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Ideas from the Article:
- Buy flowers from the wholesale flower mart (did that)
- Hold reception at lower cost or no cost location (did that, mine was at the Church activity room)
- Have family bake treats for reception (did that, my husband's Aunt helped out so much)
- Do it yourself wedding invites adding jewels and ribbons (mine were pretty plain I guess)
- Have friend or relative do photography (did that, I still regret not having a Pro do the photography - sigh. But it does give me something to hold over my Hubby's head; even 20 years later :-)
- Having a friend or relative do the hair (I had a professional do it).
- Borrowed my mother-in-laws car.
- Had a friend video tape the wedding. A couple of years later we had a pro edit the video and it came out really nice.
- The cake was done by the Church Wedding Organizer, and my husband convinced me to have carrot cake, and it had real butter cream frosting. It was wonderful!
- My Mother-in-law took a flower arranging class and did all the flowers.
- I had my wedding dress and QiPao custom made in Taiwan. The only mistake was I was super thin in Taiwan and the dress did not have any extra fabric on it, so when I came back to the US I had to be careful on the weight. There is no way my daughter could fit these, she takes after her Dad to much.
- We rented the Maids of Honor Dresses. This took a lot of time to find ones, I finally found them I think it was in Westminster.
- My Husband rented his tux from a friend of his Father's, but there were problems where they increased the cost. So using a friend of the family can be good and bad. I suggest getting quotes from non-Family places and if the family friend offers the same or lower price then go with them.
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