Our 3k budget wedding planning

74jax

74jax wrote: »

So just been updating figures etc and this is were we stand at the moment.


Invites.........................................Free (as emailing)
Website........................................Fre e

Ceremony Total.............................1030.50
Giving notice..................................67
Registrar fees............................... .350.00
certificate.....................................3.50
Ceremony Room Hire...................... 200.00
Drinks..........................................160.00
Canapes.......................................250.00

Night Time Total............................1660.00
Hire of venue (DJ, Buffet & decs)......1500.00
Sangria Fountain............................160.00

TOTAL SO FAR...............................2690.50

On chairs at ceremony Total.............2.00
Order of day..................................1.00 (25 off vistaprint)
You have been listening to...............1.00 (25 off vistaprint) I'm going to list all the music during the ceremony as they are all very special songs and quite quirky to us, the guests know the song and why we've chosen it.

Clothing Total...............................170.00
My wedding dress..........................150 (paid as a gift)
My shoes......................................Not buying new
My jewelery..................................20.00??
OH..............................................Fr ee (wearing what he already owns - praying it's not a wetsuit)
MOH............................................75. 00??
BM..............................................75 .00??
Hair & Make up..............................Free (i'll be doing mine, MOH and BM)

Items for Guests Total.....................23.50
Photobooth....................................20.0 0 (spent £5.50 so far, including banners and items)
Top Tip Tree...................................1.00 (banner, pen and cards from vistaprint) making tree with twigs
Signing Frame.................................2.50p (Already have a suitable frame and mount, personalised pens from vistaprint for signing with)

Items for tables Totals.....................44.00
Various pebbles/shells etc ................Free
Bowls............................................6 .00 (plastic clear ones, ordered off ebay to see how they compare with glass ones.
Mr & Mrs Cards for guests/pen..........1.00 Vistaprint
Mini Buckets..................................5.00 (for 12)
Rock sweets..................................30.00??
Wine coasters................................1.00 (100 postcards off vistaprint to cut out)
Evening leaflet................................1.00 (25 of vistapring, showing what is on and where and the menu)
Table names...................................FREE (doing ourselves)

Gifts Total......................................90.99
Wine glass charms...........................7.99 (items for me to make them)
MOH..............................................5 .00
BM................................................ 5.00
Person doing reading........................2.00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for the reading and sharing our day with us)
Godson..........................................2. 00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for not losing the rings and sharing our day with us)
Other............................................30.00
3 x satin wraps................................24.00
3 x gem messages (on wraps).............15.00


GRAND TOTAL................................... 3020.99

We are also considering a friend doing the photography at 300.00. We still aren't 100% sure we want a photographer though so this is still up in the air.

Selling afterward to recoup some cost
Wedding Dress
Wedding Jewelery
MOH dress
BM dress
Photobooth items
Mini buckets

Items not having
Flowers
Our rings
Photography (debating this one now)
Cake
Transport

Just purchased 12 mirrors for the tables at a cost of £18 so I can add that into the spread sheet :T

dw85

74jax wrote: »

Thank Yous

We have Thank You bags made up for MoH, BM and loads of other people, like a friend doing a reading at the wedding etc. In these bags we plan on a small thank you gift, a mug saying thank's for sharing our day, card, etc. We will also have a thank you poster made up thanking everyone for spending the day with us. I have all the bags and mugs. I have got some Irish Shamrocks off ebay and am looking at making them into a purse charm or something similar for good look.

Oooo also making everyone a wine glass charm. Got everything of ebay for £7.99 to make around 100 charms.

I've only got this far in reading your thread and think so far you deserve a massive well done!:T I really love this wine glass charm kit, have you made any yet? I think these would make great lil favour gifts and are small enough to take with us. Will carry on with rest of thread now....:o;):)

74jax

dw85 wrote: »

I've only got this far in reading your thread and think so far you deserve a massive well done!:T I really love this wine glass charm kit, have you made any yet? I think these would make great lil favour gifts and are small enough to take with us. Will carry on with rest of thread now....:o;):)

Aw thank you! These are the ones I made. :j. Very pleased with them, I got everything seperate and 'tried' to personalise (ie Welsh/Irish).

74jax

Well we have decided, after HUGE consideration, to have photos taken....... I know I know.....

Anyway, we've made the decision now, I think, so that's £200 to throw into the pot. I'll post our updated budget so far later today (when we might desire to do away with photos again)

new2saving

74jax wrote: »

Aw thank you! These are the ones I made. :j. Very pleased with them, I got everything seperate and 'tried' to personalise (ie Welsh/Irish).

Hi Congratulations everything sounds fantastic. Can you please let me know how you made these what you needed/ebay links to similar gems? I am hoping to marry abroad and these sound so lovely and personal and light enough to take with us. All sounds fantastic so far. I'm really impressed i am going abroad because I thought it would be much cheaper than the uk but you may have swayed me otherwise...lol. :T

74jax

new2saving wrote: »

Hi Congratulations everything sounds fantastic. Can you please let me know how you made these what you needed/ebay links to similar gems? I am hoping to marry abroad and these sound so lovely and personal and light enough to take with us. All sounds fantastic so far. I'm really impressed i am going abroad because I thought it would be much cheaper than the uk but you may have swayed me otherwise...lol. :T

If you put in to ebay wine glass charm hoops, will get up a load of people who sell them. I 'think' I got mine on an Auction Only offer, but i can't really remember :rotfl:

I then got a bag of a red jewellery beads.

