Hard drive of all your Hi-Res files & your film negatives
For a total value of: $4,800
With a $500 minimum bid, this is a rare chance for brides on a tighter budget to afford the stunning, high-end photography of their dreams and benefit a good cause at the same time. BID NOW.
***PLEASE NOTE***: Only applies to weddings taking place in 2012. Available anywhere in the US or beyond, but the auction price does not include travel or lodging outside of Southern California and must be covered by the purchaser in arrangement with Picotte Weddings.
Ban.do Accessory Package, valued at $85
Everyone is bonkers for ban.do! With a focus on bringing gals around the world cheerful, modern, sparkly accessories that are full of whimsy and all out girlishness. Their pieces make a statement, and that statement is “hey, you there. Check me out. I’m cool.”
love barrette $25 – forget about wearing your heart on your sleeve, instead you can wear your emotions in your hair. it’s time to get gangsta with your love. ♥ Gold plated metal ♥ Gold plated barrette ♥ 3” x 1”
color block shoe clips $25 – a perfect mixture of graphic and glam. This dazzling duo of color and crystal will surely perk up even the saddest of shoes. Colored crystals are hand set in gold plated metal settings. ♥ Colored crystal ♥ Gold plated metal shoe clip
ban.do heart headband $35 – we thought big when we created our signature sequin heart. and if you love hearts as much as we do, then you shouldn’t go without this one. ♥ sequins ♥ 5mm silk satin covered headband ♥ 3.75” heart
With a $40 minimum bid – it’s a chance to score huge style savings all in the name of a good cause! Go ahead, treat yourself to some cute good karma!BID NOW.
Fashion Feng Shui Consultation from The Life Styled, valued at $250
The Life Styled is a fashion-forward creative agency that makes discovering your personal style fun and fulfilling. Let’s face it, individual style is one of the most important elements in making a first impression. More importantly, it sets the tone for how you feel about yourself. So why not give it a little love and attention? Specializing in helping clients create and elevate their own style, The Life Styled gives you the tools you need to make deliberate choices in what you wear to show the world your most magnificent self and attract the life you dream of living. Plus, they’ll whip your wardrobe into shape. Attachment issues, be gone!
Using nature’s five elements – Water, Wood, Earth, Fire, and Metal, Fashion Feng Shui® gives you all the tools you need to honor your authentic self through what you wear in your daily life. In your two-hour consultation you will gain an in-depth understanding of the five elements and the energies they bring into fabrics, colors, textures, and trends. After identifying your essence and intentions, we’ll show you how to dress to portray them through current trends and your existing wardrobe. With Fashion Feng Shui you are empowered to attract the life you want and create the perfect style that’s right for you!
• Complete tutorial on Fashion Feng Shui® by your licensed Fashion Feng Shui® expert.
• Essence Analysis – identify the lens through which you see the world.
• Intention Analysis – identify what you want to bring into your life.
• Appearance Analysis – learn how to flatter your features.
• Wardrobe Planner – put it all together with the right fashion choices.
$250 value
***This consultation can be redeemed remotely, via skype OR in-person in/around the Los Angeles area***
With a $75 minimum bid, you can’t NOT afford to get your feng on and start representing your style essence all up in everyone’s face.BID NOW.
Wedding Stationery from MagnetStreet Weddings, valued at $500
MagnetStreet Weddings is an online merchant of wedding stationery—designing and printing everything from save the dates and wedding invitation suites, to programs and thank yous. Busy as bees, you’ll either find them rendering the trends, creating original designs or helping brides with their passion to personalize. With over 60 colors in the Design Studio, couples can truly unleash their creativity—even create custom colors, to carry their style throughout their stationery. And with a focus on customer care, they stand by their tagline Your Wedding, Your Way.
MagnetStreet will provide a one-time use promotional code—good towards any wedding stationery products up to $500. All proceeds from the auction go to the Dishing for Dana fundraiser. This single-use promo code cannot be combined with any other MagnetStreet offer and expires on 12/31/12.
Choose from 5 invitation types—including pocket and square, to hundreds of save the date magnet and card options. Every design is original, exclusive and easy to personalize in the colors you want. Our invitations and collection items are printed in brilliant color and on textured linen paper. Transform any design into your wedding style simply by changing the color, font style and wording. Add embellishments to round out your look.
