How to Save Money on Wedding Expenses with After Easter Clearance Sales

That clearance bin that shows up after holidays may be helpful if you are planning a wedding with a pastel themed color. If you get to the store the day or so after the holiday, they start marking down - usually 50 - 90% off the Easter related items, and often items that don't have a bunny or a chick on it don't look very Easter related so they can be used for something else. Stuff to buy on post holiday clearances (insert holiday here) for your wedding - Easter is the time to stock up on stuff if your wedding colors are pastels - especially pink, lavender, light blue, and pale yellow. If you wedding is before next Easter - consider raiding the clearance sections of your local drugstore and supermarket or other store with seasonal goods for some of the following items:

Candies in pastel colors and wrappers are on sale at deep clearance. Hershey kisses and M&M's are in pastel colors. Why pay the custom color M&M price for pink M & M's when you can stock up on the clearance price to make M&M or Hershey kiss favors with these clearance candies and the container of your choice. Store in a cool dry place until use.

It is also a good time to pick up and dipping chocolate and colored sugar mixes which seem to go on sale in the bakery department. These are useful if you are going to make your own chocolate dipped strawberries and add various coatings.

Flower girl dresses and Ring Bearer attire might be very similar to Easter outfits - look for clothing on clearance, including little flower girl purses and satin baskets. This is especially good for a garden theme wedding.

Ribbons are on sale in abundance after the holidays, and Easter is no exception. Ribbons are useful for decorations, for tying together floral bouquets, for decorating otherwise plain items, denoting preferred seating, and for visually tying together items that might not otherwise match a bridal theme. When you look at many bridal items - the cake knife, the toasting glasses, etc., often they are a regular everyday item that has some sort of bridal demarcation like a ribbon. Can you use regular items in your home, like champagne glasses you already have for a bridal toast, or the cake knife that came with your flatware and put a ribbon on it so it will pass for a bridal set?

Wrapping paper, gift bags and paper goods in pastel themes. Think about covering buffet tables with clearance pastel tablecloths, getting pastel colored napkins and various paper goods you might need. Pretty bags and pastel metal pails and containers can be used as a table centerpiece holders if you place a plain glass jar inside and pad it with pebbles to keep it from tipping over. Baskets are good for holding all the wedding favors together, a floral display, decorated to be a flower girl basket or if the baskets are small enough it can be used to make favors. Don't forget the green shredded paper is useful to put at the bottom of a favor basket or bag to make your display items look more bountiful.

Pastel balloons for decoration. If balloons are not your thing, still consider having them in front of the event driveway for out of towners or to indicate directions at an important turn. Also, if it is a dreary or drizzling day, you might like having a bright burst of color that balloons can provide.

If you are having kids at your reception and want to keep them occupied, the contents of Easter baskets usually have some little games or coloring books and the Easter Baskets sell for super cheap on clearance. Repackage the contents in something more wedding -ish with their names on it so the children are occupied and don't cause a disruption.

Fairy lights and tulle fabric to decorate.

Any item that can be used as a cake topper or decoration - look at the general spring themes of items and see what can be adapted as a floral topper.

Small knick knacks that can be used as wedding favors

If your wedding is close enough, like within a month or two, get any leftover Easter flowers and dry them to make potpourri to give as gifts of for wedding favors. Stock up on plants in clearance if you need to decorate and have foliage. This is especially good if you are renting a hall that is a large, stark space that could use some brightening up.