Just want to answer Jordan's question, "$20,000, is that how much wedding dresses are?" On average, no. $20,000 is on the higher, (much higher) end. On average, wedding dresses are between $500 and $5,000. It is still a lot, but not as high as $20,000.
Unfortunately, I don't have Sara's sewing skills. At best, I can hand-stitch a hole in a shirt or whatever - and it is barely passable. If I had her skills, I would absolutely custom make my own dress. I imagine Sara had spent years to hone her craft. I think even if I spent a year to learn to sew more, I would still end up getting frustrated because the dress wouldn't come out like I would want it to - so I'd end up buying a wedding dress anyways. Lol! That being said, I do have decent graphic design skills, so I will be creating my own wedding stationary. I'm excited to be able to add that personal touch to my wedding should I get married.
Cheap venues in California include women's clubs, rec centers, county parks, community association buildings, and some churches, a lot can be under $1000 :)
I love all of Sara’s DIY decorations and cakes and floral arrangements, and now I want to see her crafting in action. 😂 Jordan vs Sara crafting competition?
Love it! Inexpensive weddings statistically last longer :) My husband and I got married at a chapel in Helen, GA for around $3000. And our engagement was 9 months. I agree with not having a long engagement...
Helen is a beautiful place! I'm sure it was gorgeous! And I agree about not having a long engagement.. I think drawing it out for too long can steal some of the joy away and just be hard in general, especially for Christian couples who are trying to stay pure until marriage!
Wow! I can’t believe how timely this is. I’m planning a wedding for September and with a similar budget. I appreciated hearing how you did what you really thought was right for you both and didn’t try to make something huge for appearance sake. That is so right. Thanks so much for sharing! Always enjoy you guys!
This reminds me a lot of my wedding! My husband and I just celebrated 21 years of marriage. When we git married we had $2000 and ended up only spending $1600. So many friends and family helped us plan and organize it and it was perfect! My dress was $42.02 at an outlet store, the cake was gifted to us, the large backyard for our reception was free (people jumped on the large trampoline and played football), the tux rentals and church fee were the most expensive things! The flowers only cost $75. I got so many compliments, it was a great day.
Anybody else now DYING to see Sara do more cake decorating??! I lovelovelove cake decorating and always wished I got into it. That's amazing! Also Jordan's description for this video 😭😭😭
it's honestly really refreshing seeing a wedding that's like $3000 instead of like $30000 haha and Sara was sooo creative too! Like making wedding favors that are also decorations? brilliant!!
spending more money on the big day doesnt mean much but being able to have something that truly resembles you two as a unit is remarkable. i love the venue and how everything was nature-like, so simple yet beautiful.
I really enjoyed this and I think sharing how you did it will be helpful for lots of couples! My husband and I got married in the middle of the afternoon, between Christmas and new years in our home church. Our decorations were greenery and white lights - basically we just took down the Christmas decorations we didn't want. We also had a few hors d'oeuvres instead of a meal - which saved a bunch, and I got a dress at David's Bridal for only $99
My brother and sister-in-law got married in their small home church the week before Christmas. They just asked the church that year if they would use all white poinsettias instead of a mix of colors. The bride's family are lifelong members and my brother was the music director, so they were able to request with no problem. The family may very well have been in charge of decorating the church for Christmas anyway. The children's choir from the church did some music and both the bride and groom had friends who provided music (my brother was a music major in college). The reception was in the small fellowship hall with white Christmas lights and I think food from church or family members. (also, no big meal but still enough to not be hungry) My brother had worked for a company that did weddings, so they gifted him a groom's cake and my sister-in-law bought her cake from them. My brother did the sound - I think just a CD player (late 90s so i don't think there were computer play lists). That's the kind of wedding I want, I just don't know if there will be people around to pull one off. Right now I go to a huge church so it is more difficult to create an intimate atmosphere without more decoration. The biggest issue right now though is lack of a groom!
Love this! I also have a hard time believing people spend as much money as they do on weddings😶 My wedding didn't cost much either. Venue: Free! Our neighbors owned a christmas tree farm and let us use the barn Dress: Paid $15 at a thrift store and had it altered for $35= $50 Food: my mom cooked everything! Basically a chicken dinner with a fall twist since we got married in autumn. I wanted to pay my parents for all the food they bought (we didn't invite a ton of people but the food was the most expensive part of our wedding) but they wouldn't tell me how much it had cost. Photographer: Free! My aunt took all our photos Hair and make up: also free. My best friend went to cosmetology school so she volunteered to do it, gratis Cake: My then fiance made 3 cheesecakes, because he makes the best cheesecake in the word. Those were approx $35 per cake, so a little over $100 for those I bought a few random decorations for the barn, like a garland for the center pole and some tablecloths but I don't it amounted to more than $50. I skipped some stuff for my wedding that people normally have like bridesmaids and sound. I didn't have any music for the ceremony and just made a cd of my favorite songs to play during the reception afterwards. We dated for a couple months then got engaged and then married 4 months later. We'll be married for 6 years come October. Edited to say I forgot about flowers! My sister grew a lovely patch of fall colored zinnias and I made my bouquet out of them the morning of the wedding. A pack of zinnia seeds is cheap! Less than a buck
@@courtneysokal6590 I don't think they were saying it is bad if people do it is just very expensive. Me personally, I couldn't justify spending that much but if you have the means go ahead.
