Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding

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Here are 15 ways to do just that
Wedding Planning
If you give yourself at least a year to book
things like your venue and photographer, you have
that much more time to shop around for the best
price.
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Reception Food and Drink Menu
The best way to save on food, drink, and desserts
for your wedding is to provide your own. Enlist
your friends and family to help, and make sure
that you dont overextend yourself with
complicated fare.
Wedding Venue
The only two things that are usually decided
on before the wedding venue are whether or not to
get married and the date. The wedding venue can
be costly, but you can save a lot of money by
getting married on a day other than Saturday and
by finding a place outside the city limits.
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Wedding Photographer and Videographer
When your wedding is all said and done, you want
to make sure that you have a keepsake that will
remind you of every moment and every emotion of
that day, which unfortunately can be very
expensive. 
Wedding Ceremony and Reception Music
It can be expensive to hire a professional
musician, a band, or a DJ, but luckily there are
many ways to save in this category. You can hire
a student musician, or consider a friend or
family member to perform.
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Wedding Decoration
Its easy to go overboard and let the budget get
out of control when decorating your venue, but
luckily there are many ways to save.
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Wedding Flowers
Wedding flowers can cost thousands of dollars,
but if you are frugal you can easily cut your
flower bill down to only a couple hundred dollars
and still have beautiful arrangements. Be smart
about what types of flowers you choose, and think
about how you can repurpose them throughout the
wedding.
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Ceremony Decorations
Sometimes less is more, and this will help you
keep the price of decorating your wedding
ceremony venue reasonable. Keep in mind that
depending on your venue, the setting itself may
be all you need.
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Reception Decorations
The best way to save money on wedding reception
decorations is to have a little fun with it. Get
creative and pick a good, solid theme. Once you
do that, everything else will fall into place.
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Reception Table Center pieces
Similar to the other reception decorations, this
is another area where you can have a lot of fun
but not have to spend much money, especially if
you make all the center pieces yourself.
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Wedding Attire
Menswear
Even though most people will be looking at the
bride, its also important that the groom looks
good.
Brides Makeup
Alternatively, you can buy your own makeup and do
it yourself, but that also can be costly.
Brides Hair
Having a stylist come to you on your big day may
be convenient, but the big bill may cause
unwanted stress.
Wedding Jewelry
Wedding Dress
Not only will there be an exchanging of rings
during the wedding ceremony, but the bride will
most likely want to wear a few pieces of jewelry
to complement her wedding gown.
Its easy to get out of control when it comes to
spending money on what is usually the brides
favorite element of the wedding her wedding
dress.
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Other Wedding Costs
Wedding Invitations
Wedding Favors
It is traditional to give wedding favors to your
guests as an appreciation for their loving
support of your marriage. When you have a large
wedding, the cost of favors can be fairly
expensive, so consider making them yourself, by
doing something as simple as bagging up some
candy or burning a CD.
The wedding invitations are another category
where you can save a ton of money by doing part
of it or all of it yourself. Consider providing
your own cardstock to the printer or go
electronic by sending out email invitations.
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You will hopefully save a lot of money on your
wedding using the above tips, but regardless, you
will be spending some money on each and every one
of your guests. They will want to spend money on
you, too, to show their appreciation for being
invited to your wedding and to show their support
and happiness for your marriage. Make sure you
create the perfect wedding registry so that there
is an absolute guarantee that they will buy you a
gift that you truly love.
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