Tying the Knot: Wedding Planning on a College Student's Budget

Tips for Putting Together Your Guestlist (Photo from bijou ) After you have your budget and when choosing your venue, it's time to start putting together your guest list. It's okay if you don't have a finalized guest list when touring your venues, but a good estimate is necessary. Having your guest list will facilitate the rest of the planning process because you will need this number to give it to your venue, caterer, and other vendors. Here are some practical tips that can help you formulate your guest list and finalizing it. Wedding Budget & Venue Your budget, your venue size, and your guest list are things that go hand in hand. Depending on your budget, and while researching venues, it's a good idea to keep your number of guests in mind. For example, if your budget is only $10,000, it's unrealistic to want to invite 250 people. Moreover, this situation would be also unrealistic if you are having your wedding at a venue that can only hold 100 g

Wedding Party: Bridesmaids & Groomsmen Who will you have standing beside you throughout your wedding (besides your spouse, of course)? Choosing your wedding party can go one of three ways: You have a set number of people you want to have You have no people You have too many people you want to include Choosing Your Wedding Party There are some things to consider when picking out people to be part of your wedding party Family: maybe your sisters/brother, cousins, aunts, etc. Think if you are close to them. Future in-laws: they will also be part of your family once you get married, so it is a wedding etiquette to invite your future in-laws (sister/brother) to be part of your wedding party. Also, really consider if you are close to them or not. If you are not, you are not obligated to ask them to be part of your wedding party because they are your future in-laws. Have you talked to them in the past 6 months/year? Even if you may have a childhood, high scho

Wedding Ceremony: Vows, Traditions & Tips (Image from One Heart Ceremonies ) The Wedding Ceremony is the most important part of your wedding day. It is the event that will declare you and your fiance husband and wife, a married couple. There are a few things to consider before your big "I do". Location Where is the ceremony going to take place? In a church/religious site or at the same location that your reception? If your ceremony is taking place in a church, it's important that you meet with your religious leader to make sure that the day and time that you want to get married is available. In some cases, this meeting needs to happen months before the wedding.  For example, if you are going to have a Catholic Ceremony, it's important that you meet with your priest at least six months before the wedding date.  My fiance and I have already had this initial meeting to have the priest, and he gave us some resources to help us choose our readings, songs