I am no longer in touch with my parents four months before my wedding, so my fiancé and I are trying to pull together our wedding ourselves on a tight budget. I love videos like this because they look so beautiful and sentimental, while staying on the budget that works for the couple. Congratulations! I can’t wait to be married soon ❤️
Pretty!! We had a backyard wedding on 11/21. It was gorgeous. It was 12 guests - or 6 couples. We set up 6 2-top tables (to be as covid friendly as possible). We used our patio furniture, and we brought out some of our furniture from inside outside - we got creative with tables and we used bedside tables, our daughters play table which converts into just a plain-ol table, tailgating equipment - etc and we borrowed a couple of things from family and neighbors (free). We dressed them up with tablecloths that were inherited and borrowed (free), flowers from Kroger (6 bunches at $4 each and 4 bunches at $8 each = $56) and divided them up into glass jars we had saved and cleaned and vases we already had (free). We hung white lights up in our trees (400 lights from Target for $28). We used our tailgating pop up canopy and hung sheer curtains around it to dress it up and make it look more elegant and create a pretty sitting area (6 curtains at $5 each from Target $30). We used china and silverware that I inherited (free. -- but remember that almost any antique or resale shop will have china and silverware for very little money. You could go buy that and just re-donate it when you are done if you don't want to keep it. I think that would be easier and probably cheaper than renting or buying new and it's probably what I would have done if I did not already have something to use). We cleaned up our backyard and house real well ourselves (free), we sprayed our backyard for bugs and mosquitos (2 bottles at $9 each so $18). Because it was fall, I bought a bunch of yellow and red mums at Home Depot (5 at $8 each) and I bought some stones, 6 pots, potting soil and 6 caladiums to place around our AC unit to cover it up/hide it some. It turned out really pretty actually (I spent $120 on this). I used the stones to create a bit of a wall around the ac and then set the potted plants on top of the wall. My tip is to remember to turn up or off your AC during the ceremony so its not loud in the background. We live in Houston and it was a good upper 70s, lower 80s on our big day. I spent $18 at Michaels for 2 lanterns which were on mega sale. Our officiant charged $200, our photographer charged $220 for 1 hour (found through mutual friends. There are a lot of amature photographers out there that don't charge a fortune), we ordered a one tier, 4 layer wedding cake that was big enough for 14 people for $90. It was delicious and gorgeous and made a statement. My dad picked it up for us (free) and he was happy to pitch in so that was a win win. We set it on a beautiful cake plate that we actually borrowed from my mom (free). We catered from a local restaurant for 12 people - beef and chicken kabobs, roasted veggies, rice, beans, salad and pita bread and that cost $227 - which included delivery and 20% tip. We had it delivered 30 minutes before the start time and stuck it in the oven on warm - it was perfectly warm and ready to go once we were all ready to eat. We set up a help-yourself-bar outside made from an antique sewing table I already had (free) and provided basic liquors and mixers and sodas ($150), 3 types of beer ($60), 4 types of wine ($60), and we decided not to buy bottled water and instead provide filtered water from the fridge in glass pitchers I already had. My mom did a great job at keeping these refilled. We did dress this up by adding some sliced citrus and ice to the pitchers and it actually looked really elegant ($6 for citrus and $10 of ice). We decided to use the clear plastic glasses instead of real glass ($10). We also used plant pots and to put the drinks in instead of coolers which looked gorgeous ($35 worth of pots which I can reuse for plants). I actually scored my dress at an estate sale for $10 and I got it dry cleaned for $25. I did my own hair and makeup (free). My husband had to buy new pants and he got a nice looking pair ($30) and he paired that with a button down and jacket and dress shoes he already had. He looked like a stud! Our daughter wore a hand me down dress (free). We spent $72 on the marriage license (don't forget that!). We streamed free music to a cheap wireless blue tooth speaker we already had / can get basically anywhere at all different price points. I will probably get a wedding book made for us online - maybe $100. All in all y'all, you can have a perfectly gorgeous, fully stocked, memorable wedding in your backyard for $1500 to $2000 - easily. We also had about 10 people attend by zoom. Love and best wishes!
