5 Ways To Make your Budget Wedding Ideas Look Beautiful

Cheap Wedding Ideas Worth Trying

Budget wedding ideas that are elegant.

Is this possible?

Pick up any wedding magazine nowadays and anyone would believe you need to find a pot of gold to have a beautiful wedding.

That’s simply not true.

You can be on a tight budget and still pull off a beautifully elegant wedding.

Whether you are looking to pull an elegant wedding on a budget or a small intimate wedding, you will find our budget wedding ideas very useful.

The more money you trim off your wedding expenses, the less stress you will have.

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Ways on how to plan a cheap wedding so you don’t go broke
Great wedding ideas on a budget that is easy to do
Unique wedding ideas on a budget so you can stand out

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1. Keep your wedding simple

If in doubt always go with the simplest option that’s available to you.

Keeping your colour scheme in shades of White, Ivory or Grey is a great way to create continuity throughout the day, and you can always add splashes of colours to bring a touch of personality.

Another way to add simplicity is to abolish clutter from tables.

Think about the absolute necessities and stick to them (go ahead and take a look at these DIY wedding centrepieces on a budget idea you can use.)

Not only will it be cheaper but it will also look much more elegant and classy.

Budget wedding ideas should always stay simple.

2. Stick to one theme

As we mentioned early, budget wedding ideas should always be kept as simple as possible.

Setting a coherent style or theme for the whole day is essential if you want to create a beautiful atmosphere for your family and friends at your wedding.

Make sure that all the elements that make up the wedding theme you have chosen work together to create the feel you are going for instead of working against each other.

Budget wedding ideas that are unique and reflect you as a couple work much better.

Also, stay true to yourself and your instincts, this day is all about you and your partner, so make sure it represents who you are as a couple as nothing can be more beautiful than that on your special day.

By sticking to one theme, you will let likely spend money on things that should not be there.

For great wedding ideas on a budget:

Find out what the venue has in terms of decoration you can use
Use decorations around your home if you have any
Find cheap decor ideas online that you can add to the overall look
Stick to decorating only focal points such as cake table, head table, signing table etc.

3. Limit the wedding guest list

We know you could go for days adding people to your wedding guest list, and it would be lovely to have close family and ex-colleagues from ten years ago, and everyone in between!

But if you’re working on a budget and you are sourcing out wedding budget ideas and vendors that will work with your budget, then keeping it small is best.

As you know, the more people you invite to your wedding, the more money you will spend.

You can look and find a long list of affordable wedding ideas, but if you have a huge guest list, you are more likely to go over your wedding budget really easily.

Rather than stretch your budget over a large number of guests, treat your nearest and dearest to an intimate and beautiful experience.

When I got married last year, I had 35 close family and friends.

It was the best and everyone that attended felt really at home.

So if you are looking for ways to have a cheap wedding, I suggest starting with trimming your wedding guest list.

Grab this Simple Wedding Guest List Template to keep track of your wedding guests.

4. Wedding Lighting

Any event space can be made to look beautiful with the right lighting, and it doesn’t have to cost you an arm a leg to get them either.

You can hire lights for the day at a much cheaper cost than buying expensive set-ups.

If you want a more professional look and if you want to save even more, think about the little details.

The tables are a great way to set the mood with lighting and if you have an outdoor area think about getting lights of some sort out there too.

Things like fairy lights or wedding decor lanterns are a great but inexpensive way to bring some light to the outdoors.

You can go here to check out more homemade wedding decorations that you can use to give your day that wow factor.

5. Grand entrances

We really wanted to take the time to share some of the best wedding ideas on a budget.

These are places you can actually spend on and they will give you the most bang for your cash!

Planning a cheap wedding is not very difficult, it just requires you the think outside the box.

So what can you do to plan a cheap wedding but still make it look great?

I would suggest focusing on the bride and groom.

We all know that you and the groom will be the most beautiful part of the day so make your entrances grand!

If your venue already has a dramatic entrance make use of it.

Think about using things like lights, rose petals or even sparklers to make your entrance the main wow focus.

Nobody is going to remember what tablecloths you used or how many flowers were at each table but they will remember you!

So make any entrances or exits a thing to remember.

You need to be creative when thinking up wedding budget ideas that will stand out.

And there you have, a few simple budget wedding ideas to get you on the right track.

I would suggest also grabbing this Wedding Bucket List Printable (it’s free), that you can write down your wedding wish list.

Basically, if money wasn’t an issue, what would you love to have on your wedding day?

And once you have a solid wedding budget in place and if you have money remaining, you can go back to your wedding bucket list and see if you can include anything from that list.

I hope these tips help.

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5 Ways To Make your Budget Wedding Ideas Look Beautiful

Cheap Wedding Ideas Worth Trying

Ways on how to plan a cheap wedding so you don’t go broke

Great wedding ideas on a budget that is easy to do

Unique wedding ideas on a budget so you can stand out