Archive for the 'Budgeting Your Wedding Expenses' Category

Photography 101 For Brides

Help create wedding photographs you will love by educating yourself about the basic “rules” of photography.

Wedding Dress Boleros (aka Shrugs)

Wearing a bolero with your wedding dress can be a stylish and affordable way to stay warm on your wedding day or add some more coverage to your dress. Consider these lovely ideas…

Affordable Wedding Tablecloth Options

Who knew? I was just browsing outrageous wedding tablecloth prices trying to find a good prices to blog about and I discovered something… and feel almost sneaky, like I have a secret… PAPER TABLECLOTHS! Classy linen-like look and feel!! Can be ironed!!! You can get all your tablecloths for the price of one style-less polyester [...]

DIY Wedding Bouquets

The first thing I have to say about DIY bouquets is to just get a florist. You have too many things to worry about the day before your wedding, and don’t want to be looking for a replacement red Zinnia all day long. I am a firm believer there are things a bride should just [...]

A Walk in the Woods… Creating your own “Woodsy Wedding”

Thousands of dollars are spent in reception halls trying to achieve a natural look… when the whole atmosphere could have been easy captured at a canyon park. Utah has incredible scenery, and weather that almost guarantees you an outdoor climate fit for a wedding. Why spend a fortune creating what is already created? A natural, outdoor, [...]

Brazilian Wedding Ring Tradition

Adopt this Brazilian tradition as your own if you are looking for a “simple yet romantic”, “meaningful yet affordable” wedding ring option.

“You may buy any dress in the store!”

A “few” years back when I was getting married, I had a dream of a certain style wedding dress. To this day I really think I would have looked incredible in it! Unfortunately my dream dress and my real budget were two very different things. The dress I ended up with was simple and elegant, [...]

Ninja Technique #3: Weekday Wedding

Save money with a mid week wedding!

Ninja Technique #2: Reception Center Food

Save your wedding budget by providing your own food!

Ninja Technique #1: Bridal Shows

Save money and get to know vendors at Utah’s Bridal Shows

Paper Flower CRAZE!!!!

You want beautiful flowers everywhere at your wedding, but don’t have the thousands of dollars to do it? Luckily for you, paper flowers are the hottest item right now! They are not only absolutely affordable and easy to make-but will make that statement at your wedding you are looking for. Depending on the papers and [...]

Keeping it Personal – John and Sherry’s Wedding Feature

Check out some of these personalized yet inexpensive wedding ideas from John and Sherry including: photobooth “Save the Date” announcements, garden bulb favors, classy serving bottles and MORE…

Money Saving Tip of the Day

Check out your local library for free wedding inspiration

Where to find Cheap Utah Wedding Vendors

A few tips on places to find cheap wedding vendors

Why We’re Different

Why is Affordable Utah Weddings Different?

Consider a Weeknight

Read these ideas before you settle on a Friday Night wedding

Utah Wedding Forum!

The Affordable Utah Wedding Forum allows you to connect with other Brides-to-be and find answers for all the things you’re looking for.

Never Pay Full Price at a Craft Store!

If you know where to get the coupons, you can create an entire wedding for about 40% off!

New Free Wedding Planning Tools from marthastewart.com

The creative minds behind Martha Stewart website have created some brand new, very useful tools for all you brides to be. The site includes programs to assist you with your budget, creating timelines, checklists, guest lists, and seating charts. They can all be used for free and have a lot of fun features. For example, [...]

Focus: the key to making your dream wedding an affordable one

As I began planning my wedding my sister gave me a fantastic bit of advice. Put simply, she told me to focus. She didn’t mean to think of nothing but planning my wedding- don’t worry!  I’m sure that subject is on your mind enough already.  Instead, she told me to choose one or two things [...]

A Little About Me

I moved to Utah in the summer of 2002 to pursue a Fine Arts degree in Design. I’d grown up in Ohio and the change was… well, it was big. It seemed like everything was different here and I was left to learn it all on my own. A brother of a friend picked me [...]