how much $$$ we spent on our wedding | our wedding budget with REAL numbers 👰🏻💸 

When you plan, budget and save for something you really want, the total amount doesn't matter. I absolutely love everything about your special day.

This is such a helpful video for people planning a wedding (particularly people in adelaide). Love it and I love the spread sheet!

I can't describe how much I have been enjoying these videos. I truly love the idea of having a larger engagement party and a more intimate ceremony!! Would you mind sharing how you went about inviting those who were invited to the party but not the ceremony? As in how did/would you word it on an invite or respond when/if someone has questions about why they were invited to only the engagement party?

Love how authentic and transparent you are, just followed❤

Thank you so much for sharing! This was beautifully done! I also have a spreadsheet and its been super helpful. Congratulations on your marriage

So right about picking 3 things that are important! And in the spirit of women being transparent with finances, our 3 things were: * custom rings - we wanted to pick the metals and stones so they could be one of a kind - have had bad experiences in the past with shopping centre stores unfortunately - $5k * Photographer/videographer - $2600 included 10 hours, 2 staff, 1500 photos, 4 min highlight video, 30 min ceremony only video, speeches only video, and all raw photos and videos taken - and they provided champagne to drink during our couple photos, we did a champagne pop photo too, and they also gave us the photobooth for free which was there for 6 hours and guests could text the photos straight to their phones (and did boomerangs also). * Dress $909 - luv bridal dress was $2200, then it was last one in the store so was reduced to $1399, then I just happened to shop during Black Friday weekend (which I didn’t realise until we arrived) and it was down to $909. I ended up changing colours though so despite being in queensland I got a brand new dress, never been wore shipped to QLD all for $909. It came in all the original packaging and was such a steal! I highly recommend splurging on the things that will last a lifetime like the rings and photos and skip as much of the extra things as possible because it just isn’t important. I was like you and designed my menus myself and had them printed on card stock at officeworks for less than $10. Also I think guests will always remember the food and drink so don’t be cheap with either and make sure people are looked after and not left hungry. My bar was open, I didn’t want people restricted to just basic beer and wine, so our guests enjoyed quality over quantity and loved being able to drink whatever they wanted including champagne, spirits etc.

Looking forward to watching this!

Such a helpful video - I love how transparent you are with finances! I'm getting married next year in the Barossa Valley and hoping to spend a similar amount so great to see your actual numbers 😀

Girl thank you this was SO helpful! I’m getting married in NZ end of the year and I keep feeling overwhelmed with the budgeting. Thank you soooo much ❤

I love how transparent you are!

Thanks for sharing this!! I’m planning ours now!! ❤

Thank you for the budget template, it’s helped me so much! And congratulations!!

Thank you! I’m from Melbourne and I keep finding that my estimated costs for everything are SO off because I have no concept of how much things should cost. Things are definitely a little bit more expensive in Melbourne, but I’m so with you about the cost being personal and you shouldn’t feel shake for it (as long as you don’t go into debt).

Been married 4.5 years but still couldn’t wait to see this! Haha love this Ella! Amazing as always

Ella you are the best for posting this. I am planning my wedding now and it has been so stressful. Your spreadsheet is really clean and easy to follow. I think I will try to replicate it for my wedding. I also love your stance on amount to spend on the wedding. I am right there with you. It doesn’t matter how much somebody spends. As long as they are happy on that day. So glad your wedding was everything you wanted it to be!!!

I've been watching TONS of videos video and this by far is the most helpful 👍 thank you!

Loved this! You’ve validated some of my own budget that I was feeling iffy about so thank you 🥺

Fellow bride from Adelaide here! Thanks for the really helpful video! So so good to see exactly how someone else did it - especially what your spreadsheet looked like! We’re not getting married in Adelaide, but living here it was awesome to see the Australian context! Thanks so much!

God I’m so in love with your dress!

I love the spreadsheet! This was super helpful, definitely going to refer to this in the future if I get married haha. 30k is pretty reasonable, and you definitely saved money in many aspects when you DIY-ed. And splurged on the things that are worth it.

I'm getting married 23/4/23! and approx guest count of 60! This is helpful.. thank you x

the fact that 'I'm a wife' is basically part of your intro now truly makes my heart happy. also, even after 6 years, my partner and i have such separate social circles so there would be like 10 people present that aren't family if we played that 'if you haven't met rule' haha i mean, my pop lives 20 mins away and hasn't met him 😅😅

I have Spotify premium 😂 hahaha I love how you changed your names around. Single as a Pringle but this was so interesting to watch!

