Gifts and Rings
Aaaah so you thought you were the only one to get gifts….. nope! It’s tradition to give the attendants a gift to say thank you for their contribution to the day. So that’s the bridesmaids, flowergirl,and pageboy. I also think it’s nice to give something to the best men and anyone who has [...]

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Wedding Favours & Decorations
Once again, the best advice I can give you is make them yourself.
Buy sugared almonds by the bucket load, a length of voile type material in your wedding colours…get all the ladies around and have a favour making party. Keep it simple.
Substitute some flowers for balloons or another type of decoration, flowers [...]

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Wedding Stationery
Invitations (ceremony and evening), order of service, menu cards, place cards, thank-you cards. It all adds up.
I have one thing to say… Make Your Own! This is the single biggest way to save money on stationery.
Go to craft and wedding fairs where you will meet with suppliers, watch presentations, and most importantly get lots [...]

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Food
Beware the budget buster! Feeding people is expensive: fact. A conservative price for a three course meal with coffee would be around £25 ($55) a head not including wine.
You have two options here.
First option, have a small ceremony and meal and have a big party in the evening. Cut the ceremony and meal to immediate [...]

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Clothing
Wedding clothing doesn’t start and end with your dress. You will need a suit or kilt for the groom. A suit or kilt for the best man. Bridesmaids and flowergirl dresses. Pageboys and ushers will also require outfits. It is traditional and typical that all of these are paid for by whoever is paying for [...]

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Location, Location, Location
Products and services vary in price greatly depending on your area. It’s obvious that a wedding in London or Edinburgh will cost considerably more than a wedding in Swansea or Aberdeen.
To combat this consider both you and your partner’s birth towns. Do either one measure up better than the other? For example in [...]

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Contributors
Your next step is to deal with contributors, by which I mean mums, dads and anyonelse offering to pay for something or donating money to put towards the big day. I had the cars, cake, honeymoon, decorations and photographer covered by ‘contributors’. Very important point though, this step definitely comes after our first step (utilising [...]

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You can have the wedding of your dreams and it doesn’t have to cost anything like the exorbitant ‘average wedding’ figures you see in the magazines. Slash your bill to as little as two or three thousand pounds, or less depending on your contacts and where you live. I followed these basic steps and saved [...]

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