The fact that you made so much of your wedding elements yourself, especially your dress, is inspiring! I’ve always wanted to hear your wedding story details, so thanks for sharing!
Hooray for budget weddings!!! My husband and I had a potluck reception, my sister made the cake, and my mom sewed my dress (which cost $200 in materials). It was a perfect day and everyone still talks about what a great time they! 🎉💜
Thank you for breaking down the time line, cost of each thing, and exactly how you did it. This is the best wedding on a budget video I've seen... and I've been binge watching.
Yay! So glad you guys did this video after the livestream. My engagement was 10 months and it flew by! My dress got ordered in November and it didn't arrive until March. The lady in the shop said I had so little time (10 months) that there were some dresses in the shop I couldn't even look at/choose from as they wouldn't arrive til after my wedding!! But there's no waaaaay I could have made my dress. I was oraganising a two cultures wedding with half of the wedding coming from a different country and bridesmaids and groomsmen in all kinds of countries and cities so it was stressful, so glad I didn't have to do it in 12 weeks! I crammed so much in. I would say the guestlist took us 12 weeks alone hahaha. But wow, Sara is the woman who keeps on surprising with her talents. Made her own dress AND her own cake!? You go girl.
This so reminds me of our wedding in so many ways! I made my dress, did my own hair and makeup, we got an amazing deal on our venue, put together decor as well as had a friend who loaned us a bunch of decor. It was great!
Wow!! Sara's so creative!!❤😆 This video really inspired me to be artsy!😁 I love how this is turning into more of a "Jordan and Sara Taylor" channel, rather than just Jordan. Love you guys!❤❤❤
I was super proud for spending under $8,000 total for my wedding, and we had plenty of connections that helped us out... But this is insane! And awesome! As I'm sure you've figured out, while the wedding is an awesome day, it's by far not the best thing about marriage and it's so not worth going into debt. Y'all nailed it.
Yes! I’ve always wanted to do almost everything for my own wedding and people always tell me it’s not possible, but this is proof that an inexpensive DIY wedding IS possible!
Wow amazing. My wife and had a budget of 3,000 and we were engaged for 8 weeks. We had everything we wanted and it was perfect. So cool to see that other people have done it too! Blessings!
Only just started the video and I'm like what sorcery is this? After watching your wedding video I'm like the beautiful wedding was $3,000? In the UK, where I live, the average wedding is reportedly £17,000!!!
Oh it’s the same here, people say the average wedding is like $30,000. But I have no idea how they came up with that number, Ive always suspected their stats are from wedding planners, which of course their numbers will range a little higher than the diy weddings I’ve always been more familiar with
@@LetsWatchTheSunset From helping out with friends' weddings, I've found that here (in the UK at least), the minute you mention it's a wedding the price shoots up. It's much less for, say, a family gathering.
The average in America is still over $10,000, mine is going to be as cheap (relatively) as possible, but because I live in an expensive area, I’m betting it’ll still be over $10,000
Looks wonderful! It’s tough right now with COVID. I’m engaged and because of military we had to move the location, trying to be thrifty and some of these tips are really good! Bulk and bundling is a great way to save.
I totally understand Sara! I did the same for my wedding. Only we had $1000 and also about 12 weeks. Making your own decor and such makes such a difference!!! I had a gorgeous wedding,never forget it :)
Both my older brother and sister had 3-4 month engagements and both of their weddings were perfect. I completely agree, you only have to be engaged long enough to put together a wedding, whatever that looks like for you!
Wow Sara has superpowers! That sounds super stressful and I'm happy the wedding did turn out great for you! The photos are stunning and you as a married couple are, too! Where i live you have to start planning at least a year before because all the venues are booked (and i have a huge family)
This is so encouraging. My boyfriend and I (he is an enneagram 2 and I am a 4, same as you two btw!) are pretty much ready to get married as soon as he nails down a Grown Up job, and I think it will be a short engagement and cheap wedding. Honestly we’d probably be satisfied with not even having a full blown ceremony, but I would rather save money for the honeymoon rather than the wedding. I’m glad that this isn’t so out of the ordinary.
This was awesome. I'm impressed by how much you did, Sara! I would freak out too about the cake. Guess I should refine those sewing skills I started learning when I was 10 years old.😅 My mom also made her own wedding dress.
Smart, Humble and Creative young people. It's so refreshing to see. I'm Wishing you all the best. You'll have a wonderful future together. I see you compliment each other well. God Bless! ❤️
All the work you did for your wedding will fill you with joy as you remember this for years. A chea p idea for wedding cakes is just order plain white cakes with some flowers from the grocery store bakery and stack them yourself.
When acquiring anything, you will either spend money or you will spend time or someone else (family and friends) will spend money or time on your behalf.
I love you guys. Your videos are so encouraging and helpful. So happy that you share your lives with us. Also, go Sara!!! Everything looked beautiful on your wedding day.❤️
Our original wedding date was cancelled because of Corona and now we are going to try and plan an outdoor wedding with a whole new venue and everything in a month with me making most of the stuff too. It was great to see what you did. It gives me hope that I can make this happen too for an affordable price.
Oh, i really hope things go well for you. I had a friend get married in a backyard as all this stuff started, so it was her and the groom, the preacher, and I think their parents. Some others kept their plans at their original venue, but with only the close family present. They are going to do a "reception" later I think when friends can all get together.
