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Okay so I know some people want to spend 20,000 or even 50,000 dollars on a wedding i respect that but i don’t think weddings are about how much money you spend but about the love between the bride and the groom. well I was discussing some wedding plans with some family ( i’m paying for the wedding 100% on my own …..well with my fiance but my family is NOT helping) anyways i was told my plan would not work for the flowers because it looks childish and people will know i didn’t spend tons of money. My plan was my maid of honor who is my sister and a bridesmaid who is my fiances sister will bring down the sand for the sand ceremony instead of a bouquet. the other two bridesmaids will have a single flower. I will have a bouquet but made of fake flowers because i HATE flowers but still want a bouquet. someone so clearly started i will look like trash if i don’t spend at least 1000 dollars on my flowers alone. i ignored this and went on talking about my dress and showed some pictures , everyone talked about how much they loved until they found out i only spent 700 dollars on it. and then again it looked trashy? and too cheap, i guess i should be spending about 1500 on my dress and no less. here’s a link to the dress. I love it! http://www.romanticbridals.com/Dress.asp?ID=2124.
so i guess my flowers are too cheap and so is my dress. so we moved on to the invitations,menus,programs.and all that fun stuff, and when i showed them they talked about how wonderful the company that did them up ( my invitations and menus) did, how beautiful and totally me they were, until I explained I made them and again that makes them cheap and i should have paid someone to make them so they look better and more expensive i was told "you know some places will do them for 2 dollars a piece"
I also don’t want a cake, I hate the taste of cake its dry and gross my fiance feels the same way, we are discussing between having tarts, strawberry’s or something else. I was told yet Again without a cake it looks to cheap. my so called family proceeded to let me to have a "real" wedding i should be spending at least 30,000 dollars or my guests are going to feel as if they didn’t get what they deserved. I was also told i should buy the wine as a favour and not have my father in law make because i look cheap that way. Why are weddings all about how much money you can spend? and not about what really matters? How do i tell these people to back off? I don’t want to spend tons of money on a single day! how do i handle this? or is it more important to spend more? ( our budget is 8000 we refuse to go higher then that and have been doing really well with staying on track)
They funny thing is we are having about 80 guest serving a full meal desert and everything else except for booze! the meal is being catered by the venue we choose witch is a beautiful golf course.

stop giving them details. dont answer any more questions about price or even what anything is going to look like.

if anyone asks, say "you will see when you get to the wedding"

then just plan, and avoid giving any details.

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Every bride wants her wedding to be memorable – for herself and the groom, but also for their guests. A big part of making her wedding memorable is to select carefully from the myriad of memorable wedding table ideas. That selection begins with a dream, but it involves more than that.

Four Considerations

When searching for the most memorable wedding table ideas, you should keep four things in mind.

1. Significance: Whatever idea you use should have significance for you and your guests. This does not mean everyone attending your reception would have chosen the same wedding table ideas you chose, but there should be a meaningful reason for your selection. If you choose from among the many Irish wedding table ideas, and you are Asian American, there would seem to be no significance. If, however, you are getting married on St. Patrick’s Day, and your color scheme is green and white, Irish wedding table ideas are fine.

If you are having a themed wedding, you should select from among wedding table ideas that will carry out that theme.

2. Color Scheme: Most memorable wedding table ideas carefully adhere to the color scheme of the wedding. If you will be dressed in white and your bridesmaids will be in soft summer yellows, look at wedding table ideas that can naturally accommodate soft yellows and white. In this case, the Irish wedding table ideas mentioned above would be out of place.

3. Budgetary Concerns: No matter how many beautiful wedding table ideas you find, you will be able to use only those that fit within your budget – and you should have a budget for your wedding. Plan how much you will allow for the centerpiece on each table, and how much each guest’s wedding favor will be. Give yourself a firm budget before you begin looking, and stick to it.

4. Commemorative Favors: You will want wedding table ideas that incorporate wedding favors, and mark the favors in such a way that they will commemorate your wedding day. The marking may be as simple as a small paper tag imprinted with your names and the date – or the same information might be inscribed on glass or metal. If the favor is candy, cookies, or other edibles, have the rappers imprinted.

Flower Baskets

Brides who use flower baskets for weddings can carry the theme into wedding table ideas for receptions. One clever idea is to construct centerpieces of flower baskets, each filled with miniature bouquets. Use flowers similar to those carried by the wedding party, and tuck them into tiny silver or glass vases inscribed with your names and the date. Set a tent card on each table instructing guests that each may take one of the mini bouquets at the end of the reception as a wedding favor, thereby dismantling the arrangement.

Flower basket wedding table ideas go another direction when you place regular flower basket centerpieces, and echo them in miniature flower basket favors. Again, consider your colors and theme. Small folded cards attached with a bit of ribbon will give a place for your commemorative note.

Floating Candle Centerpiece and Favors

Most people enjoy candlelight, and if your wedding is in the evening, you might want to consider wedding table ideas that make use of candles. Arrange a large floating candle on a slightly raised stand in the center of each table. Surround it with small candles, each floating in a pretty container engraved with your names and date. Twine flowers or ivy among the candles, and advise guests that each of them may take one of the smaller candles as their wedding favor at the end of the reception.

Hurricane Lamp Centerpiece and Favors

Nostalgic wedding table ideas are always in vogue, since weddings are romantic occasions. Set the mood for nostalgia by placing on each table a tall hurricane lamp chimney mounted on a candle holder. Place a tall candle inside, matching your colors, and surround the candle holder with real or artificial flowers. Do not use thin tapers, as you want your candle to burn throughout the reception. Prepare a miniature edition of this for each guest’s place, and light them also. Use very small hurricane lamp chimneys and shallow glass candle holders for guests’ candle favors. Place short white candles in the candle holders, set the hurricane lamp chimney in place, and surround the bottom with delicate artificial flowers and ribbon to match your colors. If you wish, the candle holder or lamp chimney can be engraved.

