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| How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget: Cut Your Wedding Costs by Half-- Or More | 
 enlarge | Author: Diane Warner
Publisher: Betterway Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 577999
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1558704485
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.22
EAN: 9781558704480
ASIN: 1558704485
Publication Date: March 1997
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Product Description
This newly revised guide shows how to plan a wedding with all the trimmings but without all the expenses. Warner's dozens of creative ideas are to certain to help brides, grooms, and their families save money and frustration--and have fun in the process.
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 Big Wedding on a small budget... if it is 1950 April 19, 2007
This book was NOT helpful at all! Ms.Warner's prices are very off base. Please tell me where you can find a "reasonable photographer" for $600 or a seamstress to make you a dress for $321. Also, her decorations sound like something out of a bad high school prom, ie "fifties theme, the Roaring Twenties, or a Renaissance Festive. Start saving money on your wedding by NOT buying this book!
 Very Helpful! November 28, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book was a lifesaver! I called a friend who was an amateur photographer. I had her take some photos of us and also reviewed her portfolio. We discussed the photos she took of us and what we liked and didn't like. We made a list of must have shots and ideas we had in mind. They came out beautiful!
The cake we purchased from Albertson's. Who would have thought of purchasing a cake from the grocery store? But I saved a couple hundred dollars and it was beautiful and delicious. I knew what I had in mind for the cake and the baker listened to my thoughts and added some from her own experience and we came up with the perfect cake! They make cakes often enough so they turn out beautifully, but not so often that they don't get excited about creating the perfect cake for you.
These are a couple of the suggestions I used to save a ton of money. While not all worked for me, they did help me think creatively in planning and saving money on the things I needed to spend money on.
 Be known for the cheapest wedding ever March 10, 2005
25 out of 35 found this review helpful
Unless you want all your friends to say, "That was the cheapest wedding ever!", this isn't the right book for you. The tips were unhelpful and unrealistic for anyone who wants to have an elegant wedding on a budget. Examples:
- Don't send any money on decor and flowers and get them from your aunt's backyard. (I'm sorry but I don't know anyone with a wrought-iron bench or potted tree I can borrow.)
- Get the supermarket florist to do your flowers and the supermarket baker to make your wedding cake. (I don't know about your supermarket but I never see the same person twice in those departments, if there is anyone even there.)
- Make all the food for the reception yourself and have the church staff serve it. o_O
- Find an amateur photographer and videographer (and risk not having any memories of your wedding!).
- Basically borrow everything from anyone you know.
Not pratical for someone trying to have an elegant wedding in a big city. Get "Bridal Bargains" by Denise and Alan Fields. It makes much more sense.
A good book for some good ideas September 28, 2004
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Although this is not the best bridal budget book, its still, all in all, a good book with some good ideas. It does stress getting everyone involved, which for some, is welcoming. If you're a bride who has a family who's always giving you their 2 cents worth, this may be the budget planning book for you. It will get everyone involved in planning, helping and setting up for your wedding. If not, there are a few tips you can still use. Diane Warner has many books worth reading and I think she's knowledgeable in her ideas. This book is much better than Denise and Alan Fields' "Bridal Bargains". The book itself is more comfortable to read and hold (it's a standard size book with dark, large print, which "Bridal Bargains" is definetly not!) Besides, Diane Warner has some very original ideas which are legal and "Bridal Bargains" tells you some not so "authorized by law" ideas. Compare the two and I'm sure you'll agree, Diane Warner's "Big Wedding on a Small Budget" is much better! Just glimpse through and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Don't Bother With This Book May 18, 2004
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is pretty much everything your friends and family suggested to you when you spoke of having a small budget for your wedding.
The author herself seems a lovely person, but frankly, some of the advice is insultingly simple minded.
The best book to buy is "Bridal Bargains".
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