101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding – Part 12: Wedding Decorations
January 15, 2009 by BellaB
The best time to plan your wedding decorations is when you have settled on what your wedding theme would be. This way you have your colors and style in mind. The next step is to think about how to save money on your wedding decorations. Here are few ideas – Part 13 of our series on 101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding (click on image to enlarge).
Wedding Decorations
83. Print your own place cards – You can easily print your own place cards at home and print decorations on them, or decorate them with ribbons.
84. Skip the place card holders – Use place cards that fold in half and stand on their own in place of fancy place card holders
85. Arrange your own centerpieces – You can arrange the flowers yourself for the centerpieces at your reception. Buy silk flowers so you can take your time putting them together.
86. Get creative with your decorations – Instead of flowers, you can decorate with candles, Christmas lights, fruit, seashells, or any number of creative items. Go to a craft store and browse around for inspiration. One way to start is with a fishbowl or shallow dish on a mirror. You can fill the bowl with water and floating candles, or sand and seashells.
87. Have your wedding near a holiday – If you have your wedding near a major holiday like Christmas or Easter you can often save on decorations because the church, or other venue, will already be decorated beautifully. Choose wedding colors that will complement the seasonal decorations.
88. Share your decorations – If there are other weddings taking place in the same venue on the day of your wedding get in touch with those couples and see if you can arrange to split the cost of some decorations and share them for the day. If you want to keep any of these items, be sure to make this clear ahead of time.
89. Decorate with pictures – Instead of flowers or candles, incorporate artistic pictures of the happy couple into the decorations. These can be edited at home on your computer and printed out at your local drugstore.
Photo Credit: Polyvore
Read All Previous Posts:
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding - Part 1: Planning
More to Come:
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding - Part 13: Wedding Favors
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding - Part 14: Wedding Attendants
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding - Part 15: Wedding Ceremony
101 Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding - Part 16: This and That
It’s been great following this series you’ve started. I’m sure a lot of brides- and grooms-to-be have gotten inspiration from the tips you’ve shared. And, really, there’s no need to spend too much on a wedding. Your 89 tips, so far, are all proof of that. Good work. And I look forward to reading more of your tips.
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