Reception In Progress

Nathan and I have been getting a lot done with our reception and its going so smoothly!! Yesterday we spend 2 hours registering at Bed Bath and Beyond which I think Nathan had more fun than I did lol. We kept going back and fourth whether we were going to register but after my Mom, Anna, my aunt and several other people said we would be crazy not to we decided to go ahead with it. So far we have every detail planned along with food, décor, entertainment and colors of course. We have come WAY under our nonexistent budget… meaning we never really had a budget, just kept everything as cheap as possible! We knew we wanted some elaborate décor but to keep it cheap I decided to do everything myself but do it in a way that it doesn’t look like a DIY reception. So far I have accomplished just that. We have also decided to use about 90% recycled or reused products for everything to keep it eco friendly. I have made many practice projects to make sure everything will work out perfectly. Here are a few pictures and keep in mind this isn’t what everything will look like since I have had to be using items I had laying around for my practice projects so the colors and such are obviously not right! by the way.... not all the pics are mine but my cam is on the fritz so I download some that look VERY similar to mine like the jar picture

These are our silverware... well actually its fully biodegradable bamboo ware and really cheap, also very cute!! of course we will be using Biodegradable plates and bowls as well.

We are making oragmi butterflies to hang on the rim of the wine glasses. these will serve as the name tag things that let people know where to sit. I dont know what you call them =)

My jars that I have been collecting are coming into use. I wont be putting flowers in them though, instead candles but I cant get a good pic with the candles and my cam is on the fritz.

 DIY wire table number holders. they are simple but I think really cute.

and lastly tissue paper flowers. I am making 12 huge balls of them as center pieces. kind of like the kissing balls except way cheaper, these costed me about 50cents a ball compared to $50 to $100 a ball that I have seen them for made with silk flowers. usually you would use styrofoam balls for the middle to stick the flowers in but thats not very eco friendly is it! instead the kids and I have been making big paper mache  balls. (and yes the flowers are made entirely out of tissue paper and SO easy to make

So with a little creativity everything is coming out great. were at about $2000 and that includes the rentals and DJ (thanks to Tarek a dj I used to work with who is amazing) and entertainment. all that needs to be done is alterations to my dress which was estimated at $100 and food which has been priced out to $300.  It doesn't seem like you can do much with such a little amount but creativity and TIME go along way.