Money Saving Wedding Tips
One Idea
to save money
is to not
have your wedding on
the weekend.
Many vendors will offer substantially lower costs because weekdays they are usually free
and not booked.
When buying
a wedding gown check your
local newspaper
for slightly used dresses. Shop in bridal outlets they usually will offer substantially lower costs than your
local bridal store. Shop consignment stores
you can usually find great deals
and slightly used dresses. Don't buy
a designer dress if you don't have to. Designer dresses will definitely cost you
more money
and usually you can find similar dresses at a much lower cost than you
would a designer dress.
When purchasing your cake try
to keep it all the same flavor and keep it
simple. Use your own decorations
for the cake like fresh cut flowers
or pearls. Doing this is minimizing the hand made designs
that the baker does which will lower your cost of the cake.
Deciding on
video and pictures have a friend
with a nice
camera usually
4 pixels and up
take your pictures. Take your pictures to your local
photo lab and edit them yourself or use your computer and add your own
effects. This will save you a ton of money. Your video you can do the same. Have a friend with a nice camera and a
tripod the
tripod is important because you want steady video and have them
shoot your
wedding. Have your wedding at home or at a friends
house. When you have a wedding at home you do not
pay any fees that are associated with
renting a hall or ball room. Also you can bring
whatever food you would like and you don't have to pay for a bartender if you do not want too.
When deciding on entertainment have a friend with access to the internet download your favorite songs and burn them to a disc and play them at your reception. This will
be a huge savings.
When deciding on your wedding accessories such as your flower girl basket you can usually go to a local craft
store and purchase a plain basket and decorate it yourself. You can
pick up some
material while your there and some pillow stuffing and a little
needle and thread and make your own ring pillow.
When trying to match all of your colors together go to your local
paint store and get a paint card of the colors you are using and take this
everywhere you go. This will help you with matching flowers and all of your decorations you are using in your wedding.
If you are having an outdoor wedding have it in the fall. The fall time is the most beautiful weather and most likely not as hot as it would be in the summer time. Also prepare yourself for rain. Have a plan to get the cake and other decorations that are sensitive to rain put up and out of the way.
Do not be afraid to ask for help. Ask groomsmen and bridesmaids to help decorate
before the wedding and assign each one of them a couple of simple tasks
each. This will save you on decorating and clean up before and after the wedding.
Most of all remember it's your wedding and just enjoy yourself and have a great time.
Yolanda Nash is the owner of
http://www.yolandasweddingfavors.com and wedding planner. She enjoys seeing all the different table decorations, flowers and wedding party favors on the wedding day.