My wedding was mostly homemade (largely by my children, me and my best friend) and was a little rough around the edges. My DM describes my wedding as shabby (and not in a chic way) but everyone else who attended our 'everyone there all day, street food, open bar, dancing all day, bouncy castle, ice cream van, juggler etc etc wedding had a great time, as did we. We made everything (even grew the flowers) and then sold it on afterwards: the wooden tree slice cake stands, the paper cranes, the table centres, the satin sashes we used as table runners, the 200 picture frames with quotes in, the garden games, the baskets, the chalk boards, bunting, extending poles ....etc etc. Sold it all on. We had >120 people for 2 meals plus snacks and drinks all day and constant entertainment and on site wedding licence. 2 different musicians and a band. Selfie corner, crafts, games, bouncy castle, circus skills. (outs self) picnic blankets, pashminas for the ladies, cupcakes for everyone, bathroom baskets. It was like a fete crossed with a festival. Couldn't have done it without my best friend who was amazing and made my dress and the main cake. By the time we'd sold off everything afterwards (and made a profit on quite a bit of it) the whole thing came in just under 8K but had taken 2 years of planning and bargain hunting...growing lowers from seed etc. WE spent money on things we didn't want to do on the day ourselves: entertainment, catering, but anything that could be done in advance we did ourselves.
If I'd wanted it to be an elegant affair we would have had 12 of us for registrar's office, afternoon tea with champagne somewhere very smart then swoosh away on honeymoon.