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Congratulations to Becky from the Disney 7, she renewed her vows this weekend. Check out the crazy video
How she got her teenage boys to do that I’ll never know, they’re obviously made of good stuff, well done guys!
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It’s 11pm and my eyes are stinging, I started flagging at about 3pm. Wedding fairs (fayres?) are completely knackering. Today I accompanied my sister in law, mother in law, Aunty, and my sister in law’s mother in law to be….following me? My sister in law is getting married and this was her first (my second) wedding fair and we were out to gather some inspiration and ideas, we were treated to that, and a whole lot more
Our day started at 8.45am at waverley station, Edinburgh. …
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The spa at the five star Grand Floridian resort.
Wedding carriage complete with wigged horsemen.
The Disney 7 on the beach in front of the wedding chapel.
Lunch at the Grand Floridian, strawberries, feta, leaves, strawberry vinaigrette and roast cashews.
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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 of ideas. These days there are plenty of craft shops with a variety of products and materials for all levels of competence.
If you’re a dab hand, buy some embossing equipment, fancy paper and create away.
If …
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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 Friends and Family) – you want the contributions to really make a difference.
If people have offered to pay for services already provided for free in step one, politely tell them and suggest an alternative contribution …
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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 myself a fortune and still had the wedding of my dreams.
Write it down
Get yourself a ‘wedding notebook’. Write down your idea of a perfect (for you) wedding. Write which parts of the wedding are …