Oriental Wedding Table Ideas

If your wedding is to follow an Oriental theme, you will want to consider wedding table ideas to continue the theme. Bright red tablecloths are a good place to begin, as red is traditionally used in many Oriental weddings. Gold or silver favors will stand out against the red. Center each table with a floral arrangement of red and green, with white, silver, or gold touches.

For a distinctly Chinese theme, use white or off-white tablecloths, and make your centerpiece of wedding favors. Arrange bare branches in a bamboo or black lacquer container. From the branches, hang miniature red Chinese lantern favors. To each, attach a commemorative tag. If your budget will allow, use silver or gold colored fortune cookie place card holders as additional favors.

Your Own Wedding Table Ideas

The best wedding table ideas are those each bride creates after doing her homework. There are many galleries of ideas on the Internet. Look until you find something you like, and then tailor that idea to be your own.

Anna Hart
http://www.articlesbase.com/marriage-articles/memorable-wedding-table-ideas-117967.html

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I am more particular for the ff:

Wedding Venue (countryside, outside Metro Manila)
Digital Photography/Videography
Bridal Gown & Female Entourage’s Gown
Groom’s tuxedo & Male Entourage’s Barong
Catering (per plate)

Add:It’s PhP or Philippine Peso for the currency.

You can have a very small tasteful wedding for 150K pesos.

But make it 200K so you’ll have breathing room.

Wedding venue (depending of course to season) can start as small as 30 thousand.

Photography/Videography (based from experience) what my SIL got charged them 50 thousand.

Bridal Party can cost as little as 15 thousand to 60 thousand. Depends on design, details, how many bridesmaids you’re planning to get fitted etc.

Groom and Male Entourage – 15 thousand -25 thousand, again depending on design details and how many groomsmen you have.

Catering/plate – could be as little as 100 pesos. My sil chose buffet. And it cost them about 100K for over 200 guest and that includes the wedding cake.

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My fiance and I are getting married in August of this year. We’ve been together nearly 6 years and have a 13 month old daughter. My aunt (who helped raised me) passed away late last year and left me some inheritance money, the only problem is we have to spend most of it on bills and on college tuition & daycare. We can really only afford a 5K wedding and even that’s cutting it. We’ve found the perfect place Duke Gardens & having the ceremony there would only cost 650, but my grandmother (who has lavish tastes) wants me to have the ceremony & reception there which would cost 2500 and she said she’d cover the costs but if she would be willing to spend that much on me, I’d prefer her to use a more cost-effective choice since we are on a strict budget. She also told me to invite many of my family members knowing that most of them wouldn’t come but would instead send a gift or money. But what if they do RSVP then I get stuck with the bill. I’ve planned 2 funerals in the past 2 years I’m a pro at them, but this wedding thing is stressing me out already and I’ve just gotten engaged! I want to hire a wedding planner but I’m afraid it will be more cost that we don’t need, but then I feel like a planner could actually help us cut costs. So lost…please somebody help me!
And I have about 4 really close girlfriends, but a few others I’ve known for years & we can’t afford 10 bridesmaid dresses, how should I go about that?
Thanks a lot!
@ Bonnie D that sounds perfect thank you I guess I’m too stressed out to think clearly but that definitely clears up one headache!

Some people I know have gotten a creative family member or friend to do their wedding planning, and that was their gift to them so it didn’t cost anything. Make sure you pick someone frugal who really wants to do this.

just go with four bridesmaids. That is plenty. It sounds like your venue is already pretty and doesn’t need a lot of decorating, so there is some more money saved. People remember the food, drink,and flowers more than anything so make those your biggest expenditures.

You should send invitations to the people you are expecting to come, and wedding announcements to the people who you know won’t come, but might send a gift.

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ok my hubby to be and i are having a firefighter themed wedding in Oct! and hes a fireman full time and im a teller and well we both have children and we are (i am) stuck on how to plan this thing! i can help my friends and family plan their weddings but i just cant seem to do mine! please help!!!!

You should start off by thinking about thigns that are usually associated with firefighers – hydrants, hoses, fire hats, fire trucks, ladders, fireworks (or plastic sparklers), fire extinguishers, etc.
Try to think how you can incorporate all of these things into the wedding and decor. Maybe you could get plastic fire hats, turn them upside down and add flowers to them for your centerpieces. Or, maybe you could do a centerpiece involving hot sauce. You can get old hot sauce bottles and use them as a vase – then add some red and orange flowers. Or something like this:
http://www.riverdalenj.gov/thumbnails/tn-centerpiece.jpg
Or flame lights:
http://www.littlebrightlights.com/site/1435548/page/610933
For your food you can do a spicy theme – chips & salsa, chipotle chicken, etc.
For your cake you can make it red velvet – then have some fire design.
http://www.cake-decorating-corner.com/images/fire-truck-cake-and-wedding-cake-33763.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/2193409755_8d38d11944_m.jpg
You can get a wedding dress that has red accents, like this:
http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?pageSize=96&page=2&style=JD8108
http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?pageSize=96&page=2&style=J1086
http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?pageSize=96&page=4&style=A400
The Bridesmaids can wear red dresses with burnt orange sashes.

Here is a link that I found. They have lots of different fireman items here:
http://www.firecatalog.com/store/catalog/

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