Wedding Forum - Need Help for Buget Wedding...

hunny add ricky as a friend she's fab and did her whole day for 2k!!!! n it was stunning........she's helped me find bargains!!! x x x

For a start I would start with the guests list. How may of them do YOU and the H2B see? Are half of them people you only see at weddings and funerals? If so don't invite them or make them evening only guests. Why should you pay out to feed people who never bother with you any other time? You don't have to invite them just because they share the same bloodline as you.

Also you don't have to add on people's grand kids and kids to invite them. If they are work colleagues then don't invite their spouses just them as they will view it as a works function and sit together in a group. Yes it is nice to invite some of yours/his parents friends but they don't have to be the full list. One or two keep them company is enough.

If you really want them all there then you could invite them to the ceremony and evening do and just invite the nearest and dearest to the sit down meal.

hello it's me The Bargain Queen ( is that a song by ABBA ) lol at your service lol xxxxx

Hopefully I'm onto that Heather and I'm going to find a way of giving brides a way of buying them for a lot less or at least making sure that the kits to make them work out at a good price. I hate seeing people rip us off just because we are getting married.

take a look on my profile at all the pics...it was the most amazing day..we had such a good time..I had my dress, 4 bridesmaids, 2 flowergirls, 2 pageboys, shoes, headdresses, flowers, limo ribbons and champers, invites, rings, stockings, jewellery, ceremony, buffet and reception and toast drinks for 52 and all the table linen and table centres and a DJ, hubby's suit, shirt, tie all for 2K...took a lot of shopping around and negotiating but i did it lol xxx good luck with yours xx oops forgot bridesmaid gifts, pageboy gifts, best woman gifts and favours lol

There's a picture in my albums which has the design we used. They are A5 (so folded A4) ivory linen finished card with a separate ivory sheet inside that we printed ourselves. That's kep in with a piece of rat-tail ribbon tied around the centre and on the front there are 2 midnight blue hearts (our colour) with crystals coming off them. All sourced and bought from bay of e, separately, and my mum went a little overboard with the crystals to begin with (which were the most expensive things and not from bay of e) so ended up costing us more money!
If you add me as a friend, you'll be able to see them Hx

Ive been shopping on ebay and got everything from a cake stand to personalised invites for about £30, you have plenty of time to start buying stuff now and store it away, but I would defo trim the guest lists and in a years time some might not be around anymore..... I meant emigrated not cremated ......good luck and happy shopping!!!!

Hi Krystal,
I'm 20 too and planning a wedding for next summer :) My budget is £3000 for 70 guests, but i could get it down to about £1300 if i was just doing buffet food, so it depends how tight your budget is and what sort of thing you want. If you don't want to cut down on guests could you limit who comes to the wedding breakfast? Though i completely understand not wanting to leave anyone out. There are some amazing packages out there (one near me does the day for £999!) and never underestimate the skills of your friends - you probably know someone who did photography or floristry at college. I am keeping some cost down by having a second hand dress - it's gorgeous and much more glamourous than i could afford brand new but has only been worn once! I'm making all my own invites and favours, which is really cost effective and quite fun.

Good luck xxx

crikey... i wud say if u got soooooooo many guests.... do buffet type meal hun!

ask ure bms/usher to pay 4 their own outfits

I have done all my flowers myself (artificial) for under £60 for my bouquet, 3 bridesmaids, and a fairy wand - pics on my profile. A friend is making the cake, I made all my staionary, my dress was an ex-sample and therefore massively reduced in price.

Also have you thought of maybe having a hog roast or a bbq for the meal as they often work out cheaper.

Maybe you could get guests to chip for things like photographer etc for a wedding present.

Also ebay ebay ebay!! I love it!

I made my own cake topper out of fimo and I am also making the bridesmaid dresses which is saving me a fortune but I agree, ask bridesmaids and ushers to pay for themselves. As long as you make it clear from day 1 you shouldnt have a problem.

Good luck with it all. i love it so much I am dreading it being over.

hi Krystal! I'm doing all my own flowers like yourfirstdancebride but I'm having fresh flowers. Having really simple handtied gerbera bouquets for myself, bridesmaids and centrepieces so that I can make them myself. Also I'm making my own wedding favours, have bought chocolate moulds and am going to make them myself. Thats just 2 little things you could do to help save :o) ooh, also I got my bridesmaids to pay for their own dresses and I'm just buying them a gift each xx

Oh my word... I never expected so many people to get intouch. Thank you sooo much... I will add you all as friends and reply to you all on here one at a time. Im overwhelmed. Thank you soo much. Gunna take a nosey at your piccys everyone if you dont mind me stealing some of your ideas.
My guest list is a massive issue for me, its a bit sad for me really as anthony has such a massive family which is more or less imediate and with me not bein the most favourite person on his mums side and his mum and dad have this like fued its really hard for me to try and keep anthony in the good books. My mum had a wedding many years ago with 200 sit down guests :o ha ha so its quite scary to look at my guest list knowing that 145 at £35 quid per head is expensive, The only person diggin in their pocket for us is my mum and i feel like it wouldnt hurt for them to dig down and just help us with somthing little as ive noticed its the little things that add up. but that mabe a bad look on it??? To be honest im not sure how many of ants mums side will attend there was only one cousin that came to our enagement party from her side and i very much doubt she will attend, i may sound a bit of a witch here but its no skin of my nose if they dont come especially some of his cousins but its really impprtant to him and that makes me a bit torn. Im gunna respond to you all one at a time ha ha as theres so many of you.... Thank you soo much everyone.....responses comin soon.... x

Oh oh found my flower girls dress on ebay.... from america its £11 quid with £9 delivery.... Thats good right??? will add a piccy ( its gone to top of page) x

Hun if you can get your guest list down. Then i would say ebay and then go to places like hobbycraft

We didn't ask directly for people to pay for specific things but we did ask for money instead of prezzies..and people were so generous..it almost paid for the reception..we were very very lucky xxx That could be an idea if you still want to invite a lot of people.

Well said LIsa..isn't it sad that relatives only come out of the woodwork at weddings and funerals..don't see 'em for dust when you really need them. I would definitely only invite family and friends that mean something to both of you and not people who mean something to someone else. xxx It's your day. xxx

i have gotten everything other than my dress and bridesmaid dresses which they paid for from ebay, even flower girl dresses, it has save me an absolute fortune, but make sure that what you order is exactly what you want, as i ordered early and then ended up liking something even more once i had bought it, so shop wisely before you spend anything :) x