This looks so beautiful! I’m newly engaged and I’m so excited but stressed because covid but seeing this makes me feel more comfortable knowing that it’s possible To do without having to do so much. And in a small way. Super beautiful ❤️😍
That flower market is amazing! I love going there! I’ve seen some beautiful over the top arrangements. I bring buckets with me and water to bring my flowers home. Awesome ideas, I love how nice everything looks together. Thanks for the video.
That was absolutely beautiful! Would have loved to see it all lit up at night! The roses the eucalyptus the small wedding it was just beautiful and I love the variety of sweets and how personal and beautiful it is you just did an amazing job! I hope your husband was as happy as you were with the outcome.
Your set up was intimate and beautifully detailed, your bouquet looked very professional, your dress was immaculate, you look gorgeous! I love everything about this, thank you for sharing!
So cute. Love how it turned out. I've been breaking my head looking at venues. Thinking about those big drapes. The cost is just over 10k. I don't really want to spend that much. I have a background drop and I think I'm going to do something like this. More intimate. Was thinking of 50 guests, since there's always a minimum at venues but do I really know 50 people? No. Thank you. Now I'm opting for a smaller more intimate wedding with just immediate family. I'll save that money I didn't want to spend and use it on a trip or something else. Especially with this economy and prices. Did you make your own food or cater. That is my other question. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
This is so beautiful!! Simple and sweet I love it! This is what you call a small intimate wedding i can feel the love and joy through this video well done 👏
What a great turnout of your decor! Came out wonderful! You didn’t seem stressed either. Congrats on your wedding and atmosphere! Thanks for inspiring me since I’m planning my daughter’s 20th birthday in our backyard, too.
Thank you for a lovely example! I will be using your video as a guide for our upcoming wedding. Congratulations to you both And may God be with you today and always. 💕
You guys did an amazing job 👏 so beautiful . So we'll put together Now this is the type of theme I love there was a lot of love ❤️ put into this you can tell .And again Absolutely beautiful
Thank you for showing your special day🫶🏻 We are celebrating a 30 anniversary vow renewal 8/26 and your vow doe was so helpful!!! Thank you and congratulations to you both.
Wow! Just wow! So beautiful and helpful! I’m planning my own wedding as well and I’ve been looking for where to get stuff from and I’m definitely going to visit some stores you mentioned, especially hobby lobby and dollar tree. Thanks so much for sharing! 😍
WOW! That’s a lot of dessert for 10 people! Your bouquet 💐 and dress are stunning. My only concern were the 2 on the ground up lights, with my luck people would trip and break a bone or get a cut needing stitches!
Beautiful I'm in the process of planning the exact same thing, and have my dream wedding next year. Everything looks so beautiful and amazing CONGRATS to you both
I am no longer in touch with my parents four months before my wedding, so my fiancé and I are trying to pull together our wedding ourselves on a tight budget. I love videos like this because they look so beautiful and sentimental, while staying on the budget that works for the couple. Congratulations! I can’t wait to be married soon ❤️
Reconcile with your parents.
