Christmas Weddings Can Be Cost Effective
Choosing to have your wedding during Christmas could be cost effective and a time saver
. When planning a wedding many decisions need to be made and one of the biggest is to set a budget. Christmas is one of the most festive times of the year when friends and families gather to celebrate. Why not have a Christmas wedding and avoid spending to much time and money?
I had the wonderful experience of planning a wedding during Christmas and learned very quickly, there are many opportunities for creative and cost effective ideas. During Christmas season, many venues for weddings, such as churches, family member's homes, restaurants and even public parks are already adorned, with beautiful decorations.
To help when selecting colors for your beautiful day, in case you have not seen your venue decorated at Christmas time previously, ask your wedding venue to see some of their Christmas decor. If that is not an option, ask if they could tell you the colors they will be using. You would be surprised at those that do not use the typical Christmas color palette. This will help when choosing attire and flower bouquets to be used in the wedding.
Most venues, including churches, restaurants, public parks and personal homes, already decorate for Christmas. There are a few tips I learned when planning a Christmas wedding while sticking to a strict budget. Most decors will include Christmas trees with beautiful lights, as well as wreaths, ribbons and candles. For added personal touches, you may have things around your house or that you could borrow from friends and family that you could incorporate along with the venues decorations.
For some inexpensive personal additions to you wedding decor, you could use strands of lights along the pews of a church or in the center of tables. Wreaths could be used to adorn church pews, or as centerpieces on tables for the reception. A candle added to the center of a wreath makes a beautiful table centerpiece. Christmas ornaments could be used on tables with greens cut from the bottom of a Christmas tree, for some added texture and color, or you could also add tea light or pillar candles to any decor for a beautiful addition.
If you would like to incorporate flowers to your venue, a great choice would be Poinsettias. They are in season during Christmas and readily available. Poinsettias are a beautiful red flowered plant, and would be an inexpensive alternative for a fresh splash of color.
If you are having a reception following the wedding, planning the wedding and reception at an hour where etiquette allows avoiding serving guests a full meal, would save big bucks. A great idea would be and early afternoon wedding that would allow for serving Christmas cookies, candies, and cakes along with hot cocoa and hot apple cider, which you could bake yourself or pick up from your local bakery.
Christmas weddings are very beautiful, with the beautiful red and green colors, fresh greenery, beautiful smells, and lighting. Why not have a Christmas wedding, which allows for utilization of beautifully decorated venues and prevent you from spending to much money?
by: Lise Rina
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