17 Couples Who Spent Pennies on Their Wedding and Still Managed to Do a Bang Up Job

You don’t have to spend all you have to make your wedding special. Sometimes real treasures are closer than you think. Reddit users proved it’s possible to find gorgeous wedding gowns and shoes in the nearest thrift shop. They showed that homemade wedding bouquets, invitations, and almost all kinds of decor could look as stunning as if they came from the pages of a wedding magazine.

5-Minute Crafts has complied 17 photos of those who said “Yes” to DIY projects and thrift shops during their wedding preparation and regretted nothing.

1. “Purchased my dress from the Salvation Army for $20. Also, homemade bouquet for about $3.”

2. “Perfect Enzo Angiolini wedding shoes scored for $5 at the local thrift shop.”

3. “Found my wedding dress today. I believe it’s 1950s — I only paid $64 for it. I am in love with it.”

4. “My wedding arch! Handmade and strung 1,000 paper cranes.”

5. “Married in my $5.99 Goodwill ’gown’!!!”

6. “I made my own wedding invitations and am so happy!”

7. “My $150 second-hand dress”

8. “I made this floral wreath for my upcoming wedding using an embroidery hoop.”

9. “Got married in my $30 wedding dress. Thanks, Goodwill!”

10. “A wedding bouquet I made from crepe paper.”

11. “Hand embroidered some vans for my wedding with our flower color scheme!”

12. “I made this floral backdrop for my wedding using artificial flowers. I think the photos will make it worth the effort!”

13. “Hand-painting taper candles for the tables and having so much fun!”

14. “Handmade origami boutonnieres for each guest at our wedding, made from my wife’s favorite book.”

15. “Made my own wedding cake! I’m just a hobby baker, and all of the flowers are from a $10 Walmart bouquet.”

16. “DIY’d a less than 2.5k wedding for 35 guests in under 6 months.”

17. “I made this bouquet out of pages from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and brooches.”

What made your big day really special? Share with us in the comments!