As many engagements occur around the holiday season, winter-themed Milwaukee weddings may pop into your head.  This can be a very inexpensive way to design your wedding experience if you plan ahead.   

First, hit the after Christmas sales as soon as you can to get first pick of what's left.  This is a perfect time to buy colored lights, such as blue, green and red; or buy white lights, which could go with many wedding themes.  Lights can be used to create an ar... Read More

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There are plenty of ways to save on your Milwaukee wedding, but timing is an essential element of getting a great bargain for your cheap wedding. If you've got the time, can you work ahead, then choosing the right time of year, month or day can make a huge difference to how much you can save.

The wedding industry, like most industries is cyclical. There are peak times and non-peak times for various suppliers. If you contact a supplier during a non-peak time, they're much more likely to... Read More

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In planning a Milwaukee wedding, specifically a budget conscience one, decisions are made regarding what is important to you.  Basically, you prepare a "must have, great to have, nice to have" list.  One way to cut money easily is to forego a cake.  While this is a strong tradition for some, it wasn't on my "must have" list.  So to preserve some of the tradition, but not spend the money, we made a few adjustments.

First, our hotel location allowed us to have a sweet... Read More

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Your wedding gown is arguably the most important garment purchase in your lifetime. No other dress comes with more anticipation - and will be more photographed - than this one. But that doesn't mean you have to spend like royalty to look like a princess on your Milwaukee wedding day. With our smart strategies, you can still walk down the aisle feeling like a million bucks (without having to spend just that).

Something Borrowed

Today, anything retro screams chic. So consider donnin... Read More

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Inspired by my wife's do-it-yourself flowers article, I decided to tell the story of creating our wedding invitations. When we were planning our Milwaukee wedding, we did go out and browse different wedding invites - wow, they were expensive! Since we were trying to stick to a budget, but still give our wedding its own unique flair, I decided I'd create the wedding invitations myself.

I do have a background in graphic design, as well as many of the graphic design computer programs need... Read More

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