Day of Help

I know someone who helped make church décor and then used them for the reception hall after with the help of family. I'm guessing after the pictures were done, the décor was taken to the reception hall and set up before the guests showed up. It was minimal for what was done and head table set up with coloured water and bouquet vase holders for each bridesmaid.

Thank you so much for everyone's suggestions! I'll start exploring those options. I really appreciate you all sharing your advice.

I just hired on Briar from Epic Events for our “day of coordinator “ (though she actually steps in 8 weeks before) .
She has been lovely so far and seems pretty open to finding an affordable option to help. She gave me two options both within my price point but just included different styles/amounts of help.

Our wedding is in the morning so we didn't really have the opportunity to set up things ourselves or by the wedding party. We hired Madaina Weddings to help out the day off. She was by far the cheapest I could find and the most helpful as well. She even comes and pics up everything the day before and offered to help with more things than we actually even needed.

If you're having a wedding party, they can help; they won't be in all the pictures. I had asked a few friends, who weren't in the wedding party, to help move some of the stuff from the ceremony space to the reception space. I gave them a $20 gift card as a thank you, even though I knew they would do it for free!

Also, for pre-wedding things, the men take, like 5 minutes to get ready! The groom and groomsmen/ushers can hang up the decorations first thing, then go get ready!

I would say to either ask your wedding party to help out with this or to ask an Aunt or Uncle to help out. I'm sure none of them would turn you down!

I would look into friends of friends for this. See if anyone you know knows someone who would be good at this. That way they'd - hopefully - be reliable, and you won't have to feel like you're putting a wedding guest to work. Or check out wedding planners and see if they offer a half-day rate.

Do you have an aunt/god mother/etc that is artistic? You could try enlisting that person's help since they likely won't have to be with you for getting ready/pictures. This is what I'm doing since my godmother is an interior designer who used to work at my venue, along with my venue coordinator.