With a $150 minimum bid, this is a chance to knock all your wedding paper goods off your to-do list in one feel-good, wallet-friendly swoop! BID NOW.
Full-Service Wedding Photography Package from Firstlight Photography, valued at $2,500
When award winning Firstlight Photography isn’t shooting weddings, they are very active in their community – whether it’s in their home base of Seattle or their wedding family made up of fabulous vendors and couples across the US and beyond. They wanted to help out the best way they know how, so they’re offering a wedding day package to the Dishing for Dana auction.
What does the wedding package include? ♥ A full day of wedding coverage ♥ high resolution files on disc ♥ custom processing and $75 in print credits ♥ all files uploaded to an online gallery where family and friends can order prints. $2,500 value
The fine print
The couple must be getting married in 2011 or 2012.
Dates that are unavailable include the following:
All US holidays for 2011 and 2012.
2011 Dates Unavailable: 6/10, 7/9, 7/22, 7/30, 8/5, 8/13, 8/19, 8/20, 8/25, 8/27, 9/19, 9/24, 10/15, 11/11 (and December 19, 2011 to January 4, 2012)
2012 Dates Unavailable: 3/17, 7/22, 12/12 (and December 20, 2012 to December 31, 2012)
Couples must book within a week of the close of the auction in order to ensure availability. Once the wedding is booked and a contract is signed, you will incur a $250 rebooking fee should you change your date. Before the auction closes we will update any additional black-out dates that may book.
***PLEASE NOTE***:The wedding must be within a 40 mile radius of Seattle and Tacoma WA (ferry /water travel fees would apply). Firstlight Photography is willing to travel for destination weddings just as long as you cover travel expenses. If you want us to travel just pay special attention to our black out days above. We can’t be two places at once and we like to fly in the day before a wedding just to make sure all goes off without a hitch.
With a $250 minimum bid, you can rest assured that your wedding memories will be captured brilliantly, while giving your budget a major break! BID NOW.
You guys, HOW BAD-ASS ARE THESE AUCTIONS?!? I know, right?!? It’s pretty shamazing stuff starting at ridiculously affordable prices.
Please bid. And share! Tell everyone you know. Tell your blog readers. Tell your mom (maybe she’ll buy you something). Tell your facebook friends. Tell your twitter stream. Tell your fiance. This will only work if people know about it, so please do help spread the word this one last time. We need your help now more than ever. Its the last 10 days, people! I promise to stop bugging you (not really) after this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Today, we are introducing a new feature that is sure to make your Monday better. Notice that funky widget on the right side of our homepage? That is the very fancy lovechild between us and our partners at SocialBuy, and we couldn’t be prouder! Today we introduce you to a broke-ass bride’s new best friend: The Broke-Ass Bargain Bash! It’s a celebration of savings and you’re invited!
Every week (or sometimes two) we’ll feature a new, hand-picked bargain, scoring you an exclusive savings of up to 90% on all sorts of fabulous goodies! And you can rest assured that you’re shopping with and supporting the highest quality of companies because this will be the only place to find fabulous national bargains that are Broke-Ass Bride approved. We’re bringing our stamp of savings approval to the Broke-Ass Brigade every week with new products and services to make you swoon.
Speaking of the Broke-Ass Brigade, in addition to a cache of the best deals on the web, and not one but TWO contests every single week, The Broke-Ass Brigade Newsletter readers will have Bargain Bash deals delivered directly to their inbox, so you’ll never miss an invite to the Bargain Bash.
We’re psyched to kick the party off right, with Fit in Clouds footwear! These tiny stylish shoesies are the saving grace of tired tootsies. Fit in Cloud portable shoes fold up and stow in small places (like your cutest clutch) so you can dance all night, without having to end up barefoot and bleeding or jacking your style with generic flip-flops.
Your footsies likey long time!
Simply stash the wee pouch in your purse, and when those tootsies start aching, whip out these banging shoes and rock your fashion (without rocking no blisters). It’s a bridal necessity on the dance floor and bad-ass bridesmaids gift. As soon as you start dancing, your ladies and your feet will be thanking you all night long!
