Comments on: Cheerful Frugality Weds

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:39:09 +0000

I think our biggest expenditures were booking the church and the reception location. However, since we chose a very attractive church we did almost no decorating. A very talented friend did an altar arrangement for us with silk flowers — it’s beautiful, she only charged us for materials, and it looks lovely in our house a year later. That and the unity candles were our only decorations in the church. My mom and aunt did all of the live flowers (bouquets, corsages, etc.) and we bought the flowers in bulk from a local florist. We got the cake at H-E-B and it was delicious. Dinner was Rudy’s BBQ, which is relatively inexpensive and very popular here in Austin. I found my wedding dress at a store that was going out of business and paid $80 for it — including tax (original price was $700). My aunt made our invitations. My former employer did our photography for free, although we got a hotel room for his family for the weekend and gave them a restaurant gift card. He’s amazingly talented and did such a wonderful job. My mother-in-law made my veil, one of my bridesmaids did my makeup, and my sister-in-law did my hair. We had so many generous and talented friends, and the wedding was all the more wonderful for the personal touches involved at every step.

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By: Edi

Edi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:46:32 +0000

Our wedding was 13 yrs ago and we spent probably less than $3000 – had about 100 guests. Here are some money savers:

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our reception was in the church hall – free
“amateur” photographer father/adult son team (amateur but skilled and lots of experience his part-time job – unlike an amateur amateur my sister used and is disgusted to this day how lousy and few the photos were). He took the photos – gave us the book of proofs and all our negatives so we could get our own copies/sizes – can’t remember the price…maybe $250.

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Only 2 attendants each – men and groom wore suits, bridesmaids – I told my 2 sisters just go look for something you could wear again and gave them some criteria (no minis, no purple etc). They came back with some pretty royal blue dresses that they found for about $20 each!

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Food was probably the biggest expense and if I knew what I know now I sure would have done things differently – but I just didn’t know how and had little help and was overwhelmed. It was partially catered…

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Flowers simple – with just ribbon around the bouquet – cost about $100 for all wedding flowers.

My wedding dress – I always had a certain style in mind and was not wanting to go over a certain dollar amount (I think $200) – but I looked and looked and looked and I could not get anything that cheap…all the super cheap stuff was super ugly and super gaudy – so I did end up spending more on my dress than I had planned.

Veil – used one that 2 of my other sisters had used.

Usually – the simpler the wedding (less attendants), the cheaper you can do it. I look forward to someday (hopefully) help my dd with her wedding…but that won’t be for at least 13 yrs (I hope!)

By: Mrs. R

Mrs. R — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:56:54 +0000

My recommendation is to get married near a holiday and have a holiday themed or colored wedding. We got married 10 days before Christmas and had a Christmas themed wedding. As soon as holiday supplies started going on sale at Hobby Lobby in July and August we bought little Christmas trees for centerpieces, garlands for decorations, etc. It was much cheaper than buying traditional white wedding stuff, and I think it was prettier. Don’t skimp on the photographer though. My parents had a friend take their pictures, and none of them turned out, so we were willing to spend a bit more for a real photographer.

By: poetloverrebelspy

poetloverrebelspy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0000

Just a note — the floral link is broken

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:14 +0000

While I would have been thrilled to have a smaller wedding ( I invited 3 of the final 150) hubby and our respective family kinda steamrolled over that idea. Part of that was a built in advantage – his father is executive chef at a reception hall. We got sat down and informed our wedding would be there.

But one idea that did save both money and wear and tear on my nerves was the bridemaid dresses. Going on the idea that every grown women needs at least one black dress that looks good on her in her closet, I told all my bridesmaids simply- You’re in a church, be sensible – and let them pick their own dresses in black. Only two bought dresses, and one of those found the best looking dress in the bunch at a 2nd hand shop for $5.

