How to have an ebay wedding

Take it from me, I've done it, I bought my dress, shoes, tiara, veil,lingerie, pew and car decorations, ring pillow and some flowersstraight off ebay. There are many more things than just these availableon ebay but because of my connections I had already organised them fromelsewhere. If you only have a small budget for your wedding then ebayis definitely the way to go, you will save heaps!Your dress is the most important part of the day so make sure you knowwhat you're looking for and are certain the style will look good on.Alot of brides have an idea in their mind of what they want in a dressbut when they get it on decide that they don't like it so much afterall. If possible, go to a bridal store and try on a few dresses instyles that you like, don't worry about the prices because you'll findone so much cheaper on ebay. By doing this, you have seen the style onyou and know that you will look absoultely beautiful on your big day.When searching for a dress on ebay, try to find the sellers that areoffering brand new dresses. Not everyone is a standard size and youwon't necessarily fit into a "size 12" wedding dress, it will have beenaltered at least once already to fit it's previous owner. However ifyou are confident that this will work for you then by all means goright ahead. Always read the description carefully, is it the colouryou want or will they make it in the colour you want? How much ispostage? I won the auction on my dress for just $9.99 but the postagewas $158 so be careful. The postage is how the seller ensures that theymake some money out of the sale and that is why the auction price is solow. But really, when you consider the total price of $168 for abeautiful wedding dress, brand new and made to fit, this is so excitingand so much cheaper than a bridal shop. And where did I get this dressfrom? Seller The next stop is to find a veil to suit your dress and your hairstyle.If you're having your hair out it is better to find a light veil (longones tend to be heavy) but you need to find one that is longer thanyour hair. Really any veil will look gorgeous so just find whateveryou're happy with. You can buy new or secondhand but make sure you askthe seller lots of questions if there are things not specified in thedescription. You want to get the perfect veil, and be 100% happy somake the most of it. I bought a second hand veil and was very happywith both the price and the product.If you're having a tiara there are so many sellers, if your dressseller also has tiaras, or veils, try to combine postage as this willsave you money. It is important that you let the seller know you willbe buying multiple items so they will package them all together.Shoes are always a touchy issue when it comes to buying them online,it's important to make sure you're buying the right size or they willexchange them if they don't fit. I'm a dancer so I went for dancingshoes, they're beautiful and I find that they are so much morecomfortable than ordinary high heals. For shoes try to stick toAustralian sellers as the size charts will be the same as you know yourshoe size to be. These are the shoes I chose. from seller Dance Shoes Company - Sydney Lingerie is another thing you have to be careful about, it is very easyto find alot of beautiful lingerie on ebay but be absolutely certain itwill fit before you buy it. I have bought a few items that haven'tfitted properly and had to live with the consequences, I'm not anaverage size and some people's interpretation of "small" or "size 8"are different to your average underwear stores.Silk flowers are a great way to make sure your bouquet can be keptforever. They won't wilt or break from being dried and will look justthey way they did on your wedding day forever on your mantle. I didn'tactually buy my bouquet but flowers for my flowergirl's basket on ebay.They also have a great range of baskets and flowers for your hair.Pew decorations, its up to you, but I've been told it's better to usesomething that hangs. A friend of mine had roses standing upright tiedwith bows and they kept falling over. I decided to go with ribbon bows,ribbon is so much cheaper on ebay and you can get large rolls so youdon't end up with offcuts, and this ribbon can also be used to decoratethe cars.There are so many ring pillows available on ebay, it was hard to chooseone. They have personalized ones, plain ones, special ones, originalones, just about anything you could ever imagine. The best thing isthough, they end up costing about the same on ebay as they would in astore, and that's including postage. But the styles you find on ebay, Ihave never seen anything like it in a store.Well this has been an outline of the things I bought off ebay for mywedding but there are so many more things you can buy: bomboniers,place cards, candles, engagement rings, invitations, sparkling wine,garters, cake ornaments, jewellery, flowergirl dresses, bridesmaiddresses, attendants gifts, the list is endless.