The letters etc you can find by typing in letter beads. Just make sure you read the item description about the letters you will get.

Then you can either type in the charms you want (Irish shamrock charms, welsh dragon charms etc) or just charms and have a scroll through.

I found some bits at a carboot sale too.

Then when they all come it's so much fun to put them all together :T

74jax

Update on my figures. As i've gone over, i'm looking at getting MOH and BB dress cheaper, maybe not having jewellery etc...

OH has brought back the most fantastic piece of driftwood, nearly 2.5ft long, which is currently drying out and will be fantastic on one of the tables decorated.


Invites.........................................Free (as emailing)
Website........................................Free

Ceremony Total.............................1030.50
Giving notice..................................67
Registrar fees............................... .350.00
certificate.....................................3. 50
Ceremony Room Hire...................... 200.00
Drinks..........................................16 0.00
Canapes.......................................250. 00

Night Time Total............................1660.00
Hire of venue (DJ, Buffet & decs)......1500.00
Sangria Fountain............................160.00

TOTAL SO FAR...............................2690.50

bits to go on chairs at ceremony Total.............2.00
Order of day..................................1.00 (25 off vistaprint)
You have been listening to...............1.00 (25 off vistaprint) I'm going to list all the music during the ceremony as they are all very special songs and quite quirky to us, the guests know the song and why we've chosen it.

Clothing Total...............................170.00
My wedding dress..........................150 (paid as a gift)
My shoes......................................A present
My jewelery..................................20.00??
OH..............................................Free (wearing what he already owns - praying it's not a wetsuit)
MOH............................................75. 00??
BM..............................................75 .00??
Hair & Make up..............................Free (i'll be doing mine, MOH and BM)

Items for Guests Total.....................23.50
Photobooth....................................20.0 0 (spent £5.50 so far, including banners and items)
Top Tip Tree...................................1.00 (banner, pen and cards from vistaprint) making tree with twigs
Signing Frame.................................2.50p (Already have a suitable frame and mount, personalised pens from vistaprint for signing with)

Items for tables Totals.....................62.00
Driftwood.......................................Free
Various pebbles/shells etc ................Free
Bowls............................................6 .00 (plastic clear ones, ordered off ebay to see how they compare with glass ones.
Mr & Mrs Cards for guests/pen..........1.00 Vistaprint
Mini Buckets..................................5.00 (for 12)
Rock sweets..................................30.00??
Wine coasters................................1.00 (100 postcards off vistaprint to cut out)
Evening leaflet................................1.00 (25 of vistapring, showing what is on and where and the menu)
Table names...................................FREE (doing ourselves)
Mirror Plates x 12.............................18.00

Gifts Total......................................90.99
Wine glass charms...........................7.99 (items for me to make them)
MOH..............................................5 .00
BM................................................ 5.00
Person doing reading........................2.00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for the reading and sharing our day with us)
Godson..........................................2. 00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for not losing the rings and sharing our day with us)
Other............................................3 0.00
3 x satin wraps................................24.00
3 x gem messages (on wraps).............15.00

Photography...................................200.00

GRAND TOTAL................................... 3238.99

Selling afterward to recoup some cost
Wedding Dress
Wedding Jewelery
MOH dress
BM dress
Photobooth items
Mini buckets
Mirror plates

Items not having
Flowers
Our rings
Cake
Transport

74jax

74jax wrote: »

OH has brought back the most fantastic piece of driftwood, nearly 2.5ft long, which is currently drying out and will be fantastic on one of the tables decorated.


Invites.........................................Free (as emailing)
Website........................................Free

Ceremony Total.............................1030.50
Giving notice..................................67
Registrar fees............................... .350.00
certificate.....................................3. 50
Ceremony Room Hire...................... 200.00
Drinks..........................................16 0.00
Canapes.......................................250. 00

Night Time Total............................1660.00
Hire of venue (DJ, Buffet & decs)......1500.00
Sangria Fountain............................160.00

TOTAL SO FAR...............................2690.50

bits to go on chairs at ceremony Total.............2.00
Order of day..................................1.00 (25 off vistaprint)
You have been listening to...............1.00 (25 off vistaprint) I'm going to list all the music during the ceremony as they are all very special songs and quite quirky to us, the guests know the song and why we've chosen it.

