My sis had a church wedding and a semi large reception, but I gotta hand it to her, she took a great deal of pride in doing everything on the cheap. She found a gown for $100 (I don't recall if it was a return or a cancellation). I was the DJ at the reception (free), we didn't decorate the hall we rented, just laid out the chairs and tables they had the way we wanted.
My sister even made the mints, she has the candy molds and the recipe is like powdered sugar, mint oil, food coloring she mixed herself to get the colors she wanted, and cream cheese. The rest of the food was organized by her friends a cousins, we put out a little money for some meat, but the rest of the food and the prep and clean up was all gifted.
She ordered a cake from another cousin who has a sideline as a baker, and she only charged for ingredients for the sheet cakes, her present was the wedding cake and labor since we agreed to let her pick the design (she had one in her catalog she always wanted to do and no one had ever ordered that design). My sister liked the idea of a cake design that no one likely had ever seen before so she was fine. My sister dropped off the dye mix from the mints so the cake frosting matched. (we like cake and sweets, can you tell?)
A friend of hers took all the pictures, risky I know, but they all turned out great. Another cousin let them borrow a classic restored car he owned for free, so no bill for a limo, and everyone remembers the car, it went way better than any limo could have.
I was kinda proud of her, it didn't look like she scrimped at all, and no one could tell the difference.
And then her husband dropped dead of a heart attack a couple years later.
My sister even made the mints, she has the candy molds and the recipe is like powdered sugar, mint oil, food coloring she mixed herself to get the colors she wanted, and cream cheese. The rest of the food was organized by her friends a cousins, we put out a little money for some meat, but the rest of the food and the prep and clean up was all gifted.
She ordered a cake from another cousin who has a sideline as a baker, and she only charged for ingredients for the sheet cakes, her present was the wedding cake and labor since we agreed to let her pick the design (she had one in her catalog she always wanted to do and no one had ever ordered that design). My sister liked the idea of a cake design that no one likely had ever seen before so she was fine. My sister dropped off the dye mix from the mints so the cake frosting matched. (we like cake and sweets, can you tell?)
A friend of hers took all the pictures, risky I know, but they all turned out great. Another cousin let them borrow a classic restored car he owned for free, so no bill for a limo, and everyone remembers the car, it went way better than any limo could have.
I was kinda proud of her, it didn't look like she scrimped at all, and no one could tell the difference.
And then her husband dropped dead of a heart attack a couple years later.
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