How to start doing a wedding budget where should i start ??
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you should start with an idea of how much you can spend\n\nstyle of wedding, then how many people you want there, dress, flowers, church/site for ceremony, licenses, reception rental, tips, food, drinks, permits, favours, invitations, etc\n\nthere are lots of things that need to be accounted for, you should check out some web sites to give you hints of all the things to budget for
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Have as many family and friends help as possible.  \n\nYou could have somebody take pictures and just have a few professional taken.  Could even be after the wedding in a park or studio.  Or look in to a photography school or somebody looking for experience. Also applies for video.\n\nMake your own flower and centerpieces.  http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home has a great selection with ideas and step by step instructions.  $1-$2 fish bowls in the craft dept at walmart make great centerpieces.  You can even get them in color.  Fill them with water, colored water, floating candles, sand & shells, flowers.  \n\nCakes can be very easy to make.  Just make different size circles.  Layer them and add flowers to the top.\n\nYou don't need to hire a dj you can have premade cd's or somebody play them.\n\nThe stationary section in walmart has some really pretty invitations ready to print on the computer or if you are crafty do a search on the internet and get examples of premade ones and just make your own.\n\nWedding favors candy wrapped in tulle with a note tied to it..thanks for being a part of our sweet day.  You coudl make your own fortune cookies with and put whatever you want on the paper inside.\n\nDo searches on the internet. Usually you can make most things yourself.  Good luck and Congrats!  Hope some of this helps.\n\nhttp://www.cheap-chic-weddings.com/...\nThis site looked good for more information!
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First of all, you need to announce it – that’s the point of an engagement party, to kind of surprise everyone, but you could also just go ahead and call them all or tell them when you see them.  Next, you need to pick a date and location – have a date in mind, but you may have to be flexible when you actually get down to booking the location.  After that, you need to make a budget, book a caterer, photographer, and florist, choose your dress and the bridesmaids’ and flower girl’s dresses, rent tuxes, and a bunch of other things.  I would recommend getting a wedding magazine, because they usually have timelines/check lists in them; or register with a website like The Knot or Wedding Channel.  They’ll give you ideas and lists of everything you need to make sure you do.  Congratulations!
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www.theknot.com \n\nFirst make your guest list.  One for engagement party (if you're going to have one), one for wedding, one for reception. . . Then, trim it down.  Decide on a budget, then decide if you want to DIY (Do it yourself).  Pick everything from that budget:  The venues, caterers, rentals, dress, accomodations, florals, etc.  Decide on a date before you pick the above mentioned things.  It's easier to schedule a wedding that's at least a year away, because the dates you want are more likely to be open.  I could go on and on. . . just go to the theknot.com, maybe get a coordinator or some software.   You'll be fine, congratulations!!
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Hey, I just moved to Charlotte NC and am getting married April 22,.. i have spent hours looking up the same information on line! there are wedding chappels that you can got to,.. you can have as much as 60 people with a room, cake music and pictures plus a limo for about $1500.00. Best places that i have found have been in Tenn and Charlston SC,.. google it,.. you will have to get your own wedding license... they are cheap in SC.. $40.00\n\nGood luck to you
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Hold the wedding/reception at a local park. Not sure what Maymont or or others charge in the area. Check with the park & rec departments of each county/city.
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The problem is that most courses like "Wedding Planning" actually don't lead to any work. In this business it is experience that is A&O. The best two ways to get that experience is to contact a Wedding planner/company in for ex Sidney, tell them that you have a deep desire to do this kind of work, and then ask to do a mounth practice at there office or side-by-side with an experienced planner(that mounth will probebly be unpayed, so you need some savings). If they think you have potential to exceed in that carrer, they might take you on as a wedding-assistant and train you up to be a Wedding Planner. This is by far the best option to get into a very competetive business, and you will bypass LOADS of outher people with "WP-courses" behind them. The outher thing you can do means a lot more work from you from day one, but you don't need to move to do it. Plead with your friends(and even people you used to know from school, but only know by name). Offer to take care of all there arrrangemangs for there wedding-day(for FREE) and tell them they only have to pay for the actual cost of the arrangements, such as the food, the venue, the Church etc, but you give your services for free. This will not only give you a lot of important experience, but if the wedding goes well and smouth, use them as a reference. I can promiss you one thing: If it (the wedding-arrangements) go goes well and the cuple are happy, they will tell there friends and you will get work automatically... but by then you need to charge for your services. Good Luck!!!
