You can have elegant, beautiful weddings without breaking the bank.
A cheap wedding doesn’t mean giving up style or sentimentality. It means using your imagination, using your own hands or the help of friends and family and of course your bridesmaids (that is what they are for).
For The Perfect Day! will help you have a budget wedding that will be the event of the season.
Planning cheap weddings can still mean you have your dream wedding, but with cash left over.
Tips:
1. For one trim down your wedding list. Sit down with your fiance and make an A, B and C list. A are people are your closets friends and family, B would be co-workers, friends that you don't see as much as you would like and C would be acquaintances, etc. Send out the invites for list A first then once you get responses move onto the next.
2. Save printing costs and postage on your wedding invitaitons. Try making your own invitations (Michaels Craft Store, Martha Stewart, Staples and Target all of kits). If you do get invites printed up forgo the inner envelope and blotter paper. Rather than having a reply card, ask guests to reply online or by the telephone.
3. Shop sample sales (i.e. Vera Wang sample sale in NYC Pennsylvania Hotel every Spring) for an affordable wedding dress
4. Have your wedding on a weekday (Thursday and Friday has great deals) or Sunday afternoon. There is less demand for these dates so vendors are more likely to give you a better rate.
5. Save money on decor by having silk flowers and a lot of candles for an inexpensive, but romantic setting
6. Get creative and make your favors, centerpieces your self.
7. Ebay...I absolutely love ebay. You can purchase flower girl baskets, ring bearer pillows etc.
So save money on your wedding...
