Plan Inexpensive Weddings

Plan inexpensive weddings by doing some things yourself. Try making the bouquets and/or other flower arrangements. Silk flowers can be used and made well ahead of time.

Wal-Mart sells a lot of wedding accessories in their crafts department. They have ready-made white flower bouquets to carry. You could use them and save a bundle. Just add some decorative lace and/or pretty ribbons and pearls that match your wedding colors.

Use silk rose petals for the flower girl to throw. Find a small white basket and glue some lace on it. You can find the basket and bags of rose petals at Dollar Tree and other dollar stores. For $1 an item, you can make beautiful wedding accessories.

Don't be embarrassed to go to dollar stores to save money. They have beautiful gift bags and ribbons as well as candles, baskets, and attractive thank you notes for the bride and groom to use.

Some brides are fortunate because they have family members who can make beautiful wedding cakes and other delicious wedding reception foods. This can be a great help to plan inexpensive weddings.

If this is not an option, consider going to the bakery at your local grocery store. Order your wedding cake from them. This is what I did. It is much cheaper than the $1000 wedding cakes from fancy bakeries advertised in wedding magazines. I paid $50 for a beautiful three tiered wedding cake. It had a great flavor as well. Prepare to pay more than $50 now since that was 21 years ago.

Cupcakes in place of wedding cakes are a popular wedding item now. Make your own cupcakes and arrange them on a large tiered cupcake holder. Or have two separate tiered holders and offer two different flavors for your guests. Some guests will not want frosting so offer them several varieties of muffins.

Just get a little creative. Look at lots of wedding magazines and websites for great ideas. Take the ideas you like and rework them to fit in with your wedding and your budget.