For brides planning a wedding under $10k

Everything You'd Normally Pay a Planner $3,000 to Organize, but For $27

The Wedding Planning Toolkit gives you one place to manage your budget, guest list, vendors, and timeline so you walk into your wedding day without a single "oh no, I forgot" moment. $27.

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Lock in today's price and get every future update free. Including the video course when it drops.

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You already know what you can spend. That was the hard part.

But now you're sitting at your kitchen table with a notebook, three open browser tabs, a Pinterest board that's giving you anxiety, and absolutely no system for what comes next.


The guest list alone feels like a hostage negotiation. Your mom wants to invite 40 people you haven't seen since you were nine. Your fiancé's family just has a few more. And every name you add is another plate, another chair, another $47 you didn't budget for.


Then there are the vendors. You've messaged six photographers and can't remember which one quoted $1,200 and which one quoted $2,200. One of them had a red flag in their contract, but you can't remember which one because you were comparing them in your head instead of on paper.


Your timeline? It's a vague sense that things need to happen in some order but you're not sure if you're already behind on something.


And the day itself? You haven't thought about it yet because you're still drowning in the decisions that come before it.


Here's what nobody tells you about planning a wedding on a budget: The budget isn't the hard part. Keeping everything organized is

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Here's what happens when your planning lives in six different places instead of one.

You forget to ask your venue about their noise curfew and find out three weeks before the wedding that your DJ has to stop at 9 PM. That question was on a checklist you saved to your phone and never opened again.


You book a photographer whose portfolio is gorgeous, but you never compared contract terms side by side. Now you're locked into a cancellation policy you didn't catch because the details were buried in an email thread, not in a tracker.


You spend so much mental energy on the guest list drama that you push off booking your florist and by the time you call, your date is taken.

Now your options are a rush-order florist who charges a $450 premium you never budgeted for, or DIY arrangements the week of your wedding when you're already running on four hours of sleep.

On a $10,000 budget, that one missed window just ate almost 5% of your entire wedding. There was no timeline reminding you that florists book out four months early.


You don't build a day-of game plan, so your wedding day turns into a chain of what's happening next? texts from your bridesmaids, your mom, and your venue coordinator who keeps asking YOU questions on the one day you're supposed to just be the bride


Every bride who's planned a wedding says the same thing afterward:

I wish I'd had everything in one place.


Not scattered across a notes app, a spreadsheet you stopped updating in March, a Google Doc your fiancé has never opened, and a stack of vendor contracts in a folder you can't find.


One place. One system. One tool that actually thinks the way a bride planning a real wedding thinks. Not the way a $40,000-budget wedding planner thinks.


That's what this is.

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My Story: A $10,000 Wedding That Changed Everything

I'm Shay, the Arkansas Wedding Planner. When I planned my own wedding with 200 guests and a $10,000 budget, I tracked every dollar, prioritized every guest, and built tools that took me from overwhelm to in-control. My wedding went off beautifully (and under budget!) because I had a system. Now, I've turned those battle-tested strategies into the Wedding Planning Toolkit, so you don’t have to start from scratch.

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The Before:

  • Your wedding planning lives in 6 different apps and none of them talk to each other

  • You can't remember which vendor said what because quotes are scattered across emails, DMs, and screenshots

  • Your guest list is a moving target that stresses you out every time you look at it

  • You don't have a timeline, so you're just hoping you're not forgetting anything important

  • You don't have a day-of game plan, so you're bracing to be the one answering logistics questions on your wedding day

  • You feel behind, even though you're not sure what you're behind on

The After:

  • One tool. Everything lives in one place. Budget, guests, vendors, timeline, templates, checklists, all of it.

  • You open your toolkit and know exactly where you stand: what's done, what's next, what's coming up

  • Your guest list has tiers, so when your mom adds five more names, you know exactly where to cut without a fight

  • Your vendor tracker shows every quote, every contract detail, every red flag, side by side

  • Your timeline tells you what to do this month, and your day-of game plan tells your point person what to do so you don't have to

  • You walk into your wedding day as the bride, not the project manager


That shift (from scattered to in-control) is what one system gives you.

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Here's everything inside the Wedding Planning Toolkit:

One system. Every decision. Nothing falls through the cracks.

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Budget Builder & Expense Tracker

Category-based budget allocation with percentage inputs so you can see exactly where every dollar is going and an expense tracker that updates as you book vendors and make purchases.


No more wondering "wait, how much do we have left for flowers?"

Your budget and your spending live in the same place, so you always know where you stand.

