wondering how much people have spent , I'm a creative person and I'm wanting so many things, i seem to find things everyday that I'm like i want to do that , love it.. but i know i cant afford them all.. , im getting worried that its going to be a fortune.. just wondered what others have spent and what that included for price.. :) i love this part of the organising, im SOOOO excited to decorate the woods where our ceremony is going to be.. want to turn it into a totally enchanting magical place with candelabras hanging from tress and fairy lights everywhere !
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CommentAuthor*KelBel*
We got everything included in our venue price. The only thing we bought was the real flowers for the centrepieces etc as we wanted real flowers,not plastic and silk ones that the venue had, when we priced up doing everything separately it would have been around £1000 x
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
We paid approx £800 for all deco including 105 chair covers, 12 table centers, other deco around the venue which was a fair amount.
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CommentAuthorMidgetGem89
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We are paying 250 and shes throwing in a few freebies too
120 chair covers and sashes Table covers and runners 13 Center pieces colpur changing led lights for centre peices Pull bows in church A popping balloon for first dance Balloons in the bar room and an at either side of entrance door Entrance table cake table and top table swags Table sprinkles
Shes dressing and setting up my sweet table for free throwing in bows for my wine and a mr and mrs banner also a post box and a few other things i cnt remmeber haha!
It was alot less but weve changed the centre peices to giant wine glasses which made it mofe than fish bowl price and also first venue didnt need table clothes they provided bt that went wrong and we changed venues which will provide if we needed but more expensive than my friend :-)
We bought a few of our iwn things like lights for top table sweet and cake table. Also led candle lights as we managed to find a bargin deal on them n we got our own candle holders (so u cnt see the cheap plasticy candles haha) But wont be a huge waste of money most of them we have said she can keep after ill take a few of the candle holders home tho :-) and the top table lights will go on mine n mams xmas tree from nxt yr haha :-)
CommentAuthorNelinde
We're hiring a company to come in and decorate our venue for us as we're having a lot of guests! Originally it was 250 guests but due to a financial change we've gone through our guest list and trimmed it down to around 150 people. This is our original invoice with the numbers at 250: (But it's now down to £725 with numbers at 150)
Event Type: Wedding
Set-up Time: 9:00am Arrival Time: 4:00pm
Order:
Chair Covers: 250 x White Sashes: 250 x Turquoise Unit Price: £1.95
Table Runners: 25 x Turquoise Unit Price: FREE
Swags: Top Table / Cake Table / Sweet Table - Turquoise Unit Price: £30.00
Bay Trees: 2 with fairy lights and bows Unit Price: £30.00
Centrepieces: 27 x Martini Vases with decorations - Turquoise Mirror Plates: 27 Unit Price: £5.00
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CommentAuthorEmmaG
I think that sounds great prices considering you have quite a lot of things.. fab, thanx everyone :)
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CommentAuthorbarbie86
The only things we had in the way of decor were chair covers and sashes for the ceremony, which cost £2.50 per chair/£180 total (we bought the sashes for £1 each which was cheaper than renting them, and we can sell them on), and flowers; the decorative flowers (2 pedestals and 13 fishbowl table centres) cost £530.
Decor can really add up so we picked a venue that didn't need anything extra x
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Including the centre pieces, balloons, table names, table planner, runners, table crystals, most likely around £300 if not a lot less
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CommentAuthorEmmaG
i think because ours is going be like a mini festival we want a lot of decs outside, bunting everywhere, hanging hearts with tons of fairy lights, hot tub sign, bouncy castle sign, lots of fur rugs to chill out on under huge sparkly drapes, sofas around a camp fire , flowers everywhere, hanging paper lanterns, sparkly butterflies, toadstools, the list of things i want is very long i could go on and on..haha.., bar area, games area to decorate , plus all the inside marquee decs and decs in the woods for our ceremony.. mmmm, i think its going to be a lot.. glad of the guide prices you have all given for your bits and bobs... thanx x
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CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Sounds brilliant Emma, I am sure you will be able to pick a lot of that up cheaply, look around for people getting rid of sofas cheaply or just wanting rid of them. Will be ace. Before we moved house we had a huge garden, we changed our sofas so had our old leather ones outside, we used to sit on those around the fire pit. Was lovely.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorMrsLJDeaton
I'm spending about £800ish for back drop lighting and table decorations top table and the rest of the room adding in candy cart and chocolate fountain also adding in a Mr&MrsDeaton sign a box too hold guest book and leaf for guests to write on and to turn into burning for the baby's room Xxx
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CommentAuthorMrsEmmaP
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We are spending £200 on a star backdrop that our venue provides, then everything else I am trying to get for around £50-£80, making the centrepieces myself and getting a Mr & Mrs sign from the bay, OH is going to make some 'love' signs too x
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CommentAuthorJennK
I think we are paying around £600 in total for twinkle backdrop for top table, swagging for top table and cake table, 60 chair covers and sashes, ivory aisle runner, sweet table for 100, and lots of balloons :)
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CommentAuthorEmmaH444
Who are you using MidgetGem89? Could you post to my all please? :)
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CommentAuthorsALLY
£250 as the venue is beautiful and hardly needs anything, im getting free evening centerpieces and using alot of jam jars so i can do diy stuff myself
CommentAuthorAmandaK74
£100 for chair covers, sashes, table runners, center pieces for table and balloons. I will however add a few DIY things to match our theme
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CommentAuthorEmmilou82
We have been quoted £575 and that is for setting up, sweetie cart, chair covers and sashes, centre pieces, twinkle archway, postbox, runners and top table garlands.....
We have 106 day guests so i dont think that is too bad :-)
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CommentAuthorAnneK49
Hi
Iv been franticly googling wedding decorations for ideas the list seems endless iv ended up using a company to come in and do it for me as i didnt anticipate that id would have to do the decorations myself if i was to buy from hobbycraft etc, i want to be getting dressed in the monring not decorating lol. we was given a really good price by a company call The venue decorators UK we have 70 guest and have pretty much everything we need for £300 i might add some extras on though nearer the time they have loads to choose from and are so helpful. leave it to the experts i say so you dont waste money buying mistakes from ebay hobby craft etc,
cant wait for my special day!!!!!!!!!!!! anne xxxxx
CommentAuthorpookey
I have a guess list of 250 at the moment and growing. I'm trying to keep costs down so we are planning to decorate ourselves. Any tips are welcome. We are based in London. I really like fish bowls but there are 25 tables so this works out quite expensive.
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Keep an eye out to see if anyone is selling them from their wedding, could get a nice little bargain. Keep an eye on the bay as well, or the tree of gum.
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CommentAuthorVelcro
sale or swap sites on FB, gumtree and preloved are all good places to source fishbowls, however you might struggle getting identical ones in that quantity?
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CommentAuthorsALLY
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pookey jam jars and wild flowers will be cheaper, old books from charity shops if you want a vintage look or tea pots maybe filled with supermarket flowers im sure you can find plenty of bargains bay of e or charity shops as 25 tables is alot to do :)