Wedding Invitations

One of the main concerns of “the engaged” who are on an extremely tight budget, is they literally don’t have the money to spend on a nice reception, but they don’t want their low budget reception to look tacky either. I am here to say “rest assured engaged friends, it can look nice and no one will ever know you hit the dollar store”.

Even I didn’t really think that was possible until I visited the dollar store the other day. I was absolutely floored with some of the things they had in there for only a dollar. I’m no stranger to the dollar stores, so I know that more often than not, the quality of the items are poor and it is easy to understand why the items are only a dollar. However, this time was different.

In the very front of the store were all kinds of authentic looking decorations for a Hawaiian themed party. I’m not talking the plastic fake look stuff either. I’m talking real bamboo, grass trims, grass skirts, nice baskets, sea shells, nice torches, etc. I’m thinking they must have someone new with a creative mind working there now, because they even went as far as creating little projects as displays, to give people some fantastic decorating ideas.

My first thought was “wow, someone could have a real nice party or reception with these items and it won’t even look tacky”. So keep your eyes peeled and don’t wait until the last minute to look for your decorations, or you’ll miss out.

That’s all for today’s wedding etiquette blog. Make it a great one.