The Broke Ass Bride S Wedding Guide

For budget brides, including fans of TheBrokeAssBride.com, this is a definitive guide to saving money and making every dollar count during wedding planning, from the engagement party to the big day, without sacrificing style or personality. Brides-to-be, do you dream of rocking a wedding full of personality, pizzazz, and style, without compromising your dreams or kissing your budget goodbye? Well, bust out your happy dance because today is your lucky day...you're holding the key in your newly-betrothed hands! In the pages of this witty guide, Dana LaRue, creator of thebrokeassbride.com, shares hundreds of tips and anecdotes for getting the most bang for your buck, celebrating your personality as a couple, and making wedding planning fun. She includes: · The top 14 money-saving rules for choosing your location, dress, menu, and music—and most important of all, enjoying the day · Engagement party and rehearsal dinner ideas that won’t break the bank · 4 tips for finding your dream theme · Sample budget breakdowns ($1,000; $5,000; $10,000; $15,000; and beyond) showing where couples saved and splurged · Her very own road-tested advice for becoming a negotiation ninja · 7 ways to keep your booze budget under control · DIY décor projects and recipes you can make without risking a bridezilla meltdown · Online planning shortcuts, tools to find savings, and helpful websites for organization and style inspiration

For budget brides, including fans of TheBrokeAssBride.com, this is a definitive guide to saving money and making every dollar count during wedding planning, from the engagement party to the big day, without sacrificing style or personality. Brides-to-be, do you dream of rocking a wedding full of personality, pizzazz, and style, without compromising your dreams or kissing your budget goodbye? Well, bust out your happy dance because today is your lucky day...you're holding the key in your newly-betrothed hands! In the pages of this witty guide, Dana LaRue, creator of thebrokeassbride.com, shares hundreds of tips and anecdotes for getting the most bang for your buck, celebrating your personality as a couple, and making wedding planning fun. She includes: · The top 14 money-saving rules for choosing your location, dress, menu, and music—and most important of all, enjoying the day · Engagement party and rehearsal dinner ideas that won’t break the bank · 4 tips for finding your dream theme · Sample budget breakdowns ($1,000; $5,000; $10,000; $15,000; and beyond) showing where couples saved and splurged · Her very own road-tested advice for becoming a negotiation ninja · 7 ways to keep your booze budget under control · DIY décor projects and recipes you can make without risking a bridezilla meltdown · Online planning shortcuts, tools to find savings, and helpful websites for organization and style inspiration

Do you want to... get married in high style but at low cost? Design the wedding of your dreams without depleting your nest egg? Enjoy your most special day without paying for it for the rest of your life? For the first time, the experts at Bridal Guide, America's leading bridal magazine, have gathered all of their favorite cost-containing tips and stress-reducing strategies into one handy volume. This comprehensive, practical wedding planner offers hundreds of insider tips for cutting back on wedding costs without cutting back on style, including how to: Find exquisite invitations, centerpieces, and favors at discount prices Save substantially on designer gowns and accessories Discover seasonal bargains on honeymoon travel Enjoy magnificent music at minimal fees Cut down on catering expenses in savvy, subtle ways Ensure high-quality photography at reasonable prices. From etiquette to officiants, transportation to tipping, and registry to rehearsal dinners, Bridal Guide's Diane Forden spells it all out for you. Charts, checklists, and calendars keep you on track and simplify each stage of the planning process. Don't Scrimp! Prioritize Your Way to a Beautiful Wedding on a Realistic Budget! Whether you have a year or only a few months, ample resources or cash-flow concerns, this all-in-one planner will help you organize the Big Day from day one.

An Insanity-Free Wedding: It Can Happen! Getting engaged is exhilarating...until it sets in that a wedding costs three times what you thought, and takes five to ten times the effort it reasonably should. And then there are the expectations: from calligraphy invitations to satin chair-covers, all those things that Must Be Done or everyone will be Horribly Offended. Or will they? A Practical Wedding helps you create the wedding you want-without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day, what you'll remember 'til you're old and gray, is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? Affording a wedding without having to cut your guest list How to communicate decisions with your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches, the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

The hit TV show, now in book form—with top wedding planners creating every woman’s dream wedding! Based on the TV show, Rich Bride Poor Bride: Your Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide gives brides access to the same dream team of top wedding planners that made the on-air version an international hit. With the same wise, wedding-savvy narrative of the TV show, the book walks brides, chapter by chapter, through everything from the invitees, the gift registry, the cake, and the dress, to the ceremony, the reception, and the honeymoon, complete with budgeting tips, top-ten lists and special "Planner Speaks" wisdom. Filled with candid photos of real couples from actual weddings from seasons one and two of the show, the book lets readers compare an extravagant vs. a less-expensive approach. Featuring tips from wedding planners on creating luxurious effects at half the price, Rich Bride Poor Bride lets every bride and every budget create a wedding that is simply gorgeous.

Just what every mother of the bride needs to help her deal with the emotional, logistical, and financial challenges of her daughter's big day! What premarital advice should a mother give the daughter who knows more about sex and stock portfolios than she does? Can the groom's step-grandparents march down the aisle as part of the wedding procession? How can a cousin get ordained on the Internet to perform the ceremony? This witty, brass-tacks survival manual for the 21st-century mother of the bride provides sharp, sensible answers to these and myriad other questions. Hilarious anecdotes and practical advice abound as the lifestyle editor for The Washingtonian shares wise counsel and helpful hints from a mom who's been there as well as chronicles some ill-fated nuptials (as a primer for what not to do). From deciphering the mysteries of wedding food to learning to understand florist-speak, from picking a suitable mother-of-the-bride outfit-without looking like a Red Hot Mama or, worse, your grandmother in lavender and lace-to keeping a sense of humor when some of what can go wrong does, this down-to-earth guide makes a perfect gift for every mother determined to give her daughter the wedding of her dreams.

Featuring updated prices and the latest trends in tying the knot, this book debunks the myths and provides the tips that help contemporary couples plan the wedding of their dreams. 30 photos and illustrations.

Plan your wedding without the weight of outdated customs and get hitched in a way that is authentic, fun, and true to who you are. From the minute couples become engaged, they are pressured to buy into a one-size-fits-all wedding. By breaking down the antiquated traditions of that #blessedweddingday, The New Wedding Book will help you and your betrothed throw those icky traditions to the curb in honour of having the wedding of your actual dreams — not the one you've been force-fed for decades by the wedding-industrial complex. Inspiring couples to plan their wedding in a way that is meaningful to them, Bilodeau and Cleveland debunk the manufactured traditions, advocate for realistic budgets, offer brilliant advice from real-life couples, and confront the crushing pressure for weddings to be perfect.