I feel you guys! My husband and I had a 14 week engagement on a budget of $5000. Slightly longer time but I feel you guys on minimizing price by doing things yourself, or reusing previous things in my case (i.e. I wore my mom's wedding dress and used some of the stuff my sister had from her wedding which she'd had not long before). And people from church volunteered to do things like the food and cake for free as a gift excepting cost of materials, and we ended up using CD's for all our music, so a lot of it worked out really well for minimizing costs. Honestly the most money was spent on photography of anything. 🙌 Overall that's awesome! Great work Jordan and Sara! Sara, your dress was beeee-youuuuuuuu-teeful!! Love it!!
This video was really encouraging to me!! Im trying to plan a wedding and its nice to hear from someone who did a lot themselves, because we're trying to do that too.
A friend of mine when she got married, she played for a basic catering and told all the guests to bring their favorite garden party food... It was amazing, a lot of home made food 🤗
I think this earliest I’ve ever been....wow, what an adorable wedding! You guys are so cute. I want to meet you and Sara in real life someday. I think me and Sara would get along really well!
I had a longer engagement because I had a year of college left, but my wedding was also about $3,000. DIY-ing was also my main strategy, as well as cheap venues. Ceremony - outdoors at a Bible camp that had a pretty setup with benches and lots of trees nearby. There was a chapel in case it rained. $75, I think? Really cheap. Reception venue - a gym that's frequently rented for parties and receptions. Not gorgeous, but it came with tables/chairs and was easy to decorate. I think about $275. My dress - purchased on eBay for $50, altered it myself with new material, adding up to less than $100. Invitations - designed myself, with postage and printing less than $150. Photography - a friend did it for a discounted (and just-starting-out) price. $400, and they were wonderful. Flowers - bought bulk blue hydrangeas. Arranged bouquets myself with some baby's breath. Every table had a stem or two in a glass jar (my mother-in-law had a stash of old canning jars in her basement). I also cut some fern fronds from my MIL's backyard. $300, I think for the hydrangeas. Centerpieces were branches I arranged, hot glued together, and spray painted gold. We had a brunch wedding, which tends to be less expensive. I catered through a grocery store chain, which was cheap but still tasty. I don't remember the cost for sure--I think around $1000. Friends of mine made cinnamon rolls for everyone's dessert as a gift. I made my own cake for my husband/me/the bridal party. It wasn't a traditional wedding cake, but it was delicious. We didn't do dancing, but a friend with audio equipment hooked up a microphone for speeches/played background music. Audio was free. I did my hair, and my sister-in-law did my makeup. Other decorations were borrowed or bought cheaply. We did buy disposable plates and things for food, but those were the major expenses. My wedding was fairly casual, but we loved it, and our family and friends were happy. A DIY wedding may not be super "fancy," but it can still be beautiful. You just need time, some crafting/planning skills, and some help.
What a blessing that your photographer was free!! That was hands down our biggest cost. We couldn’t afford food, we just had cake and punch. It was hilarious how people would give advice about how I could have whatever I wanted for my special day - but they meant as much and as many things 🤑 haha and I was like, we have to stick to the budget and I don’t want as much as you want me to want. There was also a point that my mom told me she had 200 best friends that she wanted to invite. 😅 Your photos and dress look beautiful. I’m amazed at how much y’all were able to do for such a great price - excellent job!
What I would really like to know is how being responsible for preparation influenced the way you felt on the day. Especially Sara, seeing how she seems to have done 99% of everything lol Were you not too tired to enjoy the day, gurl?? I don't even mean being pampered, just normal amount of human resources... How about you family - I'm guessing your Dad did a photoshoot rather than stayed on duty all night, but did you get any photos of the party? Usually DJing is also a job for the whole time of dancing, did Josh not dance at all or did you take a more relaxed approach and used, like, playlists and stuff? I guess I might be thinking more in terms of how these things are done as a profession, certainly it has to be more relaxed this home-made way. But I'm still curious. Ah, also, you didn't mention Jordan's suit, I'm guessing he already had one? It seems such an amazing way to organise things. Completely personal and unique, and tbh it seems like it could in many ways be less stressful, even though the workload is incomparably bigger. If I ever marry, God willing, I would like it to be like that. But as you said, it's not gonna work out quite as beautifully for everyone.
You guys talking about how your house matches your wedding decorations reminds me of two of my married sisters, because both of their houses are decorated similarly to what their weddings where. One of their mother-in-law's actually turned some wall hangings they used into curtains
My sister made her own wedding dress and cake as well! She's really talented with sewing and cake baking and decorating so her dress and the cake of course looked AMAZING.
David Tierney if he’s a photographer (professional) I’m sure he may have other people who work for or help him? So maybe they took some of the shots that he was actually in?? :)
My brother would tell me exactly what to do and when to do it when I helped at weddings. I'm sure there was a cousin or someone that took his place for that moment.
Nah because better to have some idea of how a wedding can be planned so it's not all new if you need to plan your own or are helping someone else with their wedding. Plus seeing how others plan could help with planning a big party/reunion etc.
We got married on a pretty tight budget too. So many wonderful friends and family volunteered to help pay for the church, the reception venue, food, cake, etc. A lady from my church made my dress with the lace from my mother's dress. I ordered flowers from Sam's Club and made my own arrangements and bouquets... It was so much fun! I wish I could live it all over again.
