What budget savvy is, and what budget savvy isn’t I think a lot of times when you tell people you’re being budget savvy, (especially when it comes to your wedding) they may assume you’re going to be skimpy with your budget and decide to forego nice
One of the main pieces of advice almost every bride and bride-to-be gives is to ask for help. You usually find the people closest to you want to make your wedding day special, and will be willing to help in any way they possibly can. Being
I am back with some more tips on creating a day-of wedding timeline. Last week, I talked about how to create a timeline from the beginning of the wedding day until the ceremony, you can find that here. Today I am sharing some tips on everything
If you are a DIY bride and plan on handling most of the logistics yourself, you will need to create a wedding timeline once you get close to your big day. Each vendor will want a copy of this, and it is a good idea to
Guys, we’re getting married in three weeks!! Ahhh!! It’s so crazy that the wedding is so soon, but I feel like I have been doing a pretty good job of staying organized and planning ahead so that the week leading up to it won’t be too terribly
Throughout wedding planning, I, along with many other brides I’m sure, have seen and read way too many lists of wedding do’s and don’ts. While most offer some great advice, such as stick to your budget, be comfortable with the vendors you hire, be sure to
Do you ever feel like that picture above? Like there is just so much information about weddings and so many lists and organizers and things to do?? Wedding coordinators are available to help with weddings, from the beginning of being engaged, to the wedding, even to cleaning up at the
I’m always intrigued by the stats that come out each year from surveys on the average wedding cost. I feel like many of those surveys only give a fraction of the important information needed to really evaluate things, so I always thought it would be cool to
Planning your dream wedding and sticking to a budget isn’t always easy. There are temptations and other hiccups that threaten even the most carefully guarded Excel spreadsheets. As an invitation designer I work with clients who have all kinds of budgets and it’s my job to make sure
So you’ve set your wedding budget… but how do you stick to it? It’s one thing to set a budget, but it’s completely another to keep your wedding budget on track. It’s very easy to get caught up in wedding fever when planning your big day
Let’s say that you have found the perfect wedding planner to help you plan the wedding of your dreams. You are ready to seal the deal when, your wedding planner gives you a 7 page contract to review and sign before he or she will start
Happy Wedding Week friends! Did you know there’s an entire week of the year dedicated to celebrating weddings? As a very wise friend of mine has recommended to me—you should milk it for all it’s worth!Anywho, before things get really wild and I start showing off
photo by Christopher Bell Photography It is no secret that wedding flowers can be very expensive, but with a little flexibility and creativity we are almost always able to fit flowers into whatever budget a bride has given us. Here are 9 budget saving tips we
In the past four weeks both my personal and professional life has been inundated with weddings. Like I mentioned in one of my recent blog posts, engagement season is in full swing. Whether it be giving tours of our facility, putting together estimates for receptions or
Planning a wedding is exhausting. There is less than 3 months to go until my wedding, and I feel like every day there is something to freak out about: the cost, the guest list (which should be finalized but some people don’t realize that!), the DIYs,
