Weddingbee Blog

Honestly, it seems as though most of the bees have very elaborate weddings. Especially the city bees. You can tell from the pictures that most of the bees have large budgets. I was even going to ask if we could have brides with smaller budgets, and simpler weddings…..I suppose everyone will have their own feelings about this.

I think seeing all ends of the spectrum will inspire all of us to help make our own weddings beautiful.

For example: just because a person spends $$$$ on a centerpiece, doesn’t necessarily mean it would cost that much to replicate.

I would love to see more large budget bees showcased. Their weddings can give tons of ideas.

I don’t really think of budget when I read this site. I like to visit weddingbee to learn more about weddings and to get inspiration and ideas for my own ceremony and reception coming up.

I have the opposite perspective: our wedding budget was $7K. I really like reading Weddingbee, but it was obvious that most of the bees were spending so much more. True, it wasn’t specifically mentioned, but when Tiffany, Jimmy Choo and European honeymoons come up, it’s pretty obvious that these weddings are on a bigger budget.

Not that I don’t enjoy Weddingbee, but I read posts like those just for guilty pleasure. The DIY posts are much more applicable to me personally.

I think there are a spectrum of budgets on this site. If all are considered low-budget, then I wonder if the “large-budget” brides would even be on this site or if they would have all their options laid out by their coordinator during their planning phase.

I agree, I think weddingbee features plenty of big-budget weddings. Designer dresses and custom letterpress invitations are things that appear on weddingbee all the time and are not, by any stretch of the imagination, “budget” items. I think the writer is assuming that a bride would only DIY because she is trying to save money, but this is not always the case; DIY is also a great way to really personalize a wedding. And, of course, some people are crafty and simply like to DIY.

I agree with jen, if I want to see pictures and stories of weddings with enormous budgets and no DIY, I’ll read the bridal magazines. Weddingbee’s uniqueness is that DIY touch, whether it’s for budget reasons or otherwise.

I like weddingbee alot and feel there’s a variety of weddings on this site. I myself am not planning a wedding yet, but I like going to this site for ideas. My dream job is also to become a wedding planner so I love to see what others are doing and what’s going on in the wedding world. Lots of us like this site for the variety, I definitely don’t think there’s only budget - brides or unlimited budged brides. This is just a great site for ideas and advice.

I’m a NYC bride trying to plan her wedding for $20,000. I read this blog daily because it offers lots of great tips for saving money and I enjoy that but at the same time I know that a lot of these brides have larger budgets than mine. It doesn’t really bother me that they have more money because it is really the inspiration for a beautiful wedding that I am after. I don’t really think that we need to see “platinum weddings” on weddingbee since they are all over the media but I would like to see more women really stretching those budgets to fit their dreams.

I’ve been able to tell from various posts and pictures that there are some big budget bees out there (at least from my point of view, they are big budget). And I understand how you are careful about the $$ topic, because sometimes those extravagant reception lighting posts ended up getting me more jealous than inspired. Yes, I have emotional issues with my budget. I also agree with the previous commenter that usually the blogging-type brides seem to be more the budget/DIY ones.