Cheaping out?

Just curious! For those who are on a budget, is there anything that you and FH decided you could cheap out on?

For us it was the favors and flowers! What about you guys?

we're staying cheap on a bunch of things:

-- not doing programs or menus or custom escort cards
-- not spending too much on favors (doing a donation of about $2-3 per guest, probably)
-- DIY invitations (they come to about $1 each)
-- not using a well known photographer (still a professional photographer who does a great job and who has lots of experience, just not one of the 'big' ones)

Pretty much every place i could cheap out i did...

were using the house florist
the house bakery
Party City for invites
wedding factory direct for accessories of me and BM's
DB for my dress and bms so they get a discount Mens Warehouse for Tuxes so they get a discount.
we used my parents time share for our HM
DIY Favors, tags and place cards
Using a family friend for invitation calligraphy
Using my Avon connection for BM gifts

ETA:
DIY Programs
Got the cheapest package from the Photog
Using a local DJ (getting the neighborhood discount)
My sister is mailing my invites from work (so i only need the stamp for the RSVP)
No hotel room for night of

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Posted by AwaitingAugust

we're staying cheap on a bunch of things:

-- not doing programs or menus or custom escort cards
-- not spending too much on favors (doing a donation of about $2-3 per guest, probably)
-- DIY invitations (they come to about $1 each)
-- not using a well known photographer (still a professional photographer who does a great job and who has lots of experience, just not one of the 'big' ones)

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Thats awesome! I am doing my own invitations too! Seriously, thats something I am not willing to to pay a lot of $$$$ for!

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Posted by AngnShaun

Pretty much every place i could cheap out i did...

were using the house florist
the house bakery
Party City for invites
wedding factory direct for accessories of me and BM's
DB for my dress and bms so they get a discount Mens Warehouse for Tuxes so they get a discount.
we used my parents time share for our HM
DIY Favors, tags and place cards
Using a family friend for invitation calligraphy
Using my Avon connection for BM gifts

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Awesome job! We are a DB and Mens Wearhouse bridal party too! Gotta love the discount! I also cut out limos! Seriously, my RH is right around the corner from the hotel!

we are not doing flower CP's... out CP's were $16 each, and then we bought shells for another $60 maybe... and rose petals. If we did flower CP's for 25 tables, it would have cost us $2k easy!

we also did not go nuts on invitiations and picked reasonably price favors!

Well for FH and I, we decided to cheap out on a couple of things. First on the list is my bridal accessories. Instead of getting an expensive headpiece, I'm going to pick a fresh flower from a garden (our wedding is in Miami) and put it in my hair. I'm going to wear just a pair of pearl earrings that I already have, and I'm going to wear the diamond bracelet that FH bought in the middle east for me. Since its on a beach, I'm just getting a pair of wedge flip flop sandals to wear, at about $15 bucks a pair.

Next on our list was to go easy on the plane tickets. We are flying economy/coach down to Miami instead of first class. Now for our HM we are flying first class to Jamaica. The economy tickets to Miami saved us about $500.

I wasn't going to pay a lot of money for my dress either, meaning that I didn't want to pay so much for alterations. I was lucky, I found a dress that fits me PERFECTLY and doesn't need any alterations.

I'm also doing my makeup myself.

I swore I was going cheap on a bunch of things...turns out I didn't cheap out on ANYTHING! Well I guess there is one thing - we're taking the flowers from the church to use in the RH so we didn't have to order a seating card table arrangement. But I guess that was just plain mean since it means we're not donating it to the church!

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Posted by christine2010

we don't have a budget, however we where not going to take out a mortgage to pay for the wedding. i have to be honest & say that we are having everything that we want but we spent the extra time to shop around of the best price

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well said! that's what i meant!

Oh, and instead of me purchasing the $500 beaded sash that I saw in the bridal salon I'm going to make my own sash. I bought pearls, beads, and rhinestones along with ivory organza and I'm making my own!

$500 for a sash? Ummm NO.

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Posted by FutureMrsBrowne

Oh, and instead of me purchasing the $500 beaded sash that I saw in the bridal salon I'm going to make my own sash. I bought pearls, beads, and rhinestones along with ivory organza and I'm making my own!

$500 for a sash? Ummm NO.

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ITA! Thats way too much! Post a pic after you make it! I'd love to seee!

Flowers. I never really cared much for flowers. Limos werent a big deal to me either. We'll be in them for like 15 mins anyway.
All my other vendors I got what I wanted.

I am getting a lot of my favors and DOJ from eBay. So far I got a great deal on headpieces and some DOJ for my bridesmaids.
FH and I also are not booking a hotel for the night off, nor having any hotel blocks for OOT (we are cutting a lot of distant friends/out of towners from the guest list). BM dresses are coming from David's Bridal $ 99/gown sale. Limo - we may even cut out depending on how our bridal party transportation pans out.

We are also not booking our HM for right after the wedding (and only for 5-7 days). FH was married before so a lot of these things are just not important to him (heck the whole wedding isn't that important to him! )

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Posted by MrsSx2

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Posted by FutureMrsBrowne

Oh, and instead of me purchasing the $500 beaded sash that I saw in the bridal salon I'm going to make my own sash. I bought pearls, beads, and rhinestones along with ivory organza and I'm making my own!

$500 for a sash? Ummm NO.

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ITA! Thats way too much! Post a pic after you make it! I'd love to seee!

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I will post a pic of it when I'm done!