If you had a chance to read the article in The New York Times on wedding blogs this past weekend then you probably caught what Maria Cooke, owner of Ritzy Bee Events and Ritzy Bee Blog editor, said about brides finding inspiration on wedding blogs.
“Blogs are nice in that when brides are ready to place an order with a vendor, they have all their ideas already. But I have a lot of florist friends I work with daily, and they’ll say couples automatically look at the picture of a flower setting without asking, ‘Is it within my budget?’ or even, ‘Are the flowers even available at that time of year?’ ”
Maria makes an excellent point.
Blogs are filled with beautiful wedding inspiration but the captions are usually limited to a photo credit.
It's not uncommon for a bride to take an image she found on a blog - or in a wedding magazine or website - to a vendor and find out that that arrangement or detail is out of her budget. When you can't get exactly what is in the photo let the vendor help you find something similar, inspired by the photo, in your price range.
Unfortunately costs will vary per region as well as per season, so if a November bride in Manhattan with 250 guests and a June bride in Des Moines with 150 guests both take a photo of a centerpiece to their local florist they are both going to get very different prices on what the arrangement costs. This, I'm assuming, is one of the reasons there are no prices on a lot of wedding inspiration shots.
Don't be upset if a vendor says you won't be able to get what you want at your budget.
After finding inspiration meet with several vendors in each category to see who can give you what you want, or as close to it, at your price. Let the work you find on a wedding blog, magazine or website inspire you and your vendors. You don't have to duplicate the image exactly. No one is going to compare your detail to the source of inspiration.
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