tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post5017152336701344665..comments2023-06-01T09:40:02.348+01:00Comments on Someone, Somewhere: A Wedding On A Budgetjbistheinitialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16586790915028084570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-18041407697433580352018-05-06T21:59:03.115+01:002018-05-06T21:59:03.115+01:00These tips are good. We did lots of things on bud...These tips are good. We did lots of things on budget, e.g. also flowers from the supermarket in borrowed vases and charity shopped vases (2 days before the wedding), a TA at school did my bouquets, I made the table names and Chris did the table plan, his sister (who is a graphic designer) did the invitations, my Mum made ONE of the cakes, my Mum did some wedding favours (mini eggs bought after Easter in little bags) - my wedding dresses were both second hand (£200 for the main one but it was a £3000 dress I'd fallen in love with in a google search months before, £30 for the Vivenne of Holloway one for dancing in!) Chris got his Jaeger suit from a discount designer village for £160 but he's still wearing it for work 5 years on! Our photographer was a friend of my stepmum who wanted a chance to try being a wedding photographer who charged us £350. Our venue and food cost the most!Kezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-13005667452273916372018-03-27T17:22:46.095+01:002018-03-27T17:22:46.095+01:00I feel so lucky that we knew a photographer becaus...I feel so lucky that we knew a photographer because I think otherwise we'd have deemed the expense not worth it, and we'd have been SO wrong! I love our photographs so very much and am very grateful we had a proper photographer.jbistheinitialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586790915028084570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-77108835623443546692018-03-27T17:21:44.555+01:002018-03-27T17:21:44.555+01:00Ooh rose lemonade is SO good though. Your dress wa...Ooh rose lemonade is SO good though. Your dress was so beautiful, what a bargain at £150!jbistheinitialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586790915028084570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-24929730850622710692018-03-27T17:21:10.775+01:002018-03-27T17:21:10.775+01:00Oh you should definitely do your own version! We i...Oh you should definitely do your own version! We invited 96 people and at one scary moment it looked like they were ALL going to come! Although in the end we had 81 I think, which isn't much better.jbistheinitialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586790915028084570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-67034083494752660392018-03-27T08:57:24.195+01:002018-03-27T08:57:24.195+01:00Yes! My personal priority quality photography, I f...Yes! My personal priority quality photography, I feel it is an expense worth having. You’re lucky to have appropriate contacts! It’s not just the budgeting but also the wrestling with other people’s opinions and expectations of what a wedding should be. <br /><br />I have several weddings coming up and while I try to accept the choices of other brides and be balanced in my views, I too get caught up in “weddingthink” where I find myself subconsciously *expecting* there to be certain aspects, or gulping at money spent in particular ways. I have to check myself when doing so to be less judgey and remind that it’s fine for someone to decide what is most important to them, even if I disagree. Flitterbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245078798373902528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-27660560310955213302018-02-20T12:38:30.652+00:002018-02-20T12:38:30.652+00:00I love seeing your wedding photos! We did a lot ou...I love seeing your wedding photos! We did a lot ourselves too, lots of collecting jam jars and drinking gallons of Fentimans Rose Lemonade for their vintage looking bottles! Similarly our biggest expense was the food - we knew we wanted everyone to have a great party (and provided our own alcohol saving a small fortune on what the caterers had quoted us!) I also thought I'd done well with my bargain £150 wedding dress but you absolutely smashed that with your £16 beauty!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291775913769321601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940545051361113340.post-3650342697283329262018-02-17T08:43:53.541+00:002018-02-17T08:43:53.541+00:00Love these tips, as a fan of the cheap wedding I c...Love these tips, as a fan of the cheap wedding I could/should do my own version of this post (although my main tip is basically don't invite many people, which seems kind of mean on paper) xLiz Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627528186914332213noreply@blogger.com