Trying to do a wedding on a budget. We are making and designing the cake, and catering is going to be potluck BBQ. Decorations are gonna be dollar store and handmade. My decoration team are my lovely friends. Also, I found my dress online that we are adding to and altering to my style for $30. Cheap doesn’t mean not perfect. The only thing we are really dropping big bucks on is the venue because it’s 1,000$
Love the ring, love the dress. My only concern is how many guests do you have for potluck? A lot of people won't want to bring more food so if you're having more than 40 people you should reconsider potluck
To save costs you can also do a cake and punch reception instead. That’s what I’m doing. From 2:30pm-4:30pm with tea sandwiches and wraps. Also cut the guest list.
And i did think the pot luck could be unlucky; BUT I’ve also got a lot of philipino family and most of us love to cook too. Our church’s BBQ always had like 100 people and we usually still had left over food so I think it will work for our family. We are buying meat too, having our brothers cook it while we decorate that day. So sides from guests should help cover it. The reception and ceremony are at the same venue too. It comes with all the tables, chairs, and heated food containers we’ll need. We just have to set it all up. The guest list is at 57 for both sides of our family and friends if they can all get here.
I was looking at that dress before too but since our whole theme changed, I ended up going with a different dress (which I still very much love). I definitely agree that cheap doesn't mean not perfect. It's going to be great! Congrats
I absolutely love your dress and rings. I’m also doing decor from the Dollar Store. You can find some really awesome wedding decor from there. Here’s one of mine I came up with.
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Ooo that looks So Nice. I’m actually making roses for my centerpieces out of craft paper and hot glue. These are stacked together but they’re nice.
I looked up videos on how to make roses and there were two ways I liked so I put them together. Probably only costs like 10 cents a rose
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That’s terrific that family is involved with your special day! That’s a lot of work involved with preparation and clean up and everything in between. I’m happy that you have so many people to help make your wedding day even more meaningful.