1. Setting A LDS Wedding Budget Is An Important Step For The
Mormon Bride And Groom!
LDS wedding budget ideas and hints for the Mormon bride and groom!
Now that you're engaged, you've probably got a flurry of plans racing through your head. A LDS
wedding requires purchasing big-ticket items like modest wedding dresses all the way down to small
details like the LDS wedding reception table centerpieces. With so many things all clamoring for your
hard-earned money, it's easy to quickly get in over your head and spend way more than you can
afford. A detailed LDS wedding budget helps couples planning their big day to keep things realistic
and affordable, yet amazingly wonderful and special (yet inexpensive wedding).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Prophets and Apostles have long encouraged
Latter-day Saints (Mormons) to live within their means and to stay out of debt:
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: "Look to the condition of your finances. I urge you to be modest in
your expenditures; discipline yourselves in your purchases to avoid debt to the extent possible"
(General Conference, October 1998.)
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: "Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite... Some
debt-such as for a modest home, expenses for education, perhaps for a needed first car-may be
necessary. But never should we enter into financial bondage through consumer debt without carefully
weighing the costs" ("Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts," Ensign, May 2004.)
The cost of weddings is high, sometimes astronomically high. LDS, or Mormon, Brides often feel
pressured to have a fairytale wedding at all costs, but the reality is that most people can't afford
everything they want. The solution to planning an LDS wedding on a finite amount of money is
creating a wedding day budget. Brides might hate the idea of budgeting for their wedding, but it really
does allow them to control their spending - instead of the other way around. If the bride's or groom's
family is helping out with wedding expenses, a budget is even more crucial because it keeps
everyone on the same page.
Before planning any aspect of an LDS wedding and their wedding reception, it's a good idea to create
a wedding day budget. The Mormon couples who are not very familiar with typical costs for wedding
services might want to do some cursory research on the Internet to get a feel for what price range is
normal for wedding flowers, wedding table decorations, wedding invitations, wedding photographers,
wedding videographers, wedding cakes, and bridal gowns (especially modest wedding dresses).
You will need to have a comprehensively lists with all the potential expenses of wedding planning
along with their average costs, which will make it easier for LDS brides and grooms to see what their
dream wedding will mean in terms of dollars. You should also groups the items by category to make
them easier to manage, from the your wedding invitations to the honeymoon.
Nobody likes to set limits on the wedding of their dreams, especially the Mormon couple doing an
LDS Temple Wedding (or Mormon Temple Sealing) "for time and all eternity." Have a beautiful and
wonderful wedding day is important! But in order to stay within your means and avoid the anxiety that
comes from taking on too much debt in the early years of a marriage, the bottom line is that you need

2. to set (and keep) a wedding day budget. A budget helps you to prioritize your wants, know what costs
to expect, and see what the entire wedding is going to cost. It keeps you from spending more than
you thought you would and gives you peace of mind when planning your LDS wedding.
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