I’m not going to lie when it comes to “oohing” and “aaahhing” over to many of the latest and greatest tech gadgets that come out. However, I refuse to gush over the price. Basically I refuse to be a slave to technology and try to keep up with it constantly. I will admit these new fangled watches are super cool and when we wear them, we can pretend to be spies and superheroes. Pretty soon, everyone will be talking to their wrists and it will eventually become the norm but…….
Isn’t it basically like wearing your phone on your wrist?
Would you be able to sync your phone to your watch?
And Telling your friends to synchronize theirs watches with yours would now make sense?
There are other budget friendly tech related inventions I will enjoy and continue to enjoy instead.
Take for instance the internet and search engines.
Websites and blogs. Websites and blogs that help you save money.
Websites and blogs that help you save money FOR YOUR WEDDING.
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Pinterest is literally (think Chris from Parks and Rec) is a godsend when it comes to wedding ideas. but you being so financially savvy already knew that. Right? 😉 I have already made the decision to either make the bridal party’s bouquets or ask the florist at the local grocery store to do it for me.
To cut down costs on the invites, I decided to go with RSVPify to make the RSVP process so much simpler. No extra stamps or paper needed. Guests get a confirmation email when they send the response. I get a notification email saying who’s responded. I can log on to my account to see who’s responded so far. You can upgrade and pay for additional features.
I’m not a social media butterfly in real life, but I’m sure there are people who have instragrammed, tweeted, etc the details of their wedding while it was happening.
Wedding Wire allows you to create your own wedding website for free, complete with a customized URL. I informed people about the link after they responded on RSVPify. As it gets closer to the date, I’m going to put more information on the website. I’m actually at a point where I would like to build a wedding website from scratch, but it’s too late now. Well, I guess I could for practice. 😉
Since we have been living in a house for a few years, I felt it was pointless to register at a home furnishing store of some sort. I didn’t want more stuff that I wasn’t going to use unless I had people over, which we rarely do anyway. Although I probably will end up registering on something for the bridal shower, which again I thought was pointless (one can only waste so much toilet paper to create a wedding dress), but then thought it would be a nice get together for friends and family.
Friends have made registries or wish lists on Indigo and Mountain Equipment Co-op, so really anything goes nowadays. Given the nature of my handy hubby-to-be, maybe I’ll register at Home Depot for the shower. 😛
While we’re still on the topic of technology, I’d like mention that fellow Canadian blogger, Jessica Moorhouse from MoMoneyMoHouses is launching her podcast on Wed June 3rd!! It’s a millennial focused podcast where she will interview a new guest each week about their personal money story. Topics include getting out of debt, doing a shopping ban, trying to overcome their inner shopaholic, quitting their 9 to 5 to become a solopreneur, starting a side hustle, money and relationships and so on. A new episode will go up every Wednesday with show notes to follow on her blog.
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Here’s the link: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/mo-money-mo-houses/id996219697. Please listen and review it on iTunes.
To help celebrate the podcast launch, there’s a giveaway. Hooray!
a Rafflecopter giveaway and good luck!
My friend got married last month and she told me that Pinterest really helped her a lot! And I would love to join, I hope I will be the lucky winner!
I think everyone should use Pinterest when it comes to planning life events such as wedding and baby showers. Good luck in the giveaway!
I’m currently helping my sister with her wedding website, etc. so these are some great sites to check out! [Also, you know, for my wedding whenever we decide that’s happening.] 🙂 She’s using mywedding.com which is okay, but there are ZERO options for customizing the website. It’s like I’m back in 1997 using Livejournal or Mysapce or something. Hahah. But I guess it does the job, right? And it’s free!
Haha yeah. There’s nothing wrong with a free website! I just looked on the mywedding.com website and the themes don’t look too bad.
I totally used Wedding Wire for my wedding! It was a great way to create a free website with extra info about the event you couldn’t fit on the official invitation.
Thanks so much for also supporting my podcast launch today!
I’ll definitely need to put a lot of info on the site such as parking, no smoking allowed on the property, where the ceremony is located on the property, etc.
I was lucky in that my cousin had florist experience. (She actually did it for a grocery store for awhile.) So three days ahead of time, we went to the store, picked out some flowers and she arranged them.
I know there are plenty of how-to posts around for pretty-but-simple bouquets. A couple of simple but bold flowers (lilies, etc) rubber-banded (which is then covered by ribbon) looks plenty nice.
But if you don’t feel like you can do it yourself, I would definitely pay a little and have the grocery store fuss with it. Much cheaper than a regular florist, and sometimes you just need one less thing on your plate.
My parents are really into gardening, so I’ve even thought about getting flowers from their own backyard garden. Although since the wedding is in late October, I’m not sure if their flowers will be around??
Karen,
Weddings are one area that people seem to go money-blind in. Funerals are another. People seem to “build it up” in their minds when they need to remember the basics of what it is all about; uniting two people who are pledging themselves to one another.
I think it’s great how you’re using technology such as RSVPify to simplify the process and keep costs down.
Looking forward to hearing how it all plays out.
Take care,
– Ryan from GRB
Pinterest can really help a lot !