1. Weekend Weddings! Friday nite welcome cocktails, a pool party or a beach bbq.  Weddings are a great chance for families to celebrate together.  Especially if they are traveling a distance to be with each other.  Saturday wedding and a Sunday send off brunch.  Just ask us!
2. Celebrate your personal style with a signature cocktail.  Name it after the brides new last name.  Everyone will be honored.  Try a candy bar with lots of local candies and oriental take out boxes.  Great favors and they all get to pick their favorites!  Have a coffee bar after dinner with all your favorite cordials.  Its your day, make it your own.
3. Go for hand cut in season flowers rather than the expensive bridal bouquets.  Nothing says it more about you than making them yourself
4. Exchange that guest book for a "signing mat" so after the wedding and all the wonderful wishes, you can mat your favorite wedding picture.
5. In exchange for that boring head table where you attendants can't sit with their significant others, have a "sweet heart table" for just the two of you!
6. Consider making it an adults only party saving you a ton of money and making sure all eyes are on the bride.  Your guests get to have a grown up weekend and a mini escape from parenting
7. Throw fresh rose petals.  The enviroment will love you.  Give little rosemary plants to all your guests as favors.  Rosemary is for rememberance!
8. Have someone in your family, a violinist, a guitar player, or another talented individual be your music during the wedding ceremony. 
9. Brunches are less expensive than lunches, and lunches are less expensive than dinners or cocktail parties.  Consider starting the day with your wedding and brunch so you have the whole day visiting with your family and friends.
10. If you are having an outdoor wedding enjoy the sights and sounds of nature itself.  Decorating is expensive and wasteful.  Isn't that why you chose and outdoor location?

GO GREEN!