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It’s the most special day in your life and surely no one else knows how you want it the way you would.  You can be a “Do-It-Yourself-Bride” – a bride who’s seeking to save money and at the same time be able to add her simple wedding.

Here are some ideas that can help you on this endeavor:

Trim Down Unnecessary Wedding Details

Your wedding can be awesome with less cost.  Can’t believe it?  There are lots of things that you can save costs on.  Things that you may feel you don’t want to let go of but can be among your considerations when planning your simple wedding.  Take for example your hair and make up.  While it is every woman’s dream to look her best on her wedding day, would you believe that no bride even without make up has ever looked sloppy on her wedding gown.  The less make up you wear, the better your beauty glows and is seen by your guests.  There’s something about your gown that seems to bring out the best in you and works like magic making you the most beautiful bride on your wedding day.

You can also consider utilizing inexpensive centerpieces for your wedding.  There’s a wide array of centerpieces that are elegant looking but would well fit your budget.  A reception DJ can also be set aside for the meantime.  Perhaps a close friend of your can perform that function of making the party alive for you.  This idea would seem more appealing too because your host would know more than a hired DJ would.

Personally Handcrafted Invitations

On your venture to keep your costs low but have a simple but elegant celebration, opting for personally handcrafted invitations would work well to fulfill your cause.  Printed and professionally made invitations are very nice to look at but they’re usually expensive.  Adding a personal touch to your invitation will not only help you save on cost but would also add that personal touch for the invitation’s recipient.

Your Wedding Gown

It’s part of tradition in some countries not to try out the wedding gown before the wedding.  This is partly some of the reasons why some wedding gowns seem to look  a bit big for their size.  Another factor that may be common to some DIY brides is, due to their limited budget, they’d go and shop for a ready made gown and then try and have it altered to their size.  Alterations, though it may seem simple, can prove to be a nightmare if not done by a professional.  Make sure that the seamstress you’d hire to do your alteration not only knows what he or she is going to do but also has the passion involved in her craft.  Try and ask a friend for referrals.  In case nobody you know knows a good seamstress, ask to see a few samples of their work to find out how they handle the job.

Your Wedding Flowers and Music

Preparing for the actual entertainment or music to play on your reception can be a fun task for you and your partner.  How do you want your reception to turn out?  Would there be some dancing?  Would you settle for a romantic mood music to play in the background?  As early as now you may start compiling your song list on a CD to give to the venue owner and play on your reception. It’s your special day so I’m pretty sure all of your friends would want to create their mark of importance on that special day of yours.  Ask a friend to monitor the music while it plays.

As for your wedding flowers, who says that you need a diploma to be able to make beautiful flower arrangements?  Let your mind explore and experiment and use your excitement and inspiration to put together bouquets and center pieces.  Show everyone that you have decorating skills that would sure to be an asset for your new haven with your partner.  People will surely envy your husband if they get to realize that you’re a very resourceful person who can bring out gold from a bunch of sticks.

The best tip in all this is time management.  You know the schedule more than anyone else.  By properly planning all your efforts, you’d find that everything would be worth it and all would fall into their proper places.  Seeing smiles on your wedding day would remove all the stress that you’d go through and would be your trophy, not only for making your wedding day the best day of your life but also in knowing that you played a major part in making it possible.