Planning A Wedding?

Celebration Ideas For the Engagement, Rehearsal Dinner and the Wedding

Tips to save money on your reception and finding inexpensive wedding invitations too!

We have spent the last 18 months planning weddings!! The past 2 years have brought engagements for our older two children, so it was back to back weddings for our family!! We have been spending much of our time over the past months learning to plan weddings on a budget and are happy to report that you CAN have a beautiful wedding on a tight budget.

So follow along as we share our "double tested", budget friendly ideas for engagement gifts, bridal showers, rehearsal dinner plans, wedding gifts and of course the wedding ceremony and reception.

Ideas For Celebrating from the Engagement to the Wedding!!

Our Top 10 Tips For Planning A Wedding On A Budget Here are the best ideas we found while planning the two weddings to save money but not sacrifice a beautiful celebration. See our Top 10 Tips.

A Post Wedding Brunch .. to have or have not???? Should you have a brunch the morning after the wedding or plan another fun event.. see what we did in lieu of the traditional post wedding brunch.

Inexpensive Wedding Reception Centerpieces.. elegant and budget friendly We share lots of ideas for beautiful, budget friendly wedding reception table centerpieces.. some you can do yourself!

How to Make Wedding Gift Bags to Welcome Your Out Of Town Guests What better way to thank your out of town wedding guests, than to have a gift bag to greet them upon their arrival. See how to make them and what to put in wedding gift bags.

Add a Candy Buffet to your wedding reception! See how to plan a wedding candy buffet Candy bars are all the rage at weddings these days.. here's how you can organize your own candy buffet for your wedding reception.

Do-it-yourself wedding ideas
Things you can make yourself for the wedding that will save you money
These are the wedding items we found that were easiest to do yourself and can save you hundreds of dollars.

Tips for finding Inexpensive Wedding Invitations Take a look at our Three C's" for saving money on wedding invitations.

A Fun Save The Date Party Idea A great idea to help your bride get her Save The Date announcements ready to mail.

A Creative and Caring Wedding Favor Idea Skip the candy coated almonds and plan a personal and thoughtful wedding favor for your guests. See how our couple did it.

Bridal Shower Ideas

Creative Bridal Shower Ideas A resource center for bridal shower ideas from themes, to favors to decorations, menu suggestions, centerpieces, invitations and even gifts! It's all in here, so come take a look.

Rehearsal Dinner Ideas

Rehearsal Dinner Etiquette - Commonly Asked Questions about planning a wedding rehearsal dinner We compiled a list of the most commonly asked questions received in our Celebration Suggestions forum and then we answered them! Not sure how to plan you rehearsal dinner.. start here.

Ideas For Planning Your Rehearsal Dinner Celebration Our best ideas for planning a rehearsal dinner that will be a memorable celebration for all.

Unique Rehearsal Dinner Invitations Look at these adorable wedding rehearsal dinner invitations.. the wording is beyond cute!

Rehearsal Dinner Decoration Ideas.. Make them yourself! Make your own rehearsal dinner table decorations and then see how they can serve as your seating chart as well as a gift for the couple!

Rehearsal Dinner Favor Ideas.. Add Some Fun To Your Celebration Everyone loves party favors.. here are some fun ideas for rehearsal dinner favors that will delight your guests.

Ideas for an Outdoor Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Are you planning to have your rehearsal dinner at an outdoor venue? Some good advice from our Celebration Suggestions forum community.

Engagement, Wedding and Shower Gift Ideas

Mother of the bride gifts Here's a thoughtful gift for that busy Mother of the Bride. It would work great for the Mother of the Groom gift or a useful gift for the bride herself! Show your friendship and love with this Wedding Week Survival Kit that you can make yourself.

Engagement Gift Ideas Are you invited to an engagement party and struggling to find the perfect gift to bring? Here are some thoughtful gift ideas, perfect to celebrate this special occasion.

More Engagement Gift Ideas Here are some more engagement party gift ideas that our own brides received and enjoyed.

A Bridal Shower Wine Basket gift idea.

Here's a fun gift idea.. a basket of wine complete with clever poems that can attach to each bottle. A great idea for an engagement party gift or Bridal Shower entertainment.. let the bridal party gift it and read the poems aloud! Plus it makes for a pretty centerpiece for the gift table too.

A Unique Bridal Shower Gift Idea... The Red Plate Tradition One of our favorite gifts ideas for brides, babies and baptisms.. start a family tradition with Red Plate tradition. Cute printable poems that we wrote are the perfect add-on to the gift itself.

Picture Perfect Wedding Gift Idea This is such a thoughtful gift and so easy to put together and will be treasured by the newlyweds too! You could also give it as an engagement gift.

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