This is sooo beautiful! I prefer this kind of wedding to grand, expensive ones 😍
Pretty!! We had a backyard wedding on 11/21. It was gorgeous. It was 12 guests - or 6 couples. We set up 6 2-top tables (to be as covid friendly as possible). We used our patio furniture, and we brought out some of our furniture from inside outside - we got creative with tables and we used bedside tables, our daughters play table which converts into just a plain-ol table, tailgating equipment - etc and we borrowed a couple of things from family and neighbors (free). We dressed them up with tablecloths that were inherited and borrowed (free), flowers from Kroger (6 bunches at $4 each and 4 bunches at $8 each = $56) and divided them up into glass jars we had saved and cleaned and vases we already had (free). We hung white lights up in our trees (400 lights from Target for $28). We used our tailgating pop up canopy and hung sheer curtains around it to dress it up and make it look more elegant and create a pretty sitting area (6 curtains at $5 each from Target $30). We used china and silverware that I inherited (free. -- but remember that almost any antique or resale shop will have china and silverware for very little money. You could go buy that and just re-donate it when you are done if you don't want to keep it. I think that would be easier and probably cheaper than renting or buying new and it's probably what I would have done if I did not already have something to use). We cleaned up our backyard and house real well ourselves (free), we sprayed our backyard for bugs and mosquitos (2 bottles at $9 each so $18). Because it was fall, I bought a bunch of yellow and red mums at Home Depot (5 at $8 each) and I bought some stones, 6 pots, potting soil and 6 caladiums to place around our AC unit to cover it up/hide it some. It turned out really pretty actually (I spent $120 on this). I used the stones to create a bit of a wall around the ac and then set the potted plants on top of the wall. My tip is to remember to turn up or off your AC during the ceremony so its not loud in the background. We live in Houston and it was a good upper 70s, lower 80s on our big day. I spent $18 at Michaels for 2 lanterns which were on mega sale. Our officiant charged $200, our photographer charged $220 for 1 hour (found through mutual friends. There are a lot of amature photographers out there that don't charge a fortune), we ordered a one tier, 4 layer wedding cake that was big enough for 14 people for $90. It was delicious and gorgeous and made a statement. My dad picked it up for us (free) and he was happy to pitch in so that was a win win. We set it on a beautiful cake plate that we actually borrowed from my mom (free). We catered from a local restaurant for 12 people - beef and chicken kabobs, roasted veggies, rice, beans, salad and pita bread and that cost $227 - which included delivery and 20% tip. We had it delivered 30 minutes before the start time and stuck it in the oven on warm - it was perfectly warm and ready to go once we were all ready to eat. We set up a help-yourself-bar outside made from an antique sewing table I already had (free) and provided basic liquors and mixers and sodas ($150), 3 types of beer ($60), 4 types of wine ($60), and we decided not to buy bottled water and instead provide filtered water from the fridge in glass pitchers I already had. My mom did a great job at keeping these refilled. We did dress this up by adding some sliced citrus and ice to the pitchers and it actually looked really elegant ($6 for citrus and $10 of ice). We decided to use the clear plastic glasses instead of real glass ($10). We also used plant pots and to put the drinks in instead of coolers which looked gorgeous ($35 worth of pots which I can reuse for plants). I actually scored my dress at an estate sale for $10 and I got it dry cleaned for $25. I did my own hair and makeup (free). My husband had to buy new pants and he got a nice looking pair ($30) and he paired that with a button down and jacket and dress shoes he already had. He looked like a stud! Our daughter wore a hand me down dress (free). We spent $72 on the marriage license (don't forget that!). We streamed free music to a cheap wireless blue tooth speaker we already had / can get basically anywhere at all different price points. I will probably get a wedding book made for us online - maybe $100. All in all y'all, you can have a perfectly gorgeous, fully stocked, memorable wedding in your backyard for $1500 to $2000 - easily. We also had about 10 people attend by zoom. Love and best wishes!
I enjoyed reading this lol I love homemade weddings ❤❤🥀
Sounds memorable and beautiful! Everyone was so happy to help! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🍹
What did you do for food?
@@andrear8141 Zoes Kitchen - it is in other states. Affordable options.
This looks so beautiful! I’m newly engaged and I’m so excited but stressed because covid but seeing this makes me feel more comfortable knowing that it’s possible To do without having to do so much. And in a small way. Super beautiful ❤️😍
Thank You & Congrats! 😊
I just cant stop watching this over and or. This is pure, simple, love, just oh so much love.
Best micro wedding yet! I paid 220 and decked out a two floor venue! Well done girl!
Thank you!! 🥰
That flower market is amazing! I love going there! I’ve seen some beautiful over the top arrangements. I bring buckets with me and water to bring my flowers home. Awesome ideas, I love how nice everything looks together. Thanks for the video.
Aww thank you for sharing! You have great ideas! Congratulations! I love how your husband helped you throughout it!
