Fh and I as you may know are paying for college,an apartment and a wedding...on top of that we are saving towards our dream home!! So I washoping to start a thread that maybe we can all help each other out. IF you see a great deal or are doing any thing to save here adn there please post!!!
SO far...I have worked with the lady at my favorite stop and shop to create these awesome identical bouquets of flowers at a price of 9 bucks each. My best friend and I are going to get extra fabric and wrap them the night before at our hotel!
Centerpieces I am getting rose pettles really cheap from a wholesale florist and using three long and pink taper candles on our tables with a bunch of tea lights.
We found a great photographer and videography with a very reputable company and great website for a total of 2000!!! YES FOR BOTH COMBINED> thats for 8 hours and basic package. fm me for details
Our dj is well known and fantastic...I saw a friend of a friends wedding video and must have him...1395 for a nice package.
We are having our wedding on Labor day....We got the thatched cottage to give us the entire day to decide on our hours. So we get part day and part night. We got winter rates for a september wedding!!! Your talking minus 25$ a head!!! We also got them to throw in a chocolate fountain, we are having a sushi chef and frozen drinks!
Since we having our wedding On a monday...myhotel and flight will be cheaper leaving on a Tuesday.
angl2001
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thats awesome!!! i think i just may have to change my date!
Sunflower08
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hello - - -budgeting here....although I can't truly put a ### yet cause we haven't figured it out ha ha ha ha
Teamhurldon
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I'll definately be chattin with you later, we have budgetted a total of 14k including our honeymoon... or perhaps no honeymoon... lol
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I am totally a budget bride. As of now, I am creating my own centerpieces which will save a bundle and as for flowers, the only real ones that I am getting are the bouquets. I am always looking for any other possible money ideas.
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Oh boy am I on a budget $10,000 I might go over $400 b/c I am a 2 dress bride
Ilovebriani
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good for you!!!
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Posted by ynksfan167
I am totally a budget bride. As of now, I am creating my own centerpieces which will save a bundle and as for flowers, the only real ones that I am getting are the bouquets. I am always looking for any other possible money ideas.
where are you getting married?
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I've been grabbing numbers from music schools for strings during ceremony, these college students will work for food, drink, and little $$ for the extra money and experience.... Plus it will feel good to give them money because they are struggling artists and I myself remember what having extra money and not eating ramen noodles for a night in college felt like...
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doing extra's for the wedding but its all being done by me (printing is free at work for the most part), so save money $$$. Certain things are not so important to me such as flowers and a limo so we are budgeting much less for those items.
Our wedding is on a sunday night on a holiday so less expesnive and we are getting married free since the mayor of our town the town we are also getting married in is family saved money there.
Our dj gave us a kick *** price of $900 for ceremony, cocktail and recepeion for mc and dj major change to go elsewhere for us.
And if after that we just make sure all vendors and wedding costs are paid 100% is the only time we consider a honeymoon otherwise we move it to another month.
LuvMyAlfonse
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You will soon have FM!
angl2001
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i am still looking for a nice but cheap hall i might have to change the date :(
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i am the budget bride but i dont have the budget groom! he just wants to spend and spend ...wait til he sees the bill
Mrs. V 2008
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i'm trying to be! but i don't know how successful that will be!!!!
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Budgeting is soooo difficult. Way to go on finding those deals.
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I'm down for that. I am budget girl. We are paying for the wedd. ourselves too. So I feel you. We tried to do a day wedding, but the church is very picky we had to go with a Friday night. Which in the end will work out. OUr price is amazing, we get to pick the hours as well and they threw in an extra carving station and choices for the recep. part.
We are having a family friend do the video, I'm not into all that blah, on the videos, just want the important, ceremony, dance etc. We haven't booked a photog. so def. FM about yours. We don't want to skim on that. My sis is nice enough to take care of the favors and his sisters are nice enough to take care of invites. There small things that can add up so every bit counts.
I have thought of something similar to what you are saying and have a few people in mind.
So, I can def. post things I found for a great price!!!
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If you happen to find any local schools with a boys choir PLEASE let me know! I think I have mine already but if I could go about this in a less expen$ive way that would be awesome!
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I'm trying my hardest to be a budget bride, but with asian families, it's VERY hard. Traditional asian families feel that you HAVE to invite EVERYONE who has invited your family to their weddings in the past....that applies to our friends as well as our parents friends. If you don't, and the other party finds out, it's considered disrespectful. So far, our budget is at 35K...which i guess isn't TOO bad considering we're expecting 350 guests.
Anyhow, we cut some corners by doing our wedding during the winter and during the day.
We're not using floral centerpieces...i'm during rose petals and votives.
We used our friends as often as possible. Our DJ's are friends and are charging us $800 to lug all their equipment from jersey, 2 DJ's (one likes to spin from records, the other from CD's), and a full lighting package (intelligent lights and strobes).
Our officiant is my current youth group pastor, who also happens to be a good friend.
Since all asian kids were forced to play some sort of classical instrument, I have plenty of friends to choose from in terms of music for the ceremony....I know tons of Julliard trained violinists, vocalists, my sister went to LaGuardia for flute...my dad is a classical pianist.
We'll be getting our invites from costco...SOOOO cheap AND they're thermography!
The only area we splurged on was photography....even budget brides should get ONE splurge!!! We cut out videography, since we knew we'd never watch it anyway. We may get a friend to tape the ceremony though.
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can you FM me the photography/video info? thanks!
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Posted by Teamhurldon
I'll definately be chattin with you later, we have budgetted a total of 14k including our honeymoon... or perhaps no honeymoon... lol
You can total do a gorgous honeymoon!!! Best kept secret...is Key west!!! Ive been there and its just as gorgous as most of the islands Ive been too! They have an underwater hotel there too thats very cool and reasonable.
