Eco-chic? Green? Thrifty? Wedding? Some people wouldn’t consider those words to go together. But why not? While I can’t say that all of our wedding choices have been green or thrifty, I have tried to reduce my waste wedding wise.
This week I bought all the vases for our centerpieces for $12. Yep. That’s all. I went to the goodwill and picked up the thousands of left over vases people no longer love. Now, they don’t match. They are not all the same size or shape, but they are all beautiful. They were a bargain. And I went green by buying stuff other people had discarded rather than new ones.
I also took a couple of my bridesmaids to try on dresses at a bridal store that is going out of business. One of my bridesmaids scored a gorgeous $300 for $70. It’s lovely.
I also started work on some of my DIY projects this week. I am working on wreaths made out of gold Christmas balls for the doors of the reception venue. I made one and started the other before I ran out of balls. (I went home to Spring break and I didn’t take enough with me.) The price of each? About $2.00. I got all the balls on sale post Christmas for 20 cents (!!!) for a package of 12. It’s a great deal!
In the coming weeks I’m going to detail my budget for the wedding. Times are tough and I know we all want an affordable, beautiful wedding that is everything we dreamed of as young girls. It’s possible. I promise it is.
The first thing that I planned on when we started planning our wedding was having time to hunt for deals. I have been planning since June. And I have 9 months to go, but I have found some great deals. It’s possible to find great deals in a shorter time, but you have to be lucky and diligent. I believe in patience and hard work. Especially when it comes to wedding plans. Do you have any money saving tips or tricks? I’d love to hear them!
-Amy
My fiancee' and I are trying very hard to have a beautiful wedding at a very minimal cost (we have 5 kids together). Our cake table will be set in an "L" shape. Once leg will host the cake, toasting glasses and tableware - the other will be the home of the gift table and card box. At the joining of the two legs we will place a 4ft tree we found dead (and cut down), it has been painted white, set in a container with sand from the yard and decorated with handmade decorations (we scanned our invitations, cut the hearts from cardboard and wrapped in aluminun foil - sounds cheap...it was and they turned out great!!). We decided on a money tree which would have been $20 to rent. Instead we purchased the clips at a craft store (using a 50% off coupon, of course) and will attach them to the tree. It is beautiful, seperates the two tables, gave me what I wanted and the paint, clips, container and foil cost us less than $10. We are planning on buying vases at goodwill, getting additional tree brances, painting them white and making the centerpieces so it all ties together.