I purchased this book for my daughter, who is getting married in January of 2008. She has champagne taste and we have a beer pocket book :) In this book, we were able to use alot of the ideas for cutting cost tremendously. We figured out how to have a banquet at her wedding rather than just the cake and punch, that she was thinking we would have to do. Her wedding is a ways off, but we now have the ideas we need to start preparing for the big day without it compromising our pocket book. For instance, my daughter chose a cake design that is absoluetely beautiful, but would be far too much cake for the amount of guests that we would be having. A suggestion in the book of how to make that large beautiful cake without having the leftovers was particularly interesting...I won't devulge that secret here, you'd have to purchase the book and see, but it is a really good idea and I believe we shall use it. I don't think there was anything in the book that we didn't like...there are some things we probably won't use for her wedding, but the majority of the information will be very helpful to us.... Thanks to the author Diane Warner and her daughter from who's wedding this book was written...It's a good, helpful tool!! Very pleased with my purchase.Read full review
The book was in good condition. Got it sooner than expected.
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This book gives you ideas of how to save money. If you are on a real tight budget and want to reuse items, this is not for you. It compares different ways to have a nice wedding with several thousand to over $20,000 as a budget. It does not use eBay, thrift stores, bartering or such in any of the plans. I am going to have a wedding and reception for 75 with a 5 tier cake for approx. $2,000.
I am newly engaged and the thought of planning for a wedding, paying off school loans and other debt as well as trying to find a place to live..can be a bit much...to say the least! So this book has given me the peace of mind and reminder that we can still have a gorgeous wedding for half the cost!
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