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Ideas to help you plan your wedding. Money saving tips and advice on wedding coordinators, themes, locations, decorations, budgets, and more.

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I would like some ideas for planning a wedding with the theme, soul food. Please provide thrifty ideas. Thank you.

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Any ideas for an inexpensive, yet classy peacock wedding? Particularly centerpieces? TIA

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I am trying to decide on color combinations for my May 2013 wedding. I'm going for a classic, elegant feel to the whole affair, but would like to incorporate a spring color that

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Instead of a rehearsal dinner I thought we could have all the family members and wedding party for the meal after the wedding rehearsal. Between the 2 families, if

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I live just outside of Annapolis and need a place to hold the wedding and reception. The wedding is in 2 years and I have a budget of preferably under $3000 but no

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I want a Victorian wedding but he wants a modern wedding. How can we compromise?

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I'm getting married in April of this year and I'm looking for a place to have my ceremony and reception all in one. We are looking for something affordable and preferably

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I would like to know if anyone has any good ideas for DIY decor/creative wedding transportation ideas for an autumn wedding?

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I only have a $ 5,500 budget for my wedding and honeymoon. I was wondering if I could pull it off? I live in Newport News, Virginia. Please help.

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I'm a male US Marine and I'm getting married in a year. I was wondering if anyone could give me some feedback on what I need to plan for it and the type of things to get. Somethi

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I am just wanting to know if anyone could help me out with some names of places to get married in AZ. I am looking for package type deals for the ceremony and reception,

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Any ideas for a rehearsal dinner for 50? The bride's parents are having a $20 a plate wedding for 300 people. I hate to look too cheap, but I am on a budget! (It is a

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I need help with my wedding. I have the venue, for an awesome price. Now I would like to stay on a budget of 1,500 dollars. I welcome any and all help please. I live

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My girlfriend and I are looking to have a commitment ceremony. We want to do it for under $2,000 with the reception included. Any suggestions?

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I am looking for a wedding and reception site, preferably on the water, with catering available at the venue. It is going to be a small wedding of 60 people and we would only like

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I am looking for ideas for how to plan a nice wedding on a tight budget?

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When planning a wedding, there are ways you can be frugal. One of them is to make your invitations instead of getting them made. Buy pretty printer paper, type them up,

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I'm interested in any suggestions on how to contain the cost of a wedding. For example, I need help with dresses, flowers, food, venues, etc.

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I just recently lost both my mom and dad (10 months apart). I want to make this a happy occasion for my family, but I'm on a small budget. Can anyone give me

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I am getting married June 11th 2011, in the evening. I am wanting the theme to be a kind of country redneckish theme. Any ideas for food, decorations, invitations, after

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Can any one please advise how we can organise a Catholic wedding in New York? We are from Ireland and plan on just the two of us getting married in New York. We are

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I am getting married in three weeks and am so pressed for time and ideas.The wedding is going to be a simple one. We will be married in a hall we rented. I have absolutely

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How can I do a wedding on a 1,500 dollar budget?

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I have 3 months to plan my whole wedding by myself. Nobody is helping me to pay for it and my budget is $5000. I don't really want to spend more money because I want to save

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I have just started to plan a wedding for next fall and a few people volunteered to cook some things for me. My problem is trying to find good foods that people like,

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I am looking for a place in or around Louisville Kentucky to have a small, memorable wedding and reception. Outdoors would be nice.

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I have a friend who is having a private wedding with only 6 guests. She has asked me to assist her but neither she nor I know where to start planning. We have already chosen

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What shade of pink and blue go really well together? How do l get a cheap photographer and videographer for 8 hours?

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I need a whole list of supplies need for a wedding. I feel like I'm forgetting something. Please help.

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I got married in October so I used the flowers in season. This was very cost effective. I also did a small round two layer cake to cut, and did a sheet cake in the kitchen

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My fiance and I are looking to get married this year. However, we are on a strict budget of $2000-3500 dollars, all inclusive. We could use help with a beautiful location

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How can I have a dream wedding for under $5000

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I am the mother of the Groom. The wedding is in August, 2010. I don't have a clue. The Bride says I am responsible for the rehearsal dinner. My sister asked what the

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Looking for inexpensive wedding ceremony and reception sites in St. Paul/Minneapolis during February. Any ideas?

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My fiancee and I have decided to go to the courthouse (or maybe our pastor's chambers) to be married. Is there any thing we can do to make this kind of special? We don't

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I am getting married on June 12th, 2010. I am looking for a pretty place, but not too expensive, as my fiance and I have to pay for the wedding. My guest list is very

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Would any of you experienced wedding planners please share the pros and cons of getting married the Saturday before Thanksgiving or the Saturday after Thanksgiving? Thanks

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I am getting married in 2010 and I would really like to find a venue that can accommodate an outside wedding and inside reception all in the same place. I need to stay under

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My fiance and I are trying to plan a cheap wedding in NJ. Realistically, we want everything to cost around $6000. Any help?

