Q: The average US wedding costs $25,000, but almost $11,000 of that is spent on the venue and food. You need to consider where you are having your wedding before anything else or you may end up with very little of your budget to spend on, entertainment, decorations, invites, etc.  Urban areas are almost always more expensive because they are much busier and serve a larger variety of couples. Even moving out to a venue in the suburbs can save money.  Have the wedding during the fall or winter. Popular wedding venues are not as busy during these times and they often have lower prices as a result. Saturday is the most expensive day to get married. The sooner you start booking places for the wedding the better your chances are you'll find the perfect spot. Many popular wedding destinations, like churches and parks, book up between 9-12 months in advance, so you need to be quick if you are heart-set on a spot. That said, small weddings thrive at unique, off-beat, and smaller locations, so don't limit yourself to the "classic" wedding spots. Call around town and ask about:  You town park. The beach. A friends' backyard. A local farm, bed and breakfast, or ranch. Museums, the historical society, or state parks. Some venues require you to use their in-house catering company for your food. Others may have a limit on the number of guests allowed or have a minimum number of guests. You need to be in touch with the venue in advance before you put any money down to avoid unpleasant surprises later. The American Marriage Ministries will ordain almost anyone, making them legally able to marry a couple in the United States. What's more, registering is free and can be done almost instantly online. Skip the big service or officiants and have someone close to you run your service for an intimate and cheaper wedding service. Be sure to ask someone 3-4 months in advance, giving them time to register and prepare for the service. A good photographer can cost you several hundred dollars, but a small wedding can benefit immeasurably from a friend's touch. Ask a friend with a nice camera if they are willing to spare 1-2 hours of the party to take pictures and offer to pay them for their service. Not only will you feel comfortable being photographed by someone you know, you limit the number of people at your reception and save money. Make sure the photographer puts the pictures online using Snapfish or Flickr so that all the guests can see them later. Bands are great, but they cost extra money to pay for each member. DJs, however, are much cheaper and can play an almost infinite number of songs right from their laptops.  If you don't care much for music, make a wedding playlist with your spouse. You can pick the songs that you love and change them on the fly as guests arrive. Consider asking a musical friend to "DJ," by making a playlist with them and asking them to put on important songs for you like the "First Dance." Most guests prefer assigned seating over choosing where they need to sit, and it is your job to plan things. This may seem stressful, but you need to remember that people are there to enjoy your special day, not complain about who they are sitting next to for dinner. Make a simple drawing of your reception with all of the tables roughly laid out. Start by planning your table with the bride, groom, parents, and bridesmaids/groomsmen. Then add people to tables so that everyone knows at least 1-2 other people. It is okay if they don't know everyone -- this is their time to make a new friend.  Once you've assigned the seats, make a small card at each seat telling people who sits where. For small weddings with under 50 people assigned seating may be too rigid to be fun. Give your guests some freedom and try one big table or an informal "eat where/when you want" catering style.
A: Know that venue matters more than any other thing when budgeting a wedding. Reserve your venue well in advance. Talk to the venue in advance about any regulations, fees, or needs. Ask a friend to officiate the wedding for you if you are not at a church. Get friends to fill in for photographers, videographers. Arrange for low-cost DJ instead of a band. Plan the table placement.

Q: Remove all the cinnamon rolls from two cans and cut them into bite-sized pieces. Whisk together a bread pudding base of egg yolks, half-and-half, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla. Place the cinnamon roll bites in a greased baking dish and pour the bread pudding mixture over it. Bake the bread pudding for about one hour at 350 degrees F (175 C). You can also divide the bread pudding among smaller ramekins instead of one large baking dish. You may need to reduce the cooking time slightly. Check the ramekins around 20 minutes into baking. Cinnamon rolls cook up really quickly as waffles which makes them a great breakfast or rich dessert. Simply spray a waffle iron with baking spray and heat it up. Place one canned cinnamon roll on the iron and close it. Let the cinnamon roll waffle cook for 3 to 4 minutes. It should flatten and cook completely. Drizzle the cinnamon roll waffles with the icing or you could use maple syrup. Spray a Bundt pan with baking spray and open 2 cans of cinnamon rolls. Cut the cinnamon rolls into bite sized pieces and roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place them into the pan and bake them at 350 degrees F (175 C) for about 20 minutes. Flip it out of the pan and drizzle the monkey bread with the icing packet. You can also make extra gooey glaze by mixing butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Spread the gooey glaze over the cinnamon roll bites in the pan before baking. To make long cinnamon roll sticks, unroll five cinnamon rolls into long strips. If you're going to add a filling (like shredded coconut, mini-chocolate chips, or chopped nuts), press 1 tablespoon of the filling onto each unrolled dough strip. Fold the strip of dough in half and twist it around a few times to make a spiral. Bake the cinnamon twists at 350 degrees F (175 C) for 18 to 20 minutes. While you can drizzle the twists with icing, you could also serve them with a side of icing for dipping. Divide one can of cinnamon rolls into five rolls. Place one of the rolls in the center of a baking pan and unroll the remaining four rolls so they're long strips of dough. Loosely wrap each of the strips around the center piece of dough so you make one large cinnamon roll. Bake the giant roll at 350 degrees F (175 C) for 20 to 25 minutes. You can drizzle the giant cinnamon roll with the icing while it's still warm from the oven.
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Make bread pudding. Cook them as waffles. Try cinnamon roll monkey bread. Bake cinnamon twists. Make one giant canned cinnamon roll.