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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Planning a Wedding on a Small Budget

So you’ve decided to get married and also determined your reasonably available budget along with the size and type of wedding you’ve always dreamed of.  There is a very big problem though – you’ve dreamed of your wedding in a castle in a far away land with everyone you’ve ever met attending but your budget might get ten people to the end of the block!  Money shouldn't be too big a problem if you're clever enough to plan a wedding on a small budget.

The importance of your wedding day doesn't reside in the amount of money you spend for it, but rather on the emotional value it has for you and your fiancé(e).  And the solution is not to hock your soul along with those of your future grandchildren to still be able to have a wedding you will always remember. 

The first step is for both of you to really commit yourselves to having your dream wedding on the budget you’ve worked up.  Making that commitment will make it a lot easier mentally and emotionally to see just how creative you can get in getting the most for your money (and possibly a lot more fun)  without sacrificing your dream.  It will require a bit more work on your part and probably some assistance from your family and friends to get everything done.

The next thing to do is get Tim and Lisa Spooner’s book “Wedding Planning on a Budget”.  It was one of the recommendations I made at the beginning because their wedding budget was a whopping $2,000!  That was for everything and they had to get really creative.  The nice bottom line for them was that by sticking to their budget they were able to start out their life together with ZERO wedding debt!!  You might not like all of their suggestions but it’s pretty much guaranteed that it will jumpstart your imagination.
We will be looking at a lot of ideas for planning your wedding on a small budget in the future but I think this is enough to get you started.  I would love to hear some of the ideas you come up with when your imagination starts cooking.

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