The Everything Weddings on a Budget Book: Plan the wedding of your dreams--without going bankrupt!

by Barbara Cameron

Overview

If your stomach is in knots over tying the knot, rest easy! The Everything Weddings on a Budget Book, 2nd Edition shows you surefire ways to save money without compromising your dream. This essential guide gives you creative tips on how to: Set a budget and stick to it; Find gowns and tuxes that suit both you and your wallet; Snap up a great photographer without overpaying; Make easy and exquisite do-it-yourself invitations, flowers, and cakes; Use the foolproof budget worksheets in this book to help you get to the altar without breaking the bank! With the expert advice in this guide, you'll enjoy your special day-and still have a nest egg to start your new life together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605502281
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	11/01/2007
Series:	Everything®
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	419,222
File size:	990 KB

About the Author

Barbara Cameron is a freelance writer and the author of The Everything Weddings on a Budget Book, 1st Edition. She is also a contributor to the I Have a Life! Wedding Book and several of her fiction stories were made into HBO/Cinemax movies. She has helped plan many weddings for friends and family using a variety of budgets. She lives in Edgewater, FL.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Making a Budget

Chapter 2: Location, Location, Location

Chapter 3: The Clothes That Make The Wedding

Chapter 4: The Words to Invite, the Flowers to Delight

Chapter 5: Music and Transportation

Chapter 6: The Reception Site

Chapter 7: Bring On the Food and Take the Cake

Chatper 8: Picture This

Chapter 9: Remember the Extras

Chapter 10: And How About the Budgets of Other People?

Chapter 11: Rehearsal Dinner and Other Pre-Wedding Celebrations

Chapter 12: The Honeymoon Of Your Dreams

Editorial Reviews

At first I thought it read "on a Badger," and I wondered at the astoundingness of niche markets. Anyway, this sorta guides readers through doing a wedding on a budget (duh, see the title there?). Eschewing frou-frou language and super-girly stuff, it's flush with practical information and uses "personal stories" (like those of Susan and Nick, who budgeted a "modest" amount for their wedding) to illustrate lessons. This is particularly useful at specking out the assorted fees and costs of the whole shebang; reception site, music, wedding cake, female strippers, blood tests (dude, why? Has anyone ever learned anything from a blood test that had an impact on the wedding?). There's a whole chapter on the food, with individual sections on cake and fondant (dude, I don't joke about fondant). Overall, you can do worse than this. A good companion title is Cameron's 101 Ways To Save Money on Your Wedding, which is less about planning and focuses (again, true to its title) on saving money by area, e.g., low-cost drinks, wedding dress, flowers, armaments, etc.Alternate Take: A.D. Livingston's Jerky: Make Your Own Delicious Jerky and Jerky Dishes Using Beef, Venison, Fish, or Fowl. Sick of weddingizing? Take a break. Kill stuff. Dry it. Eat it.—Douglas Lord, "Books for Dudes," BookSmack! 8/5/10

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