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3,000 wedding budget B/d.

Tee , on May 28, 2018 at 10:36 AM Posted in Planning 0 57

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Bare with me anddddddd let’s get started!!🤙🏽

Table cloth $5.49 (CVLINENS)

Chair covers - church members are letting us borrow there’s from there previous wedding as a gift

Disposable plates - $23.90 (amazon) we will purchase (2)

Glassware - $12.99 (amazon) we’re purchasing (3) they are 30pack!

Disposable Silverware - $24.99 (300pcs) from amazon

Napkins $5.49 (CVLINENS)

Veil $9.99 (JJsHouse)

Invitations/Save The Dates - given to us as a gift.

Favors - given to us as a gift

Suit - $179 (GoodFellas)

Shoes - her’s=$34.99 his-he’s deciding on wearing old ones

Accessories - $10.99 (JJsHouse)

Haircut - $20.00

DJ -$80.00 but we’re breaking him off more as a thankyou and he doesn’t know

he’s my FBIL!

Bridesmaids bouquets - $97 cents (Walmart) I’m using 6 flowers per bouquet so it’s $5.82 for each bouquet.

Photography/Videography - paid for by FFIL

Food- FFIL will be catering

Grooms-ring-$79.99 online at Kay Jewelers and over $500 in the store. Shop smart!! Lol.

Vase centerpieces - $36.00 (Dollar-tree)

Chair cover sash- $0.59 (CVLINENS) we’re buying 110 so $73.44 in total

Groomsmen bouts- $0.97 (Walmart flowers)

Bride Bouquet - $0.97 (walmart) I’m using 8 flowers and they are FULL $7.76 total

High back throne chair - $188.00

Table numbers - $42.00 (Etsy)

Cake - $265.00

Cardbox - $9.99 (Oriental Trading)

Flower Arrangements for Centerpieces - $148.20 (afloral)

Rent my wedding package - $299.00

Floating candles - $3.90 6per pack we’re buying 3. (Afloral.com)

Backdrop (it will be behind us) - $21.99 (amazon)

Aisle runner - $29.99 (party city)

Cake topper - $14.50 (Etsy)

Sequin table cloth for bridal party table - $13.88 (amazon)

Sequin table cloth for cake - $14.86 (Amazon)

My dress was brought about two months ago and isn’t included in the budget but I paid $200 + 65 shipping for it from Preownedwessingdress.com and I’m in love with my dress. It was never worn and it was a sample dress.

Transportation - FFIL will be letting us borrow his 1949 Chevrolet fleet line.

My MOH rented a villa for us all so I will be getting dressed there and don’t need to book a hotel for the night before.

I sacrificed going inside a bridal store to say yes to my dress, I sacrificed buying real plates, silverware, I sacrificed real/silk flowers for my bouquet, DIYing the centerpieces. I was gonna buy Eiffel Tower vases that would have been $72 for 12, found the vases yesterday in dollar tree to DIY the reversible trumpet vase and spent $36 so I saved $36 bucks on centerpieces.

We came under budget at about $2,782.43 maybe FH can go out and buy new shoes or the rest can go toward our honey moon or just back in the bank to go towards our house. Honey moon budget isn’t included in this budget.

Hope this helps and congratulations and good luck to everyone planning they’re wedding

I will also attach a picture of our save the date postcard. The invitations will be in the same family.

