Frugal Weddings.
Here's our frugal wedding. Yes it was only $1500, that's not a typo. You can do one that's inexpensive but still nice. We had some comments from readers to share.
Tawra
Just wanted to say how nice it was to read about
your wedding experiences. I also had a 'frugal'
wedding and it helped that my Dad was not only
the Pastry Chef who made our cake, but is also
ordained and he officiated! My dress cost $30.00
for the material and a friend's Mother made it to
me.
With regards to the vocational school experience,
I had silk flower arrangements as well as our
invitations (laser cut with gold foil background)
made up before the end of the school year, so
they were all ready and waiting for our August
wedding at very little cost. My students also
made much of the food served (lasagna, meatballs,
etc.) and we just thawed, heated and served. We
also had fresh raspberries that my Matron, her
hubby & I had picked a couple of days before. We
had the whole shebang in the backyard of my
folk's Adult Christian Retreat(now gone).
Thanks for letting me remember! Take care, God
bless and keep on writing!!
Sharyn
From: Robin H.
I just wanted to comment on weddings. My husband
and I kept our wedding simple and spent more on
the reception as it meant a lot to our families.
I made my dress, beads and all, and my sister was
my maid of homor, and she made her gown using the
same pattern, different variation, but picked a
color that looked good for her (my suggestion). A
friend of my husband was the best man. We married
in a small chapel. Flowers were provided by a
relative who was a florist (I offered to pay, but
they wouldn't take it -- made it their gift), so
we kept that to a minimum to be considerate. My
future inlaws paid for the church and minister,
about $350, and we paid for the reception about
$2000. We let the restaurant coordinator and the
DJ do their jobs, and all had a great time. A
friend who did professional photos did the
pictures, and we also had the disposable cameras
at each table. It all went really well.
Tawra
Just wanted to say how nice it was to read about
your wedding experiences. I also had a 'frugal'
wedding and it helped that my Dad was not only
the Pastry Chef who made our cake, but is also
ordained and he officiated! My dress cost $30.00
for the material and a friend's Mother made it to
me.
With regards to the vocational school experience,
I had silk flower arrangements as well as our
invitations (laser cut with gold foil background)
made up before the end of the school year, so
they were all ready and waiting for our August
wedding at very little cost. My students also
made much of the food served (lasagna, meatballs,
etc.) and we just thawed, heated and served. We
also had fresh raspberries that my Matron, her
hubby & I had picked a couple of days before. We
had the whole shebang in the backyard of my
folk's Adult Christian Retreat(now gone).
Thanks for letting me remember! Take care, God
bless and keep on writing!!
Sharyn
From: Robin H.
I just wanted to comment on weddings. My husband
and I kept our wedding simple and spent more on
the reception as it meant a lot to our families.
I made my dress, beads and all, and my sister was
my maid of homor, and she made her gown using the
same pattern, different variation, but picked a
color that looked good for her (my suggestion). A
friend of my husband was the best man. We married
in a small chapel. Flowers were provided by a
relative who was a florist (I offered to pay, but
they wouldn't take it -- made it their gift), so
we kept that to a minimum to be considerate. My
future inlaws paid for the church and minister,
about $350, and we paid for the reception about
$2000. We let the restaurant coordinator and the
DJ do their jobs, and all had a great time. A
friend who did professional photos did the
pictures, and we also had the disposable cameras
at each table. It all went really well.
posted by Tawra Jean at 12:10 PM
1 Comments:
For our wedding and reception we made use of the flowers twice. I had inexpensive arrangements of roses made by a friend who owns a florist shop (using one type of flower instead of many in a bouquet reduces the cost.) Close to the big day my mother and I were at a resale shop and found 4 medium-sized simple glass vases (they looked a little bit like water glasses.) We set those out at the reception at each of my bridesmaids' seats and they were able to place their small bouquets in water. It made for a pretty table piece. We also re-used our alter piece-- after the wedding while we were dismissing guests my aunt took it down (candles and all!) and drove it to the reception where it was placed at our head table.
We got married at Christmastime, so for centerpieces I cut small evergreen boughs and placed them on the tables with discount tea-lights I bought at Walmart- $2.50 for a bag of 100!
Our wedding was very special because we had it at Christmastime. I had so many people call to say what an enjoyable time they had and how classy and sophisticated it looked--- little did they know about the evergreen boughs cut from my mom and dad's backyard and the discount/discontinued bridesmaid dresses!! :) Hooray for frugal weddings.
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