Opt instead for individual aspects of the wedding that you can cater to, and where your skills can be used for events other than weddings. There will be only a few weddings a month in your area, so you need to have other activities and money-earning schemes in between major jobs. Here are the top three wedding-related home businesses that you can get into.

1. Every wedding needs a good caterer, and if you throw in your prowess as baker and cake decorator, you can certainly have people knocking your door down and demanding your services. It would also help if you know how to cook dishes from different cuisines around the world, as you can offer different packages to the wedding planner, or to the bride and groom themselves.

Such a business requires not only skill in cooking, but in transporting food as well. You need to bring the food to the venue in perfect order and condition; you need to deliver an intact wedding cake that is both picture-perfect and pretty up close. Let your catering business grow by coordinating with friends who have manpower services so that you can have a regular pool of servers and waiters. Let your catering business grow even further by catering to parties and gatherings while waiting for that next wedding to come up.

2. Decorations can add beauty to any wedding, so if you have artistic fingers and an eye for detail, you can do wedding invitations and decorations. All you need is a good graphics software program for your computer, a good printer, sources of good paper and art materials, and a group of people willing to sit down with you and make the decorations. If you can throw in flower arrangements into the deal, you can earn even more money.

Because weddings come only once or twice a month, you can still keep your decorations and invitations business running by catering to the needs of debutantes, couples planning an engagement party, and other gatherings that require your artistic skills. Scrapbooking for weddings is also a fun business idea that you can do at home.

3. Photographs endure long after the wedding is finished, and every wedding needs a good photographer to document the best images of the special day. Put your photography skills to good use by putting up this home business, and offering to print the photographs and frame them. All you need are your knowledge in photography, good printers and photo paper, and a staff of people willing to work for you as you run around the church and reception venue, snapping up photos.

You can still profit from your photography home business by catering to other gatherings on your off-wedding hours, or putting up a studio at home and running a photography studio to augment your income. If you want to earn even more at weddings, you can also offer to do wedding videos, and even distribute these wedding videos on DVD to wedding guests! Wedding documentation is important to any wedding ceremony, so jump on this bandwagon and start snapping those photos!