Another way to save on your wedding day budget is with your decorations. Being creative when planning your wedding decor can save you big without skimping on the look of your wedding decor.
Here are a few tips to consider when choosing your floral arrangements and decorations that will save you money.
- For centerpieces, try a single color or type of blossom. This way, you don’t have to include as many blooms, because arrangements that are prepared with a single color or type of flower appear fuller.
- Arrange your centerpieces in small pots or vases grouped together. The groupings add dimension without adding cost, and they can double as wedding favors. Your guests will be delighted when you send them home with daisies, roses, topiaries or any of your favorite floras.
- Bring your altar and pew decorations to the reception site. Why pay to dress up two places, when you can use the same decor for both? Your altar arrangements might look beautiful at the cake table and head table. And your pew decorations can be hung on doors, buffet tables and food stations.
- Keep the altar decorations to a minimum. One or two elaborate arrangements can be more dramatic and cost-effective than several small arrangements combined with scattered accent pieces.
- Don’t decorate every pew with flowers. A few well-placed bows or tulle swags with sprigs of ivy will do the trick. In fact, decorating just every other row in the front section of the church, and perhaps the back row, is generally the most attractive and cost-effective approach. And if you have time to be creative, you can even buy your pew bows from a hobby store and hang them yourselves.
Remember, you do not have to go broke when planning your wedding. You can have a day as beautiful as you have always dreamed without breaking the bank!
