We've less than two months to our wedding, and Jason and I have been terrible about doing ANYTHING for the wedding. I think we are just hesitant to spend money or something. But here are a few updates/tips we've learned:
- Rentals can be really cheap if you opt for non-traditional chairs and tables. We're looking at having 80 chairs in "neutral brown" ($0.99 a chair) as opposed to wedding white ($1.50 a chair), for a total of $80, plus plain brown tables ($7 a table, 9 tables) for $63. Plus $50 delivery and pick-up. This is more expensive than our original plan of borrowing tables and chairs from Jason's work, BUT it saves us $100 on a truck rental, and the time in the morning of going there, loading tables and chairs, driving to the wedding site, unloading, etc. The company will even do set-up for an additional fee, but I think we can handle that ourselves.
- Alterations at David's Bridal are ridiculously expensive. $120 for a hem! Seriously? However I did save money on having the dress taken in by buying a ridiculous bra from Victoria's secret which makes you "two bust sizes larger". Victoria's Secret: False Advertising Since 1977.
- Ebay is the way to go for bridal hairpieces, jewelry, etc. You can easily find stuff there for a quarter of the cost at a salon. For example, a bird cage hair piece at David's Bridal is $49.99- I found several on Ebay for $10. Same thing with veils.
- Deciding on favors to give gifts is really hard. However, there is so much available online for cheap, it's amazing. These cupcake mixes are probably my favorite, but we really can't afford to get them- they are $2.29 each. I found these flower wine stoppers though, which at $1.42 each, are pretty awesome, and really cute too.
.We had originally thought to do monogrammed lollipops, but I feel like we should give guests something more substantial than a lollipop that cost us $0.50.
I just realized- it's July, and our wedding is next month. Yikes! We'd better get on that!
- Rentals can be really cheap if you opt for non-traditional chairs and tables. We're looking at having 80 chairs in "neutral brown" ($0.99 a chair) as opposed to wedding white ($1.50 a chair), for a total of $80, plus plain brown tables ($7 a table, 9 tables) for $63. Plus $50 delivery and pick-up. This is more expensive than our original plan of borrowing tables and chairs from Jason's work, BUT it saves us $100 on a truck rental, and the time in the morning of going there, loading tables and chairs, driving to the wedding site, unloading, etc. The company will even do set-up for an additional fee, but I think we can handle that ourselves.
- Alterations at David's Bridal are ridiculously expensive. $120 for a hem! Seriously? However I did save money on having the dress taken in by buying a ridiculous bra from Victoria's secret which makes you "two bust sizes larger". Victoria's Secret: False Advertising Since 1977.
- Ebay is the way to go for bridal hairpieces, jewelry, etc. You can easily find stuff there for a quarter of the cost at a salon. For example, a bird cage hair piece at David's Bridal is $49.99- I found several on Ebay for $10. Same thing with veils.
- Deciding on favors to give gifts is really hard. However, there is so much available online for cheap, it's amazing. These cupcake mixes are probably my favorite, but we really can't afford to get them- they are $2.29 each. I found these flower wine stoppers though, which at $1.42 each, are pretty awesome, and really cute too.
I just realized- it's July, and our wedding is next month. Yikes! We'd better get on that!
cute! I think wine stoppers are a great favor. :)
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