Lovely brides, I have a little project for you to commence over the weekend. If you have not yet given some attention to your wedding day budget, it’s time to pull your pretty little head out of the sand and face this head on.  We have made the task a little less daunting by providing you with a printable budget tracker. You can put in the amounts you have already committed to, and fill in the gaps according to what you have to spend. When each expense is in front of you and accounted for – from the makeup artist…

Whether you are planning your wedding in 3, 6, or 12-odd months, you will need to set yourself a budget and stick to it. That also means unless you are being given money from your parents for the entire wedding or you already have savings set aside for this purpose, you will need to start saving toot de suite! Image by Andrea Sproxton Photography for The Bride’s Tree Magazine Volume 10.    Set a budget You won’t have to pay for everything straight up, so you have some time to get your finances in order. There are a few rules you will…

Whether you are planning your wedding in 3, 6, or 12-odd months, you will need to set yourself a budget and stick to it. That also means, unless you are being given money from your parents for the wedding or you already have savings set aside for this purpose, you will need to start saving toot de suite! You won’t have to pay for everything straight up, so you have some time to get your finances in order. There are a few rules you will have to set yourself from the get-go. When you know the final amount, stick to…

  These days, weddings follow less of the old traditions, in favour of couples paving their own way. Family circumstances and finances are taken into account, and there are no hard and fast rules as to who pays. Today we are sharing with you first the traditional ways of the past, as well as what is typical of today in relation to who foots the bill for weddings. At the end of the day, everyone's circumstances are different, but this is an interesting look at how things would transpire in times gone by.  Gorgeous images by Sunshine Coast wedding photographer,…