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You can do all the flowers yourself. You can make the cake yourself. You can make the invitations.  These three things alone will save you hundreds of dollars.  A wedding is not "made" by how much money is spent.  What matters is that the bride and groom are happy and everyone had a good time.  If you know anyone with a nice sound system of their own you could ask them if they would be willing to do the music.  Why hire someone that will charge you an arm and a leg when you can just use a nice stereo system and ask everyone you know for different CD's.  Depending on how many women are in the wedding party you can either make the dresses if you know anyone that sews, or ask them to pay for half the dresses themselves.  Depending on location and if you want alcohol instead of having an open bar have it so that they have to pay. That way only the people who want to drink can and you are not paying for drinks that are not going to be consumed.  Small Weddings are great because you can limit the amout of people.  I hope some of these tips help.  Good Luck
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Fist thing you will want to do is set the date and figure out how many people you are looking at so you will know how big of a church, reception hall, invitations, etc. that you will need.  You will also need to figure out your budget so you will know what you can spend and where you will need to do things yourself to save money or whatever.  There are things that you will need to reserve as soon as possible like a DJ or band, reception hall etc.  Below is a good list with time frame.\nhttp://www.festive.com/wedchex.html\nHope that helps!  Good Luck!
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1. Set a date\n2. Put together guest list\n3. Book wedding site & reception site\nThose are the 3 most important first steps...go to theknot.com and they have a checklist of what needs to be done every month.  It has tons of stuff on it, so remove the stuff that you won't be doing (it covers a lot, which doesn't always apply to every bride)
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If you want a fancy ceremony, go for it.  A nice one would be in a park.  VERY inexpensive.  Or in a greenhouse.  I had mine there and they took care of everything for a VERY low price and even helped me find a minister.  I think it was like $100 and they set up the chairs and flowers and alter.  It was so beautiful.  Then we had our reception at a decent restaurant that had a buffet line.  The whole wedding only cost about $500 which is actually really cheap.  And it was wonderful to top it off.  You could get a teenager to do the music.  A friend to take pictures.  You dont need a lot of money to have an incredible wedding.  Just some imagination is all.
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Your backyard, park, friends house or community center is a great place and free, most of the time. Assign different dishes to different family members and ask someone to wed you guys. A DJ or band can be booked easily by going to a local high school and finding some kids who play for some cash. Also, go to a college and get a photographer to shoot the wedding pictures--still shots and video. Invitations, party favors, table center pieces and place cards can all be done yourself by visiting your local craft shop like Michael's or fabric stores like Jo Ann Fabrics. Good luck! Remember, stress ruins everything so try to relax at the end of each busy day!
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You should be able to find someone who can keep you under $3,000.  Look around and do your research.  On The Knot, you can search for photographers in your area and narrow it by price range.  If you know people who’ve gotten married fairly recently, ask them who they used and how it all turned out.  See if you can find a photographer who is experienced and who will give you the negatives or a disc with the pictures (depending on whether they use film or digital).  My mom is a photographer, and she’s done this.  Of course, it takes time for them to shoot your pictures, but any good photographer is going to go through your pictures, weed out the bad ones and possibly edit some of the others, so if you get the film or a disc, that saves them time, which means you don’t have to pay them for that extra time.  It might be more work for you to go through your pictures and put together your own album, though.  Photographers also have access to labs that develop high-quality pictures, which is especially important if you’re getting anything in a large size (11x14, for example).  If you really need to cut back, see if you can hire someone for the ceremony and the formal pictures, and find someone else (a student, for example) to shoot the reception.  I wouldn’t recommend having a friend or relative do it (unless they’re a professional, but even then, consider some of this) because they will want to enjoy the wedding, they probably won’t get anywhere near as good of pictures, they won’t have the same equipment, and if something goes wrong, it can be very stressful.  Some people don’t have any of these problems and they just want basic pics, so it all works out.  My friends had a relative shoot their wedding and the pictures are terrible – most of them are blurry, the lighting was wrong, and the bride was very disappointed.  Also, don’t waste your money on disposable cameras at the reception – they’re too much money for such low quality, and depending on your guests, you may just get a bunch of nothing.  Good luck!
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Yeah... have a nice wedding/ gathering outside in a nice park or something like that.  Make it nice and casual but still nice, walk barefoot down the aisle, and ahev a whimsical ceremony.  I am sure that you could ask the person who will be marrying you to do so at this location.
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Check out www.theknot.com. It is the best wedding planning website out there! My husband and I used it for EVERYTHING! You can search local vendors too, which makes it really easy and specific. Good luck!
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Have friends and family help where they can and search on the internet there are so many awesome ideas out there. Get crafty and make as many things as you can.  \n\nYou can have a beautiful wedding without spending a fortune. \n\nHere is a good list to start with...\nhttp://www.buffalobride.com/to-do_list.h...\nhttp://www.weddingchannel.com/ \nwww.michaels.com \nfor flower and other ideas
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Usually when you get married you put the 2 incomes together.  But dont forget about your other expenses also, food, utilities, any credit cards, food, and all the little extras.  Being newly married is tough enough without financial problems...don't get in to deep to quick!  Good Luck!