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Wedding Budget Series: Part 6 Celebrations & Festivities: Transportation, Favors, Parties, Dinner
Whether you're a couple embarking on the journey of a lifetime or a parent navigating the financial responsibilities, this guide will provid

Sara Ricke
Jul 21, 20236 min read
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Wedding Budget Series: Part 5 - Beauty, Elegance, Sacred Spaces: Hair, Makeup, Church, Musicians
Whether you're a couple embarking on the journey of a lifetime or a parent navigating the financial responsibilities, this guide will provid

Sara Ricke
Jul 19, 20233 min read
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Wedding Budget Series: Part 4 - Crafting the Atmosphere: Bar, Staff, Siblings, Decorations
Whether you're a couple embarking on the journey of a lifetime or a parent navigating the financial responsibilities, this guide will provid

Sara Ricke
Jul 14, 20234 min read
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Wedding Budget Series: Part 3 - Unveiling Elegance: Attire, Blooms, Invites, and Picture-Perfect Mom
Whether you're a couple embarking on the journey of a lifetime or a parent navigating the financial responsibilities, this guide will provid

Sara Ricke
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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Wedding Budget Series: Part 2 - Delving Deeper into Venue, Catering, DJ, Photographer, and Dessert C
Whether you're a couple embarking on the journey of a lifetime or a parent navigating the financial responsibilities, this guide will provid

Sara Ricke
Jul 7, 20234 min read
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Wedding Budget Series: Part 1 Getting Started and Prioritizing Expenses
Plan your dream wedding hassle-free. Our guide offers clarity, inspiration, and budgeting tips. Start your memorable celebration now!

Sara Ricke
Jul 5, 20233 min read
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The Quinceañera
My first exposure to quinceañera celebrations was through my parents who lived in southern Texas for 20+ years.

Sara Ricke
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Winter = Comfort Food
Winter = Comfort Food -- amiright? This recipe is as simple as it gets -- it is one my mom started making when I was a kid! So...if you...

Sara Ricke
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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Quick and Easy Potluck Suggestions: The Meal Version
I’ve done the super easy desserts already – but here is the meal version to share for potlucks! I get calls and texts from family...

Sara Ricke
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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Quick and Easy Potluck Suggestions: The Dessert Bar Version
Especially if you are not a great cook, having a few options in your arsenal is nice when planning desserts for an event.

Sara Ricke
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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Office Party on a Budget
Easy ideas for planning a creative and fun office party when the boss is watching the budget!

Sara Ricke
Oct 20, 20225 min read
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A Chicken Pot Pie Recipe That Won't Kill You
Chicken Pot Pie --- I gotta admit --- I have had a love/hate relationship with this my whole life.

Sara Ricke
Oct 20, 20222 min read
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Meal planning 101: Part Two
Hello again! I hope you had a chance to read the first meal planning blog -- from when our house was a wild and crazy "junior high and...

Sara Ricke
Sep 29, 20223 min read
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Meal planning 101: Part One
Fall is in the air -- and that means -- meal planning! This is a tradition of a LOT of years for us! First when our kids were little -

Sara Ricke
Sep 26, 20222 min read
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Planning a Holiday Party?
Holidays are approaching! And if you are like us -- you do a lot of front end planning -- before harvest happens! I have had a few...

Sara Ricke
Aug 19, 20223 min read
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Table Layout Ideas
Table layouts – super exciting, right? It is something that people wonder about – and I’m here to tell you that it is something that...

Sara Ricke
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Catering for a small group or business meeting
We get asked about catering options a lot – and we do offer catering for smaller groups and business meetings (ie – I don’t cater wedding...

Sara Ricke
Jul 14, 20224 min read
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To Dance or Not to Dance
While they are the "norm" in Northwest Iowa, they are not required -- and you can go so many different directions if you choose not to have

Sara Ricke
Jun 8, 20223 min read
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How to Eliminate Wedding Stress
It is a beautiful day -- and another wedding is setting up in the Great Hall for tomorrow! This led me to think about something I've been...

Sara Ricke
May 20, 20223 min read
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Easy Rhubarb Cake
It's Rhubarb Season!! We LOVE rhubarb --- and I have been so delighted that the rhubarb we transplanted all took off and is loving it's...

Sara Ricke
May 20, 20222 min read
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