Comments on 2000 Dollar Budget Wedding: DIY Wedding: Delegating Jobs to Friends

When my fiance and I get married in a year I want ...

2010-08-30T02:06:35.163-04:00

When my fiance and I get married in a year I want our wedding to feel special and not like a big show. We can't afford a big over the top wedding. So for our wedding we plan on using family members to help us out. I personally think it would be special to us.

For the wedding, I want to have a desert table. So guest can chose their own desserts. I will have a cake but I also want certain family members of mine to make homemade cookies. I love homemade cookies!

My fiance and I also plan on having alcohol at the wedding. To rent a bartender is expensive. So I plan on using family members of mine who don't really want to dance to be the bartenders. I think it's a great idea!

I also know people who own professional cameras and take really good professional photos. I have decided that I want to recruit them to be photographers at our wedding.

Getting family members to help out with the wedding actually excites me. I'm excited to plan this wedding because I know it's going to be a great event. I think by recruiting family to help with the wedding, we will be saving lots of money. Not only that our wedding will feel special and we will have loads of memory's to always cherish.

I agree with Meg that it's important for peopl...

2008-08-13T12:23:00.000-04:00

I agree with Meg that it's important for people to be able to party. The only jobs that happened during the reception were 1) fajitas cook (but he was cooking right in party central) 2) The MC who only had to announce our first wedding dance and 3) The photographers, but there were three of them, so they didn't feel too much pressure to capture everything. We actually hired the owners of the B&B to heat up the food we had cooked earlier, set it out, refill it, and clean up. Since we rented out the whole place and then charged everyone $25-$35 for their rooms, we had a little money left over that was used to pay Cathy and Cory (we paid them $50/hour for six hours).

Though, things that happen during the party that a...

2008-08-13T09:55:00.000-04:00

Though, things that happen during the party that are not super time consuming (MC, for example) we will see if we can find people to help.

Our compromise is this: we're asking friends to do...

2008-08-13T09:53:00.000-04:00

Our compromise is this: we're asking friends to do most everything, but the few jobs that happend during the reception we're hiring people for, so our friends can party. Ie: my sister is making all our paper goods, but we're not asking the pro-photographer best man to be the offical photographer (though I'm sure he'll shoot pictures) we hired someone awesome for that.

It's a different balance then the one you guys struck, but it's working well for us so far. Also, I think it's really helpful to listen (like you did) when people say no. It's actually awesome when people say no, because you know they care enough to be honest with you.

I recently discovered your blog and am so happy I ...

2008-08-12T18:04:00.000-04:00

I recently discovered your blog and am so happy I did! Your wedding is such an inspiration :)