This is amazing! Goes to show you don't need to break the bank to have a beautiful wedding celebrating your marriage 🥰
That was absolutely beautiful! Would have loved to see it all lit up at night! The roses the eucalyptus the small wedding it was just beautiful and I love the variety of sweets and how personal and beautiful it is you just did an amazing job! I hope your husband was as happy as you were with the outcome.
Your set up was intimate and beautifully detailed, your bouquet looked very professional, your dress was immaculate, you look gorgeous! I love everything about this, thank you for sharing!
Thank You So Much for watching!!
So cute. Love how it turned out. I've been breaking my head looking at venues. Thinking about those big drapes. The cost is just over 10k. I don't really want to spend that much. I have a background drop and I think I'm going to do something like this. More intimate. Was thinking of 50 guests, since there's always a minimum at venues but do I really know 50 people? No. Thank you. Now I'm opting for a smaller more intimate wedding with just immediate family. I'll save that money I didn't want to spend and use it on a trip or something else. Especially with this economy and prices. Did you make your own food or cater. That is my other question. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
This was soooooo beautiful and I love how you walked us through the whole process. Congratulations wishing y’all infinite love✨✨✨
This is so beautiful!! Simple and sweet I love it! This is what you call a small intimate wedding i can feel the love and joy through this video well done 👏
Thank you so much!! 🥰
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing
So very lovely! Nice small intimate gathering of only those who truly matter. Congratulations! God bless this couple's marriage. ✝️🙏🌹
Beautiful! Congratulations to you and your husband! I love this, thank you for sharing 💗
It looks so romantic!!! Very inspiring... thanks for sharing...
Beautiful. Simple yet elegant and intimate. This is what I want for my wedding. Blessings on your marriage
What a great turnout of your decor! Came out wonderful! You didn’t seem stressed either. Congrats on your wedding and atmosphere! Thanks for inspiring me since I’m planning my daughter’s 20th birthday in our backyard, too.
Everything is so beautiful , your effort & time ended in amazing results !
This is amazing ! Especially with covid and everything . I love it !
OMGOODNESS I LOVE IT!!!THIS IS GORGEOUS...CONGRATULATIONS & TY FOR SHARING!!!!
Omg Thank You! So happy u liked it! ❤️
Omg this is so elegant and simple at the same time .. so gorgeous I wish I did my wedding like this
Thank you!
Wow very simple elegant and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I don’t even have a bag yet but I love looking at these videos for ideas.
Thank You for watching 😊
i love the clean, simplicity and elegance of this look! it takes a lot make it look so easy
Very beautifully done and without spending thousands of dollars! I love it!🥰
Absolutely love your color choices and you and your husband look absolutely beautiful. Can you link your wedding dress and veil?
Wow..I’m speechless. What a beautiful set up. Simple but romantic and intimate. Amazing job girl!
So in love !! If I ever get married this would be perfect
Abigail Can im glad you loved it! ❤️
Your wedding is beautiful and so was the dress. I have been thinking about my wedding in my parents backyard
This decor is beautiful! You did an amazing job 👌🏾! Definitely gonna be the inspiration for my backyard wedding! 💞
Thank You!! 😊
Simply beautiful 🤩 May the Lord bless your marek and may both of you learn to love and respect each other always
Beautiful, very elegant and will be using some ideas for ours next summer, congrats on your wedding!
So beautiful, under stated, and elegant. Great job!!! ❤
I love this. It’s elegant and simple. I’m sure it was cost effective as well. I LOVVVEEEE your bouquet 💐 Very beautiful decor
Beautiful decor. Your dress and veil look beautiful. Do you mind me asking where did you get it?
Perfect ❤️
This is how I picture my renewal of vows to be.... also want to add a table for signing and the sand ceremony ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for a lovely example! I will be using your video as a guide for our upcoming wedding. Congratulations to you both And may God be with you today and always. 💕
Woooowwww!! Just breath taking … love it!! Congratulations 🎉 🍾
You guys did an amazing job 👏 so beautiful . So we'll put together Now this is the type of theme I love there was a lot of love ❤️ put into this you can tell .And again Absolutely beautiful
OMG! Good Job!! Simple & So Elegant! I love it! Best wishes to you & your Husband❤️
WOW! You did a really, professional looking job. Congratulations!
