Double Duty Decorations

by Heather

Happy Sunday everyone! Just a quick wedding savings update today… here’s an article that’s filled with good tips on how to get the most out of your wedding buck. Enjoy!
Double Duty Decorations for your wedding!

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Fruit and Vegetables Cost Less than Flowers

by Heather

I had to share these fantastic artichoke candle holders.  They made me realize- produce is an inexpensive and beautiful way to decorate your wedding.  Just think, of the bright, beautiful colors of fruit and vegetables.  And, if you register for a juicer then everything can be re-used!

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Wall Street Journal Weighs Wedding Costs

by Heather

Here  is the article; however, I encourage you to read all the way to the end.  The middle has a big guilt trip about how much money one could be saving instead of having a wedding, but near the end they recover and give some advice about good ways to save money.

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A More Honest Way to Fill A Wedding Registry With Cash

by Jessie

A few days ago I wrote a blog post with wedding registry advice. My basic premise was “register at places where you can get cash back, this way you can actually buy things you need — like a house or a car — instead of things you don’t, like new towels to replace ones that [...]

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Prioritization and Your Budget

by Heather

It’s  easy to loose site of priories with a wedding, especially when it comes to spending money.  Mr. Soon-to-be-Heather and I have two separate philosophies when it comes to our wedding spending.  I really want all of our guests to have an amazing time and think our wedding was fabulous (fun is more important than [...]

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Guest Photos: Inexpensive Favor and Seating Assignment Idea

by Heather

As you might have gathered, Mr soon-to-be-Heather and I went to a premarital counseling weekend.  We learned a lot about each other, but we also learned a lot about what other couples are doing for their wedding.  I heard this really great, inexpensive idea for a combined guest favor and seat assignment and thought I [...]

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How To Save Money On Your Wedding With Your Wedding Registry

by Jessie

This weekend, I was helping one of my girlfriends with her wedding registry, and it got me thinking about… well… wedding registries. Go figure, huh? Anyway, her philosophy was basically this: “Screw practicality! I’m going to register for all sorts of things I probably wouldn’t buy myself.” Honestly, the “I wouldn’t buy it so someone [...]

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An Apple Themed Wedding? And Not The Forbidden Fruit Kind!

by Jessie

Blech! Yuck! Ugg! Barf! Hurl! Ick! And whatever other noise I can make that will help me belt these poor lungs out of my body that just had to endure air tainted by the very idea of such an atrocity. Yes, we all know Apple fanboys. And yes, we all know people who would rather [...]

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Premarital Counseling

by Heather

How does premarital counseling relate to wedding savings you ask?  Well, I made the connection when I received information about the marriage license process from our venue, and discovered that in our county and state, couples who undergo premarital counseling will pay less for their marriage license than those that do not.  This might not [...]

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Fast Food Wedding: Fast Savings!

by Heather

Our biggest wedding expense is turning out to be food and beverage.  As Tennessean.com explains, this bride cut these expenses my having her wedding at White Castle, take a look here.

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