Wedding ideas...We're having a wedding!!!

Keep the wedding simple spend all the money on the honeymoon

 

Lots of pictures.

HankD

 

Three weddings and the house is now empty!

The first was a backyard reception with a large tent and BBQ - 4th of July theme

Second was a firehouse reception

The last was a destination wedding in the Outer Banks - short pants and barefoot

None was cheap but we didn't go overboard either.

Rob

 

Well, after years of seeing how much is spent/wasted on weddings -- including us as well -- I guess I'm a scrouge and would recommend a private ceremony. But I realize most people don't go for that. Just keep your head, don't good overboard and do the nice things that you can. The backyard venue sounds like a good idea!

 

My suggestion is pick the most important things you want and than work down from there. My biggest expense after the venue, which you thankfully won't have, was the photographer. And she was worth every penny and more. The next biggest was my dress. All the other big expenses that people think of (cake, invitations, decoration) I asked people that I knew were talented in that area to do that for me as the wedding gift. So one lady in my church made the cake, another made my invitations, and a group of ladies did my center pieces/decorations. All told my wedding cost around 7500, with 3,000 being the venue/catering (thanks to a lot of issues I could not get married at my church so I was stuck having to shell out for a venue) 2500 for the photographer (again she was worth every penny) and my dress was around 1000. Which means I was able to do everything else around thousand dollars. Those little things, gifts for the wedding party, postage, flowers, keepsake, can add up so just be aware of that.

 

Again, lots of pictures! Especially the non-professional and candid shots.

They are just as cherished as the professional - by the children yet born

But have the best professional you can afford of course.

HankD

 

Another note on the photographer, make sure that you will get the copyright for all photos. One of my friends was not allowed to post her wedding pictures on FB because of copyright nor could she makes prints to give to people.
On the other hand my photographer made a selling point of the fact that her clients own the copyright, which means I can do anything I want with my wedding photos. Just something to keep in mind.

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Nope, spend the money on their first house.

 

Nope spend it on the marriage (honeymoon)

 

Gone in a week. Money up in smoke.

 

Investing in your marriage is never up in smoke.

 

Good point. We ran into that a number of years ago when our daughter participated in an event (not a wedding) and we were given pictures for her participation. When we later thought we would have some more pictures made, we found out we could not because the picture who took the picture had the rights to them rather than the person in the picture. Had never known that before then.

 

Do it like a traditional Jewish wedding. Do not buy anything as in gifts, they need to pick there own stuff. Give them money or stocks/ or better yet buy them a house/ or give them a down payment on one. Tell them good luck and bless them. Have a friend take the wedding photos. Use a church for the service. ( cost very little ). Do not be cheap but a wedding is a celebration of two families joining and the union of two people. Invite God.

 

Well, maybe me and my wife should take a $40,000 vacation next week

 

So you really think that is the same thing?

 

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Yeah. Our honeymoon was wasted money. We would have had the same amount of fun at any hotel with a nice room.

 

You and I see honeymoons in a very different light.