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i am really interested on how to save money i would like to now more

I want an absolutely free wedding

i just want to know how cheap i can go but the wedding still be nice.

I want to know how to have a beautiful and elegant wedding on a very small budget.

I would like to know as much info as possible on how to have an inexpensive wedding and still have a nice elegant wedding.

less then 6 months and no money for something nice.i need the cheapest possible things.please write me if you have any ideas!

i want to get married this year,on a budget

i know its a once in a life time affair.
but i dont want to have to worry about paying for it in my life time.

I reserved a local VFW, which came to $250 which includes the use of their kitchen facilities. We are making our own food and buying bulk 2x2 inch cheesecake squares instead of cake. We got a DJ for $600 so the reception itself ends up costing lss than $1000. We are decorating ourselves, not getting professional flowers, and each having ONE attendant who both agreed to pay for their own stuff. I havent gotten my dress yet but am hoping to spend under $500. Im making my own ring pillow and flower girl basket (much more fun that way) My uncle is a photographer so thats covered. I got a porcelain guestbook and pen set that is absolutley gorgeous off of Ebay for $25. ALWAYS CHECK EBAY!!!! So this will end up costing my parents and my fiance's parents right around $2000 and will still be everything I've ever imagined!

I am planning to get married June 19, 2004, but have no money saved up. I want a nice, but cheap wedding. The most we can probably afford is between $1,000-$2,000 and that's not even for sure. Am I crazy or what? I just need some advice.

It is April 29,2004 and me boyfriend is going crazy about getting married! He wants to get married now, but I want to wait(Because I want a small wedding) he on the other hand wants to get married at the Justice of Peace. I don't want that, so I decided that we should get married in August 2004, that is just around the corner. I need just a little time to whip up something fast and cheap. can you help me?

We have 5 kids and are trying to adopt 3 more, relatives kids, ages 16 , 15, 15, 14, 10 , 2 @ 11 months,& a 2 yr old my fiance works but only makes about 12.00 an hr. i stay home with our twins , how can we have a wonderfull wedding at almost no cost out of pocket? We are getting married on July 4th.

I knocked up my girl and now I gotta do the right thing. I am not interested in really getting married but I am doing it for her.

Is there a place where we can rent wedding dresses and then return it to get my deposit back?

Thanks, DonJ

Yes, My fiance and I are very anxious about getting married. We are wanting to try to do everything with $5,000 or less. That includes, wedding, rehearsal and reception. We have alot of people thats gonna help us but still interested in getting help on finding the right kinda dresses an suits. Any information would be helpful.

I plan on getting married in Feb. 2005. My bf is in the Marine Corps and he will only be home for about 1 week and i want a wedding but we really dont have the money and we talked about going to the court house but if i can have a wedding for next to nothing then im gonna do that. Any ideas?

My fiance` and I are planning on getting married on June 19,2004, but we both just lost our jobs recently. Is there any way we could get a cheap, but beautiful wedding for almost nothing???

HELP! I,M GETTING MARRIED AUG.21,2004,
I ONLY HAVE $1500.00 I HAVE MY GOWN, MY CAKE IS TAKEN CARE OF. MY INVENTATIONS ARE TAKEN CARE OF & MY PHOTOS ARE TOO. MY MOTHER AND AUNT ARE TAKING CARE OF FOOD. WE NEED A CHURCH, A HALL AND A D.J. AND HOW TO PLAN THIS WEDDING IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS. PLEASE ANYONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME! THANK YOU.
RONDA GILBERT

i have been engaged for 3 years and have finally set a date for the wedding (not actually a date, but a month-September)and I have my dress and the bride maids dresses and that is it! I dont have alot of time or money- I would like some ideas for an outside wedding and the cheapest route possible.

Cheap nice cakes walmart 125.00 for a three tier cake decorated how you want it

i don't work as i am pregnant. my fiancee's salary varies week bt week . we can spend up to 400 on a wedding . how can i pull this off?

