An outdoor wedding is not only beautiful but a way to save money. By taking the natural elements of the location and incorporating those elements into your wedding, you can create a beautiful, unique ceremony with out spending a lot of money!
Ceremony Alter: One great idea is to create your own outdoor alter! Why spend alot of money to purchase or rent an archway to frame your ceremony, when you can create your own archway at a fraction of the cost!
Photography by Jessica Claire www.jessicaclaire.net
This approach creates an intimate ceremonial location that is sure to impress your guests! Using natural potted orchids (or other potted flower) to decorate the archway is a great alternative to expensive cut florals for the ceremony. Enhance the look of the potted orchids with tall twigs and tree branches. This element can be gathered outdoors and utilized without any cost at all. After the wedding the orchids can be used to decorate your home!
Photography by Jessica Claire www.jessicaclaire.net
The Reception: By having the wedding in the summer you can save money by skipping the tent! Set up your tables and chairs outside and enjoy the sun set, moonlight and the twinkeling stars! Be sure to place a lot of candles on the table to provide enough lighting for your guests after the sun sets.
The Center Pieces: A great way to carry the look from the ceremony to the reception is to use smaller potted orchids (or other potted flowers) as the centerpieces. Shop around to see if you can get a bulk rate for the orchids. By using the potted orchid as your center piece it can also serve double duty as the “guest favors”. Purchase enough orchids to give one plant to each couple or family. Place the extra orchids on a favor table and voila, you’ve saved money on by using your favors as center pieces.
Photography by Jessica Claire www.jessicaclaire.net
The Stationery: Create a custom look for your outdoor wedding with unique stationery, it’s an inexpensive way to create an expensive look! Table number cards, place cards, programs, menus, tags for your favors, table cards for the candy bar, gift table, guest book table, favor table, et cetera. Simple touches can create a dramatic effect! The Classic Invitation specializes in creating a custom designed “look” for your wedding regardless of the budget! Contact www.theclassicinvitation.com for a free consultation!
By: Sheila Elizabeth
http://www.theclassicinvitation.com
Special thanks to Jessica Claire Photograpy for the use of her beautiful work. You can contact her at www.jessicaclaire.net.
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Oh! What great ways to save money on doing something like these that you have shown here. I would have never thought in a million years to do these things. I am getting married in March but usually here in Texas we have beautiful March days, so I think that some of these ideas will suit our wedding just fine. I really like the Arch idea, it just looks wonderful and the affect that it will give will be priceless. Oh Thank You so much. I am a very artistic kind of person so just looking at your pictures has brought me SO many ideas, Thanks again.
Very pretty! That arch idea is neat. I have a business of doing wedding flowers and decorating and will stash that idea away for future use.
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Cheers! Sandra. R.