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Here are a few wedding ideas and tips to help you plan your wedding without stress.
Budget
• Set a budget and stick to it. To do that, make a list of the items that are most important to you. If photos are really important and flowers aren't, hire a professional photographer and have a single rose or a simple arrangement for the bride to carry.
• Ask wedding vendors you're dealing with for discounts. The worst thing they can say is no.
Wedding Date
• Schedule the wedding on a Friday or Sunday. Venues often cost less to rent when your wedding is not on a Saturday. You also could have your wedding and reception at the same place.
• When planning the date consider:
Wedding Cake
• Order a 3 Tier Beautiful Cake and the same flavor sheet cake to be served from the kitchen.
• Keep the cake simple by minimizing the hand made design of the baker and decorate instead with fresh matching flowers of the wedding.
• Some Wedding facilities (Hotels, Wineries, Bed & Breakfast) may include the wedding cake as a package deal.
Flowers
• Purchase fresh flowers from a wholesale mart and have close family and friends make-up the boutonnieres for the Groomsmen and relatives.
• Centerpieces – Rent some beautiful crystal bowls about 14" round and put floating candles and 3 gardenia (gardenia usually cost between $1.50 to $3.00 each) Incorporate more tulle with less flowers in your decoration Bring your Church flowers to your Reception.
Photography & Videographer
• One time use camera's can be placed on each table to allow your guest to take pictures of the wedding and the guest Designate 2 friends to take candid pictures of the ceremony and reception.
• Designate 2 friends to take video of the ceremony and reception.
• Check the small print: Once you've found the perfect photographer, get your booking in writing. Check the small print and make sure you know exactly what you're getting for your money. You could even ask the photographer to sign a contract, which records your wedding date, time and place, price and any restrictions or conditions.
• Hire a Videographer by the hour and have the film unedited.
Wedding Coordinator
• Hire a professional coordinator by the hour and have them help you with very specific wedding task
• Ask a very organized girlfriend to help you carry out your wedding itinerary on your wedding day.
• If a number of relatives and friends have to fly in, check with some local hotels or motels as far as a group rate for those dates and let people know right away.
Wedding Gown
• Buying a White dress or Gown off the rack and having it altered.
• Check resale shops for gowns and tuxes that have never been worn, or with minimal wear. Or consider less traditional attire that may be cheaper. Formal wear stores also often offer deals on multiple tux rentals.
Reception / Caterer
• Bring your own Champagne and Wine – Corkage fee will usually apply but is always negotiable
• Have a buffet style banquet and still have assigned table sitting
• A 1x2 mini picture frame will serve as place cardholder as well as wedding favor
• A mini glass candle votive wrap in tulle place on each place setting will serve as table décor as well as a favor for your guest to take home
Entertainment
• Have a pretaped recording or Ipod of your favorite songs and having friend play the music during your.
• Make use of talented friends who might be musicians, photographers, chefs or dress designers. Or hire high school music students to play for the ceremony and/or the reception meal (violin or piano, for instance). But do listen to them before you book.
Invitation & Calligraphy
• If you're handy with the computer, you can print your own invitation on your laser printer. There are so many resources for beautiful paper and envelopes from resources like mail order and office warehouses
• Select smaller invitation to save on postage – larger invitation weight more and therefore require more postage to mail out
• Print extra wedding invitations just in case you need to send last minute invitation or have them for wedding albums later on.
Wedding Accessories
• Use the reception facilities cake servers and knife and toasting flutes and decorate them with ribbons & fresh flowers.
• Borrow a ring bearer's pillow from a previous bride Purchase an inexpensive garter from a lingerie store ($3.00 to $6.00).
• Purchase gifts for the bridesmaid that they can also use during the wedding day – such as mother of pearl necklace, put the pearls in a mini silver jewelry box with their names engraved would really be a nice added touch.
Wedding Tips
• Understand that this wedding is also the joining of two entire families. If you are different in religion, background or culture, celebrate each side's uniqueness and emphasize the things in common - love for the bride and groom, for instance.
• Tactfully make sure the mothers understand that this is YOUR wedding. If you have reached a sticking point about something that you don't want to do that your mother does, back off and think carefully and as logically as possible. Where possible give in on some detail if it would make you happier to see your mother's satisfaction than to get your own way. But, if it's something that you absolutely have your own heart set on, we encourage you to cry uncontrollably until you get your own way.
• For the day of the wedding the bride should have a bag packed for the church and reception that assumes she's staying overnight for two days. An emergency pair of this and that, plus white chalk for touching up smudges on white shirts, blouses, and dresses.
• Don't plan to leave on your honeymoon immediately. This invites disappointment and ill feelings since both of you will be extremely exhausted right after the wedding. Wait a few days, open gifts, sleep in late, slow down and rest before you pack and take off on your honeymoon.
• To wrap up - use patience, plan, plan, write it down, get the details, divide work into teams, compromise where needed, give yourself months to organize, and enjoy the planning process itself. And never assume anything, check, and double check for all contingencies and possible snags and emergencies.
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Here are a few wedding ideas and tips to help you plan your wedding without stress.
