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i got a load of calla lillies off ebay for £1.65 for 6 calla's
is this budget even possible???
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Some of your costs are about right hun. I think the cake could be a lot cheaper - look on M&S website at wedding cakes.
Grooms present not really necessary as you could put that money to a photographer. I can put you in touch with my photographer PM me and I'll sort things out for you - I'll also give you the password to our online album so you can see how lovely the pics were.
I'll PM you a few things later hun xx
Grooms present not really necessary as you could put that money to a photographer. I can put you in touch with my photographer PM me and I'll sort things out for you - I'll also give you the password to our online album so you can see how lovely the pics were.
I'll PM you a few things later hun xx
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* wedding venue - £300 for reg office? I think that its about £130 for a reg office in scotland but I guess it might go up a bit in the next few years, https://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/reg...married-in-scotland-how-do-i-go-about-it.html
* Flowers - £60???Could you get sprays like this https://www.weddingfavours.uk.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=3711 for buttonholes and maybe look at getting other table decorations(if you need any) then it would just be the cost of flowers for you and bridesmaids
* reception hall - £600
* self buffet - £300
* cake - £100 depending on how many guests you could get away with 2 tiers and just a cake topper or sugar flowers which would take it doen a bit, also if you have fruitcake you won't need as much as a sponge cake, we had a 12" fruitcake and most people took it so it fed about 130ish people
* entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250??? about right but we had ours from 7 until 1am for about that so maybe see if you can get a discount if you only need it for 3 hours?
* Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50
* dress - £150
* shoes - £20 I got lovely ones from ebay for £7 new so try there
* lingerie - £10-£20
* his outfit - £60 to hire
* hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20
* self invitations etc - £30 Depends on how many you are making but the same company(in edinburgh) that do the buttonholes sell 100 blank cards and envelopes for about £8 and they are really good at helping you design things within your set budget
* photography - £100???
* wedding rings - £100 We just went for cheapie argos ones, came to about £40 for both
* Grooms present - £100 Just tell him that you are a good enough present! lol, we didn't give prezzies
Other things to think about are is your reception hall near to the registry office or is this additional taxis or cars?
Also is your auntie going to do your bridesmaids hair and makeup as well? or this could be extra and also are they/she wearing their own shoes or do you need to buy them?
Do you need to buy a cake knife and guestbook or are you not having them?
You also need to doubly! check with your venue that you are allowed to supply your own buffet as out required the person making it to have a food and hygiene certificate
Maybe you could ask some of your family to 'gift' some of the things that you need as wedding gifts? I bought and made my best friends wedding favours for her for example so it saved her about £60
* Flowers - £60???Could you get sprays like this https://www.weddingfavours.uk.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=3711 for buttonholes and maybe look at getting other table decorations(if you need any) then it would just be the cost of flowers for you and bridesmaids
* reception hall - £600
* self buffet - £300
* cake - £100 depending on how many guests you could get away with 2 tiers and just a cake topper or sugar flowers which would take it doen a bit, also if you have fruitcake you won't need as much as a sponge cake, we had a 12" fruitcake and most people took it so it fed about 130ish people
* entertainment (dj for 3hours) - £250??? about right but we had ours from 7 until 1am for about that so maybe see if you can get a discount if you only need it for 3 hours?
* Car hire (live 5mins from place) - £50
* dress - £150
* shoes - £20 I got lovely ones from ebay for £7 new so try there
* lingerie - £10-£20
* his outfit - £60 to hire
* hair and make-up (done by auntie) - £20
* self invitations etc - £30 Depends on how many you are making but the same company(in edinburgh) that do the buttonholes sell 100 blank cards and envelopes for about £8 and they are really good at helping you design things within your set budget
* photography - £100???
* wedding rings - £100 We just went for cheapie argos ones, came to about £40 for both
* Grooms present - £100 Just tell him that you are a good enough present! lol, we didn't give prezzies
Other things to think about are is your reception hall near to the registry office or is this additional taxis or cars?
Also is your auntie going to do your bridesmaids hair and makeup as well? or this could be extra and also are they/she wearing their own shoes or do you need to buy them?
Do you need to buy a cake knife and guestbook or are you not having them?
