Wedding Under $1,000

Congratulations! Depends on where you are there might be a nice historic city hall or a state park or garden that may be able to suit your needs. A couple of hundred for the venue and a food truck, taco guy or bbq.

Thank You. It'll be cold here in DC in January. So Im not sure if anything outside would be a good idea unless we get another warm winter.

Here in Philly we have a few wedding chapels that are very inexpensive and they give a champagne toast for up to 25 ppl. You did not specify how many guest but maybe you can search for something like that in DC. Good luck and happy planning

You can still walk down the aisle and having a little reception, keep it small though. Cut costs by finding your dress at a store such as Macys or Lord and Taylor or try to nab a gown on sale at Davids Bridal. Keep your bridal party small, just a Maid of Honor and Best Man...Or don't have a bridal party at all (have parents serve at witnesses). Keep the reception minimal, check out restaurants with private party rooms and celebrate with a delicious dinner with your closest family members and friends.

Congrats You could always have a small intimate ceremony and then go out to dinner afterwards. We opted for that in Atlanta, GA and we are paying $1500 for everything not including my dress and our rings.

Not really looking to have a bunch of people. I was actually looking to just have my grandfather(since my parents are deceased) & his mother for sure. Maybe a MOH & possibly a BM but I'm not setting that in stone. I just would like it intimate and memorable! So I did tell him I want Atleast one already married couple there with us!

1000 will disappear quickly .... Try your local community hall or american legion. They usually rent them out for cheap.....decorate with tea candles and baby's breathe. Have a potluck style dinner and craigslist a wedding dress. Keep us updated, I would love to see the outcome. You can definitely create something beautiful and memorable.

Then I would say it's definitely do-able Maybe look for a free venue in a city park. I got lucky and did that

For 4-6 people, I'd recommend a civil officiant, and then dinner at a nice restaurant. You can find a dress, he can wear a suit he already has or rent, some nice flowers, maybe a guest can take pics. Courthouse is not likely to be open on a Sat. (1/4/14).

I would look for a community center, or something along those lines to book, if you are a member of a church have your wedding there and then a smallish get together at the community center.

Edited my entire post because I just realized that you only want a reception that will host a maximum of six people. Nancy's idea is perfect.

Get yourself a gown/dress (check Craigslist, consignment stores, clearance retail, or borrow one, if you can). Pick up two bouquets of roses (or whatever they have) from the grocery store the day before your wedding (probably less than $20). Gather the flowers, cut the stems, tie a ribbon around it, and you've got a simple bouquet. Order a bout -- even I hate making them (cost around $15). Keep them in water before making the bouquet, and in the fridge after they're made. Give someone with a decent eye and a steady hand a camera, and you've got a wedding on a micro-budget that will still be pretty and memorable.

Warning: You're probably going to have to find a few extra hundred.

A wedding under $1,000.00

Get a JOP to officiate your wedding

You would have to DIY your food.

You should have someone create you an awesome CD for your music (no DJ)

Maybe buy some cameras for your guests to assist in taking your pics throughout the wedding & reception.

DIY your flowers

Tungsten wedding bands ($25.00 each) with discount codes

Start yourself a wedding checklist with estimates (this will help you stay within budget)

It can be done. When hubby and I got married back in 2004 I had my dress made ($600), he rented his tux (can't remember how much) and we got married at my best friend and her hubby's house (MOH and BM) on their back deck with the bay behind us with an officiant ($200) and a photographer/videographer the officiant recommended ($200). We ordered food from a local restaurant which was a gift from our MOH and BM, and our first dance was "At Last" on CD. I still got to walk down a kind of aisle. My father walked me down the stairs and out to the deck where hubby, the BM and officiant were waiting. It was perfect.

I know prices are different now but you can work it out. Maybe go to the courthouse before and make it legal and then anyone can officiate for "effect" and you won't have to spend that much in that area.

You can do it!

You could have the ceremony in one of your guests homes, perhaps. The other ladies have given you great ideas too.

My DH and I just added up the cost, and we just did our wedding for just under $600. There was a lot of dollar store shopping, getting family members who knew how to do things, a lot of DIY-ing and simpalizing what we wanted. We didn't have centerpeices or real flowers. We rented out a pavalion at a local park and just got married at a spot they had there that was beautiful. You just got know which favors you can call in and take a deep breath girl

Nancy nailed it.

Try to do it in a Legion.. have family & friends make food. ( Pot luck )

Look online for super deals . My friend got her Bridesmaids dresses from China for $8 each! Dollar stores for glass vases with some silk flowers for centerpieces.

$1000 is dooable not easy but dooable. I am a budget bride myself :0 A couple tips hopefully that will help you~

1.) Keep it small (guest list) the smaller the better maybe limit to less then 25 of your closest family and friends.

2.) network and use resources check with your city to see if they're are some "cheap" options city hall, nice room in teh courthouse, parks are another great venue saver or even a friends or family members backyard if it's nice enough and believe it or not beach weddings can be fairly inexpensive and there's always Vegas.

3.) Shop DB $99 sale for your dress or considered renting or getting one second hand.

4.) Prioritize what's most important to you and what you feel you can 'do without"

5.) Lastly, inexpensive and cheap are two different things you can have a nice, elegant wedding and still keep cost low, use an etiquette guide to make sure things don't come off tacky. Good luck~

I think it all depends on what kind of wedding your going for. We are paying double that just for cocktail hour but we are also having it at a upscale venue. You just have to be okay saying it may not be everything I had wanted but its within my budget and that's more important.

I think in my area (southern New England) it would be impossible to have a wedding for $1,000 unless you just invite a small group to dinner and get married at city hall.

Good point Stephanie I think location probably has a lot to do with it. I am in Southern cali so here it's possible but like i said not easy. I have managed to only spend 3K thus far and am expecting to be at maybe 5k total after everything and I am having my wedding at a catle and it's really beautiful but I am also keeping it very small 50 guests and a small bridal party that consist only of 1 MOH 1 BM 1 Bestman 1 Groomsman 1 Jr. BM1 Flowergirl 1 ringbearer and my son who is giving me away, I am also having it in the late evning and only having an appetizer/dessert reception so that's how I was able to keep cost down.