What is the most important factor in a frugal wedding.

After 20 plus years of working with brides, I have found a common thread among the brides who are able to stretch their budgets the best...You are going to be surprised...

In general there are two types of brides.  There are brides who get married to have a party and there are brides who have a party because they are getting married.  For the first group the party is the most important, for the second the marriage is most important.  You would be surprised how many women fall in the first group, in the interest of honesty, I was one of them.  I am not saying we don't love the groom, but for me I wanted to get married very badly and the wedding was more important than the marriage.  So how does this all related to the frugal wedding commonality?

The bride who is all caught up in the party has her heart set on every obsessive detail of the event - it has to be glorious and beautiful and all that to speak to who she is, to show how special she is.  The bride who has party to celebrate the marriage is caught up in the life to be after the party and the details are not as important to her - so long and things are nicely done and her guests have a great time and she gets some good pictures she is happy because it is the ever after that matters most.  In other words, she is happy with white flowers, she doesn't have to have the most expensive variety of white oriental lilies - 

Significantly less expensive

therefore she can have a much more frugal budget.  Well designed flowers are beautiful regardless of the variety.


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So what does this mean to you?  Find the man of your dreams, plan for a long life together, get a bunch of friends to come help you celebrate and find a talented designer who will make the most of you budget and leave the details up to her (or him) and enjoy the party!