It is always better to trust professionals, but with a limited budget, you can cope with a simple decor yourself, ordering the work only partially. In addition, it is possible to replace the most expensive elements or find an alternative, which the decorator will not always tell you about.
Often, after the bride voices her wishes for the design of the event and the budgeting, the total amount looks intimidating. On the one hand, the cost in most cases is justified, because the decorators do serious work, consisting of the preparatory part, the decoration of the event itself and the dismantling. This also includes employee salaries and travel costs.
If you applied in advance, then after receiving the estimate, you can take a day, think about what can be shortened or replaced. Immediately check the cost of the minimum order with this decorator, below which the estimate cannot be reduced.
One of the main expenses is fresh flowers. They are very expensive now as the florists use high quality flowers. You can limit yourself to the bride's bouquet, and decorate the hall with beautiful fabric flowers. Think about how you can replace flowers. If this is an autumn wedding, then instead of flowers, you can use bright berries and dry branches, cones, even in the bride's bouquet. If winter - again cones, spruce branches, paper elements.
Choose restaurants that require minimal décor and fit the style. Sometimes restaurants offer partial decor as a gift, especially during low season.
Think about what you can do on your own. For example, to decorate a hall with balloons, you need to rent or find a helium bottle from friends, everything else is simple. Only the bride and groom should not, of course, inflate the balloons before the wedding. With your own hands, you can also build a photo zone or background for the table of the young.
Little things like invitations, a seating plan or cards for guests can be made by the bride herself, if she takes care of it in advance.
Taking part in decorating your own wedding, you can not only save money, but also participate in the creative process of creating the atmosphere of your own wedding.