You also need to doubly! check with your venue that you are allowed to supply your own buffet as out required the person making it to have a food and hygiene certificate
Maybe you could ask some of your family to 'gift' some of the things that you need as wedding gifts? I bought and made my best friends wedding favours for her for example so it saved her about £60
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Car will be more like £200+ regardless of where you live!
Photography is usually around £500 and that's not always including a decent amount of pictures printed.
Try looking at artificial flowers!
And you can get plain cakes from supermarkets and decorate your self x
Photography is usually around £500 and that's not always including a decent amount of pictures printed.
Try looking at artificial flowers!
And you can get plain cakes from supermarkets and decorate your self x
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think i am getting friend to do the cake, if not will be supermarket cake lol
thinking maybe not have photographer just get people to take pictures with there digital camera. cars was gonna just have tatxi from house to the place, then back. but not sure.
thinking maybe not have photographer just get people to take pictures with there digital camera. cars was gonna just have tatxi from house to the place, then back. but not sure.
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I want to give you some advice more than suggestions....
Nothing is imposible, our wedding was done on a strict £2k budget and we came in at just under...
You will have a fanstatic day a whatever the cost
Nothing is imposible, our wedding was done on a strict £2k budget and we came in at just under...
You will have a fanstatic day a whatever the cost
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also check with your reception venue that you are allowed to self cater, many places don't allow self cater unless you can provide a food hygiene certificate
also i'd up the budget for flowers and reduce it for DJ, any DJ charging that for 3 hours is seriously ripping you off, we paid £170 for 7 till midnight
cake, like someone else said you can buy ready made fruit cakes from tesco that have fondant on, you could then decorate it to make it personal and would be alot cheaper than £100
£100 for photographs is wayyyyyyy too low unless you get a friend to do them, we got an amazing deal (photographer for 12 hours and £400 towards the album and that cost £995)
I'd skip the grooms present if your strapped, not really needed
Cars - I'd find someone with a nice car and ask them to drive you
also i'd up the budget for flowers and reduce it for DJ, any DJ charging that for 3 hours is seriously ripping you off, we paid £170 for 7 till midnight
cake, like someone else said you can buy ready made fruit cakes from tesco that have fondant on, you could then decorate it to make it personal and would be alot cheaper than £100
£100 for photographs is wayyyyyyy too low unless you get a friend to do them, we got an amazing deal (photographer for 12 hours and £400 towards the album and that cost £995)
I'd skip the grooms present if your strapped, not really needed
Cars - I'd find someone with a nice car and ask them to drive you
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been really thinknig about everything and thinking about going for the cheaper reception than we first wanted, to hire the big hall is £19.10 per hour and same rate after 12. its just a hall so can make and bring your own food and they have a kitchen which you can use, my MIL is a chef so gonna beg her to make the food lol....
photos my uncles and family hopefully, my uncle drives a lovely BMW so gonna ask if he can drive me there....
can hire a bar service which i just have to pay for one drink for all guests then the rest is free as the money they make for the drinks covers everything....
the reg office is in the same building. going to buy my dress off of "lightinabox" gonna hire the kilts, gonna try and grab birdesmaids dress and flower girl on the wedding sale this year....
already been thinking inviations, and gonna make my own favours, going to make heart shaped home-made tablet and put them in lovely cellowrap with ribbon in our colour theme.
going to write down everything later, i am little sad today because i lost my purse in my madness yesterday caring for my sister and lost alot of things i'll never get back, there was no money in it. but can't get any money until get new bankcards as all my ID etc was in there, lost scan picture of baby we lost
and also mine and my son's birth certs not happy person, my own fault but still phoned everywhere i can thing
photos my uncles and family hopefully, my uncle drives a lovely BMW so gonna ask if he can drive me there....
can hire a bar service which i just have to pay for one drink for all guests then the rest is free as the money they make for the drinks covers everything....
the reg office is in the same building. going to buy my dress off of "lightinabox" gonna hire the kilts, gonna try and grab birdesmaids dress and flower girl on the wedding sale this year....
already been thinking inviations, and gonna make my own favours, going to make heart shaped home-made tablet and put them in lovely cellowrap with ribbon in our colour theme.
going to write down everything later, i am little sad today because i lost my purse in my madness yesterday caring for my sister and lost alot of things i'll never get back, there was no money in it. but can't get any money until get new bankcards as all my ID etc was in there, lost scan picture of baby we lost
and also mine and my son's birth certs not happy person, my own fault but still phoned everywhere i can thing
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I want to give you some advice more than suggestions....
