During the holidays I am sure you will attend quite a few family gatherings. Use this as an opportunity to discuss who needs to be on your guest list so that you can have a ball park of guests for your budget planning. Also take this opportunity to gather addresses. You will probably see family members that you have a …
Monday’s Tips and Tricks Vol. 5 – Hire Professionals
I am sure we all have family members that have done some event planning on the side or even DJ on the weekends, but it is important to make sure you hire professionals for your big event. Let me tell you why, they will be EXPERIENCED. Chances are they work several times a year on several events. They will have …
Monday’s Tips and Tricks Vol. 4 – Keep true to your style
I cannot stress this enough. The event will only be what you imagined if you make it personal and unique to you and your style. Yes peruse blogs and magazines for inspiration, but take it just for that, inspiration. Start with a vision/inspiration board that is close to what you would like to have, then close your eyes and imagine …
Monday’s Tips and Tricks Vol. 3 – Put Valuables in the hands of those you trust!
At one of our recent weddings, the bride gave her locket with a picture of her deceased father to her florist for him to secure down the aisle so that her father would be present on her wedding day. The bouquets were beautiful when they arrived but the locket was LOST! Our bride was completely heart broken. We were able …
Monday’s Tips and Tricks Vol. 2 – Hand cancel those invites!
Dropping off those beautiful invites to the post office is not the end of it. Unfortunately there is another MAJOR step involved. You will need to ask them to hand cancel your invites. What is hand canceling exactly? Hand canceling is when a manual stamp is placed on your envelope to show that it was actually processed by the post …
Monday’s Tips and Tricks Vol. 1 – Take your dress out of the bag
We are starting a new series here on the blog titled – Tips and Tricks. Here we can share useful findings that may have occured from our previous events from the weekend or just share our observations in general. One thing I see time and time again are brides not taking their dress out of their bags after they pick …