Hawaii Wedding Giveaway Worth $10,000 for ‘The Reckless & Romantic’

  • June 19, 2009 at 9:56 pm

This one isn’t for everyone but for the right couple it will be a dream come true!

Sweet Nothings by Blue together with Blueline Weddings is offering one Reckless & Romantic couple a complete wedding package in Hawaii.

You just have to be willing to take care of your flight expenses and be, well… a bit reckless – Be willing to throw your wedding plans to the wind and hop a plane to Hawaii to get married on Thursday, August 6th.

If you are The Reckless & Romantic type, then you should consider the following Hawaii wedding package giveaway.

The Reckless and Romantic Hawaii Wedding Giveaway

The complete Hawaii wedding package includes all of the following:

  • Full Wedding Day Coordination and complete design consultation with Bride and Groom
  • Wedding Day Photography by Blueline Weddings
  • Video coverage of ceremony by Blueline Weddings
  • Album
  • High Resolution CD of all images
  • 2 nights stay in Hotel
  • Bridal Hair and Makeup
  • Champagne for after ceremony
  • Reckless Photo Session
  • Ceremony Site
  • Officiant
  • Paperwork help and payment
  • Bridal Bouquet and boutonniere

This is worth over $10,000!

Winners will be responsible for travel expenses to Hawaii.

Winner will be announced first week of July.

To be considered for this wedding package send Erin your entry at erin@bluelinestyle.com and answer all the questions below as well as send a picture of the both of you!
 
Include both Bride and Groom’s information.

Send your favorite picture of yourself — both bride and groom.
 
name:
phone number:
email(s):
 
Why do you want to elope?
 
What do you consider the most important part of your wedding day?
 
What are your favorite things to do together?
 
How would your friends describe you as a couple?
 
Do you have a favorite wedding picture you’ve seen before?  If so, send it to us!
 
Do you both like getting your pictures taken?
 
Have you checked out Blueline Weddings? 
 
Do you dig a higher fashion feel to photography?
 
Are you ok with someone else planning your wedding?

Erin plans to announce the winner the first week of July, so you will want to send your entry ASAP.

Our understanding from talking to Erin is that there haven’t been many applicants yet even as the deadline is quickly approaching so we think anyone who applies has a good chance – your chances will obviously improve if you take care to submit a high quality application.

We wish you luck and encourage you to contact Erin with any questions at erin@bluelinestyle.com

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Wedding Planning on a Budget Book Giveaway – Everyone Wins!

  • June 18, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Ever since this recession started last summer, we have had an amazing outpouring of interest in our book ‘Wedding Planning on a Budget’ as well as our new book ‘The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget’

As a way to thank everyone for their interest in our books and as a way to help each of you to have the opportunity to benefit from the savings made possible by our books, we want to end this month with a book giveaway.

The best part is that everyone wins!

Prizes will be as follows…

1st Prize

wedding planning on a budget  Ultimate Honeymoon Planner  Newlywed Guide

A set of our three books Wedding Planning on a Budget, The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget, and The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage.

2nd Prize

wedding planning on a budget  Newlywed Guide

Two of our books Wedding Planning on a Budget and The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage.

Participation Prize

Newlywed Guide

Everyone who enters will win something. All participants will receive The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage and a coupon for 25% OFF the price of Wedding Planning on a Budget and The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget.

How to Enter

To enter, respond to one or both of the following questions by posting a comment to this blog entry:

  1. Why do you need to save money on your wedding?
  2. What are you doing to save money on your wedding?

Deadline and Other Details

All comments must be posted by 11:59:59 EST July 1 to be included in this contest.

One entry per person is allowed. If you must post more than one comment, all of your comments will only be considered one entry.

All entrants who follow the rules of this contest will be included in a random drawing to select the 1st and 2nd prize winners.

1st and 2nd prize winners will be  notified by July 10 and announced by July 17. We will ask the 1st and 2nd prize winners to submit a photo and give us a few basic details to share in the winners announcement blog post. If we do not hear back from a 1st or 2nd prize winner by July 14, a runner-up will be given the opportunity to win the unclaimed prize.

All participants will receive their prizes by July 17.

Good Luck!

We wish you luck and hope you take a moment to post your comment. Remember, everyone who responds to one or both of the above questions by July 1 will be entered for the drawing and receive the participation prizes. If you know anyone who is engaged, then you should let them know about this opportunity too.

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Chance to Win $10,000 towards Wedding Will Be Over After Friday, June 19th

  • June 16, 2009 at 8:20 pm

If you are over 21, from any of the United States other than CA, TN, UT and PR then you should take a moment and enter this contest before 11:59:59 PM EST on June 19, 2009.

