Wedlock is the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise lounge. Mrs Patrick Campbell
Planning a Wedding on a Small Budget


You don't want to wait until you can afford it. You want to get married now but you want a real wedding with guests yet all you can afford is five minutes in front of the justice of the peace. You want a lot. You can have a lot. When you're planning a wedding on a small budget, you have to be creative, clever, smart and organized.

If you haven't purchased the ring or rings yet, one of the most economical ways to do so without going into debt is through a pawn shop. Pawn shops always have a big selection of wedding rings. That seems to be the first thing to go when people fall on hard times. Reputable pawn shops are picky about the jewelry they accept. It must be real gold and the diamonds have to be real also. They won't accept cubic zirconia. Since they only loan about a tenth of the value on jewelry, they don't have to mark up the price much when people fail to pick them up.

If you're planning a wedding on a small budget, you have to look at all the expenses and see where you can compromise. Think about the flowers. Who said the bride and the bridesmaids have to carry an entire bouquet? Think of the savings if they only carry one flower. Simply elegant.

One woman who was planning a wedding on a small budget hit the jackpot. She had been toying with the idea of having a garden wedding but didn't have the garden in which to hold the wedding. What she needed was a friend or relative with beautiful landscaping. She had noticed a particular house with lush landscaping full of flowers and bushes had been on the market for some time. She figured it hadn't sold because it was so expensive.

Planning a wedding on a small budget gave her a courage she didn't know she had because she approached the realtor for the property she was admiring and proposed a deal. She explained about her upcoming wedding and said how she had long admired the property and asked the realtor to ask the owner if she might hold her wedding there. She offered a small deposit, promised to clean up and also promised that her friend at the newspaper would do a write-up about the whole thing.

To her surprise, the owner agreed! She was ecstatic. She received the rental of the chairs and the folding tables as a gift and borrowed and crafted and drafted everyone she knew to help her. Sure enough, the following weekend her "wedding story" appeared on the front page of the Sunday paper's "Living" section, complete with photographs of the lush gardens and beautiful house. To her delight, the house sold two weeks later.

Where there's a will, there's a way. This woman's story proves that. Not only did she get a free place in which to hold her wedding, but the paper's photographers took a truckload of pictures. When she was planning a wedding on a small budget, she was creative, clever, smart and organized. You can be too!

Wedding Idea

Tabletop Market
Sadly, today is our last day of bridal market. I saw way more than I could fit into the posts these past few days, so I will continue to share sources and trends in future posts. Believe it or not,...


It is important to start with the families and the close friends, and after that, depending on the budget, you can invite other people. The digital cameras technology has developed a lot recently and now anyone can take quality photos with an average camera. Attending to wedding shows or even to real weddings can be some great wedding planning help.

Planning a Small WeddingPlanning a small wedding can be so much more intimate than having a large one.
Among the several advantages of planning an outdoor wedding, there is the low cost. So avoid any undesired surprises and don't wait till the last minute to do that. Many times planning a wedding anniversary is very similar to planning a real wedding. This could be a valuable resource for anyone planning or helping to plan a wedding. A wedding planner can do many things to make your wedding planning a lot easier. In rest everything goes the same way meaning that they also should have a list of their tasks, they should establish the date, their budget, the number of guests, the reception.

In fact, you may want to incorporate into your master wedding planning checklist a list of all the things you need to buy, from the wedding dress to a new punchbowl set.
As far as the wedding ceremony planning, this is one area where, if at all possible, the bride and groom both need to be happy with the end result. The DJ should play both modern music and fun song. It may sound sneaky but by lurking around other wedding site message forums, you could learn a lot about what people who are planning weddings are looking for or are worried about etc. In case children from the first marriage are involved, it is best that they have important roles in the ceremony.