That was such a great video, and a lovely treat for a Saturday! I thought you would have made this two years ago, to be honest hahaha! But great job putting your wedding together in such a short time and so economically. And beautiful photographs, too!
Coming back to this video after getting engaged 2 weeks ago. We’re get married in 10 weeks on a budget as well. And both working and in grad school. 😅 I love these ideas and am definitely gonna steal the plants as center pieces one!!
This inspires my fiancé and I so much. We are on a tight timeline as I will be moving with him out of state to go to grad school in August 2024. I am waiting to hear back from a venue but I definitely want to make it happen before then if possible :)
I have no wedding plans, but I love this video because if I did get married, this kind of resourcefulness is exactly what I would put into planning it, especially making my own dress. I just planned and held an unofficial college graduation ceremony for myself and a close friend yesterday, to make up for the effects of the pandemic. We got together with a handful of good friends and created a proper ceremony, even enlisting one of our professors as the speaker and having fun fake diplomas. 😊(My real one will come in the mail soon, I'm told...)
Me after watching this video "Wow that's awesome I could totally put together my wedding myself, I should start working on that! Oh, wait... I don't even have a boyfriend." LOL
I don't know how much my brother's wedding cost, but they rented a small church (the one our friends go to) for the ceremony, and we had the reception in the basement. My sister (and other relatives and in-laws) did the decorations using wildflowers for the centerpieces. We also borrowed some decorations from our church. I think the biggest cost cutter for the wedding was the food. They decided to make it a pot luck reception which was really awesome. My brother and his wife also made their own cake. The whole wedding was somewhat informal but it was really awesome.
I love this! I’m thinking about planning my own wedding. Could you make a list of everything you had to think about in the process, like pick a venue, make invitations, etc? Also, how many people came to your wedding? Did you keep it to close friends only?
sara superwoman confirmed
Rowboat I bet she literally has superpowers... it’s always the least you suspect.
She assertively shops, she plans, she sews, she bakes, she designs bouquets, she looks like a bridal model. Good gracious.
She's like the perfect bride Jordan is so lucky
Well, the Bible does say that of a Proverbs 31 woman, so good for her.😄
We forgot to add in the video that Sara did her own hair and makeup as well! Thanks for watching everyone :)
For a future video you should look for the fish VHS tape that you've talked about a couple times.
😮 makeup yes!, but hair is hard , thats impressive
Did you do your own hair and makeup, Jordan? Lol
Sara is impressive!!
@@ev_green_ right, I could never do my own hair that well
Excuse me, making a dress out of three mass-produced dresses is even more difficult than just cutting it from scratch. Sara is such a boss 😎
Moral of the story: Pay however much you want for your wedding, but whatever you do, don't invite Aunt Jose...
Facts 😂
😂😂😂
YESSS this is the comment I was waiting for
Aunt Jose. LOL
These are the comments I expect to see when I look at comments
Good job Thanks
To make a long story short, Sara is a magician.
point of the video: learn how to do everything yourself, or find friends that can do it for free, so you don't have to pay
it an easy gift. someone cooked our meal for us as our gift. (we paid for the food)
Yo Sara should do weddings for people. She knows what the heck she's doing!
When you’re watching this and your spouse still doesn’t know who you are
Or dO they
@@victorialester1634 😂
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I sense a new Messyge incoming.....
What married people do: kiss
What homeschooled married people do: eat the same cotton candy while making eye contact
lol yes
They have a picture with them kissing
This makes no sense. As someone who was homeschooled.
Hahaha!
Also, that potted plant idea is freaking GENIUS.
Thank you for a reminder that it can be done! Getting married in 10 weeks with a 4k budget
Who’s watching while being single, and VERY far away from marriage? 😂🙋🏽♀️
Edit: ps I was the 100th like and I’m so proud 😪
I am watching and I'm 15 years old... and not even dating anyone! xD
Also, I'm the 672nd like on the video! LOL
@@JohnCarter-nw4tg same dude
Yup
same 883rd like
I’m 16 and don’t plan on dating until like, the end of college so... yep I’m here!😂
Your wedding was so beautiful! I would not have guessed that Sara's dress was homemade, either. She did a great job!
Just want to answer Jordan's question, "$20,000, is that how much wedding dresses are?"
On average, no. $20,000 is on the higher, (much higher) end. On average, wedding dresses are between $500 and $5,000. It is still a lot, but not as high as $20,000.
Sara said it was a designer dress
You can get them on sale at David's bridal for $99!
I got mine for like 50 bucks on ebay. XD
Unfortunately, I don't have Sara's sewing skills. At best, I can hand-stitch a hole in a shirt or whatever - and it is barely passable. If I had her skills, I would absolutely custom make my own dress. I imagine Sara had spent years to hone her craft. I think even if I spent a year to learn to sew more, I would still end up getting frustrated because the dress wouldn't come out like I would want it to - so I'd end up buying a wedding dress anyways. Lol!
That being said, I do have decent graphic design skills, so I will be creating my own wedding stationary. I'm excited to be able to add that personal touch to my wedding should I get married.
hayley paige dresses are around 3ish k and up eeek
The answer to this? It's in Tennessee. A wedding venue in California, no matter how crappy, would NEVER be as cheap as $1200.