My neice is getting married as quickly as possible, no, not a shotgun wedding, but has no money so the cost falls to her grandmother and me, her aunt, she has no mother. How can I give her a simple, somewhat nice but cheap cheap wedding? thanks SO much

im supposed to be getting married new years eve and we have just lost my partners dad my fathering law and we used all our savings we did have to hgo towards our wedding on his funeral i want this to be such a nice day but the thing is im thinking of canceling because i dont want it to be a distaster i want people to say how nice the day was and how nice i looked please help we have been through so many problems and we just want to do it for us because we have come through every problem better people and even stronger,

i am getting married next fall and i need ideas for a cheap but memorble wedding...

My fiance and I are planning to get married on June 3,2006. I am a full-time college student and I work part-time retail and my fiance just got establised with his new career. After paying all of our bills he and I are both broke. Our parents are going to help us Pay for it. This is my dilema we have a 250 person guest list and a 18 person bridal party. We need to find a way to do this wedding with 5,000 dollars. Someone please help us!!!!!!

I helped my finance's mother with her daughter's wedding. To save money on the reception, we decorated it ourselves. Buy fake flowers at AC Moore and put them together yourself. Dress up railings with netting and christmas lights. Put the christmas lights under the netting so they look less cheap. Wanna make it chepaer... find a family member who owns a restaurant... just got a new apartment, before you put furniture in it, have the reception there... having a summer wedding, go to a local park with pavilions and decorate it and bbq or cater... cosco for veggie plates and finger sandwiches...

My best friend is getting married August,05 & it's already March. I know she wants what everyone else would LOVE 2 HAVE elegant, beautiful, nice & cheap or free. Is there any info you can give me so she can have a beautiful cheap wedding in Atlanta, Ga. Everything you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Tequila :-)

Help my daughter is getting married in 3 weeks. We got her dress and the flower girls dress off ebay. the flowers i got at michaels alot of the other stuff we got at walmart.Money is short and we stillneed maid of honer and brides maid dresses 4 all together the bad thing is her color is hot pink dresses are hard to find. We are having the reception in my yard big cookout still need chairs and tables? Making cake myself Ladies that part is easier than you think!made all of the favors and dec. ourselves. any advice?

Hello! Please help us. My Fiance and I have to pay for our wedding and we are out of idea's. We a wedding budget between 3,000-5,000. we can't seem to put together a wedding for less than 10,000. Please help us figure this delima out.

Thank you so much,
Patrick and Tiffany :o)

My fiance & I are getting married. He proposed so suddenly upon us meeting that neither him or I thought that we would be getting married to each other so soon but we just simply fell in love. I have not one penny saved but still would like a beautiful reception hall in the Wescheter area. Can you help me?

I want to have a nice romantic wedding but do not have a whole lot of money saved up to this point for a very expensive wedding I only have about $1000.00-$2000.00 to work with could you please give me some pointers we are planning a June wedding. I plan to hold the wedding outdoors if weather permits.

I am getting married in october and dont know where to begin. This is my first time being married and we r having a church wedding. My credit is bad and cannot get a loan do u know anyone that can help me. I am 55 years old and i need some help so that this wedding can be the best day of my life. Thank you

My fiance and I have been postponing our wedding for about 1 year now, due to financial situation now we sre determined to get married but don't have the money. I need help urgently.

I have 3,000 dollars for the wedding. I would really like to make a lot of the stuff for the wedding. (centerpeices, bouquets, flower girl basket...)If anyone has done this first hand or has any ideas please e mail me. Thanks :o)

My son is getting married 5-6-06. We want a simple, nice but cheap (economical) wedding. Any suggestions? Please help with ideas of where to begin. Thank you.

My fiancee and I have approximatly $4000.00 for our wedding. And we would like to get married sometime before the end of this year. If anyone has any ideas, please help! Thanks :)

Ive been engaged for a couple of months now. From what Ive seen there are lots of ways to make your special day pretty cheap. For the reception, your centerpeices can be simple floating candles in a glass bowl, or you can even opt for buying glass vases at the dollar, adding glass stones to the bottom, and then add water and flowers for a nice look. shop around for flowers, and you can always make your cake yourself. There is a lot you can make yourself for cheap. I know when my aunt got married she left disposable cameras on the table so that she got pictures from every table's perspective of the wedding...I wish you guys luck!

