Our 3k budget wedding planning

74jax

sugarwalsh wrote: »

They sound good. You should print cookie instructions, including 'bake and bring round to Ajax's house to enjoy'....
MEgan

They have that on a kinda tag attached with ribbon, at the bottom it says once cooked give me a call and i'll put the kettle on :rotfl:

sugarwalsh

Great minds and all that.
MEgan

dorsetlady67

Can I offer a suggestion with regards to a Photographer?
If your not overly concerned about having bride before wedding & wedding shots then why not give an amateur photographer the opportunity to gain some experience & do them for FREE for you.

I speak as my future son-in-law is a very good amateur photographer but lacks wedding photography experience & trying to get people to take a chance on him is nye on impossible & he along with countless of others advertise FREE photography services on Gumtree.
Also nearly every college/University will have a photography department & they to need to gain experience.

So if your not bothered either way why not be nice & give some-one a little helping hand,you never know you might just love the photo's.:)

madvixen

Ajax (yes I'm at it too :rotfl:) do you know anyone who has a Die Cutting machine? That would make cutting the circles sooooooo much easier. You can buy a die for less than a tenner and then you just have to spend an afternoon running it through the machine.

74jax

dorsetlady67 wrote: »

Can I offer a suggestion with regards to a Photographer?
If your not overly concerned about having bride before wedding & wedding shots then why not give an amateur photographer the opportunity to gain some experience & do them for FREE for you.

Yes that's a possibility. I posted another thread on here that I might do that a few months ago, I live close to a college and thought of seeing if any students need work for their portfolios.

madvixen wrote: »

Ajax (yes I'm at it too :rotfl:) do you know anyone who has a Die Cutting machine?

Ooooo I might ask around, who'd have thought it was so hard to cut a circle!

jane130

I love this thread , DH and I are planning to renew our vows in 2014 for our 20th wedding anniversary ( there was a time I though we'd never get there so am insanely happy that we have made it through the sticky bits) and we will have a budget of £2500 - this thread makes me believe we might just manage to get it done

your weddings sound lovely

74jax

Yey :j I've FINALLY dug out my spreadsheet and listed it all here, I've taken inspiration from MrsD's post and adapted to my situ.


* Ceremony 4pm with drinks reception and canapes:
me, groom, moh, bm, and approx 20 others.
* Evening Party: Approx 60 people, mostly friends, no uncles/cousin (don't see them).

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..........................................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..............................................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....................................20.00 (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......................................51.99
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

GRAND TOTAL...................................2981.99 :eek:

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
Cake
Transport

We may change out minds over a photographer, but will wait and see, if we do then obviously the cost will go up as initial the budget of 3k was set with no consideration of photography costs.

madvixen

That's looking really promising Jax, well done :T I'm currently working on mock ups for Wedding Invites. Really struggling to decide on which design I prefer. Being off work does have some benefits as I know I won't have time for planning when I go back lol

jemb

neneromanova wrote: »

Sorry but you'll want to buy your shoes and wear them round the house to wear them in otherwise you'll have HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE blisters on your feet on your wedding day

Not with Jimmys! They fit like golves! I have some and started 'breaking them in' and there is no need honestly. So soft leather inside x

74jax

jemb wrote: »

Not with Jimmys! They fit like golves! I have some and started 'breaking them in' and there is no need honestly. So soft leather inside x

I've never had any but am sooooo excited :T thanks for that, at least i can say they'll be wortht he cost