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emma_b_4

my wedding is on a budget too.....an ever increasing budget :eek: LOL

my moneysaving things are all thanks to friends......

photos.......wedding present from a friend, hubby doing pics and they printing out 30 into an album for us and giving us the rest as a wedding present, same friend also did hen night for a present (need to gte her a prezzie..any ideas?!)

car.........mums friends white BMW decorated with ribbon

cake......found a lady who will make it and decorate it and deliver it for £120 (was gonna go m and s but by time had bought cake stand and bride and groom was £100)also, BIL paying for cake as prezzie

favours..made by friend, dont even know what they are yet!!instead of wedding prezzie

cameras for table......... prezzie off friends

bmaid dress was bhs £30 and its fab

dress........ £880...... half price in sale, haggled bit more and got it for £400 with alterations free.......

makeup...friend

hair...friend

master of ceremonies (i didnt ven know what that was!!) paid fr by friend (as a suprise but not a very well kept secret)

haggled with hotel to change menu but not the price

bridal suite free with wedding (well, summats gotta be free!!)

shoes, borowed

tiara, £10 from country baskets
invites were £1.50 per 8 pack and we delivered as many as we could to save on stamps

think thats it.........

oh and mags, i dint uy them at £4 a pop, i borowed them off friends and also googled thing like cake and hair for the images

IVE GOT 10 DAYS TO GO TILL IM A MRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

black-saturn

Congratulations I hope it all goes well.

I think my wedding is on the theme of "not the done thing". My cousin is getting married just before me and seems to be having things "because everyone else has them" like a traditional wedding dress, posh cars and pastel colours. My wedding is going to be more along the theme of "because no one else has them". I can't wait to show people you don't have to have a wedding exactly the same as everyone elses.

emma_b_4

no you dont, you have one as you want it

as my hubby to be and i have kept saying its our day.......
we wanted a moretraditional day but not the whole hog! we have got a lovely venue and thats what we wanted. we are a very laid back couple and we want a fun day..not having hours of photos we want to be with our family and friends....... and hav a glass or two of wine..........

we have ended up more tradthan we first thought but we have gone wi what we want not other ppl

hope you have a fab day!!!

Guinea_2

Sadierhianne wrote:

simply made with cream card and tracing paper inserts which i printed on - really simple but very effective.
S

Wondered how you printed on to tracing paper? Thanks

Becster

RE: Save the date magnets

Just went on to order some more magnets from VistaPrint, under 'personal' section and now they are reduced to.....

.....wait fot it.....

FREE!!!! Cant get any more MoneySaving than that!!

I uploaded a picture black and white picture of myself (that adds £3.49 to the order) and my 'beloved' on to 2/3 of the magnet, then just added our names and the date running up the side in black curly font. Really simple, but looks really elegant.

My o/h is from overseas so I am sending them to all his family, even those we don't expect to come as its just a nice momento. Only have to pay for shipping.

Think I might use them instead of cards forwhen we have our first baby....

Ok, so now I'm starting to think too far ahead!!

FORGOT TO SAY, THINK THE NEW DEAL IS ON TIL END OF THE MONTH

emma_b_4

you ar right it isnt how much it costs, we are just sharing tips on how to save!!

Rachie_B

lol pat how very random !

BS fab theme ! loving that idea

danmar_2

Guinea wrote:

My partner and I are getting married in Milton Keynes next August. He only asked me a couple of weeks ago but we think....WHY WAIT?! We've spoken to our local vicar and he says no problemo but we are currectly looking for a venue to host the reception. Anybody in MK got any suggestions for somewhere around here that has wonderful food and a great atmosphere but is not tooooooo expensive. We are looking at approx 100 guests.

HELP PLEASE!

we went to a lovely reception at wilton hall and another one last year at The Bell Inn in Beachampton (by stony stratford).

Guinea_2

danmar wrote:

we went to a lovely reception at wilton hall and another one last year at The Bell Inn in Beachampton (by stony stratford).

Thanks for this. We've THINK we've decided on a place in Stony Stratford as we've been there before and the food was lovely so fingers crossed we'll get it....:T

jiblets1

Ok, so I'm starting to stress about my wedding cake. We've got ages to go yet, so no decision need to be made yet, but it all seems so expensive!

My mother keeps suggesting different places she knows that do really nice wedding cakes, but we really can't stand the thought of paying £300 plus for a cake! We're happy to spend on the things we care about, but we aren't fussed about the cake. I know we can get nice simple ones from ASDA, marks and spencer etc but we don't want a fruit cake.
We would quite like sponge, chocolate, carrot cake or a combination of all three. I know sponge won't support fruit cake - am I going to have problems with this with other cakes?
So I guess I'm left with getting a bakery to make and ice me cakes. We'll be happy with plain white icing - but my mother seems to think the bakeries will still charge me a fortune for this.
So, before I pull my hair out, any help please???