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How much are you paying for:
I am looking to get an idea of what I should be spending on things across the board outside of our wedding venue.
Photography
Videographers
Flowers
DJ
Invites
Beauty: Hair & Makeup (are you going to them or are they coming to you?)
Thank you!
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Re: How much are you paying for:
About $6000 or so. But we're also going with the most expensive stuff they do.
Videographers
Still not sure if we'll even do this.
Flowers
No real idea yet, but I'm thinking it'll land in the $5-6000 range.
DJ
We're not having a DJ, but a string quartet that will be there for most of the evening. IIRC, that'll be around $3-4000
Invites
Not sure on this one yet, either.
Beauty: Hair & Makeup (are you going to them or are they coming to you?)
I'll definitely have them come to me. I only have 2 BMs, which I'll pay for them getting things done also, and I'm figuring on the 3 of us being around $500 + tip.
Photography - we paid $3000, including our album.
They came to me. I did not pay for the hair as I used my normal hairdresser and she did everyone's hair as my gift. But, makeup for me, 3 bridesmaids and two moms was $350.
Thanks guys
Videography - didn't have professionally done
Flowers - $750, but that was through a friend of a friend. We got a discount and we ONLY did personal flowers (bouquets, bouts, corsages). We did non-floral CPs and didn't do flowers for the ceremony
DJ - around $900, not including tip
Invites - a lot. Like, a lot, a lot. Maybe $650? I think I spent around $1000 total on paper stuff. I went a little overboard. The invites were really nice through. They were thermography w/ midori ribbon, lined envelopes and calligraphy.
Beauty - Not counting the spa day I paid for (the day before the wedding) for me and the BMs to get manis/pedis, I paid around $450, including tip (I think) for my mom and I to get our hair and makeup done. My hair and MUA traveled to me at my hotel.
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Photography- $1,300 for 2 photographers for 8 hours. He gave me all of my shots on a disc (5,000 shots!) and I made my own photo albums through My Publisher. Wayyy cheaper and I got to design it all myself
Good luck!
33 centerpieces
5 BM bouquets
9 GM and parent bouts
2 bridal bouquet
PhotographyWe are looking at about $2,100 for our photographer
Videographers$100 - A Film Major friend of ours offered to film our wedding.
FlowersWe are working with a planner, so we don't know how much yet
DJWe are working with a planner, so we don't know how much yet
InvitesWe are working with a planner, so we don't know how much yet
Beauty: Hair & Makeup (are you going to them or are they coming to you?)I've set aside ~$300 for myself, they will come to me.
Our whole wedding will cost around $7500. Priority areas for us are food, photography, flowers and music. Hope this helps.
No Videographer.
Flowers - a little under $1000, everything included except ceremony decor.
DJ - $1000 for 8 hours
Invites - $60
Not sure on beauty/hair yet.
Florist -- we did a backyard wedding theme so we did a lot of single stem flowers it ended up being around or under 2k. Flower Allie in Fullerton was our florist.
Our DJ was 1k. Joey Inez -- the mixterious force.
and our invites were custom made pocketfold invitations by a fellow knottie who has her own business now. We paid a about $3.00 per invite and she even personally addressed each guest by name on each response card! Matinae Studio Design.
I recommend all of my vendors! =]
Also, hair & mua i recommend My Addiction Hair & Makeup. They have a blog and facebook page.