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ildonkle
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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Help Help!!! This may be a crazy question but ..... how do poor people afford a nice wedding?? With my paycheck a have just enough tp pay the bills with just a little left over for food/gas/whatever i need at the time....Ive already got my wedding dress! (Thank god for ebay!)I also have ... flower girl dress, ring pillow, garter, and a possible veilI just dont know how people do this! I need some Cheap (but nice) ideas on planning my wedding! Any help is sooo appriciated!Thanks!!!  |
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ibanuvsya
Joined: 07 May 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Iran
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| ive heard that instead of a photographer people hand out those disposable cameras to guests and get photos from them....great for getting everyone and catching so much more of whats happening from every angle...just get someone you know thats really good for the main ones |
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IcomyCrolomal
Joined: 14 Oct 2007
Posts: 25
Location: IR
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| See if the location has flowers or decorations they will let you use and instead of a photographer have a friend or family member who wants to be involved take the pics with a digi cam. with the great cameras out today my pics came out great, plus you wont have to worry about some stranger following you around taking photos of you. it will be someone you know. plus, you get instant gratification if you wanna see the photos. tip: bring an extra camera battery. ours went dead right before the cake cutting. also, make sure the memory card is big enough to hold all the photos you want. |
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Ihopeyouarehappy
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
Posts: 7
Location: UK
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| our budget is just about 2k. i got a part time job to help save money. we also used our tax rebate checks.here are my tips that i have passed on to many buget concious brides... hope you can use some of them. first off- shop after holiday clearance sales at craft stores, michaels and ac moore, and places like walmart, target and kmart. i got things on christmas clearance for 75-95% off- votive candles in glass holders for $.40 each! i can set you up with a great lady who is making my invites. she does package deals (any size you will need) and a la carte - you will save tons with her. i'm getting 75 invites, evelopes, thank you scrolls, rsvp postcards, folded thank you cards and evelopes and address labels for under $90rings- shop jc pennys when they have sales, look for coupons...or ebay and craigslist. really don't be afraid of ebay. shop sellers with 99 or 100% feedback only. i'm getting my ring for under $25 (stainless band that matchs my engagement ring) and his for under $50 (tungsten).transportation- use a relatives nice auto or use your own. you DON'T nee a limo, you can even rent a big suv for the day for near nothing from most rental co's (budget hertz alamo) or call around to classic car clubs and see if you can rent a classic car for an hr or two... might be really cheap to do thatdress- shop consignment shops. my dress cost $150 and is awesome. look on craigslist and ebay too. bm dresses- these have dresses under $100 http://www.bridalsassique.com/index.asp?...http://www.bridesonlinestore.com/you can also try looking at prom dresses and homecoming dresses in macys and jcpenneys. most of them look like bm dresses anymore, it will increase your selection by looking for those 3 types instead of just bm dressesguys clothing- they don't need to tux it up. they can wear white shirts and tan slacks. or white shirts and dark slacks and a tie... make sure they are all bought at the same time so they match. flowers- you can shop local flower stores or grocery store floral dpts (make your own if you like) bring pics of what you want to guide your florist. shop rite has a full service flower dpt and they offer wedding planning help too. or you can go the silk route. afloral.com has great flowers. that's who i went to for minecenterpieces- i like the tall vases with topiary style arrangements on them. i love gerberas so i think using them is a great way to punch up color and keep your budget downyou can also get different vases (walmart super cheap) and have different looks on each table. ceremony location- i'm all for outdoor weddings. i think being surrounded by nature is just beautiful and makes for awesome pictures. plus most are free or really cheap. i'm getting married in a park and it only cost $5 for the application fee. no charge to bring in chairs tents etc...reception locations- you can have it at a vfw, moose/elk lodge or fire house banquet hall. they are nicer now that ever... they realize how much revenue they generate so many/most have been updated in the last few years. we are using