No, my current wedding savings advice is not to play the lottery; however, winning the lottery would sure help pay for your wedding!  Check out this happy couple.

As our wedding gets closer, more items are being purchased off of our registry. Don’t get me wrong- presents are great, but there are quite a few things where you can’t help but question, “do we really need this?” Mr. soon-to-be-Heather and I live in a fairly small  place with no storage, so we didn’t register for a lot of items. For example, I don’t have a use for fine china now and I certainly don’t have a place to put it, so it’s not on the list. What is on the list is a lot of “filler” items, to make a decent registry at a few stores, which are cool but not necessary.

That is why the Universal Registry concept is amazing! Through Amazon’s Universal Registry, you can now register for any item at any store. You don’t need to start a full registry at one store just to get a few items you like.  Happy Friday everyone!

How about some free advice?  I think that helps with wedding savings, and it’s not coming from someone you don’t want to hear from like your future mother-in-law.

Platinum Events has provided a Wedding Rehearsal Check List.  Click here to see what you might be missing.

I just came across another giveaway for you all!

Brenda’s Wedding Blog is giving away a set of personalized peacock wedding accessories.  Click here to find out more and to enter.

Good Luck!

This has nothing to do with wedding savings, but I think it is very important.  Finally, someone has addressed Facebook Wedding Etiquette.  Check it out!

Added, special details can make a wedding fabulous.  Those details don’t have to ruin your dreams of huge wedding savings!

Check out these DIY Fabric Envelope Liners!

I had thought asking for cash was bad etiquette, but here is an article explaining why it might not be.  I don’t think I will go as far as to set-up a cash registry, my hope is that if people want to give cash they will just put it in a card.  In any case, here are three cash registry options:

Deposit a Gift

GoGift

Our Wishing Well

The recent release of Alice in Wonderland has re-introduced the classic tea party theme.  Many brides are trying to have summer tea-party weddings.  We’re familiar with the specialty cocktail for a bride and groom, what about a specialty tea blend as well?  Sure, you could just purchase your favorite tea bags and re-wrap like this article explains.  Or, you could purchase different loose leaf tea and make your own blend.  Places like Amazon sell seal-able tea bag filters like these or you could make your own cloth bags like this article explains.  Making your own favors, and being able to purchase your supplies in bulk, will cut down your wedding expenses.

Borrowing is one of the best ways to save money for your wedding.  Whether you are borrowing decorations like table runners or something more personal like your bridal shoes, borrowing means not having to spend money.

Now, this article about re-purposing your Mom’s wedding gown, isn’t exactly about borrowing.  But, it’s another great way to make your wedding more unique for not a lot of money.

Mr. soon-t0-be-Heather and I are waiting to take our honeymoon.  First, after paying for the wedding, we will need to re-coop some of our finances.  Second, I need to take some time off for the wedding, unfortunately I’m not in a position to then take even more time off right away for a honeymoon.  But this post isn’t about honeymoon planning, it’s about honeymoon savings.

Two industries that are really hurting in this economy are hotels and cruises.  If you are flexible, you can probably get some really great deals last minute.  If you are not comfortable waiting, sign up for deal watchers on each of the travel websites: Kayak, Orbitz, Hotwire, Expedia, etc.  Or, if you know you want to take a cruise, sign-up to receive notifications from all of the big cruise lines.  If you sign up for them all, you can then compare what really is a good deal.

I wish the airlines would also drop their prices so that more people would be able to attend my wedding!