Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. Franois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Planning a Wedding on a Small Budget
You don't want to wait until you can afford it. You want to get married now but you want a real wedding with guests yet all you can afford is five minutes in front of the justice of the peace. You want a lot. You can have a lot. When you're planning a wedding on a small budget, you have to be creative, clever, smart and organized.
If you haven't purchased the ring or rings yet, one of the most economical ways to do so without going into debt is through a pawn shop. Pawn shops always have a big selection of wedding rings. That seems to be the first thing to go when people fall on hard times. Reputable pawn shops are picky about the jewelry they accept. It must be real gold and the diamonds have to be real also. They won't accept cubic zirconia. Since they only loan about a tenth of the value on jewelry, they don't have to mark up the price much when people fail to pick them up.
If you're planning a wedding on a small budget, you have to look at all the expenses and see where you can compromise. Think about the flowers. Who said the bride and the bridesmaids have to carry an entire bouquet? Think of the savings if they only carry one flower. Simply elegant.
One woman who was planning a wedding on a small budget hit the jackpot. She had been toying with the idea of having a garden wedding but didn't have the garden in which to hold the wedding. What she needed was a friend or relative with beautiful landscaping. She had noticed a particular house with lush landscaping full of flowers and bushes had been on the market for some time. She figured it hadn't sold because it was so expensive.
Planning a wedding on a small budget gave her a courage she didn't know she had because she approached the realtor for the property she was admiring and proposed a deal. She explained about her upcoming wedding and said how she had long admired the property and asked the realtor to ask the owner if she might hold her wedding there. She offered a small deposit, promised to clean up and also promised that her friend at the newspaper would do a write-up about the whole thing.
To her surprise, the owner agreed! She was ecstatic. She received the rental of the chairs and the folding tables as a gift and borrowed and crafted and drafted everyone she knew to help her. Sure enough, the following weekend her "wedding story" appeared on the front page of the Sunday paper's "Living" section, complete with photographs of the lush gardens and beautiful house. To her delight, the house sold two weeks later.
Where there's a will, there's a way. This woman's story proves that. Not only did she get a free place in which to hold her wedding, but the paper's photographers took a truckload of pictures. When she was planning a wedding on a small budget, she was creative, clever, smart and organized. You can be too!
Wedding Ideas - How To Personalize Your Wedding
By Ben Needles
Many people enlist the help of a wedding planner to assist them with their wedding ideas and advise them for all aspects of their wedding day. One of the main questions a bride and groom ask is how can we make our wedding different The best way to make your wedding stand out and be different is to personalize it.
Do not waste time trying to out do other weddings or special events. Instead spend your time looking into ways to personalize your own wedding ideas and use it as a time to be creative, imaginative and fun.
In some cases it is traditional for a bride to wear their mothers wedding gowns. However over time the dress may have deteriorated or may not be the style you want. Instead of leaving the dress sitting in a box why not use it to make a ring pillow or incorporate it into your wedding reception ideas by using the material to make wedding favors or use the dress as part of the table decoration.
The wedding table is the focal point of any wedding reception and can be extremely easy to personalize. You can add personalized napkins, name plates, wedding favors and decorations. To save money all these details can potentially made by you with the help of your friends and family.
One of the first wedding ideas to think about it are the wedding invitations. It is becoming increasingly popular to personalize wedding invitations by having them made with a photo of the couple in question.
Wedding invitations are something that a lot of people will keep as a piece of memorabilia to remind them of the day so adding a photo is a great way to make your wedding invitations stand out and look different together with giving the invitation that extra personal touch that will no doubt be appreciated by your guests.
Traditionally the wedding cake should be a three tiered cake with white icing. Nowadays more and more people want their wedding cake to be personal and unique. You may decide to have the cake topper created as a replica of the bride and groom or pull all the stops out and have a totally unique wedding cake made to represent what the couple enjoy. There are many wedding cake designers who will be able to incorporate even the most unusual ideas.
There is also nothing to stop you breaking away from the traditional tiered wedding cake and going for something more unusual like a chocolate fountain or fairy cakes.
Personalizing your wedding with your own unique wedding ideas, likes and interests will make your special day unique, fun and a day that not only all your guests will remember but you will be remember for the rest of your life.
About the Author (text)
Vicki Churchill is the owner of wedding ideas, a site that specializes in Wedding Ideas, wedding Decorations, Seating Plans
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