Comments on: Tightwad Tuesday: Frugal Weddings

By: Unusual Wedding Cakes

Unusual Wedding Cakes — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:20:36 +0000

You know, even though wedding is an important day, isn’t every single day you’re married to the guy you love equally important? It’s kinda silly that some people would spend a fortune trying to make only that one day happy and then going broke later… Anyway, great tips for saving on wedding you have there. Thanks for sharing!

By: New England Wedding Photographer

New England Wedding Photographer — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:45:08 +0000

This is very true, and I find that with the economy more and more people are trying to cut costs. The main thing for me is if a couple just asks, can you work with us on price. as a wedding photographer I’m more than willing

By: Weekly Accounting and Carnivals | My Daily Dollars

Weekly Accounting and Carnivals | My Daily Dollars — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:33:55 +0000

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By: Weekly Accounting and Carnivals « My Daily Dollars

Weekly Accounting and Carnivals « My Daily Dollars — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:17:40 +0000

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By: Kaye

Kaye — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:53:13 +0000

I did a VERY similar post. It (with all of the ways we saved) can be found here:

http://mrsnespysworld.blogspot.....dings.html

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By: Navillusette

Navillusette — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:05:36 +0000

Those are all great tips, thanks for sharing them

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:29 +0000

Last summer, we finished our master’s degrees, got married, and moved so that I could start my PhD: all in the span of a week. Crazy! Since my parents were traveling to the Midwest from Oregon, we did not want them to spend excessive amounts of money for the wedding. They ended up spending around $1000. It was simple and very meaningful, and I would not trade that for all the money in the world.

Believe it or not, we found our four beautiful single-layer cakes at Sam’s Club: they cost around $15 each, and looked like wedding cakes. They even had those gum paste flowers on them! To display them, we used different heights of cardboard boxes underneath the tablecloth, and everyone thought we’d spent a fortune on a wedding cake!

The only flowers we used were for the attendants and our mothers: also bought at Sam’s (they have great deals on long-stem roses). My dad has experience with floral arranging, so he did the bouquets and bouttonieres himself!

Also, another potentially expensive item we skipped was a wedding guestbook. I figured I would be like most people, and put that thing in a box somewhere, and never look at it. Instead, we used a 40% off coupon for Michael’s and bought a frame with a large mat, intended for autographs. We had our guests write notes on it, and now we have it hung on the wall, with one of our favorite wedding photos in it.

I definitely agree that a gorgeous wedding does NOT have to cost a fortune. We borrowed things from the church and from other people, decorated very simply, and did NOT pay a professional photographer, and it was wonderful! In the long run, it made planning–and the big day–a LOT less stressful. :)

By: Saran

Saran — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:27:28 +0000

Your wedding sounds alot like ours! :-) I think our total cost (including my dress and the tuxes) was around $2200.

One major way I saved money was by finding a florist who let me buy flowers from her at wholesale prices. The rest I bought from a local grocery store, using flowers out of the mixed bouquets. Then a good friend put them all together. We also used lavender and greenery from my aunt’s garden. The flowers were exactly what I wanted, and alot of love was put into them. :-)

We also saved money by getting a basic photography package, and having my cousin take more black and white photos with her nice digital camera. (The b&w photos are actually my favorites!)

One more way….my roomate and I made all of our invitations. It is so easy these days with computer programs and scrapbooking materials. They were simple but exactly what I wanted. Plus, everyone throws the invite away, so who cares how fancy it is! We also made the programs.

I loved our wedding and I love planning them for others. It can be a special day, without the stress of overspending added to it.

Thanks for the fabulous post!!!