| While there are obvious ways to cut your | | | | bridesmaids' dresses. |
| wedding cost (smaller guest list, for example), | | | | In regards to the wedding cake, you can have a |
| there are ways to save money without sacrificing | | | | beautiful cake and still save lots of money. Have a |
| the important parts of your wedding. If you want | | | | small cake, decorated exactly as you want, to |
| to know how to have a low budget wedding, you | | | | cut and serve a few slices from. For the majority |
| just need to tweak how you think! | | | | of the guests, buy a sheet cake made with the |
| To start, you can save big money on your | | | | same flavors. You can have your caterer cut the |
| save-the-dates. Instead of ordering pre-made | | | | sheet cake away from the view of your guests, |
| ones at a premium cost, create your own on the | | | | and no one will know that they are getting the |
| computer. Even if you have to pay for printing, it | | | | less expensive cake! |
| will still be less expensive than outsourcing the job. | | | | Do you really need to send fancy invitations with |
| If you're not artistic, surf the Internet for some | | | | approximately 1,000 inserts to all your guests? In |
| basic ideas, and then ask a friend to pop it into a | | | | this day and age, almost everyone has access to |
| photo file for you. | | | | the internet. In your invitation, include your |
| Forgo fancy extras at your reception-themed | | | | wedding website-you can have a free wedding |
| colored napkins, fancy chair covers, and a $2,000 | | | | website set up, complete with a place for guests |
| cake are all unnecessary. People will be enjoying | | | | to RSVP. Not only will you not have to include |
| the big picture, not looking for things to nitpick. If | | | | stamped envelopes with your RSVPs (halving |
| a chair cover is $2, and you have 200 guests, | | | | your postage cost), you will be reducing your |
| you will be spending $400 extra on your wedding. | | | | carbon footprint! On your website, you can also |
| Now is it worth it? It is the same idea with | | | | include maps and hotel information, so you don't |
| colored napkins-people will be grabbing at them to | | | | have to put it in your invitation. The heavier your |
| wipe their hands or faces, not to check whether | | | | invitations are, the more they cost you! |
| or not the color matches the color of your | | | | |