The wedding favor that was handed out? I bought wildflower seeds from a local company in the wedding colors (blue and silver) and simply made little packets out of parchment paper and ribbon. Three movies with my honey later, they were all filled and tied for a grand total of $35 for everything. (As an added bonus, I had enough to plant a little garden in each of the mother’s yards as a gift, and some left over for my own yard.)

By: Elizabeth-The Whole Family

Elizabeth-The Whole Family — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:38:02 +0000

I had a nice wedding and spent only about $3500. I printed my own invitations, thank you’s, and rsvp cards at home. I hired a woman to make my wedding cake out of her home. This saved me a couple hundred dollars. She was a SAHM and I asked to see pics of previous cakes. She did a great job! I only had 1 attendant and we got her dress out of Chadwick’s catalog for $60 or so and it was super cute lavender. We hired a lady to make our food for our reception and her Hubby just happen to do flowers as well. All food and tons of flowers was under $1,000. WE used hubby’s Grandmother’s cake topper (that was used in her wedding 53 years prior) and she also gave us silver toasting glasses to use as well. We just used the caterer’s cake server and didn’t spend money on that. My FIL sang at the wedding and my BIL sang “our song” at the reception. All in all everythign was great, but I would definitely NEVER not have a photographer!

By: Mrs Elliott

Mrs Elliott — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:35:56 +0000

Those are all wonderful ideas, and it sounds like the result was beautiful.

One of the best ways we cut costs for our wedding was to find a less expensive venue that still provided set-up options for the price we would have paid at other venues. In our case, a local small town country club was available for the reception and would provide all chairs, tables, linens, and even some decorations at a fraction of the price for a hotel or specific wedding venue. We also asked their wedding coordinator if we could order the food for our guests a la carte from the catering menu since we couldn’t afford the buffet or served meal options. We ordered almost everything that would have been served in the buffet, plus some extras that we especially wanted. By doing this we saved thousands of dollars.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:30:27 +0000

i’m in the process now! One thing we’re doing is making the flowers for the men and mothers from artificial flowers purchased at a craft store.

we did our invitations online through http://www.overnightprints.com they’re actually geared more toward businesses and advertisers, so the quality isn’t quite the same. For something that most people look at, write on their calendar, then throw away, I think its worth it. Especially since it meant that we get to put a picture of the church (in the National Park) where were will be getting married in the background of the invitation.

and my favorite – i got my bridesmaids dresses at TJ Maxx for $25 i picked them up purple cocktail dresses and for the price who cares if they never wear it again – they probably wouldn’t have any way!

By: Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:01:51 +0000

We wanted a very homemade wedding and that made it much easier to save money. My grandmother made my wedding gown and that saved us tons, plus gave me an heirloom quality gown that I’ll be able to pass down to my daughter if she wants. Also we got married just after Christmas and that made decoration a breeze – everyone loaned us Christmas trees and greenery. Food was another area we saved a lot of money on – my dad and I did almost all of it with a few friends bringing their specialties and putting them on borrowed silver trays. My aunt is a florist and she saved cuttings from different plants to make my bouquet – I only actually purchased a dozen white rozes for myself and three pink roses for my sister, but the bouquets were lush and I was able to save all the ivy (which means fidelity) from mine and plant it. Actually I think the key to any wedding is deciding what matters the most to you and then spending money accordingly.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:34:04 +0000

Sounds so lovely!

We went with a trusted student photographer (I worked with him before and he had a great portfolio already). He did a great job and saved me a ton of money! It was $500 for his services, and I got high-res versions of all photos he took.

I recently bought a digital SLR camera and took it with me to my husband’s sister’s wedding. I took shots of her getting ready the morning of (including at the salon and getting dressed) and the photos came out really well (if I do say so myself!).

My shots there and at the actual wedding came out beautifully and were an excellent compliment to her paid photogs photos.

If a bride wants to use an ameteur photographer, I’d suggest they have a long discussion about what shots they want and how they want the photos to go. Looking over any available portfolio is always a good bet.