Are you worried about burning a huge hole in your bank balance once you start planning your wedding? Discover some of the most helpful tips to make your wedding grand, an yet keep your savings intact!

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Bring your big day to life without breaking the bank Congratulations! Getting married is a thrilling time and a major milestone—but you might be overwhelmed at how much there is to do and how much it’s going to cost. Here’s the secret: You don’t need to spend a year’s salary on your wedding day for it to be unique and memorable. This complete wedding planning book shows you how. YOUR ULTIMATE WEDDING ORGANIZER: Worksheets, lists, and tips from an expert wedding planner to help you prioritize the things you want most and create a wedding that’s affordable, stress-free, and totally yours. FLEXIBLE BUDGET ADVICE: Learn how to save money and avoid common industry traps, so you can throw a beautiful wedding whether your budget is $1,500 or $50,000. THE CEREMONY & BEYOND: Find chapters that cover every aspect of your wedding, from your initial vision, to the venue, photography, food, music, and even the honeymoon. Pick up The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer today and start planning an affordable wedding you’ll never forget.

Wedding Planning Made Easy: Save Time, Money & Stress contains all the essentials for arranging the perfect wedding. This comprehensive, user-friendly wedding planner allows brides to plan their wedding with ease. This beautiful book includes options, things to consider, tips and advice for all the major wedding planning categories such as ceremony, attire, photography, videography, stationery, reception, music, bakery, flowers, decorations, gifts and more. This book also includes the most creative, crafty, and elegant do-it-yourself wedding projects around. These beautiful ideas will help couples save money and give their weddings a personal, handmade touch. It also features inspiration for making any aspect of the wedding "green." These DIY and green wedding ideas are compiled from WedSpace.com, the first and only social networking community for engaged couples and wedding professionals. This wedding planner combines the ultimate in wedding planning information and resources with the most modern wedding advice, making it the only book an engaged couple needs to plan their dream wedding.

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A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

Are you planning to host a wedding in the near future? Would you like to have additional info in regards to planning a successful wedding? What about your bride of honor and your bridesmaid? Do they fully know what they are doing? How about wedding speeches and toasts? Though this guide focuses more on how to plan a successful wedding, it also gives you information on how to plan a bridal shower as well as how to give a good wedding speech and toast. Not only will this guide be useful for newly weds, but it will also be useful for those who are planning on hosting a bridal shower (bridesmaids or bride of honor) and those who are chosen to give a wedding speech or toast at a wedding. This guide will give you the basic break downs of what you should do and what you shouldn't do as well as how you could do it.