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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Elope To New Orleans French Quarter
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Destination Wedding: New Orleans, LA.
New Orleans, LA is the third choice of most couples for destination weddings. An average of 10,000 weddings occur in the New Orleans Metro area each year.
The average attendance is 150 people costing about $25,000.
Chaplain Jerry Schwehm has been performing wedding ceremonies for over 20 years in the New Orleans area. From his experience he has discovered many ways to save money yet have a beautiful marriage.He performs marriage ceremonies in many locations, homes, hotels, halls, and public parks.Historic sites in the French Quarter, beautiful views of the Mississippi River, and the spectacular Lake Pontchartrain shoreline. Some areas like parks have free to use spots for small elopements. Some larger weddings must rent a spot like inside Jackson Square. He can be contact at his e-mail address chaplainschwehm@figstreet.com or his weddings web page at http://www.figstreet.com/weddings. Stop in the page for more details. Links to help you plan your wedding are on his web page.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Budget Weddings: How to save money with a simple wedding
Save Money On Your Wedding
- Wedding Planners
- Rental Halls
- Bands and DJ's
- Caterers and Restaurants
- Dresses, Apparel, and Tux
- Wedding Officials
- Marriage License Information
- Wedding Invitations
- Wedding Photography
- Wedding Books and other Interesting Links
Save On Wedding Planners
Begin your planning with a notebook for that purpose and a list of what you need. There are many web pages with links to wedding services and product providers, use the web to set up your resources. Try to use the free service provided by most rental halls. Catering Directors of most wedding rental places usually have done many weddings and are great people to ask for advice. If you are using a facility the advice comes along free. No need to hire a separate wedding planner unless the wedding is large. If you use a wedding planner get several quotes on fees and a written agreement. Buy a Wedding Planning Book.Click here to visit Marriage Preparation Online , for an outline of how to plan a wedding. There are several free guides there about weddings and he also sells a book. The free guides are good information.
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Save On Rental Halls and Chapels
Some smaller churches and public chapels allow use for a nominal fee. Check with the Yellow Pages and call the pastor. American Legion and VFW Halls rent out to the public. Ask if the price is cheaper on an off day like a Monday or Tuesday. Some public places like parks and fountains do not charge a fee but require notice of use. A friends lovely home or back yard can be an intimate place to get married.
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Save On Music and DJ's
Buy a wedding music CD and have a friend play it in a boom box. Some amateur musicians and music students would play for free as practice, call a music school for information. Have a friend put together the music and be in charge of it at the wedding.
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Save Money On Caterers and Food
Have friends make and bring food items. The old covered dish wedding. For sweets buy Ms Debbie Cakes and place them on paper dollies and trays. Have a friend bake your wedding cake. Buy a sheet cake from a food store. Get frozen hors d'oeuvres. at a market or Sam's Club. Buy your flowers at the food store and arrange them yourself. Use disposable paper plates and plastic utensils. Serve grape juice instead of wine. Decorations can be made with candles and holders sold in those Dollar Stores. Some party supply stores sell wedding decorations, look for sales.
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Save Money On Dresses Apparel and Tux
Save on your wedding dress by shopping early and looking for sample sales. Call the dress shops in your area and ask when do they have sales, then go and shop during that time. Look on E-bay for wedding dresses. After the wedding consider donating your dress to Charity and take the gift off on income tax. Many religious charities have Thrift Stores that accept donations and give receipts for the donated dress. Seek out places that will rent a dress like men can rent a Tux. Borrow a friends dress.
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Wedding Officials
Contact the American Association of Wedding Officiants for help in locating the right wedding officiant for you. Click AAWO .
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Marriage License Information
The one necessary item that is not discounted but generally does not cost much.
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Save Money On Wedding Invitation
Use computer generated invitations using Print Shop or any computer based publisher. Have them reproduced at a quick printer. Use Post Cards instead of fancy invitation, can get 4 to a sheet and postage is less. See these invitations sold on Fig Street Art Studio. See what they have or ask to design one just for you.Back to Top
Save Money On Wedding Photography
Have a friend do the pictures. Ask guests to share their photos with you after the wedding. Have disposable cameras available and ask guests to take pictures and leave the camera for you to keep the pictures. See disposable wedding cameras on Beau Coup.Back to Top
This page is a service of Chaplain JK Schwehm former New Orleans area Justice of the Peace, and wedding officiant. Links may be out dated, e-mail him for information.
New Orleans Wedding Officiant, Dr. Jerry Kenneth Schwehm served as as Justice of the Peace in 1990 to 1994 in Slidell, La. and was ordained in 1989 as a Lay Minister after serving as Elder and Deacon in his church for many years. He has a BA and JD from Louisiana State University (1972) and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from a local Bible Church in 1990. He has performed numerous wedding ceremonies and is available in the Greater New Orleans area to perform your personalized marriage ceremony. He will go to your location or at his office in Fig Street Studio. He may be contacted at jerryschwehm(at)yahoo.com.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Funky Weddings: Bike Night Nuptials
Many places have bike nights where motorcycle enthusiasts gather to talk, meet, and make friends. If you and your significant other plan to elope ask at bike night if you can show up one night with the preacher and do a marriage ceremony. It is easy. Get a license, permission from the establishment, notify the group and wedding officiant when and let it happen. No bike night near you ask at the local motorcycle sales place. Ride motor scooters? Try the scooter club group or ask at the scooter sales business if you can get married on their sales floor. Great publicity for the sales place and a fun funky wedding.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Inexpensive Weddings in Greater New Orleans Area Jerry Schwehm Officiant
Contact former Justice of the Peace, Jerry Schwehm. It is possible to get married in New Orleans area for just over $250. The wedding license runs about $30 and you can meet a former Justice of the Peace for as little as $199 on week days at his office or a nice spot in a park. Just read over the information on this blog. Contact by e-mail ask about the special weekday rates at special spots and make an appointment to elope. This rate is limited on certain days and in parks close to his office and must be arranged ahead. Meet a Minister at a local park on days made by appointment ahead of time. Limited days and hours for this rate. Must be arranged ahead of time and must have license before arranged. Special rate does not apply if he has to travel away from his office. Two witnesses and license needed, not provided by officiant. Contact Chaplain Jerry Schwehm, former Justice of the Peace and wedding minister in New Orleans at Fig Street Weddings, 504/302-8711 or at his e-mail jerryschwehm@yahoo.com. be sure to know date, time, and selected location for your elopement to convey in the e-mail.