To enter, visit www.mirassou.com/sayido for a chance to win $10,000, a trip to New York for a wedding planning day with Brides.com senior editor Anne Chertoff, and eight elegant place settings of Reed & Barton dinnerware, flatware and crystal!

We announced this contest before back in February but want to give this Last Chance reminder to any qualified brides and grooms who haven’t entered yet.

Here are three short videos offering a taste of the valuable advice that Brides.com editor Anne Chertoff has to offer the winner of this contest:

Wedding dress trends from Brides.com and Mirassou:

Wedding flower trends from Brides.com and Mirassou:

Wedding cake and wine pairing trends from Brides.com and Mirassou:

To enter, visit www.mirassou.com/sayido

We wish you the best of luck!

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Wedding Gift Giving Tips For Brides and Grooms

  • June 15, 2009 at 5:30 am

Brides and grooms typically give a gift to their parents, each member of their wedding party, and each other.

They may also want to give a gift to anyone who is going above and beyond in helping with the wedding. We for instance, gave a gift to the videographer who provided his services at cost as well as the minister who provided his services for free.

We recommend making each gift as personal and meaningful as possible. You are trying to show appreciation to the people you cannot thank enough. You need to move well beyond monetary value and attach, instead, sentimental value to each of these gifts.

We, for instance, bought some wooden desk clocks and wooden stools. By themselves they were rather inexpensive and unimpressive. But we added a lot of sentimental value to these items by refinishing the wood and burning our names and the date of our wedding into the wood.

What we really did was attach our wedding day and ourselves to these items in a material way to indicate that the people who received these gifts were very important to us and our wedding day. Understanding the sentimental meaning attached to these gifts, those who received these items would treasure them just as we treasured the people to whom we gave these gifts.

Another great way to attach sentimental value to a gift is to make the gift a reminder of a happy memory.

For instance, Tim’s father, Rick Spooner, is an artist who recently completed a commission from a bride and groom. The bride commissioned a painting of her fiancés Oldmobile 442 to be used as her wedding gift for him. The groom commissioned a pen and ink drawing of his 1967 Olds 442 and his best man’s 1967 Camaro to be used as a gift for his best man.

These are not simply paintings and they are not simply about classic cars. These are all about powerful and happy memories associated with the classic cars being captured on canvas. You can be sure that the groom and his best man will both proudly display their respective wedding gifts in a prominent location and have very happy feelings associated with the thoughtful wedding gifts they received from some very caring individuals.

Please share your wedding gift ideas with your fellow brides and grooms by posting your comments below.

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Watch Tim and Lisa Spill the Beans on their Wedding Planning on a Budget Secrets

  • June 11, 2009 at 8:37 pm

wedding plannersHey Tim and Lisa here with an exciting update…

We were interviewed the other day by Marriage Guru Interviews

They are putting together a really nice product that gives you access to valuable interviews with top wedding and marriage experts.

In our interview we share the story of how we planned our dream wedding on a tight budget and reveal the strategies that led to our success.

Marriage Guru Interviews is a new website and will continue to add many more valuable interviews with leading wedding and marriage experts.

Since they are just getting started, they are currently allowing free access to all of the interviews including the interview with us.

This is unbeatable value and you could save a fortune on your wedding planning as well as learn how to have a very happy marriage by getting in on this now while it is still free.

Get Your Free Pass: Marriage Guru Interviews

Enjoy and let us know how you like the interview.

Tim and Lisa Spooner
Authors of ‘Wedding Planning on a Budget’
www.WeddingPlanningOnABudget.com

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Watch This Interview and Learn Our Strategies for Wedding Planning on a Budget

  • June 6, 2009 at 10:37 pm

Since we were first noticed by the media for our success in planning our dream wedding for less than $2,000 we have accepted  a number of interviews for news stories, magazine articles, and so forth.

Usually, the reporters and journalists take a few tidbits from the interview and pass them along in their story and tell their viewers and readers to learn more about us at our website.

This last interview was different. For about 18 minutes the interviewer asked us in-depth questions and allowed us to share freely. The best part is that you get to watch the entire interview — not just a story drawn from the interview.

In the interview, we share great tips about how to save money on your wedding and go into detail about the contents of our book.

Now, finally, the interview is available for you to watch.

Access is limited. But we want you to have a free pass.

While there, you can enjoy listening to the other interviews available, which offer valuable marriage advice.

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Honeymoon Planning Just Got Easier

  • May 22, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Wouldn’t it be nice if all the best honeymoon deals from all over the web were presented on one website?

Planning the Best Honeymoon Just Got Easier

How would you like if there was a place to go for all your honeymoon planning tools and resources?

And what if that same place also gave you all kinds of great honeymoon planning tips and advice so that you can enjoy the best honeymoon possible?

