Comments on: How to Have a Dollar Store Wedding

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:27:54 +0000

A shoutout to this blog on my post about how we changed the date of our wedding the day to the next day and how we saved money making things ourselves.

http://amyzinglycreative.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/wedding-in-week-budget-shabby-chic.html

By: sherriseri

sherriseri — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:48:07 +0000

Love the upside down wine glass idea!! You can have an elegant DIY wedding made from inexpensive items. Made centerpieces for my daughter’s wedding from glass vases and Dollar Tree candle bases, pebbles, tea lights or regular candles, 4-6 per table. Then had one really tall vase in center of each table, bought from Christmas Tree Shops, cost $10 each. Filled with water, glass beads from Dollar Tree, submersible candle lights, and tall stalks of fresh flowers. Everyone remarked how elegant the hall looked especially when the lights were dimmed. AND each table only cost me about $30. I live in the NYC area so this price per table is unheard of!! Especially when florists quoted a price of $200 per table for basically the same ideas.

By: T

Sun, 24 Nov 2013 16:04:18 +0000

Sorry these crafts still look like crap. I think your concept is great but everything looks like a craft project not something you would want to have at your wedding

By: Ila

Ila — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:31:51 +0000

One tip most brides tend to forget is that a lot of “wedding items” can be made at home from recycled things they were going to throw away/recycle. This will save a lot of money on wedding costs! Then, supplement with clearance & Dollar Tree items. I am going to make a blog post or a few posts about it. But really, the main thing to remember is that you are getting married because you want to spend your life with someone, not because of the details. On a budget, get yhe main IMPORTANT details in order, license, venue, etc. Everything else will fall in place as your budget allows.

By: DONNA

DONNA — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:18:55 +0000

I too planned a “Dollar Store” wedding over 11 years ago. I had 21 attendants, 12 of which were children under the age of 12. I, on a whim, went to my local fabric store after Christmas and found a small amount of black fabric called Tuxedo black on clearance. I asked the lady at the counter if there was any way I could get more and she called around to some of their other stores. It turned out that a high school had ordered a whole bunch of it and never picked it up so I bought them out for less than $20. I found a classic, little black dress pattern in both kids and adults sizes and took all to the school at my church. The home ec teacher gathered up a bunch of ladies and they took that fabric, made 6 adult dresses in sizes from 10 to 24, 6 young girls dresses in variable sizes, ties for all of the men except my husband and even had some left over to put on the tables at the reception. We put Christmas lights all over the platform, cedar with pillar candles in the windows and got a friend who owned a flower shop to give us a good deal on 3 candelebras. Entire wedding and reception, INCLUDING my dress and alterations…$2000.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:37:29 +0000

Thank you for sharing. I was planning on Costco for the cakes because they are cheap and good
But I’m not planning on doing a bunch of flowers that Costco tip for flowers will help tons!

By: fatima

fatima — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:05:21 +0000

Hello I am also planning a dollar wedding. we bought our vases (plastic),stones,flowers,lanterns,table cloths,favor boxes,foam(for vases which we glued to the bottom of the inside of the vase and glued the flowers to the foam)all at dollar tree! very cheap! I would recommend that you print out a lot of coupons and be very aware of the cost that will be saved. this website helped out a lot.

By: K. Smith

K. Smith — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:47:05 +0000

By the way, I am from Hawai’i and my sisters’ wedding which she had in the back yard of a friends house cost only 2500.

By: K. Smith

K. Smith — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:45:35 +0000

A family members outdoor wedding had, instead of a unity candle, a unity sand vase. It was beautiful. The groom grew up in the Hamptons and the bride grew up in Erie, PA. They each brought a vase full of sand from their home beach and during the “unity candle” portion of the wedding they poured the sand simultaneously into a larger vase, not worrying about the wind blowing out a candle. The two types of sands blended beautifully into the vase and provides them with a lovely mantle decoration and memento (I think much nicer than a dusty candle).

By: BandMomma

BandMomma — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:59:13 +0000

I’m planning my brothers wedding…it will be his 2nd and him and his bride to be want to make it low budget! I am sewing her dress, making the bouquet and boutiners and will be doing all of the decorations and cake baking and reception. I have done a few small weddings for friends and found that the Dollar Store is the best place to find things for weddings. If you can’t find it one week, go the next. Things always change! Thanks for starting the Dollar Store Wedding page! I will send pictures of the wedding!!!