| Having a restricted budget doesn't mean you | | | | them to create easy casseroles and various other |
| shouldn't get married. In fact, most people are | | | | foods for your wedding reception. You should |
| planning a wedding on a budget... it's just that | | | | budget for buying those food ingredients of |
| some wedding budgets are larger than others. | | | | course, and you can even ask them to give this |
| Now, if your wedding budget is a bit tight, don't | | | | to you instead of buying wedding gifts. They can |
| despair. There are many ways to plan low budget | | | | then get together and create a pot luck style |
| weddings and still have it be the best day of your | | | | wedding dinner, and your wedding reception can |
| life. | | | | be pulled off in a buffet style form instead of |
| Now, when you're planning a wedding on a budget, | | | | having people served by waiters and catering |
| the number of guests you invite can be a critical | | | | crew. |
| factor in whether you're able to stay within your | | | | A great creative idea when planning a wedding on |
| alloted budget. Inviting tons of people to the | | | | a budget is to simply have a picnic or barbecue |
| ceremony itself isn't usually a major budget | | | | style wedding reception. This can be done at a |
| concern. If you're paying for the location you'll | | | | local park or in someone's back yard, and it will |
| have the ceremony in though, then of course | | | | save the expense of renting a reception hall. |
| you'll pay more for a place large enough to hold | | | | Music and entertainment are another way you |
| large numbers of people in the ceremony. | | | | can reduce costs when planning a wedding on a |
| When it comes to the reception though, how | | | | budget. Instead of hiring a live band for your |
| many people you've invited to your wedding can | | | | reception for instance, consider creating your own |
| make a huge difference to your budget. Most | | | | special song mix to have playing on CDs during |
| people plan to have food catered at their | | | | the reception. |
| reception for instance, and if you're planning a | | | | You can reduce the cost of flowers when planning |
| wedding on a budget, you'll quickly learn there are | | | | a wedding on a budget too. You don't have to |
| huge cost differences between having 100 people | | | | forgo having wedding flowers completely, but |
| or 1000 people at your wedding reception. | | | | consider ordering only half as many wedding |
| It's still possible to keep within your restricted | | | | flowers as you originally intended. Better still, order |
| wedding budget while having many people at the | | | | the flowers you want for the wedding bouquet, |
| reception: You simply have a non-food wedding | | | | but choose less expensive flowers for the rest of |
| reception. When planning a wedding on a budget, if | | | | the ceremony and reception. There are many |
| you simply must have hundreds of people there | | | | flowers which compliment each other in shape, |
| then you can drastically reduce your wedding | | | | size and color - so choose those that compliment |
| expenses by providing entertainment and possibly | | | | the bouquet if you want the wedding to have a |
| snacks at your reception instead of a fully | | | | specific color scheme for instance, or go with a |
| catered sit down meal. | | | | variety of inexpensive flowers to create a more |
| Another alternative for food at the reception | | | | spontaneous effect. Either option will still look |
| when you're planning a wedding on a budget is to | | | | beautiful, all while helping you to stay within the |
| do a family cook off. Gather together various | | | | alloted wedding budget you've set. |
| family members who enjoy cooking, and ask | | | | |