For a limited time you can take advantage of the first Bargain, scoring you 30% off PLUS free shipping & handling on these awesome shoes. Treat your feet to a $20 voucher toward your favorite pair, and rock whatever style suits you best! Word to yo’ bunions baby! You won’t want to be fashionably late to this party, because once this deal is over, it ain’t coming back.
The wedding community has been all a-buzz thanks to the repeal of Proposition 8 in California last week, which overturned the state’s gay marriage ban. To celebrate, a bunch of my vendor friends are offering up special discounts, freebies and contests to our same-sex brothers and sisters… and as queen of all things broke-ass, I’m rounding them all up for you! And away we go…..
♥ Paper and Thread Studio have teamed up with a gaggle of sweet-ass vendors to give away one incredible wedding package. The contest is open to same-sex couples getting married in the San Diego or Orange County area.
♥ Cakes and Kisses Photography (who you might remember from our Kick Ass Cake Bash photos) is offering “Inequality in Marriage” discount to all same-sex couples getting married, celebrating a commitment ceremony or a civil union. Mention this blog posting or So You’re EnGAYged to receive a 45% discount, representing the 45 states where same-sex marriages are not yet recognized.
♥ Pink Cloud Events is looking for gay couples in California to tell Pink Cloud why they embody the modern day romance. The winning couple will win $10,000 worth of wedding planning services provided by Pink Cloud and very special friends in the wedding industry.
♥ Christina at Simply Modern Weddings is offering 25% off her wedding planning/design services to same-sex couples in celebration.
♥ Andrinique Special Events will give away 1 free ‘Day of ” service for an LA area wedding of 50 guests or less and 20% off their Full or mid service packages for guest count of 75 – 125 people. Offer expires 11/30/2010
♥ Noa of the exquisite Feather Love Photography will be giving away free wedding photography to one lucky same-sex couple once it’s legalized! Keep an eye on her site for details!
♥ Rachel at Let’s Klink is offering 20% off for LGBT couples in celebration. When gay marriage is legal here, she will offer a freebie!
♥ In honor of 8+4, the day that Prop 8 was struck down, our own Liz from Silver Charm Events is offering a 12% discount off of any of her wedding planning services to the first 8 same-sex couples who contact her.
♥ And here at Broke-Ass HQ we’re so high on equality that we’re running an advertising special! Just in time to reach those fall and winter brides and show them what’s what, we’re offering 20% off sponsorship purchases to first-time advertisers through the month of August with the code “NoH8″! Email us for more details!
♥ The inimitable Alisa Benay is offering 45% off all Alisa Benay Couture or BeLoved by Alisa Benay wedding gowns and accessories
Valid dates: through August 31, 2010
How to buy: email alisa@alisabenay.com or call 719.650.9088 for gown pricing and purchasing instructions. No limit on how far out our wedding is, you can place your deposit in August for the discounted price.
Who is eligible: Anyone celebrating equality in marriage!
I love my job. It’s a great gig. Think about it – I get to help people create one of the coolest days of their lives - an atmosphere of fun and joy and love, with shopping, and food, and cocktails along the way. I’ve made some great friends, had some great experiences, and I am never, ever bored. And when it’s over, I just can’t wait to do it again.
These are a few of my favorite things…
Stuff You Guys Come Up With:
When I saw the cake below at one of my first weddings, I knew I had picked the right profession. I love how each couple puts their personal touch on their day. Parasols and popcorn “bars”. Guests singing the bride down the aisle. The Groom formally introducing the pie they served instead of cake. Navy honor guards. Salted caramels from the couple’s home state (life-changing!). Beach side Indian weddings. Beach side Mariachi bands. Comicon, for crying out loud. And you don’t even want to know how many songs on my ipod come from weddings I’ve done. Thanks, y’all.
Does this veil clash with my leotard?
Stuff Wedding World Comes Up With
Yeah, Baby.
This is an incredibly creative and innovative industry and wedding inspiration is constantly popping up. Wedding World is always showing up with new ideas and new ways to package “old’ ideas (see the awesomeness to the left). Happiness isn’t just a rice-krispie cake, it’s wedding e-vites, and being able to put a house down payment on your registry. Plant-able invitations. The glory of having your choice of pre-owned Vera Wangs. Online wedding expos. An iphone app to find the perfect engagement ring. Videocasting your ceremony to the other side of the world. And when was the last time you saw a wedding pic that took your breath away? Like, an hour ago?? It just keeps getting better and better.
