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Renting a Food Truck For a Wedding

If you’re looking for a unique way to serve a meal, consider renting a food truck for a wedding. Depending on the food you choose, hiring a food truck can help you stick to your budget. Plus, it’ll give your guests a fun experience and a cute photo op.

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Wedding Rehearsal: Checklist, How-to and FAQ

You might be wondering if a rehearsal is necessary. Honestly, you’ll probably be fine if you skip it. But there’s a few great reasons to do one.

You want to make sure everyone knows what to do, and when. You also need to be sure that your plan works. It’s one thing to picture the ceremony in your head. It’s another thing in real life, with real people, doing something they’ve never done before.

If you want to keep it simple, just follow the wedding rehearsal checklist. After you finish, you can be sure that your wedding ceremony will go perfectly.

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Wedding Ideas For Spring on a Budget

If you’re looking for wedding ideas for spring on a budget, you can start by choosing a non traditional wedding venue or menu. You could plan a dinner dance at a church hall or community center. Or to save a ton of cash, consider a brunch, a cocktail party or even a desserts only wedding reception.

Once you’ve chosen your venue and menu, you can find spring wedding invitations, decorations and flowers to fit any size budget.

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Wedding Sparklers: Planning a Sparkler Send Off

You’ve got so much to think about when you’re planning your wedding. Between the ceremony and the reception, there’s about a million details. And just when you think you’re done, there’s one last question: How are you going to leave your wedding reception?

Most couples plan a grand exit, so the guests have a chance to wave goodbye. Another popular way to end the reception, is with a sparkler send off.

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Non Traditional Wedding Venues: Ideas For an Overbooked Year

Everyone’s talking about the wedding boom this year. Ever since you-know-what, it seems like every single wedding venue is booked out, fully booked and overbooked. If you’re a couple trying to plan a wedding, finding a venue could be a real problem. Especially if you’re on a budget.

You could try waiting a year or two. You could plan an elopement wedding. Or you could look at non traditional wedding venues, or dates, in order to start planning your wedding this year.

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DIY Wedding Ideas on a Budget: DIY Wedding Decor, Flowers and Decorations

If you’re on a budget, DIY is a great way to save money and personalize your wedding. No matter what your skill level is, if you like making things, you can plan lots of fun projects for your wedding. You might want to design and create centerpieces, invitations and other decor. Or you can find tons of tutorial videos online and follow along for easy DIY wedding ideas on a budget.

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Taco Bar Menu: DIY Wedding Menu for a Taco Bar

If you’re looking for a way to serve a meal on a budget, a taco bar menu is a great choice for a DIY wedding. There’s a lot of tasks when you plan to make your own wedding food, but if you stay organized, a food bar is doable for any couple. Especially if you get help from your family and friends.

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I Do BBQ Wedding: Invitations and Sample Wording

Barbecue is a great choice for your wedding menu. You can plan a traditional wedding and serve BBQ as your meal. Or you can plan an I Do BBQ, where it’s your theme and your food. No matter which you decide, you’ll need to start inviting people 6 to 8 weeks before your wedding. There’s lots of options for an I Do BBQ invitation.

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