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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. Popular wedding website The Broke-Ass Bride has empowered thousands of couples with the simple philosophy that it's not about how much you spend but how you spend it. You don't need to give up your savings, the possibility of a downpayment on a house, or your sanity to plan a celebration that is meaningful and inspired. Dana shares her advice--and some useful pointers from the Broke-Ass community--on how to see budgeting challenges as opportunities to be creative, and how to get more for less. In her signature sassy, chatty voice, she gives hardworking and helpful tips, such as how to negotiate with vendors like a pro, and ideas for inventive (and affordable) engagement parties, DIY recipes, decorations, and more.

Drawn from the highly popular wedding blog of the same name, this go-to manual, written by one of the most trusted wedding style experts, showcases real-life weddings, ideas and details that will guide and inspire any bride-to-be.

Covering everything from bouquets to boutonnieres, this lavishly illustrated handbook provides a wealth of practical information on everything a bride needs to know to select the right flowers for her wedding, along with advice on how to work with a florist, step-by-step directions for creating one's own arrangements, a glossary of floral terminology, and more.

"A guide for mothers of brides-to-be. Includes checklists, responsibilities, and suggestions for wedding preparation"--

For the first time, the #1 wedding website, The Knot, has compiled all their essential planning tools--and dozens of new ideas--into this beautiful wedding organizer binder. Inside you will find: Detailed timelines and worksheets for scheduling and budgeting Planning and money-saving tips on everything from the dress to the music to the reception decor 8 tabbed dividers packed with visual inspiration, including more than 100 color photos of centerpieces, table settings, favors, and more A perforated color swatch page for mixng and matching your own wedding palette Ideas for the twenty-first century bride, including how to use mobile and online tools for maximum convenience Extensive information on choosing your vendors, including checklists of key questions to ask Pockets for collecting inspiring tearsheets, important contracts, and business cards The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner & Organizer is an indispensible resource--and a lovely keepsake after the meaningful, joyful, and customized celebration you're sure to have.

A valuable wedding planning handbook from the experts at TheKnot.com is filled with dozens of essential timelines, tools, checklists, and tips designed to help the bride-to-be design, organize, and prepare for the wedding of her dreams, with a minimum of fuss and hassle. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Packed throughout with tips, tools, checklists, spreadsheets and schedules, a complete, three-ring-binder wedding planner includes tabs for: The Big Picture and Contacts; Budget; Location, Location, Location!; Menu and Flowers; Rentals; The Dress! (And What Everyone Else Is Wearing); The Guests and the Invitations; Music, Photography, and Videography; and more.

Discusses proposals, engagements, prenuptial festivities, vows, and contracts, and surveys matrimonial traditions of other places and times