Picking the Best Team for Your Big Day The vendors you choose for your big day could make or break your wedding. A top-notch vendor will spend all the time necessary to solidify your vision and create a plan to make your vision a reality. They’ll
This post is part of a recurring series here on BSB where we share wedding budget tips to help you save money on your wedding! You can access all the wedding budget tips on a single page for your convenience and future reference. This post shares how booking an a la
Every wedding needs someone to perform the ceremony. Unfortunately, finding the right person isn’t always easy, and it can also be pricey. Perhaps, like millions of Americans, you aren’t the church-going type. Or maybe you don’t feel like paying the hundreds of dollars that most churches/synagogues/temples
Finding the perfect venue for your big day is one of the first decisions you will make, and also one of the most challenging. Since so much depends on it and you don’t want any unpleasant surprises, it’s important to arm yourself with the right set
Wedding negotiation is one area of wedding planning that can be intimidating for many couples. Avoiding a contentious negotiation process and succeeding in a win-win, fair price for all, can be done with careful preparation and empathy for the vendor that you are negotiating with. Tips
For my fiancé and I, food is at the top of our priorities list for our big day. After a wedding, we always discuss the food (of course we discussed the bride & groom, but food was always discussed), so we knew we wanted to have
When most couples create their budget and figure out what is most important to them, they choose photography as one of their “splurges”. So if you read my budget post, you were probably wondering why we didn’t choose photography as one of our “splurges”, and the
Once my fiancé, TJ, and I were engaged, to say I dove head first into wedding planning would probably make him roll his eyes. As a matter of fact, I already had a date planned before our engagement weekend was over. I believe he’s even told
Heads up, budget savvy brides! There’s an amazing new (FREE) wedding resource in town that’s sure to make finding the perfect wedding photographer a breeze!Photographer Central is changing the way people find photographers for any occasion – and it’s especially helpful for weddings!Made up of every possible
So now that Keith and I had a budget and an estimate guest count, we could look seriously at wedding vendors, attend bridal shows, and compare quotes. TRUE CONFESSION – I was so disgusted with the prices these vendors were requesting for services. Between the separate
Our wedding is going to be at 11 am on a Saturday morning. I hope all our guests can enjoy a warm and lazy summer Saturday while witnessing and celebrating with us. To that end, I didn’t want a fussy, sit down meal for our reception.
…What is the Conversion Rate into $USD? Now, I have no shame in saying my photography is one area where I am ready to put down a chunk of change. The pictures from our day will be what stay with us, and let’s face it, what
I’m a small-town bride. Like, really small. Like, 1,200 people small. After living in this sweet, wheat farm, rural, wild turkeys in our yard, town of Waitsburg, Wash., for one year, I actually know 90 percent of everyone in this city. And it’s wonderful. But, being
I have found so far in the wedding process that the most important tool to have to keep costs down is the confidence to tell vendors your budget and to ask for price reductions to meet that budget. My photographer was great at lowering her $3,000
Meet Jessica, our lovely photographer, you can find her bio and her beautiful photography here. Jessica’s sister was in my sorority at good old Saint Francis. Not long after I became engaged, L (Jessica’s sister), sent me a facebook message about her sisters photography business. I
