Steals + Deals

Posted by Khris in Steals + Deals

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us! Though most of the hullabaloo is about Christmas items, savvy shoppers can score great wedding and wedding-craft related bargains during this time of year. Here’s our Wednesday roundup of deals and discounts from our advertisers and affiliates to help you save some of your hard earned cash:

David’s Bridal: Shoppers can get 10% Off ALL Orders, Spend 150+ Save 15% on Entire Order, Spend $200+ Save 20% on Entire Order. Plus, shoppers can enjoy FREE Shipping on ALL Orders of $200 or More. This offer is VALID 11/24 – 11/29!
Save Up To 20% On Your Entire Order + Free Shipping Available! Valid 11/24 – 11/29/10

Vista Print: Get FREE SHIPPING and SAVE 25% OFF Sitewide at Vistaprint!

Adobe Photoshop Elements (we’ll be using this in some upcoming online classes, btw): Save $50 on Adobe Photoshop Elements 9
* Adobe North America Commercial Store only
* “>Photoshop Elements 9 only US$49.99 after $30 instant discount plus $20 mail-in rebate.
* Valid November 24, 2010 – November 30, 2010
* PROMO CODE: SAVE2010

Nine West : Up to 50% off select styles at Nine West

eDressMe: Black Friday Blowout Sale at eDressMe.com! $25, $50, $75, $100 Designer Dresses All 90% Off

[Black Friday]

Fabric.Com: Save 25% off purchases of $75-$149.99 at Fabric.com with code “THANKS25″! Offer valid through 11/29/10. [Through 11/29]

Adorn: Save 20% on Diamond Jewelry Rental + FREE Shipping from Adorn.com. Coupon Code: 20FREESHIP (not applicable on sale items)

Macy’s: (Did you know they carry wedding gowns online? Brilliant.) Get an extra 25% Off (10% electrics) at the Friends and Family sale at macys.com (Free Shipping when you spend $99 or more) Enter promo code:MACYSFF at checkout. Valid 11-30-2010 through 12-06-2010
[11/30 - 12/06]

Benefit Cosmetics: Cyber Monday, November 29th only at Benefit Cosmetics! Get 20% off top rated pics from Annie & Maggie. Enter FORDPICS at check out. Offer valid 11.29.10. [Cyber Monday]

BeauCoup.Com: Save 10% when you spend $99.00 or save 15% when you spend $199. [Black Friday]

Catching Up

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

Thank you, everyone, for your patience while I took time away to attend to my book stuff. It was a, um, challenging time to say the least. I’m finally free to come back here (until the revisions/editing comes back, at least) and am busy catching up on the emails, submissions, and news that affects our community.

Turn-around time for submissions is about 2 weeks now. If you’ve been waiting longer than that, please drop me a note and I can tell you when your photos or article is scheduled to run.

I’ll try to respond to all outstanding email by this Friday.

Have something urgent? Please don’t be shy about letting me know you’re on a deadline or that you need attention ASAP.

xo,

Khris

Fab Finds Friday

Posted by Khris in Fab Finds Friday

{ Fab Finds Friday is a weekly column that highlights fabulous idea, happenings, and people in the wedding and craft industries. FFF mentions are never paid; each person or company is chosen based on the merit of their own awesomeness. }

Hi DIYers!

Glue Arts, the makers of my favorite double-sided tape applicator, the Glue Glider Pro (my review), is having a BOGO sale. If you’re assembling invitations, programs, table numbers or any other bulk paper project that needs a lot of double-sided adhesive the Glue Glider Pro is an absolute must. The details:

Buy a GlueGlider PRO or any of the six refill cartridges and receive the same of equal or lesser value FREE! Also stock up now and receive Free Shipping on orders over $150.00. Sale valid through Satureday November 6th 2010. Minimum orders are case lots of 12 per product. To place your order call 1-866-889-GLUE. Mention promo code VOTE6 when ordering.

In exciting around-the-weddingsphere news, wedding website provider Nearlyweds, has acquired wedding planning resource OneWed, to create a wedding-related social network.

Maddy from the beautiful Inspired Bride blog has launched Somewhere Splendid, a new blog that covers “nesting topics from general entertaining and parties to home decor and cooking”. Congrats!

{Freebie Tuesday} Thank You Postcards

Posted by Khris in DIY Projects & Tutorials, Steals + Deals

Freebie Tuesday is a new feature at DIY Bride. Each week we’ll point you to utterly wonderful things for your wedding or wedding craft projects. Today’s awesomeness, a gorgeous thank you postcard template, comes from the Lucky Designs blog. It’s compatible with Vista Print’s standard postcard template if you’d like to outsource the printing. Click here to download. Visit Lucky Designs and the Lucky Designs blog.

DIY Wedding Maps From WeddingMapper

Posted by Khris in Crafter's Toolbox

Oh, happy day! For any of you wanting to create your own wedding maps to include in your STDs or invites, there’s a new service that let’s you create custom maps online. For free*. Isn’t that the coolest?! Check out WeddingMapper.Com for the details and to try it out for yourselves.

*There is a slight catch. The free version of the map is supported with ads. You can pay $9.95 for an ad-free map that also gives you more options. ($10 for a custom map is nothin’!)