the banquet hall of the fire house where we are memebers. it only cost us $275 to rent. $500 for non members. (they do open bar. cash bar. cater. or let you diy the food)cake- look at bjs and costco, even walmart does wedding cakes now. don't forget grocery stores. most do wedding cakes and are rather tasty cakes. you might not get all the flavor choices of a bakery but most ppl go with white or chocolate anyway. we are getting our cake from shop rite ($1.75 a serving compared to $3.50 someone else quoted me) i love s/r cakes and have had many a b-day cake from them when i was younger. favors- you really don't need them if you are trying to save money. but... you can do organza bags filled with candies. shop ebay for the best prices, seller ideabus, has the best prices and selectionor try dipping the ends of pretzle rods in white, dark or milk chocolate. then roll the ends (or sprinkle) with jimmies, colored sugar crystals, crushed nuts, mini marshmallows... or what ever else floats your fancy. put them in celophane bags and tie off with a ribbon to match your colors. super easy and people love things they can snack on on the way home from the reception. stick to edible, anything else are 99% dust collectors or trash can fillersphotographer- look on craigslist for your area, under services, type in photography and see the results. i found a great gal for mine $300 for 6 hrs. some places charge wayyyy more but you should be able to find a good one for under 1ki also found someone who wants to build her portfolio so she's shooting the whole day for free. if we like any prints we can order a la carte for super cheap.you might be able to find a dj service on craigslist too. or just call around for a good rate from someone with referralsour wedding for about 100 ppl will run us about 2-2500k. most important thing about a wedding, budget- STICK TO IToh join your local yahoo group freecycle and post what you are looking for. i got lots of wedding things for free. (esp after june!)post on craigslist for your area too, and search for wedding things too. many ppl have left overs they want to unload after their weddings and sell at below lowest cost!oh ck out this site toohttp://www.cheap-chic-weddings.comBEST OF LUCK |
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IceHockWorld
Joined: 13 May 2008
Posts: 28
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| Weddings are open to be anything that you make them. If you are limited by funds that will determine the type of wedding you are able to have. The thing to do is determine what matter the most to you and what matters the least.Some helpful tips are (like in one of the other answers) put disposable cameras out. Put a few out on each table at the reception. It will gain you many great pictures and really makes the visitors engage in and become part of the celebration more. My sister had a pot luck based reception. It worked out really well. Remember that you will have to house a good part of food though. Do a few frozen lazanas and such and a few other things, but have family bring items.Another thing you may do is have an outdoor wedding. This will keep you from having to rent a hall.You may also ask someone of meanning to both of you to marry you. It is not that hard to have someone become an ordand ministor allowing them the athority to marry others.That might help some. It is hard. You will do it though. Congrates and good luck!!!! |
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ifilmu
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
Posts: 11
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| Well, first things first, you have to find a place to have the wedding. A parent or friends house is free and requires little to no decorating. Another little known place is state parks... Often you can "rent" a state park site for almost nothing, the problem ( or perhaps a benefit as it cuts costs ) is that getting a permit that allows alcohol can be expensive. Check out the prices at your local hotels, golf courses, etc. Prices for renting banquet facilities vary widely.I'm not sure if this would be "nice," but the reception is the most expensive part because you have to feed your guests and such. Some people skip that part and just have a ceremony with their guests. Other folks will have a ceremony then meet up at a local bar or club for a de-facto "reception."If you are dead set on a reception, just realize that the more people you invite, the more expensive it's going to be for the food and such. Banquets are the cheapest option, prices range from around $3 to $40 per person...Print your own invitations, you can order kits that include everything you need for around $300 ( for 100 invitations ) online. Or you can make your own, ready to print card paper runs about $1 each, clip art is freely available online, and most good word processing software has templates for cards available online... Most banquet rentals include tablecloths so you just need to worry about the centerpeices... On the decorating think simple and be crafty; hit Craigslist.com, eBay, and garage sales for