Hi all,

Im having a beached themed wedding, and i know its not for nearly another 2 years but my fiance is absolutely no help at all, he's making a joke outta it all.

i need some help with what im suppose to be organising, our budget is about $5000 but i dont want it to look cheap, and including my fiance and i there are about 35 people.

my nan is doing my flowers and we are having our ceremony at the beach, and our reception in a hall that will cost about $100. Other than that i have nothing

any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hey Cobie,

Try this thread http://community.i-do.com.au/index.php?sho...34&hl=beach it has lots of ideas.

How did you manage a garden wedding for $5000?

Everything I'm looking at for a garden wedding seems to be so expensive!!

yea i read through that thread, and got some very helpful ideas.

im not sure on colour, i was thinking of light blue with like frangipanis.

I agree with what Tas said.

We are having our wedding ceremony on a lawn overlooking the bay, and the reception will be up on a deck above that area. The only real nod to a beach theme is our colour scheme, peacock blue and sea green. I originally looked at lots of little beach things, but found that by keeping the colours consistent and not including anything really beachy I was able to have a more sophisticated look, at a lower price. (As you probably already know, anything with a wedding tag is ridiculously priced). Our wedding is actually going to be quite formal, which some would say doesn't work, but it is what we want, so we are making it work!

I can't help you with budget though, I've blown ours by more than half!

hey. im not sure on the colours, but we r going to be having a spit roast, which my nanna is insisting she cooks, even though i dont want my family to feel they have to help. i have to sit down with my fiance and go over everything, it just seems like he doesnt have an imput, and i dont want to plan it all myself

Hi Cobie, dont worry about your fiance, i think most of us in here have gotten used to the fact that our men dont really understand what is actually involved in planning a wedding! (makes it less stressful when you stop looking for help thats not there LOL) do you have a friend or relative to help you make decisions and work things out? and maybe give FH jobs closer to the day when he can envisage the wedding coming together

im not tryin 2 get him 2 help anymore, i'll find something like a theme and go do u like it, yes or no, if its a yes then i go on to a new thing, if its a no, i make him sit down and help come up with one. pretty much he just gets a part say in the final say.

my nan has been married 5 times, she is currently helpin me so is my soon 2 be mother in law, other than that, im on my own. but that doesnt really bother me, i recently bought the complete idiots guide to wedding planning, i think im well on my way now.

I had an unhelpful FH to start with - so i started organising things - he hated it - then decided he should help if he wanted a say.

Give Boys boy things to organise - Cars, music, suits etc - because mostly they dont care about invites, flowers, or decorations - Cake testing is another good one for them. the other option is you find the suppliers and give him a shortlist of 4 to choose from. Then you can influence the choices

Also remember boys will also say - we have ages to go - so tell them how saturdays they have left - believe me when you say it is only 20 saturdays away instead of 6 months they get a bit more into it.

Good luck with it all

Hey, thanks for the advice about the saturdays thing, it has actually got him a bit more motivated to help. that and i chucked a bit of a tantrum cuz i was sick of him saying i dont care, do wot you like, so i said fine lets not get married then if you dont care and that changed his mind and made him start helping. lol, men are weird

I think the best thing to do it search google images for some pic of idea etc. It mite help u decide on what colour etc you do/dont like.

Hi, we also had a beach theme .... here are my pics, we had a marquee reception, and asked for vouchers instead of pressies (easier to take back on the ferry).

marquee



centrepeices




cake



treasure chest (for vouchers)


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Centrepeices were cheap - hurricane vases from spotlight, cheap shells off the internet, cheap candles from red dot, and sand from the location. All made the day before the wedding! Cake was approx $350 for 100 ppl, so yours wil be heaps less. Don't stress, for such a small wedding guestlist, it'll be easy! Big hint- we got our invites off the internet ... heaps cheaper, I'm not one for DIY.

Sorry to be a pain (I'm only new) but where can I find this infamous "budget brides thread"???

I tried searching... thousands of things came up!

Click HERE

We are having a beach wedding also. The photographer that we've booked has a great blog with heaps of photos from beach weddings. I'm getting a lot of inspiration from there though I have not made any concrete decisions yet. I know what you mean about fiances not being very helpful and enthusiastic about the planning.. oh well they can't complain if they don't like anything about the wedding

Hi there, if you need wedding invitations I have just looked at a site called Molle Creative and they have a really nice range of beachy themed invitations and you can order them online which is very handy. There webiste is www.mollecreative.com and the stationery is called the Peppertree collection. Hope that helps.

My fiancée and I also decided to had a beach wedding because it is cheap and in a beach wedding you can personalized the things to used that are not so costly, like your wedding favors in which you can give cute flip flops!

Hope this helps

Nancy

personalized wedding favors

Hope you weren't referring to me . If you were then you are very rude. I was trying to be helpful as I am sure others will agree that you can get lots of ideas from looking at other peoples wedding photos. If you had actually bothered to check out the link then you would see what I am talking about.

Hi
I have listed all my beach theme wedding items that we used for our wedding in the buy swap and sell part of this forum if you want to check them out.
Cheers

My fiance and I are starting to organise our wedding, beach ceremony and reception at a golf club.
We want to keep the ceremony very simple, is anyone having music at the beach as they walk up the aisle? Something I'm thinking about but how would you do it? Portable Cd player?

Jervis bay bride - somebody put it as reported for advertising - , I simply asked a question. I didnt put it. I didnt understand why they put reported, which has now been deleted