Your Budget

I was watching this show on TV the other night called "Wedding Central: The Wedding Planners". And something happened that was interesting to me.

These 2 Wedding Consultants were hired to help a couple with their backyard wedding and the couple had an estimated budget of $8,000 - $10,000. Now, the couple's desires were rather lavish. Trying to accomplish all their wishes to the highest standards would have cost way more than their $10,000 budget. Still - the consultants convinced this couple to spend over $40,000 instead.

What I want to point out here is that you CAN have a beautiful wedding for $10,000 - just as beautiful as this wedding was - you just have to be willing to make some compromises. Plus, there are some great wedding cost-cutters out there that can save you a TON OF $$$$! That's not to say that I haven't had brides increase their budget by $10,000 to get what they want and that is their choice - but, nonetheless, a wedding can be beautiful regardless of the budget.

As a Wedding Coordinator my job is to keep my client realistic about what she can achieve with her budget - if she is wanting name brand everything with expensive chivari chairs, imported flowers and a fireworks display then, of course, I will tell her that it can't be done. On the same hand, I will encourage her with the fact that we can still make her wedding beautiful and it won't require bumping up her budget by $30,000 or more.

I guess I just can't believe that anyone could afford a $40,000 wedding when they originally only wanted to spend $8,000-$10,000. Maybe it's the L.A. mentality that I'm not aware of here in Oklahoma! :-)

I'm so excited!!

I am so excited to get this blog up and running!

After reading so many friends business blogs I knew that I had to get in on some of the action myself.

I want to use this forum to share some of my wedding planning tips, creative ideas, etc. I also want you all to post your responses - if you have any questions, thoughts or whatever just make a post and I'll give you the best answer I can.

I'm looking forward to this...please tell all your friends, family and colleagues about me and my business and encourage them to visit my website (http://www.erica-weddings.com/) and this blog.