Wedding Ideas on a Budget

I know that weddings can be expensive and if you are paying for it yourself there are many ways to save money and have a beautiful wedding.

I am going to list some ideas for you, I hope this helps someone.

Wedding Dresses : I was looking for a wedding dress when I got married a year and a half ago. Like most women, I paged through the hundreds of wedding dresses in the bridal magazines wishing that I could afford one of my "dream" dresses. There was one dress in particular by Cristos that I fell in love with. However, I knew that the $1500.00 to $2000.00 price tag was WAY out of my reach. I decided to just go try out some dresses at a local bridal shop. I had gone through about 10 dresses when I started describing the "dream dress" to the sales associate. She brought in a dress that she thought might be similar, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. Then she asked me a few more questions about it and said that she thought she might have something even more like it. Lo and behold- she came back in with THE dress. I couldn't believe it! I was almost afraid to ask the price, $325.00!!!. I said is this a Cristos? And she told me no that it was an Amy Lee. Amy Lee does a line of dresses that are knockoffs of more famous (and expensive) designers called Versions. So my suggestion to those of you out there with a "dream dress" is to take your pictures along with you and/or visit www.amyleebridal.com . Hope that helps at least some of you out with your hunt for the perfect gown! Also, check ebay for gorgeous dresses at a fraction of the price. I regularly see $1000+ dresses go for around $100. Well one other great way to save money is to rent your wedding dress. Really do you think your kids will ever wear it later? I rented a dress for $200.00,if I had bought it it would have been almost $1,000.00, and they did all the alterations to the dress. They would have made it a short sleeve dress, added bows, ect.. I even had my Brides Maids rent their dresses from there too. It saved everyone alot of money and time. Looks around there are a lot of them out there