Hey, I have a great tip for cheap catering!
For about 14$ per person you can have a chef (all dressed up) serve your guest an entree of roasted sweet garlic chicken, an array of mixed veggies and spice rubbed potatoes. Not to mention the appetizers.

And, did I mention the beautiful China the food is served on! All this from guess where.......
BOSTON MARKET
Who woulda thought? Hope this helps!

I can't thank you all enough for those ideas on cheap catering, flowers, and cakes. what about a cheap band? is there such a thing? how about a cheap photographer? we can save maybe 10k for everything.

My husband-to-be and I have very little money to spend, as he works infrequently doesn't want me hooking anymore (I promised no Johns would be visiting once he asked me to marry him). I have my heart set on a beautiful white wedding dress, where can I get something cheap?

I managed to have a really cheap wedding. My fiancee and I looked up in the local papers where a nice church ceremony was going on, and called around to make sure that the ceremony was going on with a church where the bride and groom weren't regular members of the congregation. Then we showed up a half-hour before the ceremony, killed the bride and groom and their entourage, then took their place in their clothes (tricky thing to remember here: use ceramic knives and make sure to icepick at the brainstem, that way the suit and dress aren't ruined for use). The bridal gown was a little tight, but otherwise it got us a completely free ceremony and we were outta there before any of the families had the balls to get up and ask what was going on. Anybody got any red-eye tickets to Honolulu? Want a ride to the airport?

Please help me! My wedding is in one week and I got a black eye accidently when I fell in the shower. This on top of our trailer burning down a month ago and I'm just feelin bad omens. We already have $180 invested in icing, cake mix, and panty hose and my father in law says we can stay with him till we get on our feet, but that's just because he wants me too. What should I do?

TIPS!!!
We saved HUGE!!!
PHOTOGRAPHY:
We had a family member who is great at photography take our pix FOR FREE. Don't worry about not having enough great photos. At least 6 family members and friends sent us CDs with a total of about 500 digital pictures. You can get them printed at Costco or Yorkphotos.com for pretty
cheap.

CAKE:
My aunt was a baker and a cake decorator, so she made our BEAUTIFUL and oh so tasty cake as a gift. She is interested in helping other brides: $2.00 a slice, please email me for her information.

DJ
We saved huge on our wedding by NOT having a DJ, but guests were still able to make requests and the music was great. We downloaded the best wedding dance songs onto our laptop and hooked our laptop up to the sound system at our reception location. We printed out a list of the songs we had, let guests write requests down on a list and had a close friend monitor the playlist from time to time. The music was exactly what people wanted to hear, and we danced alll night!!!

THE DRESS: EBAY
I got my dress on Ebay for $210. I measured myself using a sewing measuring tape and kept my eye out for dresses I loved that had my measurements for a few months. I absolutely LOVED my dress. Don't be afraid that it won't fit... if you measure everything and check against the measurements posted, you will be fine!!!

FOOD
We saved a ton on food by ordering focaccia sandwiches and pasta and fruit salads from Safeway. We did veggie and fruit trays and crackers with yummy dip from Costco. We just had a few neighborhood teenagers bring out the food when it got low, clean up and keep an eye on things. We paid them $10 an hour.

ALCOHOL
We bought LOTS of wine from Trader Joe's for $3.99 a bottle. We also bought a couple kegs and paid a friend of a friend ($20 an hour) to serve it). You have to get a $10 banquet license from the liquor store (in WA state), but then you're good to go. If I had it to do over again, I would have had 2 people serving.

TABLEWARE
I went to a bulk supply site online and got plastic table covers, plates and silverware for pretty cheap. http://www.bulkpartysupplies.com/solidcolorplastic.shtml#plasticcups

CONGRATULATIONS!!! AND GOOD LUCK!!!

