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  Join a discussion forum to trade ideas with other brides-to-be (and brides-that-have-been!). They are an invaluable source of information. A Facebook group has recently been started for this purpose, also NZ Wedding Planner has some good ones.

  If you’re on a budget (who isn’t?!!) and planning on DIY decorations, invest in several rolls of white frost cloth. It is dirt cheap and one roll goes really far. It looks great tied as big bows around chair backs or draped across the ceiling. For extra pizzazz, string fairy lights up above the cloth - they look just gorgeous glistening through the transparent draping.

  Advertise on student job search if you need waiters, bar tenders and other staff – even the wedding band or DJ! Wedding-specific musicians often charge a lot, so using this alternative could save you a lot of cash.

  Have a small piece of white chalk in your wedding day handbag. It will come in handy to cover up spots or dirt marks from the brides dress and shoes.

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