Planning your low budget wedding is meant to be one of the most exciting times of your life – but, let’s face it, that shit is stressful AS FUCK.
Between the inevitable family dramas, finding the perfect dress (and swearing down, honest to god, you’re dieting into it!) and wondering how the fuck you’re going to afford the castle you dreamed of getting married in when you were a kid; wedding planning can turn from ‘fun’ to ‘fuck this’ real quick!
To make the whole situation even more exasperating, the likes of Pinterest and Instagram are the new rabbit-hole of fairytale weddings that you can’t help but fall down. Gorgeous venues, stunning flowers, dresses fit for a princess; with these images in the palm of your hand day-in-day-out it’s hardly a surprise that so many brides-to-be feel the pressure to push that budget higher and higher.
Now, I know you want the best of the best for your big day, I get that. But let me hit you with some truth: half the stuff that you spend a fortune on for your wedding, your guests don’t care about – and that’s if they even notice! So, to try and keep your stress levels and wedding budget as low as possible, here are a few wedding details that your guests frankly couldn’t give a shit about:
A fancy AF wedding cake
Wedding cakes are great, don’t get me wrong – but that’s pretty much because cake is great in general. Honestly, give a room full of people who’ve spent all day and night drinking a box of mini rolls and you’ll STILL be branded a hero, so there’s really no need to splash out on some £1000+ cake just to impress your great auntie Pat.
If you’ve absolutely got your heart set on a cake fit for a queen, whether it’s for the Insta pic (we all do shit for the gram, no judgement here) or just because you’re the love child of Mary Berry and Mr. Kipling, keep costs down by getting a much smaller version. Yes, you heard, get a small version of the cake of your dreams, and keep a cheaper traybake of the same flavour in the back to dish out to your drunk guests – keeping the fancy one for yourself!
Low budget wedding favours
Yeah wedding favours are sweet, and you’ll prob get tagged in a load of Insta stories saying how cute they are, but then I guarantee they’re getting binned almost immediately after because, hot take, people don’t want memorabilia from YOUR wedding cluttering up THEIR house. So instead of spending a fortune on tokens that are going to get lashed within the week, use that portion of the budget to get your bridal party thoughtful gifts to say thank you for putting up with your bridezilla ass for the last 12 months.
Big, ridiculous centrepieces
Fancy centrepieces might look great from afar, but they’re a pain in the dick when it comes to trying to talk to anyone across the table from you. So, before you threaten to call the wedding off because your fiance suggested tulips instead of peonies, please be aware that nobody will even look at the them properly, and you could probably get away with some table sequins and a mason jar full of wildflowers you picked from your ma’s garden.
Jen is our resident wellness and features editor here at The Daily Struggle. You will probably find her on the beach, painting her house or writing about magick and motherhood.
