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Planning a Wedding on a Budget Doesn’t Have to Be “Cheap”

Published on Oct 26th, 2008 by dorischua, under Wedding Planning & Wedding Shopping. (No Comments).

You have finally had the proposal and it is time to plan your wedding. You feel like you have a limited budget and you think you will have to compromise on the things that you really want. However, wedding planning on a budget doesn’t mean you have to cheapen your dreams. What it really means is that you just have to know your wedding budget so you can begin to choose what you want.

Before you start spending it is a good idea to make a list of all the basic things you want for your wedding. The first step is to get organized. Use a wedding planner, get a large 3 ring notebook and begin to gather information into the notebook. Keep names, phone numbers, prices, ideas, what you want and so forth. Anything to do with your wedding will go into this wedding planner.

If you are short on ideas for an inexpensive wedding, get bridal magazines. Believe it or not you don’t have to purchase these because you can find them in many places. Check your public library, the local department stores in their bridal sections and look in the floral shops. In all of these places you should see free bridal magazines. As an example, bridal registries usually have them sitting on the desk.

You can use this information to construct your wedding gown in a similar way that you used Colorforms — take a bow from one idea, a veil from another and build the dress you want. Next, look for bridal bouquets that you like. Many of the magazines will have examples and check with a florist as to what types of flowers you can find during the time of year you will wed. This truly helps for a wedding on a budget.

If you want to go on a honeymoon a great way to determine how to do this is to go to a travel agent and get as many of the different brochures you can carry. Sit down with your fiancée and look at places you may want to go. Get ones that are local as well as exotic vacations. You might even try a destination wedding because sometimes there is a package deal that will help you go where you want.

Now that you have some ideas, it’s time to sit down with a wedding budget. Planning a budget wedding will be a matter of deciding your priorities. What do you want to spend the most on and what is something that doesn’t need as much? If you want a honeymoon, you can always take it a little later or a little differently at a later date. Do the math on all of this and get the best for the wedding budget you need to work within.

You can be creative in many ways from your invitations to the bridesmaids’ dresses and food. You don’t have to do things exactly like tradition because today, everyone does what they want. With a little imagination, you can have the wedding of your dreams on any budget wedding.

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