Stuff I Just Love
In no particular order: The look on her face when she finally finds the dress. A full and rockin’ dance floor at the reception. Getting a picture at the end of the night with the bride and groom. Signature drinks. Candy favors. When the invitations are officially in the mail and no one has to cut, copy, paste or align anything ever again. Watching a couple laughing their heads off with their best friends. Answering the question, “Can we?” with, “Well, yeah.” And my number one favorite thing, ever? The first time the groom sees the bride as she walks down the aisle. Because it all comes down to the two of them, and how special they each are, and how special they are to each other. That’s what it’s all about.
So, what do you absolutely, straight-out love about weddings? Because I’m pretty sure I forgot something.
Wedding Deals of the Week:
Save the date August 14th, for the Orange County Bridal Bazaar, where brides can buy gently used goods or hand made items from some of our fave SoCal’s event designers on the cheap, like a swap meet! Great idea, right?
The Brides Against Breast Cancer Gown Sale is coming to a town near you this summer. Gorgeous dresses at the pre-requisite 25 – 75% off, all for a great cause. AND OneWed.com is giving you the chance to win free tickets, so check out their site, too.
You already know this stuff, you just might not know that you know that you know it. You know?
He Does, Too.
How to Put Dinner For Hundreds in Perspective. Odds are, your wedding is the first big sit-down dinner that you’ve ever thrown. So, when I meet with brides and they tell me that they want to feed 250 guests on a reception budget of $5,000 or less, I get that it’s just a failure to extrapolate from real life. How much does it cost for you and your guy to go out to dinner? Even if it’s some place like Olive Garden – salad, entrées, drinks and dessert are going to be $30-35 per person, not including tax and tip (Yes, I checked online). And that’s Olive Garden. When you think about it that way, it doesn’t seem quite as harsh. Expensive, maybe, but not so harsh.
Being in your wedding party is an honor, but don’t make it a burden. They are not going to wear that dress again. How do I know that? Did you ever wear the last bridesmaid dress you wore again? Neither did I. So, be kind when it comes to how much the dress is going to cost, especially considering their other expenses, like hotel, airfare, a wedding gift, your bachelorette party, etc.. Once everyone is at your wedding, make everything as easy as possible. Let them know where they they need to be and when and how and what. Tell them how happy you are that they are there with you, and then tell them again. Think about how you would like to be treated if you were a bridesmaid, so don’t treat them like servants. Your wedding party is happy to be there for you – don’t make them unhappy to be there for you.
The Fine Art of Guest Maintenance. Assume nothing. Spell out everything. Where to go, how to get there, who to talk to, what to say. Wedding websites are useful. Everyone has stuff to do, don’t get angry, just set aside the week after your RSVP deadline to follow up with the no-replies. Some folks will not be able to find theirs, no matter what, so back-up up place cards with a list of your guests by last name and by table. Signage is useful. Think about what really sucked at the last wedding you went to, and make sure that’s covered. Think about what you really loved at the last wedding you went to and make sure that’s covered. Find out where the bathrooms are so you can tell whoever asks. If it’s hot, cool and hydrate your guests, if it’s cold, warm them. If there’s a long wait twixt event a and event b, entertain them. Make it a goal to say hello to every single one of your guests. Don’t let the food run out. Don’t let the drinks run out. Keep the dance floor hopping. That all being said, some people will never be happy, so just smile and thank them for coming. You might be related to some of those people, but do it anyway.
Your fiance is getting married, too. I put this last, so it’s the first thing you remember. Here’s the thing – an alarm goes off in my head when a bride contacts me about her wedding and DOESN’T mention her fiance off the bat. “I’m getting married on blah blah” as opposed to “we’re getting married on blah blah”, or if it takes a couple of emails or phone calls to even mention his name, and this happens a lot. It’s his wedding, too. Honor his wishes. Ask him what he wants as far as the wedding is concerned, involve him as much as he wants (not necessarily as much you want him to be) , don’t be surprised if he says no to anything, and work it out if he does. When you talk about your wedding, remember to say “We.” and “Us.” This is the man you want to spend the rest of your life with, not just the plastic groom on top of your wedding cake. I’m just saying.
