Is your wedding coming up? Do you want an intimate wedding reception? Or are you on a tight budget? If so, a small and cozy wedding reception is the answer.
When planning a small wedding reception, being creative and innovative in making arrangements within the limit of your budget will be a great help.
A lot of tasks are involved in wedding reception planning. Task such as creating the list of guest you will invite, choosing and decorating the venue, finding the DJ and selection the songs, hiring a caterer, wedding cake selection and having the right favors. Splurging money is not an option if you have a limited budget. However, making wise decisions would make a budget wedding reception look extravagant.
Wondering how you can make this possible? Here are some tips.
- The venue. Right on top of the list should be the perfect venue. One very practical option is to decide an off season wedding. If you find and book a venue during off season, so much the better but see to it that it also accommodates your guests. A garden, a club house or a residential home can make an ideal location to have a small wedding reception.
- The venue’s decoration. Now you’ve chosen your venue, the next thing that’s needed to be done is choosing a theme which will be your basis in decorating your venue, including the color that will fit to your theme best. You need to look into details from wall and ceiling to the table and chair arrangements. Also important are the flower arrangement that can add embellishments to the whole place. Although fresh flowers can be expensive, you have the option to insert silk flowers into the fresh ones to create arrangements without it being too costly. You can add other decorations such as streamers, banners, candles, balloons, etc., depending on your budget.
- Lovely Menu. The food will be based on what time of the day your wedding reception will take place. A practical suggestion on how you can save a considerable amount of money is, instead of hiring a caterer; make your own menu at home and cook and prepare the dishes with the help of some of your friends and family member. Serving the food buffet style will also lessen the need for food servers.
- The DJ and Music. A DJ and music are definitely important to entertain guests and keep the party going, but you don’t have to hire a professional DJ or a band if you’ll have a small reception. You could get your friend who knows a bit about entertaining or hire a school band for a cheaper rate.
They key to having a low cost yet lavish looking wedding reception is to research, research and research even more. You don’t have to spend almost everything you have on your wedding and start your married life with a huge financial burden because of an extravagant wedding.
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