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Amanda · on May 28, 2018 at 10:42 AM
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This about where we are budget wise. I'm happy to see that we are not the oh ones who made small sacrifices to make our wedding possible without going into debt over it.
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HowCo Industries · on May 28, 2018 at 10:44 AM
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So, just to confirm, FFIL is not only catering he's paying for food? You are seriously lucky!
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Tee · on May 28, 2018 at 10:44 AM
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We will never put ourselves into debt over something for one day. It’s about the marriage and life after the marriage not the wedding.
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Tee · on May 28, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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Yes!!! Nothing was asked of him. He wants to do it and we can’t thank him enough.
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The Nuptials · on May 28, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Lots of freebies and gifts, good on you for securing those or the budget would of been busted!
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jennifer · on May 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM
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Goals!!! I'm hopingwith wish now that will help a lot too
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Happy Hedgie · on May 28, 2018 at 11:03 AM
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Agreed! While it is very nice that family/friends are helping it is a bit disingenuous to call this a $3000 wedding. OP may only be paying $3000 but, without the gifts and freebies this would cost a lot more.
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Andrea · on May 28, 2018 at 11:04 AM
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This is true. Most people do not have access to free food, free catering, free photography. This budget only works because other people are paying the costs. I feel like the title is deceptive because your way to have a $3000 wedding is to have others pay for the most expensive parts of it. That's not an actual $3000 wedding.
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Tee · on May 28, 2018 at 11:08 AM
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YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE A $3,000 Wedding if you sacrifice things and cut costs somewhere. Ignore the fact that people are helping and understand my drift. But thanks for your opinions.
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Andrea · on May 28, 2018 at 11:10 AM
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Yes, cut things. Like food, DJ, and photography. That's the only reason your wedding is $3000.
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Sarah · on May 28, 2018 at 11:12 AM
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But you’re not actually doing that. Yes, a $3,000 wedding is absolutely possible. A $3,000 wedding isn’t what you’re having though.
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Amanda · on May 28, 2018 at 11:15 AM
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I agree with Andrea its not a $3000 wedding .. my wedding total is almost 30k .. but my mom and fmil are paying 2/3s of the cost . Does not make my wedding a 10k wedding because thats what we are paying . Also you probably could have gone with a full all inclusive venue .. for the price some are as low as 60 pp
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JustKidding · on May 28, 2018 at 11:18 AM
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You also don't need a high back chair, chair sashes, table numbers at cost $42 (mine were $6 from Homegoods), runners and back drops could have all been cut.

And others are right, you are having a 3k wedding because others have gifted. You are in face having about a 10k wedding.
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Nicole · on May 28, 2018 at 11:18 AM
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You are totally discounting the cost of food though, which is the MAJOR cost at most weddings, because it is being covered by your FFIL. You didn't find a way to lower this cost or eliminate it, you just passed it off on someone else. So in essence you aren't having a 3000 dollar wedding, you are paying 3000 of the cost of your wedding.
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Munchkin9218 · on May 28, 2018 at 11:21 AM
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Have to agree. With everyone. This is not a true 3k$ wedding. Just because the money isn’t coming out if your account does not mean it is “free”(even when a friendor offers a service that service is not “free” as their resources are being put into it, they’re simply not being paid). That money is coming out of someone’s pocket just not yours. My parents are paying our venue with us 3/4 if our 20k budget. I don’t tell people our budget is 5k because that’s what FH and I paid.

Also you’re not really sacrificing anything - you either have the money to use and choose to do it cheaper or you didn’t have the money and are working within your budget which is fine but it’s not a sacrifice
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Jessie · on May 28, 2018 at 11:22 AM
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Whyyyyy is everyone being so mean just because she shared her breakdown? I love reading breakdowns from other brides no matter the budget. No two weddings are the same. Breakdowns are to give other people in the same area ideas on expenses. Your 10k wedding is not the same as another 10k wedding and may have different allowances/expenses/sacrifices etc. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t share it. Jeez.

OP, thanks for the breakdown! I like your budget posts as you seem to be similar to my own thinking.
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JustKidding · on May 28, 2018 at 11:25 AM
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No one is being mean.
She is promoting a false narrative to how her wedding is breaking down.

Saying were only spending 3k here's how and listing MANY friendors and freebies doesn't help anyone.
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Neens · on May 28, 2018 at 11:27 AM
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Great job and I love your save the dates!
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Sarah · on May 28, 2018 at 11:27 AM
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No one is being mean. Budget breakdowns should show the ENTIRE budget, which includes the cost of the things being gifted/done for free/paid for by other people. It doesn’t help anyone trying to have a 3k wedding to read a budget breakdown that doesn’t include a cost for the most expensive parts of a wedding (food/photography/videography)

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AJ · on May 28, 2018 at 11:32 AM
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OP, it is so nice that you have all of these loved ones so generously helping you out! You must feel so grateful for their support!
I will agree with others that your full wedding budget is NOT $3,000, but it sounds like what you PERSONALLY had to budget towards it is $3,000. For many people planning a $3,000 budget your breakdown won't be feasible, which is where I think a lot of the other responses are coming from. But you are absolutely correct that if people make cuts in certain places, they can have a lovely day and stay within a smaller budget. Just maybe not quite this small of a budget for as many people as it sounds like you're expecting.
I hope your day works out beautifully and you are able to celebrate fully with all of your dearest family and friends! And good for you for staying within your personal budget; even though you didn't have to pay for many of the big ticket items, you still didn't fall into the bridal trap of overspending, which is so easy to do.