Wedding Advice for New Jersey

By Wildwoodwaitress (Guest Post)

Hi, I used to live in this part of the world. Cape May is a delightful place with lots of ambiance.There are many old hotels and beautiful B&Bs.

For bakeries, you'll probably have to stop in Wildwood, which is on the way.

Here's the name of a bakery closest to Cape May:

Britton's Gourmet Bakery
(609) 522-5600
5600 Pacific Ave, Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260. This place is a local favorite.

There's also Cabrelli Bakery LLC
1700 Central Ave
North Wildwood, NJ 08260
(609) 522-8322

Cape May also has an Acme chain grocery store in the downtown/tourist area that might be able to have what you're looking for or can order something special. Contact info:
Acme
Lafayette St
Ocean St, Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 884-7217

Hope you have a lovely day.

By Elyse (Guest Post)

Check your local bridal stores in June/July for a gown. I own a shop in Ohio and that is when we have a big clearance sale. Prom is over and it's time to buy for fall so we need to clear out inventory. (Bridal manufacturers require shops to place orders for "samples" 2xs a year.) Go into the smaller bridal shops and talk to the owner. There is wiggle room on pricing!

By

mom-from-missouri

My manners book states it is usually in the brides home church or the brids home town.

My husband and I spent less than $500 and had a very nice church wedding, with a cake and punch reception for 200 persons following. We each had 1 person stand up with us and a child for a ring bearer.
We printed our own invitations from a kit at Office Depot.
My dress was a $700 dress that was a floor display. I got it off ebay for $17 (brand new). I had my ring girl and my attendent wear a pastel dress of their choice.
My husband and his ring bearer and his attendent wore black jeans, khakie shirt and string tie. (sort of a western theme) Our only decorations were the candles up front, and flowers on the stands up front.
At the reception I used simple glass bowls from Hobby lobby at 49 cents each with a floating candle in food colored water. I wanted the focus on us, not our decorations. The reception was at our church, so the church let us use their punch bowls and table clothes--no charge. Since we were church members, there was no charge to use the church. We did give our minister and piano player and attendents gifts.
We asked several close friends and family to take pictures, as we knew they had digital cameras. We got some really good pictures, and my husbands cousin got some after as well, with the entire wedding party present.