I had looked for about two weeks after we got engaged to find a very, very inexpensive venue. We wanted an outdoor wedding, and it seemed that even the city/state parks were still expensive (they would require fees as well as table/chair rentals). We thought we might just end up doing a backyard wedding to keep it almost free.
Lucky enough, Jesse's mom told us to think about doing it at the church she is a member at. In the back, there is a little building with a nice garden area. They have chairs and tables. The best part - she told us we could hold a ceremony/reception there for free! It holds at the most, 100 people, if they all were in the building because of rain. His mom called them one week ago, and they told her August was probably all booked, but she would look at the calendar. I thought for sure we would have to wait until September to do the wedding. On Wednesday we all found out that they had August 24th available all day! BOOKED!
Now we have a free venue!
We originally thought about doing 30-40 guests and doing a catered dinner. However, we decided to do hors d'oeuvres so we could invite more guests. We have a food budget, but if we can invite more guests with our budget, then that is most important. We have a lot of family and close friends we want to share our special day with. We have our list basically all ready to go, but we wish we could invite more friends than we have room for. So we are in the process of trying to figure out how to do a second reception off site... Our primary plan was to do it at our house, but the list is already at 50 and we have one bathroom. Either we find another free place for this party, or we think of something else.
Price tag: FREE
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