BRIDE ON A BUDGET

Weddings are expensive affairs and while some people are able to afford endless budgets, most of us need to count our pennies and make sure we keep track of all our wedding expenditure. This means that often the less crucial things that we would love to have at our wedding need to fall away. But this doesn't always need to be the case, if you figure out smart, cost effective ways to DIY those otherwise out of budget options. Coffee for example doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg, you can set up a coffee bar yourself that costs a minimal amount, looks great and most importantly provides your guests with coffee.

First of all keep it simple, the less there is the less it costs. A tablecloth that suits the rest of your colour scheme can be tossed over any tressle table to spice it up, or maybe your venue even has an extra table you are able to make use of. If you are going for a vintage style wedding, look in thrift stores for deals on old tablecloths or raid your gran's cupboard. You can just hire a tablecloth, but make sure you check pricing. All you really need then is some delicious coffee and some way of making and serving it.

There are a couple of options when it comes serving the coffee. Of course you can always hire cups or if you are really lucky your venue might provide these for you. Cheaper than hiring would be to purchase some paper cups from any packaging company or wholesale store. Or, if you like to be quirky, ask friends if you can use their tea sets and coffee mugs so that you have an array of different drinking utensils.

It's also not a bad idea to save on costs by asking close friends and family if you can borrow coffee plungers from them. You can have all different sizes and types and they'll add to the look of your coffee setup. Plungers are difficult to clean however so make sure you have quite a few available. Also just bring whatever coffee brewing appliances you have at home. It is quite fun for guests to get to choose which method to use to make their coffee.

 For the extras borrow a chalk board (someone is sure to have one of these trendy items) for the menu, or you can just design your own one on Canva and print it out yourself. Bring your sugar bowl or container from home, make sure you don't forget teaspoons, get enough of your favorite coffee brand and voile you are set and ready to have your own coffee bar for your wedding.