I edited one of the photos from our “impromptu photo shoot” the other day and then signed up at Kodak Gallery to get them printed. My order for 100 4×6 prints cost me a total of $1.99 – I only paid for shipping. If you need photos printed for save the dates, thank you cards, or invitations, you can get the same deal for a few more days.

First, sign up for a new account with Kodak Gallery. You’ll automatically get 50 FREE prints added to your account. (These have to be ordered within 14 days.)

Add 100 prints to your cart. These can be multiples of the same photo or 100 different photos and you can choose either matte or glossy.

When you checkout enter the code 50FREE for an additional 50 FREE prints. (This code can only be used once per customer and expires on March 11, 2010).

Voila! You’ve got 100 prints for about $0.02 each! Kodak Gallery processed and shipped my order with amazing speed. I ordered on Tuesday morning and I got all my photos in the mail on Wednesday afternoon. Wow!

Andrea and Peter are on a mission – they’re recycling aluminum cans to pay for their wedding! At 18,000 cans so far, they’re a little over 4% of the way to their total goal of 400,000. That’s over 5 tons of aluminum! That much recycling will give them about a $3800 wedding budget, something they hope to have achieved by July 31, 2010 – their wedding date. Check out their progress at WeddingCans.com.

Making marshmallows has been on my to-do list for quite some time and now that I’ve found this fabulous recipe, I just might bump it to a higher priority! These would make a great DIY favor for a winter wedding when paired up with homemade (or boughten) hot chocolate mix.  If you’re having a rustic outdoors wedding you can package the marshmallows with graham crackers and Hershey’s bars for fabulous s’mores kits.

{photo from Make and Takes}

Get creative with the size, color, and shape. Make mini marshmallows, cut them out with heart-shaped cookie cutters, or use food coloring to make them coordinate with your color scheme. Once the marshmallows are prepared you can dip them in chocolate and then package them up in small cellophane bags or individual treat boxes.

Mmmm. Just the thought of biting through a layer of chocolate to be met with the sweet, stickiness of a marshmallow is making my mouth water. I’m going to give these a try sometime this winter. I’ll be sure to keep y’all updated on the results.

I’m planning on using just hydrangeas for my wedding bouquets, so I figured I could handle DIY-ing them. A quick internet search and I found this fabulous tutorial. The instructions are clear and simple and the photos are gorgeous.

{photo by Project Wedding}

. . . only 247 left to go!

After posting incessantly on Freecycle and Craigslist, I finally got an e-mail from another bartering bride. She got married this May and had 2.5 dozen pint-sized canning jars leftover, along with a bunch of other stuff. The jars were used as candle holders and she glued ribbon around them, but they weren’t heavily glued, so it’ll be easy to take off.

Michael and I spent an hour with her and her husband on Sunday, teaching them the basics of the waltz in exchange for two boxes of her leftover wedding items – ribbons, vases, votives, floral picks, etc. A lot of the items are things that I’ll be giving away (or bartering away!), but it was definitely a worthwhile barter.

Only 247 canning jars left to find! The hunt continues . . .