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Me and my fiance want to have a nice wedding with out having to get married in the court house...We are trying to save for a house and we have 2 small boys so we really don't have a lot of money for a big wedding. So can any one help us !! ??
Answer
Here's some advice - hope this helps!
1) Get married on an "off" day and month. Getting married on a Sunday in February (like President's Day weekend) or in March would probably save you tons. Our venue offers wedding packages for half off from January-March.
2) Use "do it yourself" invitations from Target, Michaels, or Wal Mart. You can get DIY programs, save the dates, etc. Do them on your own computer and save tons of money.
3) Buy your wedding dress from craigslist or ebay. You can get new ones on there, but you can get GREAT deals on used ones. I bought a used Maggie Sottero gown and got it for $140. It was originally $1200. :)
4) Hire a professional florist for the bouquets and boutinierres, but do the centerpieces yourself. You can get flowers in bulk from Costco or Sam's Club and do a very very simple centerpiece. There are tons of great ideas on theknot.com and Martha Stewart Weddings.
5) Consider having your wedding at 3:00 so that people aren't expecting dinner. That way you can serve heavy appetizers. If you need to serve a meal - buffet is going to be cheaper than a plated dinner (ours if $24.95/person for the most expensive buffet option, but the cheapest plated dinner is $34.95/person).
6) Consider hiring an art student with an eye for photography as your wedding photographer.
7) Use an IPOD connected to a speaker system rather than a DJ.
8) Have a close friend get certified to be the officiant at your wedding! They can do it online and it would be special for the two of you and save you some $$!
Alright - hope that helps! :)
Here's some advice - hope this helps!
1) Get married on an "off" day and month. Getting married on a Sunday in February (like President's Day weekend) or in March would probably save you tons. Our venue offers wedding packages for half off from January-March.
2) Use "do it yourself" invitations from Target, Michaels, or Wal Mart. You can get DIY programs, save the dates, etc. Do them on your own computer and save tons of money.
3) Buy your wedding dress from craigslist or ebay. You can get new ones on there, but you can get GREAT deals on used ones. I bought a used Maggie Sottero gown and got it for $140. It was originally $1200. :)
4) Hire a professional florist for the bouquets and boutinierres, but do the centerpieces yourself. You can get flowers in bulk from Costco or Sam's Club and do a very very simple centerpiece. There are tons of great ideas on theknot.com and Martha Stewart Weddings.
5) Consider having your wedding at 3:00 so that people aren't expecting dinner. That way you can serve heavy appetizers. If you need to serve a meal - buffet is going to be cheaper than a plated dinner (ours if $24.95/person for the most expensive buffet option, but the cheapest plated dinner is $34.95/person).
6) Consider hiring an art student with an eye for photography as your wedding photographer.
7) Use an IPOD connected to a speaker system rather than a DJ.
8) Have a close friend get certified to be the officiant at your wedding! They can do it online and it would be special for the two of you and save you some $$!
Alright - hope that helps! :)
How do you plan a small, simple and classy wedding?
April
on a very small budget? i just want something nice for my closest friends and family. but i still want it to be something special to remember
does anyone have any advice on planning something like this.. help will be greatly appreciated.. i have no idea where to start.
is it really ok to just do desert? im pretty good at that stuff and i was thinking of making chocolate covered strawberries and maybe a few other little desserts.... and the cake ofcourse.. a friend of the family is making it for just 50 bucks!
Answer
Easy.
We're getting married in just under two weeks, our entire wedding budget (including the dress, food, and open bar alcohol) is about $3000.
Consider buying your dress used. I got mine off of our local Craigslist for $350. It's a designer Maggie Sottero gown, which in stores retails for at least $1000. I also bought our daughters flower girl dressed used for only $50. As a bonus, it's a totally green way to go! Completely enviromentally friendly!
For invitations, buy the Do It Yourself kit. We did. 100 invites for $25 from our local Michaels. We designed them ourselves, and they turned out very unique and wonderful! My mom said she liked them better than the professional invite she'd received earlier in the month.
Have your ceremony/reception at a friend or family members home. Do you know anyone with some country property? This would be perfect. We're doing ours at my parents home. 134 acres, with a 4.5 acre limestone quarry as our backdrop. Surrounded by lush green forest. Better than a lot of professional wedding venues, and it's all FREE.
