How to Plan an Elegant Wedding for Cheap
Planning the perfect wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and wedding vendors are poised to pounce on lovestruck brides and take advantage of their desire for the best of everything on their special day. A single day can end up nearly bankrupting new couples. Fortunately, a beautiful wedding doesn't need to be expensive. If you're careful about where and how your funds are allocated, you can still plan an elegant wedding without breaking the bank.
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Things You'll Need
- Non-traditional wedding gown
- DIY invitations
- Short guest list
- Silk flowers
Instructions
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Plan your wedding for the off season. Services from all kinds of vendors will cost less if you avoid the peak months. Premier Bride defines the spring season of April through June as well as the fall season from September through November as the most popular times for a wedding. If you hold your wedding on any day of the week other than Saturday, you can reap even more savings. If you're holding the wedding indoors, the time of year won't affect the elegance of the wedding at all.
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Select your bridesmaids' dresses during prom season when colorful formal and semi-formal dresses can be found at any department store. To save on your wedding gown, consider using any white formal gown as a wedding dress. You can also look into using an heirloom dress that belongs to someone in your family or shopping for an antique gown.
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Print your wedding invitations yourself. With a high quality printer, you can easily create invitations that look just as beautiful as those that are professionally done. This simple do-it-yourself task can save you hundreds.
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Limit the guest list to close family and friends. The fewer meals and favors you need to provide, the more money you'll have left for other aspects of the wedding.
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Use silk flowers for the bouquets and decorations. This will allow you to select the most elegant-looking arrangements with no thought to what's in season. Silk flowers can also be saved as mementos from the wedding.
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Tips & Warnings
Avoid the trap of thinking that an item needs to be brand name or professionally provided to be elegant and impressive. Oftentimes, do-it-yourself projects can look just as good and guests will never know the difference.
References
- Photo Credit Wedding bouquet the bride on background of wedding dress image by Aliaksandr Zabudzko from Fotolia.com
