dress was bought from charity shop and cost £ 2.00
shoes were bought on sale and cost £ 4.99
shawl borrowed from a friend
bouquet, head-dress and a handmaiden is a flower, I made, I personally made of silk flowers that are reduced in the sale, florists 'wire and florists' tape, also the rest of tulle fabric. The total cost is £ 16.75
I got a voucher for a free haircut from Herbal Essences (shampoo), and it is that cut and blow dry for a handfasting, so it cost nothing at all. I also booked a free makeover at our local branch of the Body Shop. I was delighted with her make-up which has also cost me nothing at all.
We decided that the silver Celtic knotwork, rings, gents ring cost £ 9.95 and ladies ring cost £ 3.95
tapes were bought from local products, and some of them reduced in price, the average price paid per meter 39p. Total cost of tape (including invitations and decorations) is £ 2.34
I made myself Handfasting confirmation sheet with parchment style thin card and print them on my home printer. Cards cost 75P
place we chose for the ceremony was the site of ancient, megalithic monument. Although it is open to the public, it is very isolated and entrance to the site is free.
I am a photographer and was lucky enough to have friends from the Camera Club I belong to attend the ceremony. In addition, we published a web site, after Handfasting, and invited guests to upload their photos taken on the day. Some have offered to send us a copy, save another potentially costly expenditure;. photographer
champagne (sparkling wine), for the celebration after the ceremony was purchased in France (during the day, a journey that will take on a regular basis) and cost, in total, £ 5.00.
While in France, I bought some plastic champagne flutes that cost £ 4.99
We bought four cartons of Tesco value orange juice after the ceremony at a cost of £ 1.56
invitations were designed on my PC and, where possible, either by mail with friends and family. twelve were printed and published at a cost of around £ 3.20
The owners of the place we chose for the evening, allowed us to hire him for free because we are confident that we will be able to fill the place with people, (and will be buying drinks at the bar! ).
Because we know a lot of musicians, we decided to invite as many of them as possible, to ensure that we had a good quality live music for the evening. It was founded a couple of bands playing, and some "scratch" bands (the people who were jamming together in the evenings).
For an evening of celebration, some napkins are purchased, as well as a table cover, some paper plates and plastic cutlery in the total cost of £ 11.16
for decoration, we borrowed two candlestick holders and they were decorated with the rest of the band. We also used two candle holders and two flower rings that we already had, but bought four candles (not "andles for forks!) priced at £ 3.96
for an afternoon and evening of celebration, we asked guests to bring a plate picnic buffet food to share, instead of gifts, so we spent nothing on food, and there was plenty to go round!
I sent a letter with a photograph to a national magazine describes how we have managed to keep the overall cost of our wedding celebrations down to about 75 pounds. It was published, and I was paid 75 pounds for it! So, the whole day cost us absolutely nothing !!!
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