Nothing is imposible, our wedding was done on a strict £2k budget and we came in at just under...
You will have a fanstatic day a whatever the cost
hey hun can i be rude and ask what you spent on what and where?
Sofiekirsten
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Of course you can
Dress - £99 brand new made to measure from Ebay
Wedding Car - Asked a friend with a Bently to drive around for a wedding present
Flowers - DH auntie did them, we only had 1 bouquet, 5 button holes and 3 corsages and we asked if she could do them for a wedding present. Shouldnt be to costly for what we wanted anyway
Suits - £60 per suit from Debenhams
Photographer - We paid a friend to take some and 2 other people took photos aswell and they are great!
Rings - Argos - £20 each both white gold
Tiara - Primark - £3!
Shoes and Underskirt- Borrowed from a friend
Underwear - Debenhams £30 for bask, thongs and garter
Hair - Hairdressers - £20
Cake - £60 I bought the cake from M&S and my friend decorated it for me.
Reception - £1000 - DH sisters MIL owns the venue and she did it for a great price - This included:
Hire of the room
Singer
complete room set up
3 course wedding breakfast (£412.50)
Toasting wine & Food Wine
Buffet - Costco! (£250 and it was lovely)
Registry office - £99 for room hire and £30 each for notice of marriage
All the wedding stationary I made myself: Place cards, Menu Plaques, Table Numbers, Party Favours, Kids Party Favours, Cake Boxes and Thank you cards
but I probably spent about £60 on buying all the materials I needed.
I also didn't have any bridemaids I just had two witnesses
Presents - 4 Fob Watches for the men @ £15 each and Women had Glass Plaques @ £10 each we had 5 and then 3 £15 bouquets
Total Cost: £1926
Hope this helps!
Dress - £99 brand new made to measure from Ebay
Wedding Car - Asked a friend with a Bently to drive around for a wedding present
Flowers - DH auntie did them, we only had 1 bouquet, 5 button holes and 3 corsages and we asked if she could do them for a wedding present. Shouldnt be to costly for what we wanted anyway
Suits - £60 per suit from Debenhams
Photographer - We paid a friend to take some and 2 other people took photos aswell and they are great!
Rings - Argos - £20 each both white gold
Tiara - Primark - £3!
Shoes and Underskirt- Borrowed from a friend
Underwear - Debenhams £30 for bask, thongs and garter
Hair - Hairdressers - £20
Cake - £60 I bought the cake from M&S and my friend decorated it for me.
Reception - £1000 - DH sisters MIL owns the venue and she did it for a great price - This included:
Hire of the room
Singer
complete room set up
3 course wedding breakfast (£412.50)
Toasting wine & Food Wine
Buffet - Costco! (£250 and it was lovely)
Registry office - £99 for room hire and £30 each for notice of marriage
All the wedding stationary I made myself: Place cards, Menu Plaques, Table Numbers, Party Favours, Kids Party Favours, Cake Boxes and Thank you cards
but I probably spent about £60 on buying all the materials I needed.
I also didn't have any bridemaids I just had two witnesses
Presents - 4 Fob Watches for the men @ £15 each and Women had Glass Plaques @ £10 each we had 5 and then 3 £15 bouquets
Total Cost: £1926
Hope this helps!
Sofiekirsten
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Just some snaps that might help
The Car We Borrowed
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00284.jpg
My Dress
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00297.jpg
Adam Suit
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00282.jpg
Tiara, Cake And Flowers
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00610.jpg
Flowers And Rings
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00575.jpg
How Much Fun We Had Even On A £2k Budget
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00430.jpg
The Car We Borrowed
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00284.jpg
My Dress
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00297.jpg
Adam Suit
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00282.jpg
Tiara, Cake And Flowers
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00610.jpg
Flowers And Rings
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00575.jpg
How Much Fun We Had Even On A £2k Budget
https://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae352/sofiekirsten90/DSC00430.jpg
Sofiekirsten
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No all real red and ivory poses and my DH auntie did them at her florist she owns
that is amazing. It looks like such a much more expensive wedding!! 
lynne192
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Of course you can
Dress - £99 brand new made to measure from Ebay (did this include postage??)
