stressed!!!

First, make a list of the things that are important to you. Example: Do you have to have favors for everyone in attendance? (Most people will just throw them away anyway.) A tip to save some money on the invitations: Use a simple card type invitation. Anytime you start adding fancy pictures or bows the invitations cost more. Also, if you add a lot of things to the card, it may cost more to mail because of the weight! At least in the US, some invitations are also considered to be over-sized, so that costs extra to mail too! When serving food or cake, the less choices they have, the less you will have to pay! Pick only one flavor of cake. Pick only a meat and meatless option for food. Sometimes buffets are cheaper. If there is a certain kind of flower that you really like, but it is expensive, consider getting it only for your bouquet. Get something else pretty, but cheaper for the other bouquets. Good luck! And congrats on your engagement!

I feel your pain! however you can keep costs down sugnificantly by catering your own food, finding a friend or relative who live in a apartment complex, most of them have very nice pool halls etc and those are free to rent out. also use majority fake flowers, they are so much cheaper than real and look just as pretty and last longer! look on Craigslist for Dj's and photographers etc and pretty much anything else you need, you will find amazing deals on there... peace be to you bridezilla!

We got married last year with a really limited budget. The first thing is to prioritize what items you should spend for and save on. We spent a lot on food, because the guests we had are the kind that would forget everything about the wedding except if their tummies were satisfied or not. For the rest, my husband and I did a lot of DIY projects such as invitations. We just printed ours using a personal printer. You could also do a 2-in-1 kinda thing like invites serving as souvenirs already. It's just a matter of creativity. For the dress, check out those on sale so you could save more. For photography, you can search for a vendor that offers labor service only minus the albums and everything else. And remember the "something borrowed," you can ask your mom or other relatives if they can lend you some accessories for the wedding. Hope this helps!

Congrats. The budget is so tight. I remember I had tight budget when I got married three years ago. I cut down the costs of the dresses and the wedding gown. My friends introduced a friend who own a flower shop to us and we can have better price on flowers. My hubby has a friend who is running a photo-studio, the photographer and the video taker were friends of my hubby and we paid less almost half than the market price. So if you can ask some friends for some services they have used in their weddings, maybe you can get a good price, it almost helps you pay less.