Wedding Budget - A Grand Wedding... For around a Grand - KDUBOVIK's Orange Wedding by Color Blog

Yeap, you read it correctly, for around a GRAND.
Maybe it's time I explained how I'm doing it.
To Begin with, we had a list of around 55 people.
Small budget, small list.
But after discussing things with my mother, we decided to finally stick with the church as the venue for both the ceremony and reception.
Since we decided on the church as the venue, we decided to have an open invite for the congregation as well as open up my private list a bit.
This means my total attendees could be around 150 people. The open invitation to the church is POTLUCK. Heck yes, I went that ghetto lol. My private list isn't expected to bring anything, but the church LOVES potlucks! My Venue will only cost me 100 dollars which is actually just the donation to the pastor for the ceremony. So, below is what everything is costing me.

Outfits
Bridesmaid Dress- 80 (ebay)
Custom Dog Tux- 70 (ruffknits.com)
Groom's Attire- 40 (cargo pants, white shirt, orange tie)
Wedding Dress- 0 (Mom's Wedding Dress)
Flower Girl Dress- 25 (ebay)

Tables
20 Circle White Tablecloths- 225 (ebay)
20 Orange Overlays- 150 (cvlinens.com)
1 Orange Table Runner - 5 (cvlinens.com)
5 Rectangle White Tableclothes- 70 (ebay)
3 Rental Tables-30 (Chicago Party Supply)

20 Large Brandy Snifters- 0 (Borrowed from Godmother)
Birdseed to fill Snifters- 30 (walmart)
Candles for Snifters- 30 (walmart)

Flowers
Bouquets- 60 (Homemade, fake flowers, Hobbylobby)
Wedding Flowers- 20 (hobbylobby)
Corsage and Boutonniere- 15 (jewel-osco)

Reception
Wedding Favors- 50 (orange mints with DIY tops)
Catered Food- 60 (chinastarrestaurant.com... bulk is potluck)
Cake- 40 (self made)
Cupcakes- 60 (self made)
Card Box- 20 (DIY)
Plates/Silverware- 30 (Schweppe Restaurant Supply)
Candy Buffet- 100 (hobby lobby, candy outlett)
Organza Bags for Candy Buffet- 20 (Ebay)

Paper
Invitations- 60 (DIY, hobby lobby, ebay, walmart)
Thank you notes- 10 (Target Clearance)
Postage- 20

Other
Clergy- 100
Bridesmaid Gift- 30 (my sister, getting HER wedding organizer!)
Honeymoon- 115 (3days, 2nights at Wisconsin Dells)
Other Charges- 100

That is amazin...wish I could go back and do this. =)

so intiamate.

I love it. =)
Good Luck!

I think this is fabulous if this is what you want. Personally, I've waited too long for this day & am spending a bit more.

It's not what I want. It's what I can have. My mother is giving each of us 4 girls only 1500 towards our wedding. I've spent the whopping remaining 250 dollars because that's all I've had to spend over the past 8 months.

wow awseome, cant wait to see photos!

That sound great! And you definitely can't put a price on love. What is Wisconsin Dells?

Haha, a lot of people apparently don't know what the Dells are. Where I am from, it's nothing special either but my fiance had no idea what it is so I decided to take him. TONS of waterparks. both outdoors and indoors- http://wisdells.com/

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Oh the cake is SO small. the top tier is feeding my fiance and I, and bottom tier is feeding only 8 people. The 100 dollar quote is actually a REAL...

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Oh I love it! That's so cute!

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They don't ship to Canada?! How mean =[ Strangely enough, I can COMPLETELY relate. While I'm from the US and my wedding is in the US, my fiance is ...

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Haha, a lot of people apparently don't know what the Dells are. Where I am from, it's nothing special either but my fiance had no idea what it is s...

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Sounds like an extremely unprofessional jeweler. Personally, I wouldn't stay with them. They don't sound reputable and I wouldn't put it past th...