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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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This dawn cave wedding had a $100 budget!

Here’s what I can tell you about this wedding: it happened at dawn… in a cave… and the budget was $100.

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Kory & Ben’s Dia de los Dinosaurs Wedding

The offbeat bride: Kory Bingaman, illustrator and comic book artist Her offbeat partner: Ben Francka, writer and cook Location & date of wedding: Riverwalk Jazz Café, Ozark Missouri — September 19, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Neither of us were caught up on traditions or thoughts of “we have to do this because that’s […]

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Kristen & Derek’s Friday the 13th courthouse wedding

We celebrating Friday the 13th with a wedding that is both a Friday the 13th wedding AND our first Kansas wedding! The Offbeat Bride: Kristen, Greenhouse Peon Her Offbeat Partner: Derek, Greenhouse Peon also Location & date of wedding: Courthouse / Park Building Reception, Kansas — Friday the 13th, February 2009 What made our wedding […]

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Bandora & Michael’s Foxtailed Pagan Handfasting

“We had a Pagan handfasting during our own weekend camping festival. The groom wore a kilt, we both had foxtails …”