Our consultants plan lots of big elaborate weddings. But they also help brides who want to marry but are short on funds. There are plenty of ways to have elegance on a budget and work with what is available. One of the most significant money saving decisions you can make is to plan your wedding in the off-season. Depending on where you live, November and January can be slow times. The seasonal slow down may be different in other areas, but the laws of supply and demand work in all seasons. When demand is down, supply may well cost less. And supply can include wedding apparel, reception locations, food service, flowers, and a range of other wedding related items. If you are determined to have a spring or summer wedding, consider having a morning ceremony, followed by a brunch buffet. You will find more locations available early in the day and the food served will be far less expensive than a sit down dinner. If your budget is truly tight or your family is fragmented, you could well consider a small and intimate wedding. It is not only less expensive, but it is more easily controlled. It can be beautiful and romantic and memorable. Instead of a wedding for 150 guests, a gathering of family and very close friends can be more meaningful. If yours will be one of 3 or 4 weddings in a given church in busy months, try to work with the brides planning the other weddings and coordinate your church flowers and décor. Expenses shared can reduce your flower bill.
Brides who stay organized often save money on their wedding expenses. They gather and keep every receipt in a file and log every expense by category. Budgeted expenses are easier to meet when you pay attention to decisions made and contracts signed. Decide which of the major wedding related expenditures are most important to you. Is the gown the major expenditure or the reception or the photographer or the honeymoon? Look at covering that expense first and then adjust the remaining funds accordingly. Reconsider if you really need to give a small “gift” to everyone who attends your wedding. Think about those you have received. How did you feel about them and where are they now?
We can help make those adjustments nearly invisible. You can look expensive and elegant without major expenditures.
Happy Planning….Kay
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Brides frequently come to us for advice on preparing vows that they want to recite at their wedding. We urge them to make sure that they have consulted with their officiant about what is allowed and what is not before they begin to create a unique ceremony. What we do offer is this advice: Really think about what it is you want to say to each other in front of witnesses about your new life together. Too many couples get so caught up in the other details of the wedding celebration that vows become an after thought.
Other Suggestions: You may be planning to marry in a traditional religious or ethnic ceremony in which there is little room for individual vows. If that is the case, take the time to really read the details of the ceremony in which you will participate so that you truly understand the ritual that will unite you as husband and wife. If the vows you recite are traditional as well, be sure that you are totally familiar with them so thaton the day you recite them for real, you are saying familiar words. If you have some room for individual vows, spend some time thinking about what you want to say to each other, what your views of the spiritual aspects of your wedding are and what suggestions may come from the person you have chosen as your officiant, and what you might want to say to your guests. For suggestions, go online to a variety of resources. You can Google Wedding Vows for a list of suggestions,or try www.foreverwed.com/ceremony . There are good ideas in some books as well. Try Bartlett’sWords for the Wedding, or The Everything WeddingVows Book. If you are determined to write your own, bounce ideas off friends, relatives and the officiant. Keep it positive. There is no need to relate all the difficulties you may have encountered before you made it to the altar. But do recount places you’ve been, things you’ve done as a couple that have special meaning for you. Keep the words your own. Vows should be meaningful, but don’t pick words or phrases that“sound good” if they don’t sound like you. Remember that your vows may well be the most meaningful words you will ever say. Give them the proper thought and preparation they deserve.Happy planning until the next tip….Kay
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FAVOURS - Our consultants have plenty of wonderful ideas for you as you consider favors for friends and family who have come to help you celebrate your big day. A thoughtful gift – a token of your appreciation and affection – can mean a great deal to the recipient. While it is standard to give a gift to those friends who are your close attendants, there are likely to be others to who you’d like to say “thanks so much” for being a part of our lives. Let’s start with the obvious – what are you planning to give as wedding favors? More and more brides are choosing to give edible items for favors. Chocolates – personalized with your names and date top the list. Some brides prefer other candies or nuts. Some like decorated cookies, brownies, or bars wrapped in a decorative box. Other couples choose to give bottles of wine – either with their own custom label or with a gift card attached to a fine local vintage. An environmentally friendly wedding theme makes the gift of seeds, potted plants, or flowers very appropriate. Many couples are choosing to create CDs of their own special music and giving one to each guest at the reception. Consider seasonal items – tree ornaments for Christmas weddings, mugs and hot chocolate mix for winter weddings or sunscreen for beach weddings. Choose votive candles and holders from a candle light wedding.Whatever your choice, be sure the item carries a message of thanks from you both. Arrange favors on a special table near the exit as your guests leave or even better, group them on each guest table. Make them part of the display and they serve as the centerpiece. Stop in and see us for more special ideas.
I WANT IT PERFECT - We have been assisting brides with wedding plans for many years. And we have never been disappointed with the ceremonies and receptions that we have seen, planned and attended. In addition to all of our ideas and helpful plans, we think one of our most valuable gifts to our brides is this piece of advice. Enjoy your wedding day and everything that happens that day, but do remember that while everything may be perfect, don’t think of this as the BEST day of your life. This one will have been wonderful, memorable, charming, exciting, elegant or spectacular – the list of adjectives is long – but don’t expect FLAWLESS or think it is the best. Go through life believing that the best is yet to come – because it is. You will have a lifetime of days that you will consider “perfect”. Your wedding day will be a wonderful day, a deeply moving and remarkable day. It will be a fabulous party and an elegant event that guests will long remember and talk about. But it won’t be the only perfect day in your life nor will it be the only best day of your life. It will be a happy day – one in a series of special moments yet to come in your life. As one recent MOB said “It was a great party. It was the perfect wedding. But was it the best day of the bride’s life? No. There are even better days ahead for her.” We agree with this mother. Don’t look for perfection and don’t get thrown off kilter if something unexpected happens. It will.
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