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Wedding Planning on a Budget

Today, it is not uncommon for grooms and brides to be to pay for their own weddings. This usually means that a budget is in order and expenses need to be scaled back in at least some areas. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to begin the marriage with a huge amount of debt, but still, you want your big day to be beautiful and memorable for yourselves as well as for everyone in attendance. So, how can you plan a great wedding without blowing your budget? There are areas in which you can cut some corners without it … Continue reading →

Musical Traditions at Weddings

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Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s Friday and I’ve been talking about weddings for two weeks now. I hope you all aren’t bored with it because just when I think I’ve run out of things to talk about – I find more! I’m starting to wish I had a wedding to plan just to have some fun with all the ideas I’m exploring here not to mention what I’ve been reading about from Sherry, Michele and Marily – if you haven’t checked out their frugal invitations, wedding travel plans and frugal wedding ideas – now is the time to do … Continue reading →

“Budget Weddings” from the Tightwad Gazette

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The book The Tightwad Gazette, by Amy Dacyzyn, explains some helpful tips to cutting costs for a wedding. And hey, what a concept! Get married without spending a fortune and getting into big debt! It really can be done….Here are some of my favorite tips: * In good weather, have a wedding reception outside at someone’s home. Having a wedding reception outside also encourages some thrifty alternatives such as paper plates and plastic ware. * Check classified ads for women selling their wedding dresses, which have only been worn once (or perhaps not at all.) Bridal shops also will sell … Continue reading →

Top Ten Wedding Planning Articles of 2006

Several months ago, I started incorporating wedding planning articles into the marriage blog and from those days we’ve since grown that area of discussion to include dating, engagements, proposals and every facet of wedding planning that we could from the bridal shower to the bachelor party to themes for the wedding to the ceremonies themselves. It’s hard to look back at the past year without wanting to look for the ten best articles to come from that wedding planning area of our library. So without further ado, here are my picks for the ten best wedding planning articles of 2006. … Continue reading →

Marriage Hints: Flowers Have Meaning

Gentlemen, this is may seem like it’s just for you, but it’s also a little lesson for the ladies. I found it fascinating studying some of the meanings behind flowers, especially back in the days of planning my wedding. At the time, in all the wedding plans I was making, there was only one certainty I had – that certainty was that my bridal bouquet needed to contain a combination of the flowers my husband used to propose. The day he proposed, he sent me three white roses, six yellow roses and a dozen red roses. The white was for … Continue reading →

The ABC’s of Frugal Living: 26 Tips to Live a More Frugal Life

The ABC’s of Frugal Living – 26 Tips to Live a More Frugal Life The frugal living blog at families.com is chock full of great information to help you live a more frugal lifestyle. We all strive to save money and the bloggers in this category are here to help. A: Amazing Dates Have a date night for less! New Cheap Date Ideas A Cheap And Fun Date Idea It’s Date Night Date Night On a Budget B: Budgeting Make a plan and stick to it. Be sure you watch where your money goes each month and try to do … Continue reading →

Barefoot & Married

Can you get married in bare feet? How serious are you taking your vows? You can be very serious and getting married doesn’t require wearing shoes. In fact, I’ll let you in on a little secret – at my wedding – my shoes were killing me. I ended up kicking them off sometime after the ceremony during the photos but before we arrived at the reception. My dress was more than long enough to cover up my feet and the blisters I had from the shoes. Beach Weddings Plenty of weddings held on beaches are more practical in barefeet or … Continue reading →