Cheap venues in California include women's clubs, rec centers, county parks, community association buildings, and some churches, a lot can be under $1000 :)
I love all of Sara’s DIY decorations and cakes and floral arrangements, and now I want to see her crafting in action. 😂 Jordan vs Sara crafting competition?
I ABSOLUTELY love this two. No hype. No drama. No pranks or other bullshit. Just two beautiful, sincere, flawed people.
Love it! Inexpensive weddings statistically last longer :)
My husband and I got married at a chapel in Helen, GA for around $3000. And our engagement was 9 months. I agree with not having a long engagement...
Helen is a beautiful place! I'm sure it was gorgeous! And I agree about not having a long engagement.. I think drawing it out for too long can steal some of the joy away and just be hard in general, especially for Christian couples who are trying to stay pure until marriage!
Wow! I can’t believe how timely this is. I’m planning a wedding for September and with a similar budget. I appreciated hearing how you did what you really thought was right for you both and didn’t try to make something huge for appearance sake. That is so right. Thanks so much for sharing! Always enjoy you guys!
Thank you so much! 🙂
This reminds me a lot of my wedding! My husband and I just celebrated 21 years of marriage. When we git married we had $2000 and ended up only spending $1600. So many friends and family helped us plan and organize it and it was perfect! My dress was $42.02 at an outlet store, the cake was gifted to us, the large backyard for our reception was free (people jumped on the large trampoline and played football), the tux rentals and church fee were the most expensive things! The flowers only cost $75. I got so many compliments, it was a great day.
Anybody else now DYING to see Sara do more cake decorating??! I lovelovelove cake decorating and always wished I got into it. That's amazing!
Also Jordan's description for this video 😭😭😭
S: "Don't worry, it's still a bridal color."
J: "WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?"
:-D
it's honestly really refreshing seeing a wedding that's like $3000 instead of like $30000 haha and Sara was sooo creative too! Like making wedding favors that are also decorations? brilliant!!
spending more money on the big day doesnt mean much but being able to have something that truly resembles you two as a unit is remarkable. i love the venue and how everything was nature-like, so simple yet beautiful.
this is so weird because I have the same wedding budget... THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANK U
I really enjoyed this and I think sharing how you did it will be helpful for lots of couples!
My husband and I got married in the middle of the afternoon, between Christmas and new years in our home church. Our decorations were greenery and white lights - basically we just took down the Christmas decorations we didn't want. We also had a few hors d'oeuvres instead of a meal - which saved a bunch, and I got a dress at David's Bridal for only $99
My brother and sister-in-law got married in their small home church the week before Christmas. They just asked the church that year if they would use all white poinsettias instead of a mix of colors. The bride's family are lifelong members and my brother was the music director, so they were able to request with no problem. The family may very well have been in charge of decorating the church for Christmas anyway. The children's choir from the church did some music and both the bride and groom had friends who provided music (my brother was a music major in college). The reception was in the small fellowship hall with white Christmas lights and I think food from church or family members. (also, no big meal but still enough to not be hungry) My brother had worked for a company that did weddings, so they gifted him a groom's cake and my sister-in-law bought her cake from them. My brother did the sound - I think just a CD player (late 90s so i don't think there were computer play lists). That's the kind of wedding I want, I just don't know if there will be people around to pull one off. Right now I go to a huge church so it is more difficult to create an intimate atmosphere without more decoration. The biggest issue right now though is lack of a groom!
Love this! I also have a hard time believing people spend as much money as they do on weddings😶
My wedding didn't cost much either.
Venue: Free! Our neighbors owned a christmas tree farm and let us use the barn
Dress: Paid $15 at a thrift store and had it altered for $35= $50
Food: my mom cooked everything! Basically a chicken dinner with a fall twist since we got married in autumn. I wanted to pay my parents for all the food they bought (we didn't invite a ton of people but the food was the most expensive part of our wedding) but they wouldn't tell me how much it had cost.
Photographer: Free! My aunt took all our photos
Hair and make up: also free. My best friend went to cosmetology school so she volunteered to do it, gratis
Cake: My then fiance made 3 cheesecakes, because he makes the best cheesecake in the word. Those were approx $35 per cake, so a little over $100 for those
I bought a few random decorations for the barn, like a garland for the center pole and some tablecloths but I don't it amounted to more than $50.
I skipped some stuff for my wedding that people normally have like bridesmaids and sound. I didn't have any music for the ceremony and just made a cd of my favorite songs to play during the reception afterwards.
We dated for a couple months then got engaged and then married 4 months later. We'll be married for 6 years come October.
Edited to say I forgot about flowers! My sister grew a lovely patch of fall colored zinnias and I made my bouquet out of them the morning of the wedding. A pack of zinnia seeds is cheap! Less than a buck
Wow that was very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
We spent over $50k on our wedding... it does happen.
@@courtneysokal6590 I don't think they were saying it is bad if people do it is just very expensive. Me personally, I couldn't justify spending that much but if you have the means go ahead.
The fact that you made so much of your wedding elements yourself, especially your dress, is inspiring! I’ve always wanted to hear your wedding story details, so thanks for sharing!
Hooray for budget weddings!!! My husband and I had a potluck reception, my sister made the cake, and my mom sewed my dress (which cost $200 in materials). It was a perfect day and everyone still talks about what a great time they! 🎉💜
Thank you for breaking down the time line, cost of each thing, and exactly how you did it. This is the best wedding on a budget video I've seen... and I've been binge watching.
