10 Money-Saving Tips for your Wedding (Part 1)
As you know, I am now a guest blogger for Confetti.ie and this last week was installment #1 on my Top 10 Tips on Saving Money on your wedding:
With the country constantly talking about the CEC (Current Economic Climate), we are all thinking about ways to conserve our spending and there are things you can do even on your wedding day to cut-costs or at least be sensible with the budget. There are going to be certain parts of any couples big day that they won’t want to scrimp on, so decide what your top few priorities are and be prepared to be flexible on the other things.
Here are five of our Top 10 Tips on how to save money on your wedding:
- Email out invitations ~ Not only will this save you on Stationary costs, it’s also ‘Eco-Friendly’. Plus you can guests to RSVP by return email or via a webpage, so you can track guest acceptance instantly instead of waiting on snail mail. On pingg.com you can design really great and colourful invitations that will still make it feel wedding-y and special.
- The Dress ~ For affordable options in Ireland, consider buying your dress second hand from one of the charity shops. More and more people are opting to recycle their dresses after their big day and you can get some beautiful gowns second hand nowadays. Check out Oxfam’s Bridal Department website [www.oxfamireland.org/oxfambridal/about.htm]. If you’re handy with a sewing machine or have a reliable dressmaker you could alter the dress and make it into something very unique. Alternatively, you could consider heading State-side to buy your dress and get the bridesmaids dresses over there as well. You can choose the dress from bridal catalogues, call the shops in the States in advance and then pop over to collect of the dress of your dreams. Simple!
For the rest of the tips, read the full article here
