Planning a wedding on a tight budget?

Planning a wedding on a budget? Come in here.

1. Do not get carried by the wedding paparazzi on the internet/instagram. Your marriage is more important than the wedding day.
2. Please do not borrow.
3. Don't shy away from those who want to help.
4. Keep your guest list to the barest minimum. Do not send wedding invites on facebook. You don't even need wedding invitation cards. Decide the number of guests you can cater to, make a guest list and make sure to invite not more than 3/4 of the number.
5. Make a budget and ensure you don't exceed.
6. Fix a work day. Not many people would love owambe to the extent of turning up by 9am on a Monday morning.
7. Don't invite people too early so the gist wouldn't circulate.
8. Think of a court marriage. It's cheaper than a church wedding.
9. You can have a private "court" marriage. The registry official conduct the ceremony at the venue of your choice. This is more expensive than the general court marriage. You can alter the program to suit you, like have your pastor preach.
10. Host guests once by having a very intimate parlour traditional wedding and invite your guests to the wedding reception; Combine the wedding reception with the traditional wedding; Or combine the private introduction and traditional ceremonies.
11. Have a loved one who love cooking or can cook for that many people? Have her help out, get people to help her cook and serve afterwards.
12. It's more convenient to have professionals cook and your people help out. There are some women, Olopo in yoruba, who don't charge much to cook.
13. You can consider serving food in take-away packs.
14. You are not mandated to serve all the foods eaten on earth. If it's only jollof rice and beef you can conveniently afford, please serve it. Anyone that wants Chinese should buy or make at here. Share the recipe HERE.
15. Do not bother about souvenir or aso-ebi.
16. Host the ceremonies at a venue you wouldn't pay to use like your home or church.
17. Have loved ones clean up after the event.
18. Have a loved one, church member,..., compere the ceremonies.
19. Have your church choir be the band for the events.
20. Rent or lend a wedding gown/aso-oke.
21. If you're yoruba, you don't have to do the aso-oke outfit, you can make iro and buba from lace. The gele and ipele from aso-oke.
22. Use shoes, purses and other accessories you already own.
23. We all have that friend that makes up very well, have her make you up.
24. Thank God you can change your rings, you don't have to buy diamonds now. Manage cheap rings for now.
25. Choose simple designs of cakes and make sure not to exceed a certain budget on it.
26. Honeymoon? Your home is filled with milk and honey in Jesus' name.
27. An event planner can get you good deals. Need one? Call me *winks*

I should stop here. It depends on your budget, all the tips may not apply to you. Please feel free to add your tips or say hello. I'll do a post soon on how to host classy events. Thanks for reading. Much love, Anuoluwapo.