My wedding wa about $5 - 6000 and I had everything I wanted. I had the princess dress and the horse drawn carriage. We just saved money on other areas, like doing our own invitations and having the wedding earlier in the day. It was a relaxed wedding and everyone had a great time. I have nothing but good memories of the day and the lead up.
For us it was a big deal because we had just bought a house and we had never lived together (very traditional, I know ) I would have no problem doing it all again