Weddings for Less comes back to Valdosta after a five-year hiatus.
Weddings for Less is a budget decorating service.
Originally started in 2002, owner Linda Peeks had to quit working on Weddings for Less because of illness in 2010, she said.
She opened in Florida about a year ago and recently received her business license to operate in Valdosta.
Peek was first introduced to decorating when her grandmother taught her and her sisters how to arrange flowers and she “loved it.”
For her, getting back into business is “therapeutic” after getting over her illness.
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“This is like a healing process,” she said. “I love doing it. I love working with flowers and people and I love sewing.”
She works with residents who want help decorating for their weddings and need ideas that are within their budgets, she said.
She sets up four tables based on what customers want, but if the customer does not like any of the four tables, she will remake the tables for a second visit, she said.
Peek is also willing to work with pictures residents have of weddings they have seen online.
“Any picture they bring me or something they see online, I can do it,” she said. “If there is something I cannot do, I have other florists I can work with.”
Along with table decorations, Peek does the flower arrangements for the bride, groom, flower girls, the reception area and the chapel.
If residents are unsure of what they want, Peek said she will help them design the wedding, but ultimately, “it’s however the bride and groom want everything,” she said.
While she works with residents to get the wedding they want, she helps them understand budget restraints and helps them plan their weddings around tat.
“I’m working with people’s budgets,” she’s said. “If they want something for $1,500, I’ll show them what they can get, but if they want more, I show them how much extra it will cost.”
Peek said she knows how to make a nice wedding without spending too much money.
“You can get a lot done and make it beautiful, it just depends on what you want,” she said.
She is also willing to sew brides’ and bridesmaids’ dresses.
“They can bring me a pattern and I make it and style it the way they want me to,” she said.
It takes about two weeks to make one dress.
She can also hem tuxedos.
Because she has been decorating weddings for so long, Peek has an idea of what types of weddings people like.
“Some weddings are elegant and others use paper plates and plasticware,” she said.
She said she prefers a more “elegant look.”
She furnishes table cloths, chair covers, flatware, dinnerware and stemware, she said.
Peek keeps enough material to prepare for an event for 200 people, but can have more materials in about four days. She has several sets in different colors.
Along with weddings she does pastor events, sweet sixteens, bridal showers, birthdays and other events.
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