We are officially in a recession, but your wedding shouldn't suffer. You may have to enlist the help of your close friends and family, but you will save a lot of money. The reception is the most expensive part of a wedding and you don't want your guests to know that you had a tight budget. Below are a few money saving tips an ideas.
1. If do not have a huge flower budget, consider using vases of different heights and shapes as your center piece. You can fill them with a single flower of your choice, colored water and crystals or pearls.
Available at CB2 for $3.95
Available at Fire Mountain Gems as low as $3.00 per strand of 16 crystals
2. Avoid using white as one of your main colors. A lot of white space will make your venue seem a bit scarce. Try using a bold color instead as your main color for decoration. A colored table cloth is usually the same price as a white table cloth. Just ask your venue or rental company.
3. Use a lot of candle light to illuminate your venue. This will give your reception a romantic luxe feel.
4. Consider an adding an accent color to your reception that was not present in during the ceremony. For example if your ceremony colors are red and white, try adding a touch of metallic eggplant to your reception. If your colors are Tiffany Blue and chocolate brown, add a bit of fuchsia to your flowers.
5. Order your flowers online and enlist the help of a freelance floral designer. Try the Flower Exchange. They offer roses, gerbera daisies, calla lilies, orchids and much more. Prices range from $8.95 per bunch of 10 daisies to about $17.50 for a bunch of 10 orchids.
6. Request a fancy napkin fold. Your venue should do this at no extra cost.
7. Print out your menu cards yourself instead of having a printing company do this.
Have any questions about more ways to save money? Just email me!
Happy Planning!!!
xoxo,
Ayana
1 comments:
i adore the vases but can't find them at cb2.... do you know where i could get them?
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