Weddings often are costly affairs, but with enough advance planning and a little homegrown ingenuity, you can make things instead of shelling out for them. Wedding magazines and Web sites help, too.

This compilation showcases simple and elegant chocolate cake decorating techniques designed to transform everyday homemade baked goods into impressive party centerpieces. Ingredients used include ...

In this video I show how I create a Neapolitan themed cake using simple chocolate bar toppers. I melt brown, white, and pink vanilla candy melts and pour them into a silicone mold to make mini bars.

The Knot Inc., which runs two wedding-related Web sites, surveyed the spending habits of 18,000 couples who got married last year, and found that on average couples spent more than $500 on a ...