Finally, it is here! Best Honeymoon Deals is our website entirely dedicated to your dream honeymoon.

It is a brand new site but it already has a lot to offer. We hope you are able to benefit from what we have been putting together. We also hope you stick with us as we grow this honeymoon planning site to fulfill our vision of making it the best place to go for all your honeymoon planning needs.

Visit Best Honeymoon Deals and let us know what you think!

We would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for making this honeymoon planning site more helpful.

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Tight Wedding Dress Got You Down?

  • May 19, 2009 at 11:18 pm

We often hear from brides who are worried about whether they will fit into their dresses on their wedding day. They have found the perfect wedding dress but are disturbed to find that their dress is getting tighter and tighter as their wedding day approaches.

Some of these brides are tempted to stop eating or start other risky diets in an attempt to slim down in time for their wedding. We of course advise our readers not to engage in these practices as they are very dangerous to your health. The last thing you need is to be weak and fainting on your wedding day or too run down to enjoy your honeymoon. Please take good care of yourself!

We understand these struggles and have done our best to point brides to the safest, most reliable solution to reaching their weight loss goals that will almost certainly help them reach their desired weight in time for their wedding day.

The bride’s weight loss program we recommend has become known among wedding pros as THE BEST fitness plan that takes into account all the special needs of brides and has a strong track record that has earned it a reputation as the most reliable way for a bride to safely reach her weight loss goals in time for her wedding day.

If nothing else, at least sign up for the free report. We are sure that you will be very impressed with the results.

Let us know if you have found any other helpful tips to share with our readers.

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Did the Swine Flu Ruin Your Honeymoon Plans?

  • April 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Tim just wrote an article telling what to do if your planned honeymoon to Mexico has been ruined by the swine flu.

Please read his article: Save My Honeymoon from the Mexican Swine Flu Outbreak

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The Book Giveaway Contest Winner is…

  • March 23, 2009 at 8:18 am

Thank you everyone who submitted your comments for a chance to win a copy of “Wedding Planning on a Budget”

Our congratulations go out to Sierra. She and Jeremy will be getting married on September 26, 2009.

As winners of “Wedding Planning on a Budget” they will receive a copy of our book plus our 6 bonus gifts to help them plan their dream wedding without exceeding their wedding budget.

Anyone else who finds that their wedding planning is being cramped by these tight financial times should be happy to hear that we are currently making our book available to everyone at a price quite affordable to anyone. Couples who live in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and any other country where weddings typically cost thousands of dollars are guaranteed to see our Wedding Planning on a Budget program save them thousands of dollars. Take a look at the book and see if you don’t find it to be the smartest choice you could ever make as you begin planning the best wedding possible to make your dreams come true without spending a penny more than you feel you feel you can afford.

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The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage

  • March 17, 2009 at 10:27 am

Tim has just published a freely downloadable book called The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage

It reveals how we have stayed happily married all these years.

Newlywed Relationship AdviceYou will discover:

  • The Six Values critical to building an unshakable foundation to your happy marriage
  • Your marriage’s competitors and how to prevent them from overwhelming your marriage
  • How to be truly free and happy together
  • Your romance toolbox
  • How you can be overjoyed together even when things aren’t going your way

It is completely FREE for you to read and the relationship advice found in this book will certainly help you have a happier marriage.

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Three Wedding Contests You Don’t Want to Miss…

  • February 26, 2009 at 11:22 pm

There are three wedding contests that we would love to see our blog readers win. Each of these contests is featuring outstanding prizes…

The ”I Do with Mirassou” Contest requires that you be 21 or older to enter. If that’s you, definitely apply because you could win $10,000 ! And the age restriction should really help elliminate a lot of your competition.

Besides the prize of $10,000, you could also win a trip to New York City for a 4-hour dream wedding consultation with a Brides.com editor; and an elegant Reed & Barton 5-piece dinner service for eight, 5-piece flatware for eight, and 3-piece crystal stemware for eight.

To go to the contest page, click this picture:

The “Do it Yourself Invitations” Contest is a chance for you to show off your creative side and get rewarded for your frugal creativity.

This contest  features some great prizes plus a couple of random drawings as well. The prizes go to the top three handmade wedding invitations, and it runs until May 31st.

Again, we feel like the odds are in your favor, because most brides who hear about this contest don’t make their own invitations and even those who do may not enter the contest. There are a lot of prizes being offered and we imagine that those who are proactive and enter this contest have a good chance of winning — especially if they have made some nice-looking invitations.

To go to the contest page, click this picture:

The final contest we want to tell you about is our “Wedding Planning on a Budget” Book Give-Away Contest.

Anyone reading this post is eligible. All you have to do is comment on this post. On March 20th, we will randomly select the name of one of the readers who posted a comment. On March 23rd, we will announce the winner.