Budget
• Set a budget and stick to it. To do that, make a list of the items that are most important to you. If photos are really important and flowers aren't, hire a professional photographer and have a single rose or a simple arrangement for the bride to carry.
• Ask wedding vendors you're dealing with for discounts. The worst thing they can say is no.
Wedding Date
• Schedule the wedding on a Friday or Sunday. Venues often cost less to rent when your wedding is not on a Saturday. You also could have your wedding and reception at the same place.
• When planning the date consider:
- The weather
- Whether the most important people have scheduled commitments for that day that they cannot change
- Whether some huge event in your town may interfere with traffic patterns around your wedding location or reception
- Whether a close by Holiday may make air travel or transportation problematic as far as having people in town on time. For instance, if you live in New Orleans , a wedding in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras is asking for trouble.
Wedding Cake
• Order a 3 Tier Beautiful Cake and the same flavor sheet cake to be served from the kitchen.
• Keep the cake simple by minimizing the hand made design of the baker and decorate instead with fresh matching flowers of the wedding.
• Some Wedding facilities (Hotels, Wineries, Bed & Breakfast) may include the wedding cake as a package deal.
Flowers
• Purchase fresh flowers from a wholesale mart and have close family and friends make-up the boutonnieres for the Groomsmen and relatives.
• Centerpieces – Rent some beautiful crystal bowls about 14" round and put floating candles and 3 gardenia (gardenia usually cost between $1.50 to $3.00 each) Incorporate more tulle with less flowers in your decoration Bring your Church flowers to your Reception.
Photography & Videographer
• One time use camera's can be placed on each table to allow your guest to take pictures of the wedding and the guest Designate 2 friends to take candid pictures of the ceremony and reception.
• Designate 2 friends to take video of the ceremony and reception.
• Check the small print: Once you've found the perfect photographer, get your booking in writing. Check the small print and make sure you know exactly what you're getting for your money. You could even ask the photographer to sign a contract, which records your wedding date, time and place, price and any restrictions or conditions.
• Hire a Videographer by the hour and have the film unedited.
Wedding Coordinator
• Hire a professional coordinator by the hour and have them help you with very specific wedding task
• Ask a very organized girlfriend to help you carry out your wedding itinerary on your wedding day.
• If a number of relatives and friends have to fly in, check with some local hotels or motels as far as a group rate for those dates and let people know right away.
Wedding Gown
• Buying a White dress or Gown off the rack and having it altered.
• Check resale shops for gowns and tuxes that have never been worn, or with minimal wear. Or consider less traditional attire that may be cheaper. Formal wear stores also often offer deals on multiple tux rentals.
Reception / Caterer
• Bring your own Champagne and Wine – Corkage fee will usually apply but is always negotiable
• Have a buffet style banquet and still have assigned table sitting
• A 1x2 mini picture frame will serve as place cardholder as well as wedding favor
• A mini glass candle votive wrap in tulle place on each place setting will serve as table décor as well as a favor for your guest to take home
Entertainment
• Have a pretaped recording or Ipod of your favorite songs and having friend play the music during your.
• Make use of talented friends who might be musicians, photographers, chefs or dress designers. Or hire high school music students to play for the ceremony and/or the reception meal (violin or piano, for instance). But do listen to them before you book.
Invitation & Calligraphy
• If you're handy with the computer, you can print your own invitation on your laser printer. There are so many resources for beautiful paper and envelopes from resources like mail order and office warehouses
• Select smaller invitation to save on postage – larger invitation weight more and therefore require more postage to mail out
• Print extra wedding invitations just in case you need to send last minute invitation or have them for wedding albums later on.
Wedding Accessories
• Use the reception facilities cake servers and knife and toasting flutes and decorate them with ribbons & fresh flowers.
• Borrow a ring bearer's pillow from a previous bride Purchase an inexpensive garter from a lingerie store ($3.00 to $6.00).
• Purchase gifts for the bridesmaid that they can also use during the wedding day – such as mother of pearl necklace, put the pearls in a mini silver jewelry box with their names engraved would really be a nice added touch.
Wedding Tips
• Understand that this wedding is also the joining of two entire families. If you are different in religion, background or culture, celebrate each side's uniqueness and emphasize the things in common - love for the bride and groom, for instance.
• Tactfully make sure the mothers understand that this is YOUR wedding. If you have reached a sticking point about something that you don't want to do that your mother does, back off and think carefully and as logically as possible. Where possible give in on some detail if it would make you happier to see your mother's satisfaction than to get your own way. But, if it's something that you absolutely have your own heart set on, we encourage you to cry uncontrollably until you get your own way.
• For the day of the wedding the bride should have a bag packed for the church and reception that assumes she's staying overnight for two days. An emergency pair of this and that, plus white chalk for touching up smudges on white shirts, blouses, and dresses.
• Don't plan to leave on your honeymoon immediately. This invites disappointment and ill feelings since both of you will be extremely exhausted right after the wedding. Wait a few days, open gifts, sleep in late, slow down and rest before you pack and take off on your honeymoon.
• To wrap up - use patience, plan, plan, write it down, get the details, divide work into teams, compromise where needed, give yourself months to organize, and enjoy the planning process itself. And never assume anything, check, and double check for all contingencies and possible snags and emergencies.
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