See? I told you already knew this stuff. So, what else has given you a big head-smacking “Duh!” on your way down the aisle? And have you had an issues with numbers 1-4 yet?
This Week’s Deals:
"Limited, in terms of price, that is"
The Limited Wedding Dresses Are Here! The Limited Wedding Dresses are Here! And the price is just as pretty as the dresses are. The Limited is starting out with two styles, each less than $300. The worst part is that they’re only available online for now, but alas, you cannot have everything.
Did you know that June is National Candy Month? Luckily, if it’s also your wedding favor of choice, The Wedding Outlet has your back – use the code “SweetTreat” at checkout for 10% off your entire order.
And remember, L.A. brides, next Sunday, June 27th is The Recession Bride’s Workshop, taught by yours truly. Time to find out how to make your wedding budget stretch and still achieve the pretty you want to have. Start saving money right away by using the code”WedCharmFive” at registration. Only a few spots left, so go NOW.
Come on now, let’s all save some money! No, not the deprived, wish-I-could-but-I-can’t, poor little poor girl type of saving…. that’s no fun for anyone! Why should we have to sacrifice taste or style in the name of savings? Eff that noise! A budget wedding don’t have to look like no cheap wedding! There’s far too many ways to have your taste and keep it too, and I’m bouts to lay down my secret shopping savings weapons, so you can get your splurge on… without the guilt.
First up…. Group Buying Power!
Sites like SocialBuy, Groupon, Living Social and more are cropping up faster than starbucks joints, and many of the deals they proffer work just as well for weddings as they do for weekends. From manicures and massages to cheap date night dinners and fun summer playtime outings, you can keep these deals to yourself, or give them as gifts to friends, family and bridal party members. They work by maximizing the power of the masses, so sharing these deals with your friends is to your advantage. Most deals score you discounts of 50-70% off. Those numbers make my fingers itch to hit BUY!
Which tees it up for….. Members Only Sales!
On a similar but different note, members-only sites like Gilt Groupe, Rue La La and more sell high-end designer duds, accessories, gifts and more at deep-ass discounts (up to 70%) in limited quantities and for limited runs. This is major jackpot for those have-to-have-’em heels or a rehearsal dress (or suit for the dude) to knock their socks off. You need an invite to join, and the link above is mine to you. (You’re welcome!) But they sell out fast, so check early and often if they’re featuring a designer you adore. Swirl (Daily Candy’s new sample sale site), is now in Beta testing, but looks just as bad-ass as any of ‘em. And now, with the birth of travel-specific sites with the same savings bent like Bonvoyou, (or Gilt’s jetsetter department) you can plan your honeymoon or get your wedding night digs for a deep discount as well.
Next up…. Promo Code Mayhem!
Listen closely. Before you hit “buy” on ANY online purchase, you best make sure you’ve checked out Retail Me Not which aggregates the best codes for savings like percentages off and free shipping. Just type in the name of the site you’re buying on, and pull up the most recent promo and coupon codes available. Then just plug into your purchase page, and reap the rewards. They even made a special wedding coupon book, to help brides find more ways to save! This one is a no-brainer. If you don’t do this religiously, I can’t help you.
While we’re online…. SEARCH for SAVINGS!
How cool is this? Swagbucks.com is a search engine that rewards you for roaming the web! Every time you search, you earn yourself “swag bucks”, redeemable for gift certificates and all kinds of stuff. If you shop through their shop-and-earn site, you can rack up even more swagbucks. Trade in your cell phone or fill out surveys if you just can’t get enough. Rewards for websurfing? A brides dream! Broke-Ass Bonus: Sign up with the code ‘SwagBride’ to get 20 bonus swagbucks, which you can add to the 30 free bucks you get for joining. That’s 50 free swagbones to play with, just for getting started. Awwww yeah, you’re welcome.
So, saving some green while shopping online is pretty sweet. I think we can all agree on that, yes? But check this out: Most of these sites have bomb-ass referral programs so by spreading the savings to your peeps, you earn more for yourself. Its a win-win, you share the love, you get the love. And you’ll want to share the love. Heck, I’m doing it right now
Happy shopping, and happier saving! Got a secret weapon for savings? Share the love in the comments!
