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economical wedding

This is our celebration of weddings working with lower budgets. We don’t call these “budget weddings,” because realistically EVERY wedding has a budget — some weddings are just working with a smaller budget. We’ve got tons of low-budget wedding inspiration and ideas — come get inspired by how other couples have made the most of their money! You may also want to check out our wedding budgeting advice.

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Liz & Suraj’s hilarious Indian-fusion wedding

Indian weddings are often three-day long, non-budget affairs. But this couple managed to merge American and Indian traditions into a budget bonanza including some majorly funny wedding day malfunctions. If the couple duking it out in the wedding games doesn’t get ya, the fashion will.

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Stephanie & Dave’s vintage theater Beatles wedding

Anyone think there can be too much Beatles music? Didn’t think so. How about when it’s in the historic Portage Theater in Chicago? Still in? What if they served popcorn at the ceremony and had an acoustic guitar guest book? Okay, I think you’re safe to crush on this one.

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Casey & Ari’s cultural mish-mash autumn wedding

This week we’re celebrating our awesome Offbeat Lite couples. This time we have a fall-colored wedding with lots of cultural elements and some crazy dancing. They even had a Best Dame and a Flower Tween. But beware of falling brides during the horah.

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The Cheap Bastardette’s guide to self-catering your wedding

Our plan: rather than pay $15 per head for upwards of 160 guests (is it just me, or is the guest count never where I left it?) we’re stretching our $5,000 budget as far as we can by offering a variety of snacky things. Here’s how we’ll pull it off.