Regular weddings run about $250, depends on date, time, and location. Reduced rate is for weekdays in a park close by my office when available. The park is prettier then an office wedding and same fee usually. Must be scheduled in advance. How to get license in New Orleans on State of Louisiana marriage license page. A booking fee deposit is required to hold date and time. There is a delay of 24 hours after getting license before ceremony but can be waived for out of state couples married in New Orleans.
Weddings in New Orleans at other locations also. Fees based on date, time, location, and if travel is required. Most weddings in the French Quarter are $250 plus parking. E-mail for detailed information. Officiant licensed for Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. By appointment only. No drop ins. Marriage license must be gotten before wedding date. Louisiana marriage license is needed to be married in Louisiana. Be sure to know what documents to bring and both parties must be present to sign for a license. Read this blog entry: http://frenchquarterweddings.blogspot.com/2016/01/requirements-for-new-orleans-wedding.html
Vow Renewals are just like weddings or elopements in the same manner and same locations you pick. No license is required.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
How To Get A Marriage License In New Orleans, LA.
The New Orleans Marriage License Office is now conveniently located in Downtown New Orleans. The Louisiana Office of Vital Records, New Orleans Marriage License Office opened at 1450 Poydras St., Suite 400, New Orleans, La 70112. Parking is also nearby on street with meters or in a paid parking lot for those with local transportation.. Office hours are posted as 8 AM to 3 PM weekdays only, but licenses are not issued after 3 PM due to the time it takes to complete the paper work. The office is closed weekends and holidays. Couples must bring with them proper identification, a drivers license, Passport, or suitable picture id with certified copies of a birth certificate and divorce. One person can apply if they bring the others documents and information. The Marriage License Office has on its web page details of their policy and forms. Sample information and forms can also be found on this web page- New Orleans Marriage License Information
Couples from out of state can get the license and also get married on the same day in New Orleans if they also obtain a waiver of delay from a judge or Minister registered in New Orleans. This makes New Orleans an easy place to elope to with plenty of pretty places to have a wedding. Some couples book the honeymoon at a French Quarter Hotel or cruise out of New Orleans and get married the day they arrive in the city.
Well over 5,000 marriage licenses were issued in 2003 in New Orleans, and many couples visit New Orleans in the spring to get married from other states.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Biloxi, Gulf Port MS Weddings
Elope to Biloxi Beach Gulf Coast MS see http://ow.ly/1tB1Y
Since Katrina the Mississippi Gulf Coast is all cleaned up and ready for fun and weddings. Recently I had the pleasure of returning to perform several weddings. The beach is great and so to are several restaurants and hotels. Just e-mail me for details on a beach wedding. I am usually so busy in the French Quarter every Saturday that my days are mostly limited to Sunday for a wedding in Biloxi, Gulfport, or Bay St. Louis, but e-mail as I will help as much as I can.
info@figstreet.com
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Elope In Jackson Square
Elope to Jackson Square in New Orleans, it is easy. All you need for a small ceremony is to contact Fig Street weddings for details on how to rent the Square or use a free spot by one of the gates. Get a marriage license at the Marriage License office at 1010 Common St. New Orleans. Set up a time and date and even select a photographer like Kathleen K. Parker,www.kathleenkparkerphotography.com, who took the above photograph of a couple who eloped to New Orleans. (Photo By Katheleen Parker®)
See for more details- http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/jacksonsquarewedding.html
Write Your Own Wedding Vows
Writing your own wedding vows together as a couple can make your marriage more meaningful and fun. Sample guidelines and how to books are on the web yet it is easy with this guideline http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/simpleweddingceremony.html. There are traditional elements to a wedding ceremony but a lot of good things to add in making you day special. You can add a poem, song, or personal words to bride, groom, or a special person like a child. Add in parts for children allows them to be a part of the new family and can make them feel special that day.
Here is a page with some helpful hints, Sample Wedding Vows, but there are a lot more available on the web.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Getting Married In One Day
It is possible in New Orleans to get a marriage license and get married on the same day. Most states require couples applying for a marriage license to get tests and wait s few days before getting married. The rules in New Orleans have been made easy, no test and no waiting if you get a waiver. The waiver of the delay can be done by a wedding officiant or judge when the couple are from out of state and visiting New Orleans. All the couple need do is ask and get the license during office hours which are weekdays during regular business hours. Calling the license off ahead is good to do to be they are open and discussing the waiver before hand is also a good policy. A wedding officiant needs to attach the waiver done on letterhead showing his office to the completed license when returned to the license office. This makes it easy for visitors to elope to New Orleans to get married in one day. More information about getting a license in New Orleans can be found at this link- http://www.figstreet.com/guesthouse/new_orleans_marriage_license.htm
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