The Bouquet Toss - A Wedding Planning Podcast

The Budget Phase 2

As a follow up to last week's episode, this week we are discussing how to allocate your total budget once you figure out how much is feasible for you and your partner to spend. We've covered all thats involved in coming up with that number, with frameworks like the 50/30/20 rule and other tips for calculating your potential spend, but once you have a total, how do you divide it across categories?Of course, your personal budget and the portion you spend on each aspect of your wedding will vary depending on your priorities, but we are giving you some ballpark numbers to start with.The Wedding Watch clip this week is from How I Met Your Mother! Learn how we would rate Marshall and Lily's wedding on the Savvy Scale, and why we love it so much!B$B Blog B$B on Tik Tok B$B on Instagram Free Invitation Printables Free Private Community Wedding Deals! Real Weddings The Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Budget Phase 1

This week's topic is the dreaded B word... your budget! Setting and managing a wedding budget can be one of the trickiest parts of planning, but we're here to guide you through important things to consider when calculating a number that works for you.Learn the 50/30/20 rule, and other frameworks for figuring out what an appropriate wedding budget looks like for you and your partner. This week's Wedding Watch clip is from Sex And The City. Learn what Carrie and Big can teach us about identifying your values to plan a savvy wedding! Watch it with us via our Wedding Watch Youtube Playlist.*Don't forget to tune in for Part 2 where we'll discuss how to allocate your budget once you've decided on that number! B$B Blog B$B on Tik Tok B$B on Instagram Free Invitation Printables Free Private Community Wedding Deals! Real Weddings The Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vision

We're kicking things off for Season 4 by tackling a crucial first step: defining the vision for your wedding day. In order to plan a wedding that feels authentic to you, you'll want to get clear on what matters, set your priorities, and do a little bit of dreaming about what you envision for your special day. Getting a clear picture of what you want your wedding day to not only look like, but FEEL like, is key. So let's dive in to how you can find your definition of your dream day and learn the Big 5 of wedding planning! This week's Wedding Watch clip is from Friends! Find out what we loved, and hated about Chandler and Monica's wedding, and how we would rate it on the Savvy Scale. Watch it with us via our Wedding Watch Youtube Playlist.Resources Mentioned:How To Create Your Wedding Dream Board (for free!)Using Pinterest to Plan your WeddingB$B Blog B$B on Tik Tok B$B on Instagram Free Invitation Printables Free Private Community Wedding Deals! Real Weddings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holidays, and What’s Coming Next on The Bouquet Toss!

Newly engaged? Just found The Bouquet Toss? Craving more fun with Sari and Jess? Well, don't worry, we've got you. While we are on a break from recording episodes during the Holiday season, we are sending our warmest wishes, AND giving you a sneak peek at Season 4 of the show! Next season, we are diving deep into the wedding planning process, breaking it down into manageable steps, and having each episode focus on just one of those steps. You'll get all the inspiration you've been looking for as well as the tools to figure out what you and your partner really want for the big day! Before those new episodes drop, don't forget to go back and listen through Seasons 1, 2, and 3! We are so proud of the awesome conversations we've been able to have on the show to broaden the perspectives of couples planning weddings, and can't wait to hear your thoughts on these super important topics. Stay Savvy friends! Visit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!BSB Wedding DealsInstagram: https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybrideEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Covid Safety At Weddings

Welcome to a special bonus episode of The Bouquet Toss! If you're planning a wedding for 2022 and beyond, you're likely pretty exhausted by this topic, but Covid is still very much a factor you need to consider. After all, you want to make sure that you are prioritizing the safety of all your favorite people as you gather them together to celebrate your love!We know this can be a tense topic and involve difficult conversations with loved ones, which is why we are speaking with Beth Kramer, to provide her best tips and resources for prioritizing Coivd safety at your wedding. Learn how to make a Covid Safety policy that works for you.Check out Beth's amazing free resources HERE to navigate your wedding and Covid!This episode is sponsored by Greenvelope.Visit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!BSB Wedding DealsInstagram: https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybrideEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disrupting the Stigma of Couples Therapy

Marriage requires skills. It is a partnership that is ever-changing and growing and requires certain strengths in both partners to be the most successful. Having a third party provide outside feedback and resources, is a really powerful way to strengthen your relationship at any stage, but especially in a marriage. Pop culture and movies often put a negative spin on couples therapy, because it is seen as a sign of defeat, or that the end is near, when in fact, it can be used from the start of the relationship to ensure communication and boundaries are where they need to be! Hear from Krystal Mazzola, couples therapist, about the benefits you can receive from couples therapy! Her most recent course, “Confidently Authentic: Stop People Pleasing & Start Being True to Yourself,” is available now. Take 20% off with code SAVVY20. Visit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!BSB Wedding DealsInstagramEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disrupting the Exclusion of Disabled Couples by the Wedding Industry

Disabled people make up 20 to 30% of the US population and 50% of people suffer from chronic pain, which makes wedding planning a particularly painstaking process for such a large number of couples! We are so excited to have Meara Bartlett, with us to raise awareness for how we can help make the wedding experience for disabled couples as comfortable as possible.Meara is a disabled author and blogger who experienced the difficulty of planning a wedding firsthand. So, she combined her experience with extensive research to write Wedding Planning for Spoonies, the first wedding planner book to focus on people with physical disabilities. The book is available on Amazon, Target, Barnes & Noble, and Kindle. Learn more at spoonielifestlye.comVisit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!BSB Wedding DealsInstagramEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disrupting The Best Day Of Your Life Trope

Let's toss out the pressure that comes with the idea that your wedding has to be the best day of your life! Couples have been getting very creative, especially during these last two years, with spreading out their wedding events over multiple locations, months, and even years. While much of this came about out of necessity and dealing with travel restrictions and other limitations, it is actually a really cool trend that helps lengthen your wedding celebration and take the pressure off of just one day.Our guest today is Erica Halpern, and she is just 8 days away from saying "I Do!" We are so excited to get her perspective as a bride having planned her wedding during the pandemic and to try to dissect this trope that your wedding day has the be the best day of your life. This episode is sponsored by BrideBrite.Visit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!BSB Wedding DealsInstagram: https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybrideEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disrupting Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party Traditions

If you're feeling weird about having to open all of your shower gifts in front of an audience, or wondering why you feel pressure to plan an epic bachelorette weekend celebration, this episode is for you. We're breaking down all of the options for these extra wedding events, and brainstorming savvy ways to pull them off that will feel the best for you! With to dive into all things bridal shower and bachelorette is Megan Hanlon, the creator of Modern M-O-H!This episode is sponsored by Vow'd WeddingsVisit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner and OrganizerBSB Wedding DealsInstagram: https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybrideEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disrupting the Stressed-Out Bride Archetype

Somewhere along the line, the term bridezilla came along to describe the stressed-out bride who is frantically and emotionally agonizing over her wedding plans. Wedding planning can be really tough, but it CAN and perhaps SHOULD actually be fun and dare we say, stress-free! From exercise to meditation, CBD products, and more, with us to discuss how to be the best you during wedding planning is Amanda Goetz, CEO at House of Wise. Let's TOSS the bridezilla archetype and KEEP the value of self-care in wedding planning!Check out the B$B + Sola Wood CollectionVisit the Budget Savvy BrideJoin our Private Wedding Planning Community!The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner and OrganizerBSB Wedding DealsInstagram: https://instagram.com/budgetsavvybrideEmail: podcast@thebudgetsavvybride.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices