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A "Do It Yourself" Wedding For Less Than $600

When my oldest son married I knew that his fiancee been away from home for years and the expense of the wedding was pretty much up to them. Being the frugal Mom I am I went to bat.

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She and I went shopping and found silk flowers for bouquets, corsages, candles, all the reception supplies, and ribbon. It took some work but I made her bouquet, 4 Bridesmaids bouquets, 6 corsages, 8 bouteniers, the pew bows, table decorations, 2 ring bearer pillows, 2 flower girl baskets, 2 Large centerpieces to go on pillars, a covered guest book and 4 handmade bridesmaids dresses.

The point I'm making is this: When you know you don't have a fortune to spend but you want a nice wedding to be proud of, Do IT YOURSELF. Use your talents and skills, don't hire people to do it. Tallying the reciepts I realized we had pulled it off for less than $600.

By Sharon KY

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By Beth (Guest Post)
April 28, 20050 found this helpful

And the best wedding present the bride received was her new mother-in-law!

 
May 26, 20050 found this helpful

I'd like to comment on this also. When my sister got married 2 years ago, we did everything and anything ourselves. I created the invitations with RSVP's, which people had asked where she got them done at because they looked so nice! My mother created the bridal bouqet and pew flowers/bows, which were absolutely gorgeous! My sister and I created the bridesmaids flowers, as well as the wedding program that was handed out at the church. It had a photograph of the couple on the front, which made it very unique.

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A nice thing my sister did was put notes of thanks on the back cover, thanking everyone who put their talents to use. Not only was it a Thank You, but she specifically told guests in her thank you what each person had contributed to their wedding. (I thought that was very thoughtful!) At the wedding and reception, I took most of the photographs. A friend took the ceremony pics since I was also maid-of-honor!! A beautiful, inexpensive wedding can be done with a little creativity and ingenuity!

 
By Lee-Ann (Guest Post)
May 26, 20050 found this helpful

Sharon, I would love to see more of the wedding photos. What did the bride do for a dress and what was your reception like?

Good job!

 
By Sharon,Ky (Guest Post)
May 26, 20050 found this helpful

The Bride actually chose to wear Blue rather than traditional white as she had a child.She wasn't MY daughter so I kept my mouth shut.She chose a plain Dress so I did talk her into letting me embellish the neckline and add sequins and sewed embellishments on the bottom of the skirt to show through the blue net. I did buy matching blue net to make her a veil and used a small tiara. The reception was her Mother's choosing.I furnished the supplies,did the cake but I tried to stay out of it and let her family do it.Frankly, I was disappointed in it.

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Many of the things I had to decorate with were never used.But I put on a smile and never let it show.This was THEIR DAY!! And by this time my stress level was pretty high anyway. For her first Christmas he bought her a beautiful curio cabinet and it makes me proud to see all the beautiful things she kept that were made possible because I did everything within my power to help her have the nice wedding she wanted. ... View related article.

 
By Emily (Guest Post)
October 8, 20060 found this helpful

I have wedding planners that are giving me decorating ideas that are breaking my budget I set. What is an idea for pretty centerpieces for a spring wedding that I can take to them to save some $?

 

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