Listen up, broke-ass brides! Get out your planners, calendars, and iphones and mark down the date to get all of your wedding savings at the Bridal Bar in LA on June 5th. Want some unique wedding things that fit your budget wedding price tag? Bridal Bar is the place where it’s at, yo! Be prepared to battle to the death…(ok, not to battle to the death), but be prepared to score a ton of savings on all of your bridal accessories and gifts. Lemme ask you somethin’. If youz was opening up a hotel and the Ritz was having a yard sale, you’d go right? So if you live in L.A. and are getting married, you’re gonna wanna be at The Bridal Bar June 5th to fill in find those last (or first) items. I mean can I get a what what?!
Our friend Harmony is the brains behind this incredible boutique (now with sister stores in San Diego and Atlanta) and they were a huge help to me in my quest for the perfect venue. Free help for busy brides in a setting that makes you feel like a fancypants? Holler!
The Bridal Bar offers a complimentary peek at an unique and handpicked sampling of the best that the wedding industry has to offer. There is no appointment needed to get these deals, steals and last minute must haves for you brides, your wedding party, and your wedding day. Helloooooo, savings! So go sip champagne, taste cakes, and score a killer deal on everything under the bridal sun. Click here for all the deets.
A few months ago, I got a sneak peek at a charming and offbeat film that some of my friends are involved with. Its a sort of sci-fi romantic comedy hybrid about finding your soul mate, called TiMER. I loved it, not only because it diddles my Buffy fan button, but because its a quirky commentary on how technology is having a bigger impact on matchmaking these days… and how finding the one can happen at any moment.
So when they forwarded me info about the film release in Santa Monica this weekend, I had to share it with my peeps! I know you’ll love it too.
Not in LA? Fear not – you can watch it On Demand now, or see it in NY in mid-may! It won a bunch of film fest awards, so you can feel all arty for watching and supporting indie films.
Picking out wedding invitations just got cheaper. No, easier. No, greener. Wait, all of the above. Have y’all seen this bizniss? Cocodot.com is a pretty new but super rad resource you can use to search for and buy lovely and affordable wedding invites, engagement announcements, and thank you cards. They offer customizable, fresh, and stylish electronic invitation suites (they’ll offer printed options this summer) and their website seems superdy duperdy easy to use. Not only are you getting chic invites, they are cheap wedding invites as well and don’t everybody lurve that? They are the perfect invites for your budget wedding!
Palm Springs perfect.
They feature a wedding package for just $149 smackeroos – all inclusive with coordinated themed suites including your engagement announcements, engagement party invitations, save the dates, rehearsal dinner, bridal shower and wedding invitations, and thank you cards, with the option of creating your own, and customizable greetings for specific guests or specific events, fonts and colors. And they boast communication and guest management tools as well as a wedding home page and gift registry linky features. I’m like whoa, that’s a lot of goodies in one bag. Had this been around when I was planning, I’d be all up in there.
Um, yum.
So here’s the loot: to celebrate the official launch of Cocodot, they’re rocking a sweet promo code for the Premium Membership (18 months of unlimited cards and invitations, yo) at just $59 bones (saves ya $90, holler). Enter the phrase “cocobride” when you checkout. For just a taste of the site before using it on all of your invites use “cocoEarth2010″ for one free party invitation and try before you buy.
Methinks its a pretty sweet deal. Anyone out there trying it? Let us know if you do!
Speaking of invitations… If you’re in the LA/OC area and want to attend the Wedding Salon at the London Hotel this Monday May 3rd – I got a comp code for y’all! I’ve been to this event before and its super schwank with great goodies and plenty of eye candy and tasty treats. Enter code BABLAC at checkout for tickets on the frizzle. AND, wedding pros – listen up! The Simple Plan Workshop is coming, and it’s a must-do if you need help creating a business plan. Over 2 days (May 12-13) Michelle and Kelly of Sage Wedding Pros (an invaluable resource online – please check it out, you’re welcome in advance) will walk you through each step of the business plan process, so at the end of day 2 you walk away with a completed plan… all done! I love these ladies, and I’m super psyched to be helping coordinate and attending it myself… lawd knows I need the help! For a $50 discount, enter “besage” at checkout. For more info: http://thesimpleplan.biz (PS – check out their insider to insider feature of lil ole me from January!)
AND, wedding pros – listen up! 
