Helppp, 4 months to go

Hi girl! Do you have any family or friends that can help you out? Whether that is doing your makeup, taking pictures or even knowing some vendors of their own!

I always recommend when looking for a photographer on a budget, perhaps see if you could hire a college student who majors in Photography at a local college. What you could do is make a post at a college's group Facebook page, and see if any budding photographers would want to photograph your wedding. When it comes to hair and makeup, I would just ask one of my bridesmaids to do it for me.

How I found my photographer, hair & makeup artist, was through Facebook. I joined a wedding/vendors Facebook group in my area and just asked for recommendations in my budget. You could try that? Once a few reached out to me, I researched their websites and asked them what their rates are. I'm sure there are a lot of vendors in your location looking for work right now!

See if your venue has any suggested vendors to work with. I know that’s how we found our doc and our cake person.

I found both my photographer and makeup artist here on Wedding Wire. I just blasted out a message to a ton of vendors and picked the best options.

Check the vendor tab at the top of the page. Is your regular hairdresser (if you have one) available?

I am a little less than 6 months away and am definitely feeling the pressure too, just because of everything going on in the world.. 😔 but I just booked my hair and make up person. We really don’t have a photographer just because we don’t want to pay the price of one (even though I am very big into scrapbooking). I started planning pretty early so I got comfortable in my break from planning and now I’m stressed 😅
Good luck! 🍀