S. Carter Studios

When Josh & I were planning our wedding we were given the advice to discuss what we think the most important parts of the wedding were and then decide to spend our money accordingly. When we discussed it he told me he thought that my dress should be the one thing we purchase regardless of cost because he knew that it would be the dress I wore in all my photos and my one and only wedding dress! I was sincerely touched by this thoughtful response. Later, we proceeded to spend the bulk of our budget on photography, lol. I did love my dress but I hadn’t been dreaming of my dress all these years, I’d been dreaming of my pictures. I know there are brides though that have been standing in front of mirrors swaying too and fro since childhood picturing themselves in the perfect gown and so I’m excited to invite you to take a look at OnceWed!

Once wed was launched in 2008 by a bride who had tried to sell her wedding gown and realized that there weren’t very many resources dedicated to making this process easy for others! There are designer gowns at discounted prices and opportunities to list your dress if you’re interested in helping another bride get that picture perfect gown & pocketing a little cash in the process. More than just a very well designed marketplace it has been expanded to include images and stories from real weddings, DIY projects (my new favorite thing) and links to many fantastic vendors! They even have a section of the site dedicated to ideas for specific categories. It’s one of those websites that you can certainly get lost in over and over! So, if you’re a bride to be or have already taken your trip down the aisle I would encourage you to treat yourself to some eye candy at OnceWed.

Here are a few tasty appetizers!

I Love that the whole concept is geared toward helping brides who are interested in hand picking projects to make their designer wedding at a lower cost without compromising on originality or style!

Also, for those of you have wondered how to get rid of some of those bridesmaid dresses that you really won’t wear again or need one, two or four for this coming summer, I found WoreItOnce.com that specializes as a market place for you to buy and sell (or liquidate in some cases) your bridesmaid dress inventory!

** The randomly selected winner of the Jimmy Cakes give away is: Emily Walker Tucker, an encouraging fellow photographer! Emily please email me so we can set up your order!