When Stephen and I first started planning our wedding, we knew we were going to be on a budget. We spent hours googling phrases like, "how to plan a wedding on a budget" or "how to plan a wedding for less." We kept running into this piece of advice: Cut your guest list.
We were only willing to go so far with this. We cut out high school friends who we didn't regularly talk to or spend time with anymore (since we met in high school). We cut adult cousins. We cut college acquaintances.
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| Me, my cousins, my little sister, and my little sister in law all looking ridiculous dancing the cha cha slide. Taken by Todd Wagner. |
But we weren't willing to cut more than that. The friends who we spend our time with, for example, were important to us. Our family (including aunts and uncles, etc.) were important to us. Why? Because weddings are really about the people. So we invited 200 guests, hoping we'd get somewhere between 100-150 to RSVP.
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| Me and Stephen forming a dance circle with our family and friends. Taken by Todd Wagner. |
LEFT: My dad and my aunt dancing. Taken by Tammy G. RIGHT: Me dancing with my little brother in law and Stephen dancing with my little cousin. Taken by Todd Wagner.
Our guests were mostly out of towners (in fact, 95% were at least a 3-hour drive from the wedding, and 90% were out of state), and we ended up with 100 RSVPs. It was perfect.
And none of the wedding would have been the same without those 100 people. Every one of them contributed to the joy and care-free nature of that day. Every one of them lowered my stress level by a bit.
LEFT: Me and my best friend/maid of honor #1 Willa. RIGHT: Me and my other best friend/maid of honor #2 Chelsie. Taken by Seattle Wedding Photo Booth.
There are so many other ways to cut down on your budget that won't diminish the joy of your day, and that won't diminish what weddings are really about: celebrating love. In tomorrow's post, I'll talk a little more about the ways Stephen and I cut our budget without cutting guests.
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