Yay! So glad you guys did this video after the livestream. My engagement was 10 months and it flew by! My dress got ordered in November and it didn't arrive until March. The lady in the shop said I had so little time (10 months) that there were some dresses in the shop I couldn't even look at/choose from as they wouldn't arrive til after my wedding!! But there's no waaaaay I could have made my dress. I was oraganising a two cultures wedding with half of the wedding coming from a different country and bridesmaids and groomsmen in all kinds of countries and cities so it was stressful, so glad I didn't have to do it in 12 weeks! I crammed so much in. I would say the guestlist took us 12 weeks alone hahaha. But wow, Sara is the woman who keeps on surprising with her talents. Made her own dress AND her own cake!? You go girl.
This so reminds me of our wedding in so many ways! I made my dress, did my own hair and makeup, we got an amazing deal on our venue, put together decor as well as had a friend who loaned us a bunch of decor. It was great!
Wow!! Sara's so creative!!❤😆 This video really inspired me to be artsy!😁 I love how this is turning into more of a "Jordan and Sara Taylor" channel, rather than just Jordan. Love you guys!❤❤❤
I was super proud for spending under $8,000 total for my wedding, and we had plenty of connections that helped us out... But this is insane! And awesome! As I'm sure you've figured out, while the wedding is an awesome day, it's by far not the best thing about marriage and it's so not worth going into debt. Y'all nailed it.
I didn't graduate that crazy long ago but in my circles this was the goal not the exception! Prep for the marriage more than the wedding :)
I'm getting married next year and this was so helpful! I'm planning to DIY my decor and I loved hearing about your experience!
Glad it was helpful! Doing it DIY was really fun AND brought us closer together.
Your weddimg might be cheaper than you thought of this Covid 19 keeps up.
Yes! I’ve always wanted to do almost everything for my own wedding and people always tell me it’s not possible, but this is proof that an inexpensive DIY wedding IS possible!
Back in the 80's my mom worked in a bridal shop. She got her wedding dress on sale plus her employee discount. 😊👰🏼
Perfect timing! I’m getting married in 2 weeks and having to DIY a lot with the COVID crisis! Very encouraging!
Wow amazing. My wife and had a budget of 3,000 and we were engaged for 8 weeks. We had everything we wanted and it was perfect. So cool to see that other people have done it too! Blessings!
Only just started the video and I'm like what sorcery is this? After watching your wedding video I'm like the beautiful wedding was $3,000? In the UK, where I live, the average wedding is reportedly £17,000!!!
Oh it’s the same here, people say the average wedding is like $30,000. But I have no idea how they came up with that number, Ive always suspected their stats are from wedding planners, which of course their numbers will range a little higher than the diy weddings I’ve always been more familiar with
I'm also from the UK & married and can confirm that a venue under 3k is often some kind of soical club or village hall! Weddings are expensiveeeee
Exayevie weddings in cities are expensive and that’s factored into an average
@@LetsWatchTheSunset From helping out with friends' weddings, I've found that here (in the UK at least), the minute you mention it's a wedding the price shoots up. It's much less for, say, a family gathering.
The average in America is still over $10,000, mine is going to be as cheap (relatively) as possible, but because I live in an expensive area, I’m betting it’ll still be over $10,000
Honestly love your relationship. Jordan is a great encourager and Sara has such a sweet supportive vibe. Love watching your example.
OH MY GOODNESS LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTION
That's so cute 😭😭
that’s literally adorable 🥺
Looks wonderful! It’s tough right now with COVID. I’m engaged and because of military we had to move the location, trying to be thrifty and some of these tips are really good! Bulk and bundling is a great way to save.
I totally understand Sara! I did the same for my wedding. Only we had $1000 and also about 12 weeks. Making your own decor and such makes such a difference!!! I had a gorgeous wedding,never forget it :)
Both my older brother and sister had 3-4 month engagements and both of their weddings were perfect. I completely agree, you only have to be engaged long enough to put together a wedding, whatever that looks like for you!
Wow, your wedding dress came out amazingly, Sara! I aspire to have your sewing skills 😊
You're incredible Sara. That's amazing how God just worked everything out for you. 😊
Wow Sara has superpowers! That sounds super stressful and I'm happy the wedding did turn out great for you! The photos are stunning and you as a married couple are, too! Where i live you have to start planning at least a year before because all the venues are booked (and i have a huge family)
This girl is a MAJOR talent. They look very well suited for each other.very sweet people.
This is so encouraging. My boyfriend and I (he is an enneagram 2 and I am a 4, same as you two btw!) are pretty much ready to get married as soon as he nails down a Grown Up job, and I think it will be a short engagement and cheap wedding. Honestly we’d probably be satisfied with not even having a full blown ceremony, but I would rather save money for the honeymoon rather than the wedding. I’m glad that this isn’t so out of the ordinary.
This was awesome. I'm impressed by how much you did, Sara! I would freak out too about the cake. Guess I should refine those sewing skills I started learning when I was 10 years old.😅 My mom also made her own wedding dress.
I got engaged today and I cannot wait to plan my wedding the same!!
I just love listening to you 2 talk. It relieved some stress from the week. Take care!