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My fiance and I want a quiet, private ceremony. We were going to go the courthouse here in Chicago when I heard that for $10 (in addition to the $35 license fee), the judge will

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I'm looking for somewhere to do a wedding ceremony and a reception (cocktail, buffet, or whatever) for 100 people in New Orleans this June. It doesn't matter if it's all in one

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I am planning an outdoor wedding to take place in August 2010. I am looking for a cheap venue, reception, catering, decorations, d.j, photographer, limo etc. I need to do it

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I don't know how to plan a wedding. It's only going to be small but I don't know what you need to have. I know my dress and my fiance's tux but other than that I don't know

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My daughter is having a very small wedding (under a hundred guests) with a big reception. There is absolutely no room in the church for a receiving line. The reception is 2

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My wedding is in march on the 15th. How do I plan my Spring wedding?

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Between 18 months and up to 1 calendar month prior to your wedding lodge with your celebrant a Notice of Intended Marriage. This can be send by email, fax or regular mail.

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My fiance and I are trying to get married this August. As far as we know we have no financial support coming from our families and we are stuck going at it alone. I'm in

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Please help! We're looking to get married this October 4th. In either a Bed and Breakfast in Cape May, NJ or an indoor solarium in Bayonne, NJ. I've never been to Cape

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Does anyone know of a cheap hall to have a reception in the Miami or Miami Lakes area? I know that government halls are cheap but I can't seem to find any. We only want

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My daughter is getting married soon and she wants a 'CAT' theme.

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I am getting married May 24, 2008 and we are on a very tight budget, but I want it to be very elegant. My budget is around $2,000, can anyone give me any help, please

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I am searching for a venue for a small, intimate December 22nd wedding to accommodate approximately 20-25 guests. Can anyone assist?

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You don't have to spend a fortune to have a wonderful wedding. Here are tips from the ThriftyFun community for saving money on wedding costs. What advice can you add 

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My daughter is getting married in October. She wants me to fix the food! I can handle that, but I don't know about how to make sure I have enough dinnerware, etc. How do I estimate

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Think about getting married at home, in your backyard, or the backyard of a relative. It's an old-fashioned custom that is charming and much more economical than renting out a

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As most married couples know, weddings can be very stressful. Stressful to the point that the bride and groom cannot even remember their special day. My tip to make it

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I'm looking to get married in about 6 weeks and between me and my fiance there are 7 children. We don't have much money but are looking for ways to have a nice wedding.

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I would like to request a little help on how to plan a wedding.

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I am wanting a simple wedding. My fiance is wanting to wear blue jeans and a nice dress shirt. He is also wanting to wear cowboy boots and his cowboy hat. Will that

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I've seen a list somewhere of "needs" to give to a bride before the wedding, a few items were bottled water, snack, deodorant, breath mints, etc. I can't find the list and my

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Contact your local colleges' Audio/Visual department and see if you can send an email to the group (a secretary will usually send it for you) of students in the photography

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Rehearsal dinners can be a boring affair for children in the wedding; at my son's wedding rehearsal dinner in our Hospitality Room at our church, I designed a child's

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I was wondering if anyone could give me ballpark figures of what I should expect to pay for the "extras" for my wedding (flowers, gifts, music, etc.). There are 125 invites (6 of them

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I have just started to plan a wedding for next September-November (2006). I decided the first stop would be here since I am clueless on what to do. After having a baby, buying

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20 years ago I organized a wedding in a month. I got a book, sat and planned in a day the number of guests, where could I have the wedding, hall, park, church kitchen, my home?

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Tips to help you choose the right day and time of year for your wedding. Post your ideas.

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We're getting married on Saturday (!) and instead of name places for each person I have made badges, with the name of each guest and an interesting fact about them.

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A wedding is one of life's major rites of passage. It is certainly something to celebrate! Today, wedding books and magazines promote large weddings so that more and more wedding

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Tracking down a wedding officiant can be a little intimidating. Perhaps you remember a time when it was hard to get one if you weren't among the "regularly churched"

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No one wants to pay more than they have to for anything, especially something as costly as a wedding. And if you're like me, and you had to foot your own bill, then you

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Busy careers yield busy lives and hence, busy brides. When time is short, finding information quickly becomes a necessity especially when searching for bridal attendant gifts

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Have your wedding on a Sunday afternoon or even on a weeknight. The demand is way less for these days and you can get better 

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Rule number 1 - decide what you can afford and stick to it. Here are some money saving tips to help you cut down on expenses.

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Our daughter is getting married in June of '05 and we need to be careful about the amount we spend on the wedding.

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I am starting to plan lodging for numerous family members. Some have money and probably will purchase their own hotel rooms, some don't have much money and I will need to 

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The best advice I can give you is to test your ideas in the actual location under realistic conditions to eliminate unpleasant surprises.  Work with an experienced coach or wedding consulta

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We have compiled numerous links to resources to help you save money on your upcoming wedding. Feel free to add your own ideas and resources.

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