Bouquet 6 The QUEE NS Courier • bridal • september 22, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com s bridal SHAVE WEDDING COSTS By Tresa Erickson Weddings, as you probably know, can cost thousands of dollars. From the attire to the music to the food, you can easily spend $5,000 or more for a two- to three-hour event. If you don’t have that kind of cash or would rather spend the majority of your budget on your honeymoon, don’t despair. There are ways you can shave dollars off your wedding costs. If you’re looking to save some dough at your wedding, try these cost-saving tips: • Set your wedding date during the off-season. The rates of many services are lower during the off-season. • Rent wedding attire. You’ll save hundreds of dollars renting gowns and tuxedos, and you won’t have to worry about the costs of cleaning. • Purchase ordinary accessories and adapt them for your wedding. Accessories made specifically for weddings can be expensive. Save yourself some money by sprucing up an ordinary item like a journal with some lace and beads and turning it into a guest book. • Hire vendors you know. Not only will they give you great service, but they’ll probably give you a great deal, too. • Find a venue for your reception that will allow you to provide your own beverages. You can buy what you want to serve and return whatever unopened packages are left back to the store. • Do your own flowers. You can purchase inexpensive flowers and accessories at craft stores and save a bundle making your own arrangements. • Make the food yourself. Prepare food for your wedding ahead of time and freeze it. Then just serve it with some fresh produce from the grocery store. • Hire a non-wedding photographer. Find a friend who dabbles in photography and ask them to take your wedding photos for a flat fee plus supplies, or better yet, provide disposable cameras at each table at your reception and let your guests snap photos. Sometimes candids make the best photos. • Pay your bills with a credit card with a reward program. You might earn enough money or frequent flyer miles to cover the airfare to your honeymoon destination. • Work with an airline to get a group discount on plane tickets for your guests if you’re having a destination wedding. Your guests will appreciate the savings and you might get a free or reduced plane ticket. These are just some things you can do to save yourself some money. Remember, you can still pull off a beautiful wedding with all of the frills without a lot of expense. All it takes is some effort and ingenuity. Creating Delicious Memories One Cake At A Time! Celebrate in style with a beautifully designed cake from DeniseMakesCakes. We offer formal and whimsical designs, all baked with the finest ingredients to ensure that your cake tastes as good as it looks. We are conveniently located in Queens and serve the NYC metropolitan area. In addition to cakes, we also make custom cupcakes,cookies, cake pops, chocolate party favors, and more! 917-689-4857 • www.denisemakescakes.com I want to thank you SO MUCH for the wedding cake. It looked outstanding, absolutely outstanding. It was exactly how I wanted it to look, every single detail: the fondant was perfection, the thin orange layers at the bottom of each level, the damask, the quilting (I think it is the best you have done yet...seriously) and the flowers!!! The cake tasted great, got many, many compliments on it. Thank you very, very much! Diana, New York, NY Denise Makes Cakes opened in 2011 and has been creating delicious memories one cake at a time ever since. Delivery is available to the NYC/Tri-state area. Denise Makes Cakes offers at home tastings to make the cake selection process as convenient and stress free as possible! Denise Makes Cakes will not only make your beautiful wedding cake, they will also make your favors. Chocolates, cake pops, cookies, and cupcakes can be made to match any wedding theme. Call 917-689-4857 or email denisemakescakes@gmail.com for a consultation today. 917-689-4857 www.denisemakescakes.com
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