Would you believe me if I told you that these flowers were from COSTCO and that I used them for my wedding and set them up myself!?
Click here to see costco flowers .They ended up being about $1 per rose. I ordered $600 worth of flowers and my wedding was overflowing with flowers. That is a STEAL! Most people budget thousands of dollars for flowers. For my vases I went to the goodwill and bought everything they had for 50 cents a piece!
The average wedding in America is $30,000 these days, or way more.
We did our wedding for about $7000 with $150 people in California, Here’s how:
Venue : Free (in laws 20 acre property in their barn)
Photographers $2000 (was the least expensive professional I found that was still gorgeous)
Catering $2000 (no one cares about $150 a plate wedding food) a local lady did ours, and she had tons of gorgeous decor she let me use as well.
Flowers: $600
Decor: $500 lots of DIY and thrifting
Alcohol : beer and wine only $1000
Candy bar/ cupcakes : $200
Table and chair rentals: $500 we used the same chairs for the ceremony and reception.8?
Other miscellaneous things I’m sure but these are the biggest categories.
We had a fabulous honeymoon! All inclusive Cabo, even included flights $2000
Find my Chandelier
Shop my Crystal Curtains
These wine barrels were from Home Depot. Ant I made the shutter doors and connected them with a long 2×4 piece of wood.
I should add that I had long rectangular tables, that were actually 2 put together. We had over 150 guests, so those roses went a long way!
I made my no sew runners, by cutting long sheets of this Parisian fabric I found at JoAnn
My Chargers were from Michaels I picked them up when they were on sale and they came out to 1.50 each, you can’t rent them for that! I wrote my guests names with chalk pen on the charger and made a paper napkin bow. Since it was a barn wedding we used plastic plates and forks that looked like china, also in bulk from Costco. I added silver and gold glitter to a lot of the vases from the goodwill. Same with the candle sticks! I painted them with silver spray paint.  click to see more about painting goodwill finds
I made my table numbers too! Find cheap frames at the thrift store. Paint them, cover the glass with burlap, then I used glitter puff paint to draw the numbers on.
My Caterer already had these crystal centerpieces, but you can find similar ones here
For these exact planters shop here
For similar styles try these planters
I made all these banners
Made these letters and fabric banners and the balls below
Made the seating chart out of pallets and fabric banners
Made my own fabric flower and broach bouquet.
Made about a million pom poms.
Everything looks SO beautiful! Great tip with the flowers from Costco!