Did you know that the average American wedding involves 43 different business? Wow! I can only imagine how stressful this can make planning a wedding. Like I mentioned in the last post, hiring a wedding planner can make you life so much more simpler!
Posts Tagged ‘Wedding Tips’
Wedding 360 – Tip #2
Monday, March 15th, 2010Tips from Wedding 360 – #1
Monday, March 15th, 2010A recent study by Martha Stewart Weddings found that these three things are the most important to brides:
74% said – Staying within their budget
75% said – Minimal Stress
71% said – Guests feel the wedding was a true reflection of the bride and groom
How do you make all of these things come true? Hire a wedding planner! Seriously! You may think that you can’t afford a wedding planner. In reality, the wedding planner will make staying within your budget much easier, take stress off you, and know how to make your dreams reality!
Wedding Tip #7 – You are engaged! Now what?
Friday, November 27th, 2009After the initial excitement wears off, a feeling of panic sets in for many brides. What do I do first? What has to be booked now? How am I going to get it all done? Here are a few basic steps to get you started. We will go into more detail about the individual steps in the future.
- Breathe. Fainting or having a panic attack is not going to help! Take a deep breath and remember what this is all about – getting married to the person you love.
- Think about the type of wedding you would like. Do you want an outdoor wedding? Most likely you will be planning a summer or early fall wedding, when the chance of rain is slight. Do you want a formal event held inside? Great, you will not have to worry about the weather.
- This next step is fun – Start looking at bridal magazines online and in print. Print out your favorite images or tear them out of magazines. Go through all the images and narrow it down to your favorites. For more tips, click here.
- Hire a wedding planner. Yes, I know this sounds like an extravagance to some. Or, you may be thinking that you can handle everything yourself. For reasons you should hire a wedding planner, click here.
- Chose your wedding location(s) and finalize your wedding date.
- Start shopping for your wedding gown. The gown boutiques are not kidding when they give you a 5 to 6 month lead time!
- Hire the vendors that book up quickly or can only do one event a day. This category would include your photographer, videographer, etc.
- Hire the vendors that can do multiple events a day. This category would include your caterer, rentals, florist, linens, invitations, cake maker, etc.
- Plan your rehearsal dinner. Not sure what to do? Call Kathy Goodman at Well Rehearsed.
- Work on all the small fun details that will make the day “you”. Details like decor (other than flowers), favors, seating cards, etc.
- Book your honeymoon.
- Once the RSVPs start rolling in, start planning your seating chart. Yes, you need to do this. Yes, it can be a headache but in the end, your guests will thank you for doing this!
- Relax and enjoy your wedding day!!
This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it will get you started. And remember, this is supposed to be fun!
Don't forget to have fun!
Wedding Tip #6 – Create an Inspiration Board
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Are you having a hard time figuring out exactly what “look” you want your wedding to have? Don’t worry, this is a pretty common problem. As a bride, you are bombarded with thousands of images, all different. So how do you sort through everything and find what is actually “you”?
- Start by pulling images out of magazines. If the image appeals to you, pull it out and move on.
- Once you have a good size stack of images, start sorting. Only pull out your favorites.
- Lay all the images out next to each other. Do you see a theme appearing? If yes, great move onto #4. If no, go back to #1 and pull some more images. Don’t worry if you have to pull more images. It may not seem like it, but you are getting closer to narrowing things down.
- Take all your favorite images and tack them up on something – cork board, refrigerator, wall, what ever works! Look at the images and pick the details and colors you like.
- Congratulations you now have a theme for your wedding!
Would you like to see what some other brides have come up with? Check out this page on Style Me Pretty
Happy planning!
Wedding Tip #5 – Should you hire a videographer/cinematographer?
Friday, November 20th, 2009This is a fairly controversial issue among some groups of people. Many believe that video/film is not needed. You have your wedding photographs, right?
As a wedding photographer I know that my job is to capture the individual moments of your wedding day. On the other hand, videographers/cinematographers have the job of capturing your moments plus the sound and motion that goes with it.
Imagine a photograph of your father giving you away. Wonderful right? But, with video/film you could have your father giving you away and hear him say, ” I love you” before he takes his seat. Do you see how the two arts complement each other?
What should you look for when you hire a videographer/cinematographer?
- For any of the visual arts these are the basics: Exposure, composition, and focus. If all of these basics look good, wonderful!
- Here is the big one – Does the video/film move you? Do you feel the emotion of the day coming through? A wedding video/film should make you feel what the couple was feeling that day and capture the feel of the event.
- Do you feel comfortable with them? Keep in mind you will be with them all day and be working with them after the wedding also (ditto for the photographer).
This is just a very basic list. In future postings, I will go into further detail about the art of cinematography. And, we will also have a detailed article on this subject in the premiere issue of IZZY!