Hey every one my name is Emma and my fiancé and I have been engaged for a year we have a beautiful 2 year old called willow . Sadly my mother passed away so we cancelled our first wedding and are now looking at planning a small wedding . Below is a breakdown of our costs , We cannot afford this amount but I'm unsure as where and how costs can be cut as we live in a remote area of Dumfries and Galloway south west Scotland so don't have many competitors :/ I have my eye on A ****** Ju5t1n @/3x@nd3r 8821 dress but its so expensive but I'm having trouble finding a replica :/ Any help would be greatly appreciated !!
Wedding
Venue £4000 including ceremony ,food, buffet ,wine on tables Band music £600 Wedding rings £450 Wedding dress £1390 Shoes £120 for 5 bridesmaids Fittings £200 for 6 including myself Bridesmaids dresses (sister is buying) Willow £50 dress and shoes flower girl Bridal Shoes £50 Makeup £150 for 6 people Hair £150 for 6 people Kilts £335 for 5 people Cars £225 for 2 Favours £52.00 Place cards £15 Flowers £435 centre pieces, 6 bouquets , 5 button holes and wedding table display Balloons ,ornamentals for night doo including chair sashes £120 Cake £57 local baker Cake decorations £20 Music Piper £50 Frame £10 for Table plan Invites £20 Presents bridesmaid £40 Best man £25 Wedding registrar Papers £125 Photos £1295 all day including full wedding album
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CommentAuthorLesley0401
Hi Emma,
In terms of cars, are you going to have people see the car? If not you could get taxis and that should drop that price (depending on where you are driving from).
Also do you need balloons, chair sashes and ornamentals? If you are having flowers you could skip that? Alternatively we bought a tank of helium and that was about £30 I think then the balloons and string. You could make a decoration yourself? Not going to be as expensive.
For flowers my friend went to the market early the day before and did them herself. That was in London but it might be worth looking at doing that yourself - or even looking at bouquets in supermarkets that you can trim down.
Have you looked into sample sales for the dress you like? Alternatively if you went to a wedding shop with images they may be able to find something very similar?
Not sure if that is any help at all, good luck x
The future Mrs Perry
CommentAuthorNicoleW665
i would also ask bridesmaids to maybe buy their own shoes if you aren't too strict on design and if hair and ,makeup is optional again maybe ask them to pay.
Do you have a family car that you could dress up yourself?
When we met: August 2009
When we announced engagement: December 2015
When we will get married: September 2017
CommentAuthorEmily17
For dress if you have your heart set on that one. Why not take photos to a dress maker and see what price they give you..
Met in 2009
He proposed Jan 2014
Will become Mrs P 7th October 2017
