1. Candles

Candles are a favourite for money-saving wedding decorations. They offer romantic and subtle lighting for your event at an inexpensive price. When dotted around your venue, they’ll look stunning. Use them for your centre pieces, decorate large church candles at different heights or use floating candles. Tealights and lanterns in, around and outside your venue will look fantastic.

2. Balloons

Elegantly done, balloons can be great wedding decorations for those with a smaller budget. Balloons are really versatile and a good deal cheaper than many other options. You can do brilliant things with balloons; a balloon arch, elevated centre pieces, chair accessories, for something extra special you could even have a balloon drop at the end of the evening. Go for balloons that tie in with your wedding colours.

3. Pictures

For lovely, personal wedding decorations, find some pre-wedding photo's of the two of you. Put these pictures inside reasonably priced photo frames and you've got wedding decorations that can be displayed anywhere.

4. Organic

Turn to Mother Nature for ideas, looking outside at natural objects can provide a wide range of free wedding decorations. Natural objects like stones, leaves, pine cones, shells, pebbles and even twigs will add an organic ingredient to your decoration. Decorate with glitter or spray, place in rustic containers or scatter around your venue for an au natural wedding.

5. Fruits

Fruits are a brilliant way to decorate your reception tables and may plus be used as centre pieces. The fruits should be chosen in a colour that matches the overall look of the event. Citrus fruits are a perfect match for shades of yellow, green and orange. Apples, grapes and pomegranates will accompany reds, purples and pinks perfectly. You can also use fruit to indicate the season in your wedding decorations - summer berries or autumn pumpkins.

6. Fairy Lights

White or gold lights fairy lights can look stunning. Use net lights for your backdrops, wrap them around branches and bushes, string them around the top table, they'll create a magical glow when night time arrives. Just keep away from multi-coloured lights so your wedding decorations don't inadvertently look like Xmas has arrived.

7. Tulle

Not only is Tulle economical, it is easy to work with and versatile. Drape tulle fabric around the top table, use it on the backs of chairs, wrap it around pillars, cover unsightly walls. For something amazing you could even construct a ceiling canopy. Tulle is available in a range of different shades so you don't have to use all white either.

8. Still Want Flowers?

Lots of Brides just have their hearts set on flowers for their wedding decorations. How do you use flowers while keeping within a tight budget? Firstly, stay away from flowers that are not in season. Fake flowers are another option; you can get quality imitation flowers these days that won’t break the bank. If you must have fresh then you will need to keep the damage to a minimum. Instead of having arrangements on your tables, you could scatter pretty petals over the tables. Alternatively a single stem flower in an elegant vase is simple but sophisticated. Another trick is to bring your ceremony flowers to the reception. Decorate your cake or gift table and your guests will never know.