Collaboration
Steve and I have been engaged for five years now, six years in September this year – and seem to be no closer to getting married. Unfortunately wedding funds have had to be used elsewhere so a wedding has been down the list of priorities. But we don’t want that to always be the case. This means having our wedding – but on a strict budget. The bulk of our money will be going on the venue – to get an idea of what kind of venue we are looking for, click here.
With the venue taking up the majority of the budget, everything else will have to be done a little more cheaply. I will be heading to a local wedding dress shop where I know the proprietor in order to get mine – I’ll get a discount there compared to other places. We have a friend who makes rings so we’d definitely consider asking him to make our wedding rings.
It is extremely possible to do a wedding on a budget – it just requires some planning. It is also about who you know too – I have photographer friends, hairdresser friends, make up artist friends. I’d much rather hire them and feel comfortable -and get a small discount on their services. If you all knuckle down, you can make the invites yourself and when it comes to food and drink on the day, there are ways of getting that cheaper too. Some venues require you to use their catering facilities and staff but this isn’t always the case – make sure you look into it.
My friends did their whole wedding on a budget of less than two thousand pounds – and they financed it by selling all the old stuff they no longer needed. They had so much stuff they were literally selling it for pennies but it all added up in the end and they had the most beautiful wedding and reception – a great day was had by all.
We’re knuckling down to start saving – we are going through the house and selling things we don’t need – and I can’t wait to see the pot building up and up. I still want to keep to a budget though – no extravagant weddings for us, oh no!
I’ve been getting a lot of my wedding ideas from sites like Confetti – you can read more from that site if you click here. They really do cover all bases when it comes to weddings from favour ideas to great venues to advice in certain wedding situations. I find it really helps me to stop from becoming a total Bridezilla – it keeps me level headed and grounded to read articles and posts from other women also planning their perfect wedding or those who have already been through theirs and letting us know how they got on.
Who knows when we will finally get married – but at least we have finally put some plans into action – that’s more than can be said for the past five years, isn’t it? Who we will invite, what food we will have, that is all yet to be decided – I can’t wait to see where the journey will take us.