Dana LaRue is the creator of TheBrokeAssBride.com, a website providing wedding inspiration on a budget; and founder of Bride$hare.net, a social media network designed to help brides save money and be green through the sharing, swapping and reusing of all things wedding related. Dana's savvy approach to weddings and money delivers entertaining and informative outside-the-box planning inspiration, and teaches readers of any budget that it's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it.

In the video below, Dana introduces herself to her Mahalo fans. Check it out to see why Dana's our go-to gal for budget-friendly ceremony tips.

In addition to The Broke-Ass Bride, LaRue’s writing has appeared elsewhere in the form of guest blogs and regular contributions to websites such as Weddingbee.com, ElizabethAnneDesigns.com and Eco-BeautifulWeddings.com (where she and husband Hunter Stiebel co-author a regular column, The Green-Ass Bride & Groom: Eco-chic on the Cheap).

Dana has also been featured in Brides, The Bride & Bloom, Southern Weddings, Get Married, Kentucky Bride, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons and Destination I Do Magazine.

Dana lives in Los Angeles with Hunter and their dog, Paco, finds religion in Bob Marley and margaritas and is in the early stages of Diet Coke rehab.