Google Site: Plan Your Wedding For Less

I am currently working on a google site that will have wedding cost cutting ideas as well. Please check it out.

http://sites.google.com/site/planyourweddingforless/

Dance Floor

We decided that our wedding/reception location did not need a dance floor due to a large court yard area that they have. However, when we were thinking we would need one, instead of renting it. We were going to make it. The cost to make it was nothing compared to the cost of renting one.

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Reception Table & Chair Suggestions

We checked into renting tables and chairs for our big day. The price for the tables, chairs, and delivery were unbelievable. We then started calling churches in the area of our wedding and asked them if they were willing to rent theirs to us. Some said no. But then some said yes. The church we decided to go with asked for only a donation for using them. Much cheaper way to go and we feel much better about our money going to help a church then just another business exchange.

Reception Food Ideas

We were unsure what we were going to do for our reception. My Mother wanted to do it herself but due to the destination wedding, this was going to be difficult to plan, prepare, and travel with. We looked into some catering companies. However, that can get to be very pricey. Due to the time of our wedding a dinner reception was more appropriate then the traditional finger foods reception. We then started looking into some traditional chain restaurants. And we were very pleased to find that these restaurants did offer catering services much cheaper then catering companies.

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Bridesmaid Dresses

If you know of anyone who can sew, you should really look into having them make your dresses. I am a pretty plain and simple girl. I am going to have 4 bridesmaids in the wedding. One of my girls will be 7 months pregnant and then the other range in sizes from 12 to 26. We were having a hard time finding dresses in the color I had picked out. And my Mother who has sewed my whole life, offered to make the dresses. We found the dress pattern and material through a fabric store and for all 4 dresses it only cost a little over $100. Where as the dresses I was looking at the girls buying were all over $100 for just 1 dress.

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Location, Location, Location...

This is a big part of your wedding cost. Most churches are now charging members and non members a fee for using their facilities. And people are often having to rent 2 locations one for the wedding and one for the reception. Try to cut down the cost by finding one place to rent to have both the reception and the wedding. Our wedding is a destination wedding. So we were responsible for hotel accommodations for the wedding party as well. We were able to rent a bed and breakfast. Which gives us the location for the wedding, reception, and it had enough rooms for all of the wedding party and immediate family members to stay. So the one place takes care of 3 of our wedding needs: Wedding Location, Reception Location, and Hotel Accommodations for the wedding party and family.

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Flower Girl Buckets

I wanted to make the flower girls something to use instead of the typical flower girl baskets. I wanted it to be something that went with the theme of the wedding, would be more personalized, and would be able to be a keepsake for them. I got some metal buckets (Click Here!) incorporated the colors and flowers of the wedding in the design of them and also added a personal touch, by adding the girls names with stickers.