Bey Scent & Candle Co. knows the excitement that you were feeling when the person that you love asks you to marry them. Immediately you start thinking about your wedding plans and often times your desires are lavish, elegant, amazing and sensational. Of course your plans would be all of these things because you deserve this on one of the most special days of your life. If you are like most future brides, the reality starts setting in once you start meeting with your wedding planner, vendors and begin to develop a budget. Your dreams may start to diminish once you see the cost for the more traditional wedding necessities. Remarkably, wedding candles can easily be used to successfully slash parts of your wedding budget up to 50%.
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FLOWERS, STATIONARY, GIFTS
Wedding candles can be effortlessly substituted for wedding flowers and other essentials at any wedding. The bottom line with wedding flowers, stationary with hand done calligraphy is that they are expensive. Flowers typically represent 8% of your wedding budget and that will often get you seasonal flowers and mixed fillers. If you start thinking about Roses, Calla Lilies, Orchids and other exotic flowers you will be astonished at how fast your budget rises. Traditionally flowers are used to decorate the bridal and bridesmaid bouquets, flower girl baskets, corsages, boutonnieres, and ceremony and reception decor. Stationary typically represents 5% or your budget and gifts and favors can represent up to 5% or your budget. Let’s take a look at a tradition budget for a wedding of 150 people with the average budget of $20,000.
TRADITIONAL BUDGET USING NO CANDLES
| Item | Expense |
|---|---|
| Bridal Bouquet | $100 and up |
| Bridesmaids Bouquets | $40 and up for each |
| Boutonniere | $35 each |
| Additional Boutonnieres and Corsages | $88 |
| Flower girl Flowers | $26 |
| Ceremony Flowers | $245 |
| Reception Flower Centerpieces | $750/ $50 a table |
| Wedding Arch/Chuppah | $200 |
| Unity Candle | $50 |
| Bridal Party Gifts | $240 |
| Wedding Favors | $180 |
| Stationary | $10 and up for stationary which would include invitation, response card, save the date, directions, menu, place cards/escort cards. |
Approximate cost is $2,500.
Budget Using Candles
| Item | Expense | Candle Alternative/* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridal Bouquet | $60 and up | You as the bride have numerous options for a bouquet besides traditional flowers. You could walk down the aisle with the latest in wedding trends which include a crystal bouquet (prices vary from extremely affordable to high end pricing when using Swarvoski Crystals). Another option to traditional flowers is Feathers. They can range from Peacock to Ostrich and can be embellished with crystals. Both options can be wired together and wrapped for a hand held option. They are also flexible in terms of color, price range and styles. | |
| Bridesmaids Bouquets | $35 and up each | Your bridesmaids have the same options as you did above. In addition, they can also use attractive silk flowers for their bouquets. Silk flowers have improved dramatically in look and feel in the past year so don’t overlook that as an option. | |
| Boutonniere | $10 and up each | The Groom and his groomsman have unlimited boutonniere options besides flowers. One extremely popular trend is to attach herbs such as rosemary or leaves and wrap the ends with a decorative ribbon that matches the color scheme of the wedding. Another option for the groom and the groomsman are pocket squares. | |
| Additional Boutonnieres and Corsages | $40 | The Groom and his groomsman have unlimited boutonniere options besides flowers. One extremely popular trend is to attach herbs such as rosemary or leaves and wrap the ends with a decorative ribbon that matches the color scheme of the wedding. Another option for the groom and the groomsman are pocket squares. | |
| Flower girls | $10 | Flower girl options include having her throw silk flowers or making her an elegantly decorated wand and have her wave it as she walks down the aisle. | |
| Ceremony Candles | $100 | Use all types of candles to decorate the ceremony venue. For traditional church weddings various candle holders, and candelabras can be apart of the decor. Up the aisle you can have decorative lanterns. If the venue does not allow you to have candles use electric tea lights and votives and utilize more decorative containers. | |
| Reception Candle Centerpieces | $35 each | Various candlescape options can be used. This figure was estimated using 6 various size candles on each table. See more options for Reception Candles Here! | |
| Wedding Arch/Chuppah | $50-75 | Luminaries can be placed around the chuppah and votive holders with hanging hooks can be found to hang the votives off the arch. | |
| Unity Candle | $25 | Unity Candles can be personalized yourself using any one of the numerous techniques that the site has to offer. | |
| Bridal Party Candle Gifts | $20 for each | You can use all types of decorative ideas from the DIY section to create beautiful, personalized gifts from the heart to your bridesmaids. Let your imagination run wild with their gifts. Themed candle gifts are a nice touch for your bridesmaids. Some lovely suggestions include a spa themed candle or a tropical themed candle. See more options for Bridal party candle gifts here. | |
| Wedding Candle Favors | $200 | Average cost of a wedding favor can be as low as $1-5. We have amazing, affordable, and easy to learn wedding favor DIY instructions to assist you with presenting sensational wedding candle favors to your guests. DIY not for you then order candle wedding favors from our recommended vendors. | |
| Stationary | Will vary | The most important lesson to take from using wedding candles to slash your stationary budget is to have the candle perform double duty. Order a personalized stamp with the save the date information and stamp it onto a candle. Mail with a lovely candle holder and your guests will have a beautiful candle that enhances their home decor as well as wow them with an innovative approach to the traditional save the date cardstocks. In addition, your favors can double as place card/escort cards by putting your own decorative touch on the candle and place the lavishly packed favor at assigned place settings. |
Approximate cost is $1,500.
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