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| How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget | 
 enlarge | Author: Diane Warner
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $2.40
You Save: $12.59 (84%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 0.4
ISBN: 1558706461
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.22
UPC: 035313705946
EAN: 9781558706460
Publication Date: December 10, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Food for thought for any large party December 23, 2007
I've used this book twice to plans my children's Bar Mitzvah festivities. Not all the ideas are suitable, but many are and help the planner get out of the rut of what "everyone does." Basically, reading this book helps you think in a new and creative way. So, for the same price as balloons, for our next kid's luncheon, I'm going to carry through with a "trees" theme and for example, rent ficus trees $15 - $20 each) for the buffet tables which will also be used in the sactuary to decorate the front of the synagogue before the luncheon. More bang for the buck. It also works that "Trees" figure in the Torah (Bible) portion that my son will chant that Saturday. I think the result should be elegant and a breath of fresh air in dreary March. Why not use some hand-me-down clothes -- some other boy's outgrown, once-worn Bar Mitzvah suit tailored to fit my kid? Or borrow friend's indoor plants to decorate my house that weekend? Or hire a high school kid who is a piano virtuoso to play music at the house? The book gives a good organizing scheme and has lots of ideas from which to pick and choose.
 Poor ideas and highly condescending to 2nd time brides May 31, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
To be fair there are a few good ideas but by and large - this is not a good book. In addition - this book's attitude that 2nd time brides really should focus on tiny small weddings that no one will notice. Bridal Bargains is much better and gives practical information.
Not bad ideas March 20, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The previous review is a bit harsh. To be fair, the book has a number of different price catagories with suggestions on how to achieve them. You can go for the full boat and they give great high end suggestions. You can also cut corners in places and they have those suggestions as well. I didn't go for a foam cake, but if you don't care about the cake why the heck not? If it saves you money and you have a great wedding, who care? And as for using amatures: florists, photographers, DJ's, etc., they are very clear about getting recommendations and checking out their work BEFORE hand. Saving money means putting in extra work, that is the deal.
Really how to have a cheap and tacky wedding.... June 8, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
For starters, if you want to start saving money then don't buy this book or waste the gas to get you to the library! By far the WORST wedding book I have ever read (and I've read lots of them). This book has hideous reception suggestions such as using your parish CAFETERIA to host your event. Using olives as an "appetizer", having a fake foam cake, having an amatuer dj who plays "for free to get experience" and many other bad ideas. Words cannot express how bad I thought this book was. I actually called another woman and read her a few quotes to get her opinion and she laughed so hard she actually cried. The fact that the author kept plugging her other stupid wedding planning books was almost as tacky as some of her suggestions. Right up there with the tackiness of a cash bar.
Very useful but don't depend on the prices February 19, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Hopefully the more recent editions of this book have more accurate prices. Otherwise, it is an invaluable reference for anyone who is on a very strict budget. Note that this is not a book about how to save a little money. It is most useful for the under $5000 budget range, with ideas for do-it-yourself, rental and other very low-cost options. If you want to work with a consultant, use full-service vendors, and not do a lot of work, this isn't going to help you much. But for those with extremely low budgets, it is probably the most useful book published.
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