Flowers - DH auntie did them... (lucky you wish she was my auntie)
Suits - £60 per suit from Debenhams (nice we're hiring kilts)
Photographer - We paid a friend to take some and 2 other people took photos aswell and they are great! (sounds good gonna keep looking)
Rings - Argos - £20 each both white gold (nice we were goin to get white gold but my engagment ring is yellow gold, are the rings good quality???)
Tiara - Primark - £3! (my shop lol need to keep eye opened)
Shoes and Underskirt- Borrowed from a friend (shame i have no friends lol)
Underwear - Debenhams £30... (i was thinking ann summers something sexy and well out there lol)
Hair - Hairdressers - £20 (nice gonna get my auntie to do mine and my flowergirls and bridesmaids hair)
Cake - £60 I bought the cake from M&S and my friend decorated it for me. (been looking at marks and sparks did you get all fruit or mix?)
Reception - £1000 - DH sisters MIL owns the venue and she did it for a great price - This included: [COLOR] (omg brilliant where was it can i bribe her into helping me lol)
Registry office - £99 for room hire and £30 each for notice of marriage (thanks gonna phone and see what they say)
All the wedding stationary I made myself: Place cards, Menu Plaques, Table Numbers, Party Favours, Kids Party Favours, Cake Boxes and Thank you cards
but I probably spent about £60 on buying all the materials I needed.
(do you have samples i can have a wee nose at?)
I also didn't have any bridemaids I just had two witnesses (good idea only having one bridesmaid and a best man also witnesses)
Total Cost: £1926
Hope this helps!
wanna plan my wedding
Sofiekirsten
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Of course you can
Dress - £99 brand new made to measure from Ebay (did this include postage??)
Flowers - DH auntie did them... (lucky you wish she was my auntie)
Suits - £60 per suit from Debenhams (nice we're hiring kilts)
Photographer - We paid a friend to take some and 2 other people took photos aswell and they are great! (sounds good gonna keep looking)
Rings - Argos - £20 each both white gold (nice we were goin to get white gold but my engagment ring is yellow gold, are the rings good quality???)
Tiara - Primark - £3! (my shop lol need to keep eye opened)
Shoes and Underskirt- Borrowed from a friend (shame i have no friends lol)
Underwear - Debenhams £30... (i was thinking ann summers something sexy and well out there lol
Hair - Hairdressers - £20 (nice gonna get my auntie to do mine and my flowergirls and bridesmaids hair)
Cake - £60 I bought the cake from M&S and my friend decorated it for me. (been looking at marks and sparks did you get all fruit or mix?)
Reception - £1000 - DH sisters MIL owns the venue and she did it for a great price - This included: [COLOR] (omg brilliant where was it can i bribe her into helping me lol)
Registry office - £99 for room hire and £30 each for notice of marriage (thanks gonna phone and see what they say)
All the wedding stationary I made myself: Place cards, Menu Plaques, Table Numbers, Party Favours, Kids Party Favours, Cake Boxes and Thank you cards
but I probably spent about £60 on buying all the materials I needed.
(do you have samples i can have a wee nose at?)
I also didn't have any bridemaids I just had two witnesses (good idea only having one bridesmaid and a best man also witnesses)
Total Cost: £1926
Hope this helps!
wanna plan my wedding
Kept most of the stuff from the wedding like the bride & groom place cards and the seating plan along with party favours and what not I will take some pictures and get them on here so you can have a nosey...what theme are you going for mine was red and ivory.....
The wedding dress was £99 for the dress and courior aswell
The underwear from debenhams was well sexy! love it
Erm do you know what sort of dress you are having because if you let me know what sort it is and it needs a hoop I can send you mine? I'm never going to use it again and better let someone get some use out of it
