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

Bring your big day to life without breaking the bank Congratulations! Getting married is a thrilling time and a major milestone—but you might be overwhelmed at how much there is to do and how much it’s going to cost. Here’s the secret: You don’t need to spend a year’s salary on your wedding day for it to be unique and memorable. This complete wedding planning book shows you how. YOUR ULTIMATE WEDDING ORGANIZER: Worksheets, lists, and tips from an expert wedding planner to help you prioritize the things you want most and create a wedding that’s affordable, stress-free, and totally yours. FLEXIBLE BUDGET ADVICE: Learn how to save money and avoid common industry traps, so you can throw a beautiful wedding whether your budget is $1,500 or $50,000. THE CEREMONY & BEYOND: Find chapters that cover every aspect of your wedding, from your initial vision, to the venue, photography, food, music, and even the honeymoon. Pick up The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer today and start planning an affordable wedding you’ll never forget.

Brides-to-be can put aside the temptation to elope--Wedding Chic is here to help make sense of it all with the low-budget, high-style scoop. With real saving secrets straight from planners, photographers, florists, caterers, newlyweds, and other savvy sources, this is the essential guide for women on planning the wedding they've always wanted--without spending the rest of their married years paying it off. Brides will learn to: - Avoid getting bullied by the professionals - Find the best planner for their pennies - Get the most bloom for their buck - Make saving on their photographer a snap - Find low-cost entertainers that are music to their ears - Create a booze budget and wedding menu at palatable prices - Slip into a teensy, weensy honeymoon bikini without losing their shirts - Be queen for the day-without getting totally ripped off!

The Countdown Is On: You're Getting Married! THE DRESS! THE VOWS! THE HONEYMOON! Now you're counting the nights until you glide down the aisle, a vision to behold. Everything is set for your big day, right? Well, almost. BUILDING ON THE SAVVY BRIDE'S GUIDE: SIMPLE WAYS TO A STYLISH & GRACEFUL WEDDING, this checklist will steer you through these last few months, when cheerful chaos can bubble over into stress. Tips from Savvy Brides around the World! THE SAVVY BRIDE'S GUIDE: YOUR WEDDING CHECKLIST will help you: Roll with late changes. Track RSVPs. Sort last-minute honeymoon tasks. Pen stylish, easy thank-you notes. Keep your sense of humor and make time for each other. Reflect on this new chapter of your life, with room for journal entries and keepsakes. www.savvylife.net"

Planning a wedding should be memorable, special and fun, after all it is supposed to be the "happiest day of your life". Unfortunately for many couples the financial burden of planning a wedding can be vexing, with a quarter of couples putting some of the costs on their credit card and taking out personal loans. Often the desire to have the 'perfect day' overshadows cost. This book is a bride-to-be's best friend. It shows you how easy it is to save money and still have the wedding of your dreams and offers hundreds of useful tips and links to vendors and suppliers worldwide. Watch the book trailer to see how The Savvy Bride Guide can help you.

With more than 2.5 million weddings per year in the U.S., this guide is an absolute necessity when it comes to answering not only customary etiquette questions, but also the thornier, more modern problems that today's brides face. Bridal Guide is the #1 bridal magazine for female readers 18-34. The As a foremost expert on all things wedding-related, the editor-in-chief of the magazine -- and the author of this book! -- has appeared on Good Morning America, the Today show, and E! Style, among others. This guide is committed to helping you find bridal market promotions, including launch parties, tie-ins with advertisers, contests, and bridal fashion shows. This is the third book in Bridal Guide's wedding series. For more from Diane Forden, check out How to Plan the Perfect Wedding...Without Going Broke! and How to Choose the Perfect Wedding Gown.

Entertaining expert David Tutera opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about creating that perfect day, featuring advice about everything from wording invitations to negotiating with caterers, planning the meal to throwing an event on a budget. The same insight celebrity entertaining and wedding expert David Tutera gives to his A-list clientele is now at your fingertips in The Big White Book of Weddings: David's ultimate "how-to" guide designed to get every bride down the aisle in style! It's tough to be a bride on a budget—but David reveals his personal tips of the wedding trade that proves brides can be both sophisticatedly chic and realistically resourceful! Covering the entire wedding experience from brainstorming, budgeting, invitations, gift registries, food, music, traditional reception rituals, and even what happens after the wedding's over, Tutera has created a must-have for brides-to-be. Full of the personality that David brings to every wedding he plans and every TV show or magazine article he appears in, Big White Book of Weddings is the book every bride needs to make her wedding unforgettable for all the right reasons! Includes sections such as: - Create engaging menus and creative cocktails in "Eat, Drink and Be Married!" - Be Perfectly Polished with "Etiquette for the Elegant" - Make your entertainment a hit without needing a rock-star budget in "Strike up the Band" - Go from "Ordinary to Extraordinary" with decor and floral tips from the pro