Desperately Seeking Dollars? Creative Ways to Fund Your Wedding

What new couple couldn’t use a little extra money to tie the knot or embark on the remarkably romantic honeymoon of their dreams?

If you’ve already maxed out the credit cards and tapped out all of the rich relatives and have already added a “Please Help Support My Wedding” button to your website, here are a few other unique ways that you can fund your fairy tale…

This guy went all out and combined the internet marketing and advertising craze with his need to drum up some extra dough. While you may have trouble making an exact replica of his idea, you can tailor it to your own needs. Offer free ebooks to visitors who make a donation to your wedding, no matter how small.

Another young woman shared her own crafty fundraising ideas from her site, Buck for the Bride. Rather than pull the heartstrings, this couple decided to play it straight:

There’s no sob story here … no cruel twist of fate. There is no horrible, crippling car accident. No one stole my identity and bankrupted me. It’s simply a story of life. We’re straight middle class.

[Editor's note: the creativity continues. Today, we received this enterprising proposal in our inbox:

"We're both honor students preparing to graduate soon and have a very limited budget. Despite this, we still would like to have a beautiful wedding. What couple doesn't? With this in mind, we have a very creative marketing opportunity for you.

Have you ever wanted to advertise or take credit for your services at the wedding in which they were used? Here's your chance. In exchange for your services we will provide you with several advertisements.

You might be wondering, "What exactly do you mean by advertising?" We plan on having a special sponsorship card at each place setting. This card will include what service you so graciously provided us, your contact information and logo. Also, during the reception the DJ will give a special ‘Thank-You' to your company for its generous donation.

We will have a special table set up for sponsors where you can display brochures, business cards and the like. After the event is held we plan on publishing your name and a special thank-you in the newspaper along with our wedding announcement. When thank-you cards are sent out to our guests, your information will be included again. We will even post an ad on Craigslist.org thanking all the sponsors. Ads and recognition will also be placed on our wedding website ..."]

Of course, if none of these concepts jives with you, there’s always time to type up a heart-rending letter, which thanks to modern technology, you can run by every person in your address book — for free.

And if that’s not quite your style either, don’t forget the old adage — a penny saved is a penny earned. There are literally hundreds of sites and resources on the web that give sage advice as to how you can have a fairytale wedding on a real world budget.

All you’ve got to do is find them.