Real Wedding: Leah and Michael, VII
Working on an $11,000 budget (which actually ended up being $8500), the bride really had to look for creative ways to get a lot of bang for her buck…which of course, included fun DIY projects that Stephanie enlisted her friends and family to help out with . Wait until you hear about all of the little details that she crafted!
photography by Stephanie Rae Hull of Centric Photography (so fab by the way)
From Leah…
As for decor and DIY, I am so very thankful to you for many of my realisations. One of our two wedding favours was a twist on your hot cocoa DIY winner: I handmade it in my style, and filled the vintage inspired bag with cocoa and home baked (thanks mom) cookies using my grandma’s famous shortbread recipe that I printed out and put inside in memory of what a wonderful lady she was!
We also had a great mixed CD made by Michael, using an awesome kit from The MOMA design store that made them look like vintage vinyl records. Our invitations were gocco printed by Lori Ming– another featured designer on your site. She was sweet enough to let me tinker a bit with her terrifically stylish design. Our save the dates set the tone with a vintage feel: we used pastel coloured library cards and holders, and typed them up on a 1936 corona.
Here are some pics of the DIY…
Even more to come!
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Boy, those flowers in that can sure look vintage. The best part is they were probably very inexpensive.
Can you please tell me more about the CD program? I love that they look like records!
Here you go :)
http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=4302&cat=103 #
I love the 50's chic tones and accent pieces! My favorite is the coffee can centerpiece!
Your cake topper has given me a wonderful idea!
Your ideas are so fun. I am just getting started wtih my planning. Any tips that helped you out or easy money savers would be great! Thanks in advance!
Thanks Nicole!
The thing that helped us out most was keeping the guest list fairly low-- 55 for the hosted reception, which was an open bar for cocktails then wine and beer over dinner. We did not have champagne, and no one seemed to notice. Then, after, we did our first dance and had a big party at another venue-- a cool bar, to which we invited everyone and anyone. That bar was cash, so that part of the evening cost us nothing. People who came to that seemed genuinely happy to be able to share in our evening. And we had friends dj for free.
Our alcohol tab was much lower than I expected, but i was pretty stringent about a few things ahead of time with the serving staff:
1) No quick clearing of unfinished glasses (this can up your tab as we were paying per drink).
2) We had an open bar for cocktails, unrestricted. But I told the staff not to up sell-- if someone ordered a rum and coke, give them well (a generic brand of rum). If they asked for top shelf by name, then fine. Many bars will try to make as much $$ as possible off an open bar and serve top shelf for everything, and this can be disastrous to a budget!
3) No refilling of wine during dinner without asking the guest if they would like some-- to save having 55 full glasses of wine in the end. We had the servers pour the wine by the glass, but we paid by the bottle.
4) Only open the wine bottles as needed. Many venues will open tons of bottles in the beginning in preparation, and what you do not drink by the end, you STILL have to pay for as they are open-- even though you have not touched them. The staff usually drinks all this.
I know these things from much experience in the restaurant industry!
Finally, I think having our reception in a really nice looking restaurant saved us $$. We didn't have to do much in the way of decor, and we didn't have to rent anything!
I have been SEARCHING for those tins of yours but cannot find where I can get them. Please pointme in the right direction.....Or are they dog food cans?
Carolyn
They are soup cans!