wedding decorations. ( I ditched about $10,000 worth of supplies for half price or less. )Real flowers are expensive as all heck, go fake or do something else entirely. My centerpieces used five silk flowers per table; I used submersible lights, wine glasses, and Christmas tree ornaments ( dead serious. ) It was gorgeous! Make your own bouquet, it's not as hard as you might think...Decorate ONLY what needs to be done, i.e. the centerpieces and a backdrop of some kind for the ceremony "alter". I picked up a garden arch and hung wisteria vines on it, it was perfect. If you are lucky your venue may have a nice enough backdrop that you don't even need to decorate it...For music, ask a friend to run a boom box for you instead of hiring a DJ. Just make them practice getting to the ceremony tracks correctly BEFORE the ceremony. At the party put on a good radio station, or get your friend to pretend to be a DJ and play various CD's. Bring a CD rack and organize the CD's so he can find them easily... Get a wireless mic for the toasting...Research your cake options; bakers prices vary a lot, also check your grocery store, a lot of them can put together a two tier wedding cake for about half what the baker would charge you. You could also have a baker in your family make it for you, but that can put a real strain on your relationship with them...Most of all, remember why you are there and don't sweat the details. If you have good friends, they will understand, if you don't you don't need that kind of friend... |
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ILoveCoffee6156
Joined: 26 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| I'd just do tons of online searches. You can find a bunch of stuff on clearance. Also, I don't know when your wedding is, but you could always buy things after huge holidays because they are a lot cheaper then. I wouldn't advise using the disposable cameras as your only picture source though as someone mentioned. I've seen this done a lot and every time the couple was disappointed because the majority of the pictures didn't come out, were crappy, or were of people being stupid and/or drunk. Try not to worry about it. Two of the best/nicest weddings I have ever been to cost the couples less than one thousand dollars. My wedding is going to cost less than that even. You can do it. Just be resourceful and don't panic or get stressed about it. This time should be fun and exciting! |
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illegalphotos
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| You didn't say when your date is, but give yourself enough time to plan and save. I thought of it this way. My Wedding was the most important part because it is the blessing of our union. The reception is just like the biggest party I probably ever have, as such, ask for help. I had my wedding and reception in the same place, had a 3 tier cake from the grocery for $100 and snack type food. All in all I spent about $2000. Good luck. |
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IgorMcCain
Joined: 14 Apr 2008
Posts: 4
Location: UA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:15 am Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| friends: amateur/hobby photographers - photos might be the only thing you have to remember the wedding physically so make sure you ask a friend who you know is really interested to help you outyou could do a cocktail reception: get to gether with the girls and make little canapes which you can recipes for on the net and that will definately cut down on food costs you can also go to the store and buy frozen dimsims, spring rolls etc and they are usually cheap...drinks might be a different story but you DON'T have to provide alcohol...you can always provide some bottles of champagne for speeches but thats allfor the food you'll need a couple people to volunteer to keep the food coming but try to make most of them cold so they don't spend all night in the kitchenyou can get decent cheap cakes around the place so make sure you ask around and do some researchyou can do it at night in your house/ or someone elses or a garden (preferably someones home so you can prepare the canapes...) buy some cheap candles and put them up around the garden, along with some make-shift cocktail style tables to put the food on. |
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IanK
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Posts: 17
