We all know the difficulties posed by a tight budget – and we spend a lot of energy worrying about those challenges and trying to overcome them… …But how many of us know the benefits of being restricted by a tight budget? “Benefits?!?!?” You ask. Yes, benefits. We have just published an article called “Make ...
An excellent review of our ebook was posted yesterday at the Great Wedding Network’s blog. One thing the blogger noted is that “This book isn’t your typical budget wedding book. It doesn’t tell you to have your wedding in the off season or on a Friday night.” We were happy to see that the blogger ...
Can you and your lover fully accept one another? Do you love one another – warts and all? Are you able to appreciate your sweetheart’s little quirks, personal interests, and bodily functions? If you cannot, you aren’t alone. Many couples cannot fully accept or appreciate one another. But wouldn’t it be better if you could? ...
Is it already 3 in the afternoon? Wow, the day goes fast when you sleep away half the day. Well, we are feeling refreshed after sleeping til noon on this fine Saturday. We could have slept longer but we have homework to do and dishes piled in the sink to be washed. Today, we want ...
The weekend is finally here. It has been a long week and we are both very tired. Lisa has been busy with her chemistry assignments and Tim has been busy with work and developing the website. We are excited about increased opportunities to share our experience and advice for the wedding planner on a tight ...
Well, last night we continued our anniversary celebrations with two movies, a bottle of white wine, cheese cake, and lots of cuddling. It doesn’t get better than that! These three foundational years of our marriage promise a long happy life together. We have based our relationship from the very beginning – even before we started ...
Today is our wedding anniversary! We have been celebrating it all day long. This morning, Tim surprised Lisa with an anniversary card and a big chocolate chip cookie, for lunch we went to our favorite restaurant — Yokahama with fabulous Japanese tempura. If you are ever in the Fort Wayne, IN area, definitely give Yokahama ...
We have just written an article that will be picked up by various wedding magazines and websites. As a subscriber to our blog, you get to hear it first! Here is the article in its entirety: ———————————————————————————————————– Make Your Tight Wedding Budget Your Greatest Asset! -by Tim and Lisa Spooner www.weddingplanningonabudget.com © Tim and Lisa ...
What if the wedding of your dreams isn’t the wedding you REALLY want? To put it another way, growing up you imagine all these things about your wedding which fall into two categories: 1) Physical aspects of your wedding 2) Emotional aspects of your wedding In your mind as a child, it was difficult to ...
The wedding and setting up house are two very expensive lifetime transitions. The good news is that we don’t have to go through these transitions alone. By signing up with a gift registry and letting your friends and family members know, you allow your friends and family — your community — to have an active ...
Planning a wedding is truly a social event — almost as social as the event itself! When planning your wedding, do not be astonished that everyone wants to have a say on your wedding planning. Although it is tempting to say “Bug off! This is my wedding and I’ll plan it the way I want ...
Wedding planning is a lot of work but it is so worth it! On that magical day, you will finally be able to display for all the world to see your overflowing love for one another. There is nothing more precious than the moment when the bride and groom with dancing eyes come nearer and ...
There are some weddings that are so stereotypical of weddings and so cut and paste that you leave thinking, “Once you have seen one wedding, you have seen a thousand.” You know exactly what to expect and you are not let down – unless you were hoping for something extra! Do your guests and yourself ...
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According to an article recently published by Calgary Herald, the average cost of a wedding in Canada is $25,800....
The results are in! After receiving 100′s of responses from brides and grooms regarding the many different competing wedding...
Congratulations to Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman who will receive a Charleston, South Carolina wedding valued at more than...
Much of the world is currently experiencing some very tough economic times. Meanwhile life goes on. We still fall...
We were featured yesterday on the front page of Fort Wayne’s newspaper – that’s our hometown so it is...
It is always nice to see your story in print and we have been seeing a lot of it...
The wedding planning strategies we teach saved us about $22,000 on our wedding.
Without the aid of our wedding budget planner, you are in danger of seeing thousands of dollars go missing...
The headpiece is one item that is simple to create for yourself in order to save a lot of...
Unless you are new at this, you are probably tired of everyone trying to tell you what your wedding...
After saving $22,000 on our dream wedding, we decided to help other couples plan beautiful, affordable weddings.
We wrote Wedding Planning on a Budget to reveal how we pulled off our dream wedding at an expense of just $2,000. Our book is available as a download.
We hope our book and this blog are a great help to you as you plan your wedding.
We welcome your feedback and messages.