Get flowers from a grocery or department store, it will be much cheaper. OR, if you know anyone with a garden, enlist their help. All our flowers are free. Tiger lilies are our flower, and they just happen to be in bloom at the time of our wedding. All flowers for centerpieces, bouquets, decorations, etc, are completely free.
Invite only your closest friends and family. We have a grand total of about 80 guests attending our wedding.
Do your own music. If you're willing to rent your own DJ equipment, you can still have a fantastic party without paying through the roof for a professional. We're paying only $100 to $150 to rent all the equipment a professional would use, and that's the price for an entire WEEK. A fraction of what a pro costs for only 4 hours!
Instead of just hiring a professional photographer, check out some portfolios for aspiring students. You'd be surprised at the amount of talent those students have! A lot of the time you'll find their talent far surpasses that of professionals. And, because they are still students, they still have the enthusiasm that a lot of pros seem to lack. Just MAKE SURE they have some experiance in wedding photography (maybe try to find an actual wedding photographers assistant).
Or, if you have any friends that are photographers, ask them. My brother is a professional, and is doing our wedding as a gift. Lucky us! He takes amazing pictures, and has traveled overseas just to do so!
Consider doing your own food. We are. My mother is an experianced cook (for large groups, as my parents run a bed and breakfast). Everything except the meat is being done by us.
Instead of spending hundreds on a cake, buy something nice, but not a typical cake. We're getting a nice black forest cake (husbands favorite) for us to cut. Then, we'll also get a bigger black forest sheet cake, to serve our guests (with ice cream of course!).
The point is, if you're willing to take things into your own hands, you can save literally THOUSANDS of dollars.
Easy.
We're getting married in just under two weeks, our entire wedding budget (including the dress, food, and open bar alcohol) is about $3000.
Consider buying your dress used. I got mine off of our local Craigslist for $350. It's a designer Maggie Sottero gown, which in stores retails for at least $1000. I also bought our daughters flower girl dressed used for only $50. As a bonus, it's a totally green way to go! Completely enviromentally friendly!
For invitations, buy the Do It Yourself kit. We did. 100 invites for $25 from our local Michaels. We designed them ourselves, and they turned out very unique and wonderful! My mom said she liked them better than the professional invite she'd received earlier in the month.
Have your ceremony/reception at a friend or family members home. Do you know anyone with some country property? This would be perfect. We're doing ours at my parents home. 134 acres, with a 4.5 acre limestone quarry as our backdrop. Surrounded by lush green forest. Better than a lot of professional wedding venues, and it's all FREE.
Get flowers from a grocery or department store, it will be much cheaper. OR, if you know anyone with a garden, enlist their help. All our flowers are free. Tiger lilies are our flower, and they just happen to be in bloom at the time of our wedding. All flowers for centerpieces, bouquets, decorations, etc, are completely free.
Invite only your closest friends and family. We have a grand total of about 80 guests attending our wedding.
Do your own music. If you're willing to rent your own DJ equipment, you can still have a fantastic party without paying through the roof for a professional. We're paying only $100 to $150 to rent all the equipment a professional would use, and that's the price for an entire WEEK. A fraction of what a pro costs for only 4 hours!
Instead of just hiring a professional photographer, check out some portfolios for aspiring students. You'd be surprised at the amount of talent those students have! A lot of the time you'll find their talent far surpasses that of professionals. And, because they are still students, they still have the enthusiasm that a lot of pros seem to lack. Just MAKE SURE they have some experiance in wedding photography (maybe try to find an actual wedding photographers assistant).
Or, if you have any friends that are photographers, ask them. My brother is a professional, and is doing our wedding as a gift. Lucky us! He takes amazing pictures, and has traveled overseas just to do so!
Consider doing your own food. We are. My mother is an experianced cook (for large groups, as my parents run a bed and breakfast). Everything except the meat is being done by us.
Instead of spending hundreds on a cake, buy something nice, but not a typical cake. We're getting a nice black forest cake (husbands favorite) for us to cut. Then, we'll also get a bigger black forest sheet cake, to serve our guests (with ice cream of course!).
The point is, if you're willing to take things into your own hands, you can save literally THOUSANDS of dollars.
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