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| Men: Can wear their own dark suits. If they do not have them Target has some affordable separates that I have seen on and look nice. If someone wears a suit only rarely it does not have to be the most expensive thing.Attendant(s): pick a color and they can pick their own dress in that color. It could be something they have or something they find. I have also been to weddings where the dresses were in the same color or color family but not matchy matchy and I thought it was very sharp. Again I thought Target had some nice dressy dresses.Venue: the church and reception hall attached might be the most economical choice because the church hall will have tables and chairs and dishes and flatware plus possibly table covering and decorations you can use. Some churches have tulle/chiffon and bows and other things you can use to decorate for the ceremony.Otherwise a park or garden would be nice and not too expensive. You would have the expense of renting chairs and tables if you have the ceremony there but you could cut way back on the decorations being in a natural paradise (that is what I did and I do not regret it to this day 16 years later).Music: honestly the CD/Download thing even if you have to buy a stereo or speakers is the most economical for both ceremony and reception and there are nice CDs/downloads available.http://pianobrothers.com/They have three different wedding CDs with every style of beautiful wedding music from traditional to beachy/casual.Food: I did the one stop thing at the supermarket deli and bakery for cake and food. They delivered and set up. The food was delicious and the cake was beautiful and tasty.I had a 1:30 p.m. wedding with an afternoon snack reception and it was perfect. You can stock up now on sodas and punch ingredients (Gingerale/Punch/sherbet) now. I was at a wedding where they had a cash bar but for free they had pitchers of lemonade. It was country time but with slices of lemon and lime floating in it it looked pretty and no one was the wiser. They also had pitchers of ice water.Flowers: real flowers are expensive. I personally do not like silk flowers. I had an abundance of inexpensive flowers (daisies) with a scattering of white roses (my favorite) in my bouquet and the white on white was very elegant. You could carry a single flower in your favorite color or the bridesmaids could. http://indiebride.com/ Their forums have a lot of ideas for avoiding the WIC -- wedding industrial complex that seeks to part you with your money for things you do not need.Decorating the reception: white twinkle lights do a lot and can be had for very little.Invitations. Oriental Trading Company has some very pretty DIY kits for those. Also lots of decorations and favors and other ideas.If you have a ring pillow then you are planning to have a ring bearer? If you are getting married sometime after the holidays you may be able to get him a very smart outfit of shirt vest pants and sometimes bow tie on clearance for a few dollars to maybe $15-25 if it was originally an $80-100 outfit. And he can use it again for other dress up occasions.Or you can get him a white shirt and black dress pants and a tie in a wedding color http://www.kidsformal.com/product-p/vest-set-tie-kfg.htmhttp://www.kidsformal.com/product-p/ties.htmHoneymoon:You can go to priceline.com and type in the zip code of your city. Make an offer on a nice hotel room that you can afford. By booking now you can save a lot and still be able to not simply come home after the wedding.Unless you want to simply come home. Even then you can get some nice white sheets on clearance at http://smartbargains.com/ or http://overstock.com/ and use some of those twinkle lights and some greenery to make your bedroom more fantastical to come home to. Get a deal from your caterer/supplier at the supermarket on some amazing finger foods to have waiting in the room and something you could have for breakfast the next day. Set the coffeemaker etc. right in the room.Then you can have the luxury of staying in bed all day or...you could meet up at a relative/friend`s house for a potluck breakfast and invite any remaining guests who have not yet left to hang with you. I desperately wish I had done that the morning after my wedding. |
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Icoccappilm
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 17
Location: World
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: Affordable Wedding Help!!!!? |
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| My husband and I got married 10 months ago and we did not have a lot of money. I had made my own invitations and RSVP cards. (bought the kit at Michael's, but Wal-Mart sells them also). I had bought silk flowers (I ordered them on e-bay, but any craft store or dollar store sells them) and made my own bouquets, center pieces and boutineers. I had gotten married in the park (it had cost me $20.00, but check with your local parks and rec sometimes they do not charge or charge less). My wedding party bought their own dresses and my family took pictures and sent us copies. Our reception was in our backyard and we had a barbeque. We played Cd's that we burned from LimeWire. Our officiant was my friend's father so we did not have to pay him. I always suggest to look at your guest list and see if any of them have talents that they can do for you. For example, is Uncle Bob a good photographer maybe you can ask him to take pictures for you. Maybe you have a friend who can make center pieces and bouquets for you. Our wedding cost us about $500.00. e-mail me at lovebunny225@yahoo.com for any other ideas and let me know when the wedding is.Thanks |
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