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Guest List Manager

A/B/C tier prioritization so you can build your list strategically instead of emotionally. RSVP tracking built in. When someone's "plus one" threatens your per-plate budget, you'll know exactly where to look. No digging through a separate spreadsheet.

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Vendor Tracker

Compare quotes, track deposits, note red flags, and store contract details for every vendor in one view.

No more scrolling through old emails trying to remember what your second-choice photographer charged. Everything side by side, in one place.

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Timeline Tools

A planning timeline that tells you what to do and when. From the day you get engaged through the week of your wedding.

Paired with a 30-day countdown so nothing slips in the final stretch. This is the system that keeps you from falling behind without realizing it.

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15 Done For You Templates & Checklists

Every worksheet and checklist you need, built from real experience. All templates live in your toolkit, ready whenever you need them.

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Full Planning Bundle + Video Course

The complete 8 guide planning bundle is built right into the toolkit. No buying pieces one at a time. The whole system, one purchase.

I'm currently filming a full video walkthrough course that will be added to the toolkit. When it's done, the price goes up. But if you're in now, you get it free. More on that below.

Yes, Organize My Whole Wedding

What This Toolkit Replaces…

And What You Get Instead

What You're Using Now What the Toolkit Does Instead 
A spreadsheet you built at midnight A real budget builder with categories and tracking 
A Notes app list of guests A tiered guest manager with RSVP tracking 
Screenshots of vendor quotes A vendor tracker with side-by-side comparison 
A vague mental timeline A structured planning timeline + 30-day countdown 
Random Pinterest checklists 15 templates built and ready to fill in 
Buying guides one at a time Everything bundled in one system 
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Founding Member Pricing: Lock It In Now

This is the founding member price. It won't stay here.

Right now, the Wedding Planning Toolkit is $27.

That's less than one centerpiece. Less than a single vendor consultation fee. Less than the gas you'll spend driving to venue tours.


I'm keeping it at $27 because I'm still building. The video course with full video walkthroughs of how to plan your wedding under $10K is being filmed right now. When it's done and added to the toolkit, the price goes up.


I don't have a specific date. I'm not going to manufacture a fake countdown. But I will tell you exactly what happens if you get in now.. You lock in $27. Forever.

Every update I make to the toolkit, every new template, every new tool, the entire video course when it's finished, gets added to your account at no extra charge. You're not buying version 1.0. You're buying a lifetime seat at the founding member price.

The brides who buy after the video course launches will pay more. You won't.

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  • Budget builder & expense tracker

  • Guest list manager with A/B/C tiers

  • Vendor tracker & comparison tool

  • Full planning timeline + 30-day countdown

  • 15 done-for-you templates & checklists

  • Full 8 Wedding Planning Guides included

  • Video course added free when it launches

  • Lifetime access to all future updates

One payment. No subscription. No upsell. Everything in one place for one price.

FAQ: Everything Brides Want to Know

What if I'm already deep into planning?

The Toolkit works whether you're freshly engaged or three months out. The templates and checklists are designed to meet you where you are. The 30-Day Countdown and Day-Of Game Plan are especially clutch for brides in the home stretch and having everything consolidated into one system now means less scrambling later.

Is this only for Arkansas brides?

No. The tools work for any bride planning her own wedding. Some of my guides reference Arkansas-specific vendors and venues, but the budget system, guest list manager, vendor tracker, and templates are universal. If you're planning a wedding anywhere, this system is built for you.

What format is this? Is it an app?

It's a web-based tool. You access it in your browser on any device. No app to download. Everything saves automatically. One place, always up to date.

When does the video course get added?

I'm filming it now. I don't have a launch date yet. I'd rather do it right than rush it. When it's ready, it gets added to your toolkit automatically. No extra charge for founding members.

I already bought the Wedding Budget Course. Is this redundant?

No. The Budget Course solves one problem: setting and protecting your budget. The Toolkit picks up where the Budget Course leaves off. Guest list, vendors, timeline, day-of logistics, and 15 templates that cover everything from your venue tour to your DJ playlist. Think of the Budget Course as step one and the Toolkit as the system that organizes everything after.

Start Planning With a Real System

Ready for Less Stress & More Joy?

You've already made the hardest decision. You decided your wedding doesn't have to cost $30,000 to be beautiful.


Now you need the system that makes that decision work.


Not more Pinterest boards. Not more late-night Googling. Not another spreadsheet you'll abandon by March.


One system. Every decision. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Join with the founding member price $27

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