Smart, Humble and Creative young people. It's so refreshing to see. I'm Wishing you all the best. You'll have a wonderful future together. I see you compliment each other well. God Bless! ❤️
All the work you did for your wedding will fill you with joy as you remember this for years. A chea p idea for wedding cakes is just order plain white cakes with some flowers from the grocery store bakery and stack them yourself.
Sara you did an amazing job on your dress. So inspiring!
When acquiring anything, you will either spend money or you will spend time or someone else (family and friends) will spend money or time on your behalf.
I love you guys. Your videos are so encouraging and helpful. So happy that you share your lives with us. Also, go Sara!!! Everything looked beautiful on your wedding day.❤️
Our original wedding date was cancelled because of Corona and now we are going to try and plan an outdoor wedding with a whole new venue and everything in a month with me making most of the stuff too. It was great to see what you did. It gives me hope that I can make this happen too for an affordable price.
Oh, i really hope things go well for you. I had a friend get married in a backyard as all this stuff started, so it was her and the groom, the preacher, and I think their parents. Some others kept their plans at their original venue, but with only the close family present. They are going to do a "reception" later I think when friends can all get together.
I feel you guys! My husband and I had a 14 week engagement on a budget of $5000. Slightly longer time but I feel you guys on minimizing price by doing things yourself, or reusing previous things in my case (i.e. I wore my mom's wedding dress and used some of the stuff my sister had from her wedding which she'd had not long before). And people from church volunteered to do things like the food and cake for free as a gift excepting cost of materials, and we ended up using CD's for all our music, so a lot of it worked out really well for minimizing costs. Honestly the most money was spent on photography of anything. 🙌 Overall that's awesome! Great work Jordan and Sara! Sara, your dress was beeee-youuuuuuuu-teeful!! Love it!!
This video was really encouraging to me!! Im trying to plan a wedding and its nice to hear from someone who did a lot themselves, because we're trying to do that too.
A friend of mine when she got married, she played for a basic catering and told all the guests to bring their favorite garden party food... It was amazing, a lot of home made food 🤗
I think this earliest I’ve ever been....wow, what an adorable wedding! You guys are so cute. I want to meet you and Sara in real life someday. I think me and Sara would get along really well!
I love the idea of making decor/centerpieces functional as the wedding favors!! So creative
I had a longer engagement because I had a year of college left, but my wedding was also about $3,000. DIY-ing was also my main strategy, as well as cheap venues.
Ceremony - outdoors at a Bible camp that had a pretty setup with benches and lots of trees nearby. There was a chapel in case it rained. $75, I think? Really cheap.
Reception venue - a gym that's frequently rented for parties and receptions. Not gorgeous, but it came with tables/chairs and was easy to decorate. I think about $275.
My dress - purchased on eBay for $50, altered it myself with new material, adding up to less than $100.
Invitations - designed myself, with postage and printing less than $150.
Photography - a friend did it for a discounted (and just-starting-out) price. $400, and they were wonderful.
Flowers - bought bulk blue hydrangeas. Arranged bouquets myself with some baby's breath. Every table had a stem or two in a glass jar (my mother-in-law had a stash of old canning jars in her basement). I also cut some fern fronds from my MIL's backyard. $300, I think for the hydrangeas.
Centerpieces were branches I arranged, hot glued together, and spray painted gold.
We had a brunch wedding, which tends to be less expensive. I catered through a grocery store chain, which was cheap but still tasty. I don't remember the cost for sure--I think around $1000.
Friends of mine made cinnamon rolls for everyone's dessert as a gift. I made my own cake for my husband/me/the bridal party. It wasn't a traditional wedding cake, but it was delicious.
We didn't do dancing, but a friend with audio equipment hooked up a microphone for speeches/played background music. Audio was free.
I did my hair, and my sister-in-law did my makeup.
Other decorations were borrowed or bought cheaply. We did buy disposable plates and things for food, but those were the major expenses.
My wedding was fairly casual, but we loved it, and our family and friends were happy.
A DIY wedding may not be super "fancy," but it can still be beautiful. You just need time, some crafting/planning skills, and some help.
What a blessing that your photographer was free!! That was hands down our biggest cost. We couldn’t afford food, we just had cake and punch.
It was hilarious how people would give advice about how I could have whatever I wanted for my special day - but they meant as much and as many things 🤑 haha and I was like, we have to stick to the budget and I don’t want as much as you want me to want. There was also a point that my mom told me she had 200 best friends that she wanted to invite. 😅
Your photos and dress look beautiful. I’m amazed at how much y’all were able to do for such a great price - excellent job!
I love ya'll are both present in this video and both contributed so much to make this a thing.
What I would really like to know is how being responsible for preparation influenced the way you felt on the day. Especially Sara, seeing how she seems to have done 99% of everything lol Were you not too tired to enjoy the day, gurl?? I don't even mean being pampered, just normal amount of human resources... How about you family - I'm guessing your Dad did a photoshoot rather than stayed on duty all night, but did you get any photos of the party? Usually DJing is also a job for the whole time of dancing, did Josh not dance at all or did you take a more relaxed approach and used, like, playlists and stuff? I guess I might be thinking more in terms of how these things are done as a profession, certainly it has to be more relaxed this home-made way. But I'm still curious.
Ah, also, you didn't mention Jordan's suit, I'm guessing he already had one?