I found a cute little article call the $100 Wedding: http://budgetdreams.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/a-1000-wedding/ - some of the tips are great, some are iffy depending on your area, but if you ahve a low budget, this is a must read!

A big tip for every bride... If your wedding is not too far off you should find out what flowers are in season and go to craft stores (hobby lobby, micheals) and get their deals on flowers and wedding items...also use the season flower for ordering with a flower company!

i am planning on getting married may 2007, and want a very nice wedding with out spending all our savings... how do i do it???

one thing more I saggeust the blog owner make some more blogs like this . so we get more info on it. This is say very great way to learn any thing or if u don’t have knowlage but some thing than u just ask a Quession and u well get a anwser. Its simple great.

While planning my wedding I started a weddding auction website where people can sell the wedding leftovers, and where vendors can post their services up for engaged couples to bid on.

It's free for people to post for now. Credit is added upon registration. It's always free for brides who are browsing or bidding. www.biddingbride.com

i need some advice on a cheap but elegent wedding iam getting married 7-7-07 and i need some great ideas on a nice wedding with a very cheap budget any advice or help?

I am planning a wedding for September of this year I haven't yet decided on a date but I am for sure that it will be one of the first two Saturday's in the month. I would like some help on a cheap but elegant wedding, nothing ghetto-fabulous. I want a church wedding and I have family to help with preparing the meal for the reception, and doing the programs, decorations and invitations, but as far as getting a wedding gown and finding the right attire for my wedding party, is where I am coming into a snag. HELP!!

For all you budget brides like me, gowns, flowers invitations and photos seem to be the real expensive parts.

GOWNS!!
http://www.ebridalsuperstore.com/ has NAME BRAND, MADE TO ORDER wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses the cheapest ever! I got a $800 Alfred Angelo dress for just over $400 and my bridesmaids cost less than $100 a piece.

FLOWERS...or rather CRYSTALS!!
The next tip I have is about crystal bouquets. http://www.geocities.com/chris_breecher/beadbouquets.html
is a website on how to make them. The lady actually makes and sells them, so she knows what shes doing. With that and Micheal's craft store I made my 120 stem bouquet, both bridesmaids, 80 stem bouquet, and three 10 stem boutonnières for around $50 and that included a special wire twisting tool bought at Micheal's as well. I couldn't even arrange my own bouquets and boutonnières with fake flowers for that! (And crystals are the new thing so everyone is still talking about it!)

BUT if you aren't into crystals, http://www.budget-bride.com has some amazing flower arrangements at amazing prices. And you can customize them, including ribbon and flower color.

INVITES!!
With some modified instructions from http://www.budget-bride.com , we made our invitations for about $1 a piece and everyone thought they were David's Bridal Love in Navy! We got the cardstock and paper online at Paper.com for some crazy low bulk prices!

PHOTOS!!
We asked a student in college majoring in photography to do the photos for us. She did them for only the price of the processing and printing and the agreement that she could use them in her portfolio. I think we spent maybe $70. It was incredible! And as a "wedding gift" she put together a digital and table top album for us!

Anyway, my hubby and I pulled off an EXTREMELY elegant wedding for under $2,000. These were our BIG savers. If you want anymore tips on what we did, feel free to email me!

I want to know how to throw together a cheap, but nice wedding in about two months?

I want to know how to throw together a cheap, but nice wedding in about two months?

I'm getting married on 9/6/08 and my budget is $5,000.00 I need to know is it really possible to pull this off for this amount and for 150 guest!
PLEASE HELP ME! dOES ANYONE KNOW OF A CHEAP PLACE TO HAVE A RECEPTION IN NASHVILLE,TN?

I am pulling my hair out trying to find someone for advise on putting together an elegant affair in 2 mnths for under 2k. Please, Please, Please help me

I have 250 people coming to my wedding and most of then are his family...... The church dont get me wrong is huge but then again I am on a bugdet..... I dont know how I am going to feed them all without asking my daddy for more money WHAT DO I DO!