My friend is getting married and I went to her bridal shower. For this shower I bought something off the registry list that was included. Should I buy her something for the wedding day? Any advice is welcome!

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I volunteered to throw a wedding shower for my friend and she would like to have a “Set the Table” shower- most of the gifts would be centered around her casual and elegant china sets. But what should I do for the actual shower- table settings? games? foods? decorations? that would go along with this theme? I can’t find any examples on the internet with ideas….

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We don’t have a lot of money, and he feels bad that we can’t go out anywhere fancy. So I wanted to make something for him, that will be memorable. He is kind of a picky eater, he’s not big on vegetables or seafood. He loves spanish foods, cuban, puerto rican, and mexican, so I would like to make something of that sort. He loves spanish rice and shredded pork but I have no idea how to make any of it.
Also, he’s not big on dessert, or sweets. And we couldn’t save our wedding cake (because it had a cream filling and we didn’t go home right away). However I was thinking that I could make a little tiny cake, and re-create our wedding cake, and even put our cake topper on top. Is that a good idea?
Thanks so much

My sister is having a tea party wedding shower and we’re trying to find a unique gift for the guests, that would also be not too expensive. Her wedding colors are lavender and purple.

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Is it possible to have a big wedding (300 people) on a $9000 budget. We have decided that we will be having an open bar. What food should we serve?

For our wedding my fiance and I are having some of our friends provide different “services” for us. One friend is making our wedding cake (a small 2-tier for us and the wedding party, the rest of the guests are having sheet cakes cut in the back to save money). Another friend is doing my make-up. Two of my fiance’s coworkers/family friends are singing a song at the ceremony. Another friend offered to videotape the wedding for free (it’s a side-business he runs but offered to do it without asking).
I don’t know how much to give them to be fair. I don’t want them to think I used them and don’t give them what they deserve. They are somewhat professionals (went to culinary school, went to beauty school, etc.) so they have a level of skill that is worth paying for.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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I am getting married in August and my fiance and I were just thinking about what it is we should do with the shower and wedding money. My shower is next week and I’m assuming that I will receive more money than gifts since I live in MO and I’m getting married and having the shower in RI. We want to do what is best with the money we receive. He thinks we should put the shower and wedding money towards bills incurred from the wedding (we are paying 80% ourselves). I think we should save all of it even though we will have mountains of bills. Just not sure what the logical thing is that we should do with the money. Any recent brides-to-be, please share your input as to what you did with your shower/wedding money!!! Thank you.

just trying to get a general idea of an average wedding budget and average guest list.. bc i dont believe its really $25,000 and 100 guests… but who knows you could prove me wrong.
(if you dont mind, the state you are getting married in would help also!)

My fiance and I only have a budget of $10 000 for our wedding for 150 guests. We can’t cut the list any more because my future husband has a HUGE family and there would be a lot of hurt feelings and a major uproar if we excluded anyone else. I also would like it to be a nice wedding. A back yard cook-off or a cheapo cocktail reception doesn’t appeal to me (and wouldn’t be fair to guest who are travelling far for our special day!). I think I can pull it off, I just need to pull out every trick in the book!
Here is what we got so far:
-I found a lovely banquet hall which will cost between $4000-$5000 for 150 people. This includes decorations, food, set up and take down, cake cutting, sparkling wine for toasts, etc. However, it will be a cash bar.
-my fiance’s uncle is a professional DJ, and will dj our reception as a wedding gift.
-my fiance’s family has a close friend who is a professional photographer, who will only charge us the prints of our pictures.
-a cousin works at a cake decorating shop, and can give us a great price on a wedding cake (though I may look for an even cheaper option).
-my fiance’s father is a minister. He will be marrying us in his church so we don’t have to worry about paying the officiant or renting out a ceremony venue.
-I’m trying on dresses at bridal shops, then buying the dress I like online for a savings of 50%. I have had friends who have done this with a particular company and have had great success.
-I will be baking sugar cookies using a bell cookie cutter (wedding bells) and decorating them with our initials and wedding date, and use them as wedding favours.
-I want to make my own flower arrangements and bouquets, but I need to find a good wholesaler of either silk or real wedding flowers (preferably silk so I can make them way ahead of time to save myself stress)
-I plan to make my own centrepieces but I’m not very creative so I need ideas that won’t break the bank!
-I hope to make my own wedding invitations and programs but I need a place that will sell inexpensive and nice card stock, envelopes, program paper!
-I will have people RSVP via phone or email to save myself money on response cards and postage.
Would anyone like to help me with what I have so so? Or does anyone have any other cost saving tips? Thanks.