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you can live without personalization
you could save even more. For
instance, we bought milk chocolate
heart-shaped lollipops that were on
sale on a website for R18 each with
free shipping. Some folks “oohed”
because it was Godiva, but for us
it was more like, “Yummy. Awesome
price. Order it. Done!” Make a pact
to how much time you will spend
making your favour decision and
stick to it. That’ll be one less thing on
your to do list.
10. There’s Such a Thing as an
iPod DJ!
which on the face of it sound like
they would be less expensive than
a fancy cake. Just make sure that
they are. If you need to have a
wedding cake, consider a small
one, appropriate for the two of you
to enjoy and have your yummy,
yet less expensive sheet cake in
the back ready to be sliced and
served. Believe me, no one is going
to wonder or care how all of those
square slices came from a small
round cake. Tip: Order a cake for
half the number of guests attending
and serve half slices. If you’ve ever
been to a wedding you’re sure to
have seen all of the leftovers from
partially eaten slices that were then
just thrown away. By now people are
up and mingling.
9. You Could Spend Forever
Selecting the Perfect Wedding
Favour
For once, the issue here isn’t as much
about money as it is about time.
There are so many cute wedding
favour ideas (that your guests will
actually enjoy) that you could devote
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hours, no days poring over all of
the options. The best way to insure
that your party favour doesn’t set
you back a lot of money is to be
open to the possibilities. Certain
websites have everything from
“BELIEVE ME,
NO ONE IS
GOING TO
WONDER OR
CARE HOW
ALL OF THOSE
SQUARE
SLICES CAME
FROM A
SMALL ROUND
CAKE”
personalized chocolate covered
pretzels, to olive oil, Chap Stick,
mints in decorative tins and more for
prices that will make you smile. If
Live Band or DJ? Neither, since the
average price of a live band is
R30000 and a reception DJ is R10
000, thank-you-very-much. Thanks
to rent-able iPod DJ equipment you
can have great wedding music for
less. Rent some speakers appropriate
for the size of the venue. You could
even bypass the iPod DJ equipment
totally by renting speakers that allow
you to connect your iPod directly to
them. Either way, plug in your iPod
and you’re good to go! Okay, so
it’s not quite that simple. You have
some choices to make. Will you
develop your own playlist or pay a
DJ to record a dance set for you?
With some time you can pretty easily
develop your own pre-ceremony,
ceremony, cocktail and dinner hour
playlists. The dance playlist can be
a little trickier as you want to include
songs that will appeal to everyone
as well as have the right mix of fast
and slow songs. If you’re confident
in your abilities, then what you spend
in time you will definitely save on
money. As far as the duties that a DJ
usually handles such as introducing
the bridal party and the speeches,
etc., and pushing the play button on
your electronic DJ, \