Since the drawing will be random, it is not important what you say in your comment. But we would all be interested to hear what you are doing to save money on your wedding.

Enter our book give-away drawing by commenting below…

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Recession-Proof Your Wedding Planning!

  • February 12, 2009 at 5:39 pm

You have always imagined that you would have the beautiful wedding of your dreams. You imagined rose petals floating down from the cathedral vaulted ceiling, the tinging of Waterford Crystal champaign glasses, a lilly-white bride’s dress with a train a mile long.

Now that it is finally time to start putting your fairytale wedding together, the headlines and your bank account report that the days of big spending are over. Even the famous Waterford Crystal factory in Kilbarry, Ireland stopped production at the end of January.

You and many other brides-to-be wonder, “What kind of wedding can I have now?”

Let us be loud and clear: “This recession cannot have your wedding!”

Do you understand? Your wedding is off-limits. You just go ahead and plan the extravagant, beautiful wedding you have always wanted.

Your bank account should not dictate what kind of wedding you have. The only thing that changes is how you create your dream wedding.

Money is only a tool. Okay?

For a long time, brides have relied heavily on money to get the weddings they desired. Now, it is time to consider alternative paths to the same destination.

Instead of focusing on how much money you have, focus all your attention on how you can create the wedding you desire.

Regardless of your financial situation, your beautiful wedding is very much possible. All you need is a positive outlook and a handful of super smart strategies.

Forget the recession!

Stay focused on your wedding dream. Wedding dreams are not purchased. They are imagined and created through smart planning. As Walt Disney said, “If you can dream it, you can do it!”

So, keep dreaming! On your wedding day, you will still feel like you are in a dream as everything goes perfectly and you enjoy the very special day that you have been anticipating for much of your life.

Don’t let anything get between you and your dream wedding. You really can plan a financially responsible wedding that surpasses all your expectations and dreams.

To learn the powerful strategies that saved us over $22,000 on our wedding and continue to help brides plan their dream weddings for one-tenth of the national average cost or even less, then get our instantly downloadable book “Wedding Planning on a Budget”

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Reader’s Review: Best Value For Your Money

  • February 7, 2009 at 8:01 pm

A reader recently posted a very kind review of our wedding planner on her blog.

She is the editor of the popular budget wedding blog WeddingsAffordable.com so she gets the chance to review many different wedding planners available on the market.

Here are a few excerpts from her review:

“Wedding Planning on a Budget is just one of the many budget wedding planning ebooks on the market right now – but it is, in my opinion, the best one available today.”

“Tim and Lisa’s advice goes above and beyond their competitors, offering solid, informative guidance for brides everywhere.”

“Out of all the budget wedding books I read when planning my wedding, this was my absolute favorite. Tim and Lisa’s down-to-earth advice is superb – I don’t know how many thousands of dollars I saved on my wedding, but a lot of my savings can be directly attributed to tips I picked up in this book.”

“I really believe that Tim and Lisa’s book, Wedding Planning on a Budget, is the absolute best value for your money on the market today. The advice is good, and you’ll find it easy to save money by applying their tips to your own wedding. You owe it to yourself not to start married life buried in debt from an expensive wedding – so do yourself a favor and pick up the book now.”

Thank you, Vicky, for your very nice review. We are glad to hear that you found our book helpful and wish you continued success with your cheap weddings blog.

Read Vicky’s entire review of her four favorite wedding planners.

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50% Divorce Rate? Really?

  • February 5, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Today, while doing research for a free guide he is putting together, Tim discovered a shocking truth…

The statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce is false! That’s right, not true. Just an urban legend.

Simply stated, it is the careless piecing together of unrelated statistics. Number of Marriages in one year divided by the number of Divorces that same year equals the number of those marriages that failed.

This is of course a silly mistake. The divorces for a year do not necessarily correlate to the marriages in that year. In fact, it is more likely that those divorces correlate to vows made over a long series of many years before that year the divorces took place.

Most of the divorces in the calculation are probably from marriages from many years past that finally see a green light to divorce. Let’s face it, it has only recently become more acceptable to divorce. So many marriages that have been expired for years and years suddenly sign divorce papers making it look like there is a sharp increase in divorce per marriage.

The problem is that wrong information can lead people down paths they don’t need to take. All of a sudden, couples are feeling like their marriage is doomed from the start. But they don’t realize that statistical odds are in their favor.

Unfortunately, divorce rates are much higher than we would like but couples need to know that marriage really can work “till death do us part.”

To learn more about the actual statistics, see these two articles:

Fifty Percent of American Marriages Are Ending in Divorce-FICTION!

Divorce Rate: It’s Not as High as You Think

Contributed by Wedding Planning on a Budget

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