Thursday, December 4, 2008

Saving Money with Wedding Collections

Even in a jacked up doom and gloom economy, most Americans are spending over $20,000 for their wedding day. Of this amount over 46% goes to the cost of the wedding reception. And we’re not talking about the type of reception the rich and famous would have. Even modest receptions can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
However, it’s not just the wedding reception itself, but rather the little things that make up the reception. In fact, even if you decide to have your reception in your backyard, you may still end up paying a couple thousand dollars if you want decent wedding favors.
For this reason, you may want to consider getting some of your favors through wedding collections. What makes up wedding collections? Wedding collections contain different sets of wedding items at one low convenient price. The most common type of wedding collection will include the flower girl basket, the garter, the ring bearer pillow, and the wedding unity candle, some will contain even more items.
You can also select a wedding theme. Say for instance you want an Irish wedding. You could get the “Irish Affection” wedding collection. This collection features white and green items.
Another example can be seen in the “Midnight Rendezvous” wedding collection. Designed in black, the Midnight Rendezvous collection could be used for a variety of themes. One of them could be for those who want to commemorate celebrating a night wedding. The collection could also be used to help design a less conventional ‘Gothic’ wedding.
What about the couple that desires a more traditional wedding? Well, there’s “A Touch of Gold,” collection which features the more conventional colors of white and gold. There are also wedding collections where everything is designed in white or ivory. By using wedding collections and cheaper venues for your reception, you can have an elegant wedding without burning a hole in your wallet. And this is important, because as a newly married couple, that extra $20,000 is better served as a down payment for a new home.
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