How many pennies do we have? Photo Source: bridalbubbly.blogspot.com When it comes to weddings, tradition provides (or at least strongly suggests) that the bride’s family pays for the reception. But, what happens when the bride’s family does not have the requisite funds … Continue reading
Let me be clear here, I did not do one lick of last minute DIY. Nothing. There were too many details, too much family, too much craziness for me to be putting hydrangeas and river rocks into jars the morning of my … Continue reading
presents Funding a Wedding: Don’t Use Credit, Use Creativity! by Laura The iDo Project was conceived through a combination of a number of factors: Alastair and I needed money to fund a wedding, my colleague and I could not find a decent iPhone … Continue reading
presents How to Survive a Recession Wedding by Laura Alastair and I had been dating for about 18 months when he proposed to me on a quiet side street in the quaint seaside French town of Honfleur. And with a date set for … Continue reading
I’m a March Bride. Not a June bride, not a fashionably Fall bride, not a Oooo-I’m-being-trendy-and-snowy winter Bride, but a March Bride. Great for negotiating with vendors, but perhaps not so great for the weather. I’m taking a big chance on this … Continue reading
Apparently, weddings are such big business, that now even funeral homes are jumping on the bandwagon and renting out their spaces on weekends. (Check out this article.) Many of them have lovely grounds and very church-like settings. If it fits your budget … Continue reading
Okay, well, you may or may not want to take my advice for the actual wedding day, but as I just learned at my first dress fitting with Dawn Brooky (which I stupidly scheduled during the fatness of the holidays, but that … Continue reading
I love greeting cards. I love fancy paper. I love stamps. I love wedding invitations, but I HATE how much they cost. In my invitation search, I have found that I gravitate towards the absolute, most expensive invitation in every sample book, … Continue reading
I’m the first child in my family to get married, and as a result, I have no wedding @#;*! to speak of. No random ring bearer pillows, no tiaras, no Jordan Almonds (I swear, some of the ones I’ve gotten in favors … Continue reading
So, something I have yet to disclose to the Big Fat Cake community is that this isn’t my first time. I’ve been a bride before. I was Tzeitel in my 8th grade production of Fiddler on the Roof. In that show, I … Continue reading
Poor Kris and I went all over the DC-metro area on the hunt for venues. We looked at all-inclusive places, we looked at empty shells that you rent and then bring in everything on your own, we looked at restaurants, we looked … Continue reading
Print albums make a big impact on the photography budget. We decided that although we’d like our main album to be professionally designed and printed, we could put together the parent albums ourselves. Designing and printing our parent albums ourselves would save … Continue reading
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