Darla Noble

Beautiful, Budget-friendly Weddings Darla Noble

Publisher Marketing: Beautiful, Budget-friendly Weddings Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 What is a budget-friendly wedding Chapter 2 How to have a budget-friendly wedding Chapter 3 Before the big day Chapter 4 THE dress Chapter 5 The wedding party Chapter 6 Goin' to the chapel of love Chapter 7 Pictures, posies and pretties Chapter 8 Let's celebrate Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Weddings are a wonderful thing; the beginning of a new family-the ultimate commitment and declaration of love. But weddings are also something else. They are big business. Each year over 4 million couples in the U. S. say "I do." That's a pretty impressive number, but the fact that the average amount spent on these weddings is over $25,000 is almost unbelievable. It's also something else...absolutely absurd. There is absolute no plausible reason for spending that kind of money on a wedding even if you (or your dad) can afford to. Why would you do that considering the fact that it is completely possible to have a lovely, tasteful wedding for a fraction of the cost? Yes, it's true. You can get married in style without going into debt, 'robbing' your parents' retirement fund or starting your married life in a state of poverty (or at the very least, a stretched budget). Within the pages of this book you will find suggestions for cutting the costs of getting married without skimping on beauty and elegance. Contributor Bio:  Davidson, John John Davidson was born in Barrhead in Renfrewshire in 1857. He spent his childhood years in Greenock, and after working as a pupil-teacher and briefly attending Edinburgh University, taught in schools in Glasgow and Perth. In 1989 he moved to London where he made his living as a journalist and critic. Several dramas had been published while he was still in Scotland, but in the 1890s he turned to poetry, and published several collections which were very popular: In a Music-Hall (1891) and Ballads and Songs (1894) amongst them. These were poems which chronicled urban working class life, and his sense of outrage at the poverty of the ordinary man, as expressed by the much-anthologized 'Thirty Bob a Week'. At the beginning of the new century he moved away from the lyric and began writing in blank verse which incorporated much scientific language; this series of Testaments were not as successful as his earlier ballad style, though Hugh MacDiarmid was to pay tribute to Davidson's attempts to combine poetry with scientific ideas. Despite the early popularity of the poetry, financial difficulties constantly plagued Davidson; he had had no choice but to continue with the journalism he disliked in order to support his family and other dependents. Sadly the money worries, combined with ill-health and depression, drove him to committing suicide in 1909.