Clothing Total...............................100.00
My wedding dress..........................150 (paid as a gift)
My shoes......................................A present
My jewelery..................................A present
OH.............................................wetsuit)
MOH............................................50. 00??
BM.............................................50.00??
Hair & Make up..............................Free (i'll be doing mine, MOH and BM)

Items for Guests Total.....................23.50
Photobooth....................................20.0 0 (spent £5.50 so far, including banners and items)
Top Tip Tree...................................1.00 (banner, pen and cards from vistaprint) making tree with twigs
Signing Frame.................................2.50p (Already have a suitable frame and mount, personalised pens from vistaprint for signing with)

Items for tables Totals.....................62.00
Driftwood.......................................Free
Various pebbles/shells etc ................Free
Bowls............................................6 .00 (plastic clear ones, ordered off ebay to see how they compare with glass ones.
Mr & Mrs Cards for guests/pen..........1.00 Vistaprint
Mini Buckets..................................5.00 (for 12)
Rock sweets..................................20.00??
Wine coasters................................1.00 (100 postcards off vistaprint to cut out)
Evening leaflet................................1.00 (25 of vistapring, showing what is on and where and the menu)
Table names...................................FREE (doing ourselves)
Mirror Plates x 12.............................18.00

Gifts Total......................................90.99
Wine glass charms...........................7.99 (items for me to make them)
MOH..............................................5 .00
BM................................................ 5.00
Person doing reading........................2.00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for the reading and sharing our day with us)
Godson..........................................2. 00 (bag with a token mug, saying thanks for not losing the rings and sharing our day with us)
Other............................................3 0.00
3 x satin wraps................................24.00
3 x gem messages (on wraps).............15.00

Photography...................................200.00

GRAND TOTAL................................... 3158.99

Selling afterward to recoup some cost
Wedding Dress
Wedding Jewelery
MOH dress
BM dress
Photobooth items
Mini buckets
Mirror plates

Items not having
Flowers
Our rings
Cake
Transport

Just done a quick update. Reduced the MOH and bm dresses to 50 each, taken off jewellary as Oh got me some fab stuff for Xmas.

He has decided he is wearing a wetsuit :eek:

He also bought me my Jimmy's as a present so no cost for them.

Next purchase is rock sweets which are around 15.

punkgirlyuk

Can i join in? Hoping to do the wedding for 2.5k, getting married in April this year!

* means estimate

Ceremony - £284 (including giving notice and 2 certificates)
Car - Free (friends fancy car)
Invites - £17.50
Photography - Free (friend photographer)
Venue hire - £300
DJ - £250
Catering - £500
Wedding cake - £90
Personalised cake topper - £50 (a little keepsake for us)
Sweet Buffet - £90 *
wedding dress - £200* (not bought yet!! )
Shoes - £5 (bought second hand and they are lovely)
Underwear - £30 *
Jewelry & Tiara - £25 * (have seen some lovely items locally for this)
Groom & Best Man outfits - £150* (both have own suits, buying waistcoats, bow ties and shoes)
Bridesmaid - £40 (just my 2yr old daughter)
Flowers - £75 (going with fake/foam)
Rings - £150 * ( OH going for silver as not a big fan of rings so wont wear all the time)
Room decoration - £150 * (already bought some mirror plates and bits and bobs already totalling £30 so far)
Welcome drinks and toast - Present from OH parents

Total is £2406.5

I'm not doing gifts (just got best man and 1 bridesmaid), post box, favours etc. Not having a honeymoon. Stag and hen do's will just be a night out with friends

We can go up to £3k but as we are funding this ourselves I want to avoid this.

Anyone see anything glaringly obvious which i have forgotten?

74jax

punkgirlyuk wrote: »

Can i join in? Hoping to do the wedding for 2.5k, getting married in April this year!

* means estimate

Ceremony - £284 (including giving notice and 2 certificates)
Car - Free (friends fancy car)
Invites - £17.50
Photography - Free (friend photographer)
Venue hire - £300
DJ - £250
Catering - £500
Wedding cake - £90
Personalised cake topper - £50 (a little keepsake for us)
Sweet Buffet - £90 *
wedding dress - £200* (not bought yet!! )
Shoes - £5 (bought second hand and they are lovely)
Underwear - £30 *
Jewelry & Tiara - £25 * (have seen some lovely items locally for this)
Groom & Best Man outfits - £150* (both have own suits, buying waistcoats, bow ties and shoes)
Bridesmaid - £40 (just my 2yr old daughter)
Flowers - £75 (going with fake/foam)
Rings - £150 * ( OH going for silver as not a big fan of rings so wont wear all the time)
Room decoration - £150 * (already bought some mirror plates and bits and bobs already totalling £30 so far)
Welcome drinks and toast - Present from OH parents

Total is £2406.5

I'm not doing gifts (just got best man and 1 bridesmaid), post box, favours etc. Not having a honeymoon. Stag and hen do's will just be a night out with friends

We can go up to £3k but as we are funding this ourselves I want to avoid this.

Anyone see anything glaringly obvious which i have forgotten?

Of course you can join :j

I can't really think of a lot to add, but maybe look at the cost of your flowers? I have made my two bouquets (moh and bm) for a tenner, using foam flowers off ebay with diamontes in the middle and some sprigs of diamotes too. I would keep looking every so often and youl find some sell off old stock really cheaply.

Hair/make up/ facials etc?

Other than that I can't see anything