You are a QUEEEEN 🥺👏🏻💛

Wow! I am from South Dakota in the United States (one of the cheapest places to live here) and this is amazing. Things are so much cheaper in Australia… or I am not understanding the value of a dollar there. Great job!!!

I’m single and planning to elope when it’s my time but this was super informative. 31k is great!

Great video, helpful spreadsheet and nice to see realistic prices. I told my partner im sure i can challenge myself to keep to a $6,000 wedding ... one week later the new budget is $20,000 😢 and im still struggling to keep within it for only 50 people. Yikes

I am single, no plans for a wedding but for some reason decided to watch this haha

Love this! Can you please let me know where you got your esty wax stamps from? 😊

I’m getting married in August and LOVE this video, I wish I had this months ago 😂 Love the way you organised things, I’m very much a visual person and really appreciated the colour coding too ❤️ congratulations again, the wedding looked beautiful!

This was such an interesting video, loveeee being nosy 😂 Now to get the boyfriend to give me a ring so I can use this budgeting advice haha xx

loooove the real numbers - so useful & helpful. Whats the go these days with bridesmaid dresses? Is it expected that the bridesmaids pay for their own? Obvs you guys paid for the groomsmen so how does it work xx

Considering the cost of inflation etc, 31k is fantastic! Everything adds up quickly!

Getting married in March 2023 in Melbourne. Around 140-150 people and our budget is between $35-$40k 😊

You should consider being a professional wedding planner ella 😍🥰

Hey Ella are you able to show exactly how you did your invites, like the template used and did you have 3 postcards for info, finer details and rsvp card? Love this vid! 💕

Getting married in October so this was helpful! I was just wondering did you ask your bridal party to buy their own dresses/shoes?

Loved this video. If it makes you feel better ours was £35/40k gbp which you don’t even want to put it in aus dollars🥴😂 but it truly was the best day ever

Thank you for this video. I think everyone wonders what a current cost of a wedding is. I am an aunt to a groom and bride his year. I figured weddings were around 30k USD. I offered my nephew and my niece ( marrying different people of course) a thousand dollars towards the wedding plus a cash wedding present. Or just everything in a from of a cash gift. My sil, mother of the bride, wanted a thousand towards the wedding and the rest as a wedding gift. My nephew said they will just prefer it all as a gift. I never thought to tell them what to do with the wedding contribution. I was going to just give the 1K to my sil to he,p pay expenses. Maybe it is different in the US. It neither my niece nor nephew is helping pay for the weddings. My niece’s parents and her fiancé father are hosting the wedding. And my nephew’s fiancé parents are hosting their wedding. My brother and sil who are the parents of the groom are paying for the grooms dinner, couples honeymoon suite and a few small things

I’m currently wedding planning and everything is so expensive - I wasn’t prepared 😅

My sister is getting married in two and a half weeks or so and I come from a big family so 95% of the guests are our family and her friends but I am afraid the venue is too small. the number of people who are coming.

I dont know why I’m watching this when I’m already married 🤣 well I do know, I’m nosey 😂

Aiming for 30k for 125 people. It is probably going to be slightly more. Rings are more expensive than I thought. We havnt factored in rehearsal lunch or honeymoon (if we do a honeymoon right after). I think thats about it. So far these are my expenses. Venue 7k Coordinator 700$ Dress 1.5k (custom dress so no alterations needed). Photo/video 5.1k DJ 1.3k Rings: 700$ for mine, we will probably get a 100$ off etsy for my fiance Tables and chairs are included with venue Cake 300$ plus cupcakes estimating 300$ Catering estimating 5k Alcohol estimating 3k Flowers, I want artificial and I have a family member who is a florist. Want to stay under 1k. I just want bouquets, boutineers, and just a small amount of flowers for centerpiece. Stationary 259$ which was 125 invites (yes ordered more because I actually have 166 people invited and may add more depending on how many declined and I need stuff for photos, etc and you could only get 100 or 125, and 100 was cutting it close, so ordered 125. Suit Rental for fiance 250$ from generation tux Hair and makeup 500$ including trial. I didnt see how much my bridesmaid boxes were but they werent that expensive. Then I have ordered some things for gifts. Personalized starbucks cups, personalized hangers, I made a hangover bag (going to give all of this during bachelorette honestly so they can use things if they want like the cups, hangers, etc), pajamas just havn't figured out how yet because my sister is a size 0 and my MOH is like a 2x so its hard finding a listing wiht that wide range. And then some small things in between.

Thank you, this is so helpful! Absolutely love your content, and my boyfriend passively does too 🙊🤍