As each year passes the wedding industry gets bigger and bigger. When watching 'Rich bride / Poor Bride' they'll often bring on older couples and the general going rate that they spent on their wedding. I'm astonished to hear numbers lik 2,000 - 8,000 MAN DO I WISH! While I realize we have to account for 'some' inflation in the price lets be honest here weddings cost an arm and a leg when in reality they shouldn't.
Many brides have come to this realization as well and have started to look for other means to get a better 'bang' for their buck. With the internet being such an amazing resource this allows brides to shop around. Heck they can even YouTube some DIY ideas that will save them a lot of money in the end.
I always said if I knew now about all the things I could have DIY'ed my wedding would have been very different then it was. Not to say my day was bad by any means but there were parts where we could have made it a bit more unique. Our inviations could have been tri folds, our program fans could have been better designed, menu cards and table cards for guests. With that in mind I want to stress to any brides reading this. Even if you don't have a single crafty bone in your body with technology being what it is, this makes it possible for you to do an easy step by step craft taht will make you feel proud of what you made in the end. Also another great community that I will always suggest is Etsy.com. The wedding industry is flooded with HUGE cooperation who in general don't really take each individual customer into thought and give each customer the type of attention and personal feeling each deserves. With etsy most of the sellers are so very personable. Each product is hand made and made with delicate care. The customer service is the same person putting together your items. You can bargin and people are more apt to listen to your story and give you a deal where you may need it.
What am I babbling about really? Stop paying cooperation thousands of dollars for something that may cost them a total of $100 dollars to make and have roughly $50 worth of labor on them. Small companies are the way to go, many of the realize how outragous these prices are for brides.
That or DIY.
In the next few months I will be making a DIY website. This will be filled with an array of useful links for Brides to DIY their own items. Even those who aren't creatively gifted.
I truthfully feel that a $8,000 - $10,000 wedding is attainable. Just because it doesn't cost $20,000 + doesn't mean it won't look that way and then some.
So my rambling and incoherent rant is done for today. I promise to be more on track :D
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