Re: Cheap Wedding ideas and tips for a tiny wedding on a tiny budget
I had a friend who had a small budget and decided to rely heavily on his friends and relatives for the wedding. It is hard to find really good Pakistani catering in the states (the place I live in). He had various family members cook different dishes. He has a cousin who is an interior designer who worked the decorations. He invited the parents only outside of family and close friends. He also did the wedding in a time where the halls were not busy so he got cheaper rates. He only got the hall for the Walima .
Re: Cheap Wedding ideas and tips for a tiny wedding on a tiny budget
here's a few ideas:
make the favor boxes yourself, just buy colorful paper and look up how you can fold them. Have friends and family help out to make them!
instead of a lehnga, wear an anarkali. you only need kaam on the shirt and dupatta.
ask a friend/new commer photographer to do your photos.
skip the mehndi and have a small dolki at home.
ask a talanted friend to do your make up/ hair / mehndi
for your hair you can buy one of those dounuts - it is super easy and will make your dupatta look nice.
I would suggest your do wear new jelwery. don't want to have those aunty talking! Maybe an old gold set your mother has. (i wore my mom's jelwry on my shadi and mother-in-law's on valima!)
Re: Cheap Wedding ideas and tips for a tiny wedding on a tiny budget
-Have party makeup instead of bridal? A friend of mine got married lately with a tight budget, everyone complained about her not having 'proper bridal makeup' but on the day she looked perfect, and ended up saving over £100!
**just wanted to add, my friend wore a lengha that was a jacket with a jamawar silk skirt.. If you have a look in small ready made clothe shops you might find something perfect
-Use a hair doughnut for a perfect bun and curl some hair from the front for a quick yet pretty look
-For cheap deco, look in the pound shop and improvise, I saw beautiful glass lanterns in greens and purples for 59p! also use old colourful dupattas for making stages or backdrops
-Use Mehndi tattoos if you can't find a cheap/free Mehndi artist
-Make foods like chaat, as is is quick, pretty cheap to make in bulk, and can be made beforehand
-I have seen some shops that sell artificial jewellery which looks like gold, you could add bits of the fake stuff and nobody would know (saw a lot of these in Pakistan)
-Mix nuts (monkey nuts,cashews,peanuts etc) and sweets together to put in favour bags - you can get big packets of nuts from Pakistani cash and carries quite cheap
-keep wedding menu simple, but filling, I.e where I live, people have roast and siekh kebabs for starters, cut out the seikhs etc
Just a few ideas, hope your wedding goes perfectly inshaAllah, and amidst all this planning, don't forget to enjoy yourself! May Allah bless you x
Re: Cheap Wedding ideas and tips for a tiny wedding on a tiny budget
Not sure where you are in the uk but jazzy bindi in east london makes bespoke items to match gold jewelry sets. I had a tikka, nath, and jhoomar made and you could barely notice he difference. I'd also forgo the fabourite boxes, or go the traditional english route of sugared almonds in tule. You just need to buy some net, ribbon and almonds. Also you could try school or community halls. If decorated well they can look amazing.