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economical wedding

This is our celebration of weddings working with lower budgets. We don’t call these “budget weddings,” because realistically EVERY wedding has a budget — some weddings are just working with a smaller budget. We’ve got tons of low-budget wedding inspiration and ideas — come get inspired by how other couples have made the most of their money! You may also want to check out our wedding budgeting advice.

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Miranda & Mike’s Fun-filled Festival Wedding

The offbeat bride: Miranda Podger, Registered Nurse Her offbeat partner: Mike Podger Location & date of wedding: The dance marquee in a very muddy field at the Pontardawe Music Festival in Pontardawe, South Wales, UK on August 16th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: A traditional wedding with all the trimmings was never going to […]

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Amy & Mikel’s Casual BBQ Picnic,Punch & Pie Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Amy, Public Defense Lawyer Her offbeat partner: Mikel, Public Defense Lawyer Location & date of wedding: Sister City Gardens in Kiwanis Park, Tempe, AZ on October 11th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Most things were done on a bargain, but few were DIY, only those that my mother did for me, […]

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Katy & Drew’s Afternoon in the Park/Art Gallery Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Katy, Autistic Support Teacher Her offbeat partner: Drew, Artist and Graphic Designer Location & date of wedding: Penn Treaty Park and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA on August 16th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We were married by a former roommate. Who did get a cert online to be a […]

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Nicole & Marty’s Beautiful Punk/Foodie/Redneck Wedding

The offbeat bride: Nicole, Office Manager & Baker Her offbeat partner: Marty (bass player for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) Location & date of wedding: Bankuet Place in Richmond, VA on August 9th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We met working at a record store and then we were in each others bands for […]

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Jessica and Matthew’s laid-back under-$1000 wedding

We decided to get married after having seen each other in person only five times (over a year and a half) and burning through countless verizon cell-to-cell minutes. We had only two months to plan the wedding, and I (the bride) was living in California while the groom and the wedding was in Connecticut. I arrived in Connecticut four days before the wedding and thankfully had family and friends who handled all the preparations while Matthew and I generally freaked out.

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Behold this $500 library wedding

We only had seven guests, and we only spent $500. We spent the tiniest fraction of money you can on a wedding — we did this because we live in Brooklyn (high rent!) and our parents didn’t have money to give us so we knew we just had to be creative.