Came out so pretty I love the intimacy of it …touches of sweet love every where ❤️❤️❤️god bless you both
Beautiful!!!!! Congratulations! Your decorations were so elegant. Thank you for sharing.
Finally! You’re the first video I seen with lots of detail and everything looks really beautiful ☺️💕
Congratulations, looks so pretty
She honestly did a great job it’s beautiful
omg u have a huge backyard! everything looks so nice. looks legit 👍
I absolutely love it!!! It looks so beautiful. Exactly what i would want for my daughter…
Babyyyyy you did that! Congratulations and blessings on your union. 💜
Beautiful! Congrats!!! I wish you both many beautiful blessings of love and understanding
Thank you for showing your special day🫶🏻 We are celebrating a 30 anniversary vow renewal 8/26 and your vow doe was so helpful!!! Thank you and congratulations to you both.
So beautiful! Congratulations and all the best ❤ 🙏
Super cute!! 😍 Simple but classy and elegant
Wow! Just wow! So beautiful and helpful! I’m planning my own wedding as well and I’ve been looking for where to get stuff from and I’m definitely going to visit some stores you mentioned, especially hobby lobby and dollar tree. Thanks so much for sharing! 😍
Well done! It came out beautifully.
This is what I want simple and beautiful! With friends and family. Trying to get some ideas. Thank you :)
Thanks for sharing! So humble and beautiful. Simply gorgeous. Well done!!! Xxx
WOW! That’s a lot of dessert for 10 people! Your bouquet 💐 and dress are stunning. My only concern were the 2 on the ground up lights, with my luck people would trip and break a bone or get a cut needing stitches!
Beautiful wedding! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! Congratulations ❤️
Beautiful and tastefully done. Congratulations you looked gorgeous.
Me encantó 😍😍todo 🙏🙏👏👏👏el arco las mesas todo 😍😍🤵👰🙏🙏😍🆎me encantooooo
So Beautiful ✨
You did a great job!! Beautiful 😍
Just Beautiful!♥️
Congrats on a beautifully executed and design.
I really amaze how you make your own wedding outdoor version💜😍
Beautiful and elegant must replicate. Im getting married next Sept
Congratulations! Your decor was beautiful!...Hopefully you will show/explain us some more of those diy projets, please?
Beautiful!! Your wedding was perfect 😍
You did well!! Congratulations ❤
Beautiful! Great job. Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful! Totally something I would do
So beautiful! How weddings should be in my opinion ❤️
Fabulous! Elegant. Congrats! Many blessings on your life together
Thank You!
Looks so stunning happy married life
That's just beautiful and creative.!
Wow! So beautiful! I love it
Wow this is so simple yet elegant. 👏 wow your vail and 👗 stunning
Sooo beautiful, Amazing job, Congrats to you both!! 🙏🏿 💍
Beautiful! Congratulations!
Beautiful & sweet!🌹
I love this, everything you did was stunning, thank you for the inspiration!
Absolutely GORGEOUS 💯🎉
Beautiful I'm in the process of planning the exact same thing, and have my dream wedding next year.
Everything looks so beautiful and amazing CONGRATS to you both
Congrats to you! 😊
So beautiful! Congrats!! This gave me soo many ideas on how to plan my wedding ❤️
Simply stunning. Great ideas shared. Thank You.
Beautiful! You did an excellent job!
It's so simple and beautiful! 😍
Omg I love this! I’m totally going to use your ideas! Thank you 😊
Looking so adorable ❤ this is inspirational
Yes, to this!! Love it
Absolutely stunning😍😍😍😍
Beautiful! The end result looks amazing
So so beautiful. My idea of a special day. Congratulations
Very intimate and sweet. ❤️
omg this is BEAUTIFUL
Thank you for sharing! Your lovely set up has given me ideas for our friends 🙂