When it comes to wedding planning, it’s incredibly easy just to let loose and forget your budget. It’s your big day, and you should be able to throw caution to the wind and have everything that you’ve been dreaming of since you were a little girl.
The problem is, your budget might not agree with this and before you know it, if you aren’t exceptionally careful when considering every element of your wedding planning, you may end up using your entire budget before your planning is even complete.
Here are a couple of budget crunchers to avoid:
Budget Cruncher: Invitations And Wedding Favors
Your guests attend your wedding to celebrate your love and witness your special day. They don’t need to leave with a bottle of wine or a knick-knack that they just don’t really want. While it’s sentimental and thoughtful of you to give your entire guest list a wedding favor, the costs can quickly add up.
Instead, if you really want to hand out favors at your wedding, consider ones that you can create yourself, such as a CD with your favorite music. This is a far more personal gift and won’t cost you all that much to create. Just buy a pack of CD’s from a bulk store like Costco and you’re in business!
Budget Cruncher: Oversized Wedding Cakes
This is a very common mistake that brides and grooms make when trying to determine an adequate size cake for their wedding. They go over the top and end up with lots of wasted cake that cost them a small fortune.
Do your best to choose a cake size that is reasonable, considering that smaller cakes can be just as beautiful as three or four tiered ones. If you really want an elaborate cake, consider building tiers with false centers or filling it in with roses that match your wedding’s color scheme.
You could also have a “display” cake (the cake featured at your reception) with extra sheet cakes in the kitchen in case you run out. These will cost you far less than your actual wedding cake, and will give you assurance that you have plenty to go around.
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