It seems such an amazing way to organise things. Completely personal and unique, and tbh it seems like it could in many ways be less stressful, even though the workload is incomparably bigger. If I ever marry, God willing, I would like it to be like that. But as you said, it's not gonna work out quite as beautifully for everyone.
Going back and binge watching some of your videos. Always love your content!
I bet you made your own wedding invitations too? ☺️ That’s the one thing I was bold enough to DIY 😂 Sara, you are soooo talented! 💛
7:26 "Cotton candy machine maker"? You have a machine that makes cotton candy machines?
You guys talking about how your house matches your wedding decorations reminds me of two of my married sisters, because both of their houses are decorated similarly to what their weddings where. One of their mother-in-law's actually turned some wall hangings they used into curtains
My sister made her own wedding dress and cake as well! She's really talented with sewing and cake baking and decorating so her dress and the cake of course looked AMAZING.
That is, no joke, my dream wedding. I have dreamed about that type of wedding since I was a little girl.
This was pretty great. Thanks for sharing this, you two! It is refreshing and inspiring.
Sarah, you are awesome! Both of you are wise beyond your years.
Hey guys, could you post the name of the Sound Josh's company if he has one? Get the word out and whatnot.
How did Sara's dad walk her down the aisle while being the photographer?
As a photographer I wonder this too! I love my job but if it was my kids wedding I definitely would want to just enjoy the wedding!
David Tierney if he’s a photographer (professional) I’m sure he may have other people who work for or help him? So maybe they took some of the shots that he was actually in?? :)
My brother would tell me exactly what to do and when to do it when I helped at weddings. I'm sure there was a cousin or someone that took his place for that moment.
Is it bad that I’m watching this am I’m not even close to getting engaged yet?
Not at all my friend, I follow a wedding planner's channel because I find it interesting for some reason😂 I'm not even dating anyone.
No, I haven't even started dating yet. But here I am...
Heyyy. I'm 17 and not planning to be in any relationships til college 😂😂
Nah because better to have some idea of how a wedding can be planned so it's not all new if you need to plan your own or are helping someone else with their wedding. Plus seeing how others plan could help with planning a big party/reunion etc.
nope, im in a relationship but not engaged. this showed up on my feed out of nowhere hehe
First time to watch your video😊 Sara is so amazingly talented, an ideal woman. Jordan is so lucky to have a bride like her. ❤️❤️❤️
Subscribed 👍👍👍
I'm not the type to be pampered. I'll do anything to save money! Glad to see others who agree!
We got married on a pretty tight budget too. So many wonderful friends and family volunteered to help pay for the church, the reception venue, food, cake, etc. A lady from my church made my dress with the lace from my mother's dress. I ordered flowers from Sam's Club and made my own arrangements and bouquets... It was so much fun! I wish I could live it all over again.
Ooh I would actually love to hear more about Sara's past cake business, maybe in a future video? Your wedding sounded so lovely by the way! 💕
She did everything. That's amazing. The pics look beautiful!
Short engagements for the win!!
Also don’t decide to do things like make the cakes yourself if you don’t want to be over-stressed!
That was such a great video, and a lovely treat for a Saturday! I thought you would have made this two years ago, to be honest hahaha! But great job putting your wedding together in such a short time and so economically. And beautiful photographs, too!
I'm offended that you didn't post this before i planned my wedding 😂
Coming back to this video after getting engaged 2 weeks ago. We’re get married in 10 weeks on a budget as well. And both working and in grad school. 😅 I love these ideas and am definitely gonna steal the plants as center pieces one!!
I LOVE this! My husband purposed in November 2018 and we were married January 2019. Short engagements are the best!!
This inspires my fiancé and I so much. We are on a tight timeline as I will be moving with him out of state to go to grad school in August 2024. I am waiting to hear back from a venue but I definitely want to make it happen before then if possible :)
I have no wedding plans, but I love this video because if I did get married, this kind of resourcefulness is exactly what I would put into planning it, especially making my own dress. I just planned and held an unofficial college graduation ceremony for myself and a close friend yesterday, to make up for the effects of the pandemic. We got together with a handful of good friends and created a proper ceremony, even enlisting one of our professors as the speaker and having fun fake diplomas. 😊(My real one will come in the mail soon, I'm told...)
Me after watching this video "Wow that's awesome I could totally put together my wedding myself, I should start working on that! Oh, wait... I don't even have a boyfriend." LOL
My thoughts exactly😩
The coolest thing is that is was "so you"
Love it! Ours was a 4 month engagement that we still felt was long, and less than $2000 total, but still beautiful and "us." ❤ It is totally possible!
All these ideas are so awesome and what a great way to have a lovely wedding. Sara is amazing. 😍
I don't know how much my brother's wedding cost, but they rented a small church (the one our friends go to) for the ceremony, and we had the reception in the basement. My sister (and other relatives and in-laws) did the decorations using wildflowers for the centerpieces. We also borrowed some decorations from our church. I think the biggest cost cutter for the wedding was the food. They decided to make it a pot luck reception which was really awesome. My brother and his wife also made their own cake.
The whole wedding was somewhat informal but it was really awesome.
I love this! I’m thinking about planning my own wedding. Could you make a list of everything you had to think about in the process, like pick a venue, make invitations, etc? Also, how many people came to your wedding? Did you keep it to close friends only?
It looked like a beautiful wedding; beautiful dress, venue and couple. You make a very sweet couple. God bless your marriage always.