Weddingbee Blog

Sometimes, I can’t believe how lucky Mr. S and I are. We have such talented, creative, and generous friends and family that are helping us out for free or at an incredible discount.

This post is dedicated to those incredible people. The people who are making our wedding possible. Our friendors.

Thank you for being our friendors!

Ooooh, I think I found my wedding necklace!

Hair - Mr. S’s sister-in-law is a stylist and salon owner. She’s going to do my hair and my bridesmaids’ hair for free!

Makeup - This is actually a friendor of a friend. Trying to find a makeup artist that was affordable and good had proven to be a challenge, and I had almost resigned myself to DIY-ing my face, but I was pretty nervous about it. I was complaining to my bridesmaids about the whole deal when Bridesmaid K said, “Oh! A friend of mine who I used to work with does makeup, and she’s amazing and cheap!” I got in touch with the girl, and her prices were totally in my budget. I haven’t had a trial yet, but if Bridesmaid K trusts her, I know that I can too.

Dessert - I’ve mentioned before that one of my bridesmaids is in school to be a pastry chef and that she’ll be making the desserts for the wedding. Lucky us! Another friend of mine likes to bake on the side, and her sweets are divine. When she found out that we wanted to have a dessert buffet, she asked if she could contribute as well. Um. OK. Twist my arm, why don’t you!

Coordination - I’ve mentioned this already, but my high school friend’s mother will be our month-of coordinator for a steal.

Florist - Again, this is more like a friendor of a friendor. I was telling the coordinator about my frustrating florist search, and she mentioned that her sister-in-law was a wedding florist! She negotiated a deal for me, and I couldn’t be happier.

DJ - In the dawn of our wedding planning, Mr. S and I had never even considered hiring a DJ. We were totally cool with renting a sound system and having an iPod reception. But then I remembered that an old friend of mine who worked at a radio station also deejays weddings part time. I figured I’d get in touch with him to see what he’d charge, and he gave us a great deal—only $100 more than the quote we’d gotten from our rental company for the sound system. SOLD.

Officiant - Mr. S and I couldn’t be less religious if we tried, and we knew from day one that we wanted a secular ceremony. And we didn’t want to be married by a stranger. Mr. S’s old roommate is one of our best friends and a super charming guy with stage presence, to boot. We asked him if he’d consider officiating at our wedding, and he got ordained online the next day.

I’m so excited about our friendors. It’s great that they’re helping us to save money, but it’s even better that most of the people who are working on our wedding are people who matter to us. The whole thing gives me warm fuzzies!

Are you using any friendors?