#wedding planning advice

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Rainy Weather on Your Wedding Day: Plan B Solutions

Rainy Weather on Your Wedding Day: Plan B Solutions. Tips for our award winning violinists, cellists string duos trios and quartets.

Rainy Weather on Your Wedding Day: Plan B Solutions. Every couple dreams of a picture-perfect wedding day, with clear skies and warm sunshine illuminating their celebration of love. However, Mother Nature sometimes has other plans. Rainy weather on your wedding day can feel like an unexpected twist, but fear not! With a little preparation and creativity, you can turn even the wettest forecast…

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Let’s accept this fact, apart from the synchronized dances and endless fun, food and drinks are what the guests go crazy for at Mehendi events. Food is the item which can consume a large portion of the budget.

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In the early stages of preparing for our big day, we decided not to employ the services of a wedding planner... but in hindsight, oh, how I wish we had!

Why we didn’t We had very little debate about whether or not to bring a wedding planner on board. Quite simply, I wanted us to handle all the preparations and vendor research ourselves. I thought it would be fun to do the research, and also felt that us looking into the suppliers was the only way to know all the options... so that we could make a truly informed decision and ensure we got the style we liked at the most reasonable price — not simply a wedding planner’s “usual” contacts. My groom was more than happy with this conclusion, since it saved us an extra line item in our bridal budget... and we were indeed worried that a wedding planner would be quite expensive.

Why we wish we had • Wedding tasks aren’t always fun. Sure, it’s a ball to ooh and aah over cake designs, but there’s nothing enjoyable about researching mini-buses for guest transport or making seating charts. There isn’t much joy in reviewing vendor contracts or keeping track of payments, either. Contrary to what I had thought, hiring a wedding planner doesn’t mean outsourcing your entire wedding; a wedding planner only handles what you want them to (support at the start to get you on the right track, on-the-day coordination only, or indeed the whole shebang) so won’t take over and choose your final bouquet design for you. So if do you want to drive your wedding planning, you can focus on the fun parts... and leave the boring bits to someone else.

• Wedding planning is stressful. Wedding planning is not the romantic experience one expects it to be. There are many details to take care of, meddling family and friends might drive you crazy and vendors can be a source of drama. During our engagement, several recently married friends told me that in the final month before the wedding they had been so exhausted that they just wanted the day to be over. This ended up being true for me: in the final week I lost five pounds from stress, burst into tears a few times and my groom and I were snapping at each other. This is not how anyone’s planning should be. Bringing on board a professional planner to help and take some of the workload off our hands definitely would have made sense (and they probably could have given advice on managing family drama).

• We weren’t that great at choosing vendors after all. Despite thinking that researching vendors ourselves was the only way to ensure we could make the best supplier decisions, this didn’t work out so swimmingly. Out of 15 or so wedding day vendors, there were only three that we were actually totally happy with... and some others we were extremely unhappy with. When we started out planning, we had organized less than one wedding... why did we think our judgment would be better than that of a professional, who has seen these vendors in action at more than one (and perhaps several, and perhaps many!) weddings? Why did I think a planner would force us into choosing a vendor we weren’t completely happy with?

• We didn’t know what to look for in a vendor. Other than a little Google research before interrogating potential vendors via email, we really had no idea what to ask. For example, after contacting 20 different hairdressers for quotes, I realized I had to specify if I was planning an up- or down-do to get accurate pricing... so had to email them all over again. We asked cake makers for price quotes for a three-tier cake, but it didn’t occur to us to ask about the height of the tiers... until two months before the wedding, when we found out the “magnificent” wedding cake we were paying hundreds of dollars for was only nine inches tall, and we’d now have to shell out twice as much money to get it to the grandeur that we wanted.

• Wedding planning takes time. Until you really get into the preparations for your big day, it is impossible to fathom how much work is involved and how many details need to be taken care of. I know brides who have taken leave from work in order to have more time to prepare their weddings. If you work long hours, have lots of hobbies or have children to look after, and don’t want to be completely drowning in to-do lists during your engagement, a wedding planner handling some of those tasks for you could be a real lifesaver. Also, you really don’t want to get in trouble at the office by getting caught doing wedding planning on company time!

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[daemonmatthias]

This time 3 weeks from now, I’ll have been married for over 24 hours!

With just 3 weeks left, I finally must face the most daunting task for me- logistics and timeline. Really, it shouldn't be this hard, but my brain is just bad at organizing this kind of stuff and I'm not close enough with anyone who's planned a wedding similar to mine in order to ask them these kinds of questions.... So can anyone here help me out?

1. Are the vendors supposed to coordinate arrival times with the venue, or am I supposed to handle this? If I handle it... do I ask the venue what time the vendors are allowed to arrive or do I ask the vendors what time they need to arrive?

2a. Robert's parents have gotten us some kind of limo/getaway vehicle. (This is supposedly a secret from me.) This vehicle is taking us to our hotel in the next city, and then his parents will bring his car to the hotel later in the day (so that we can get home on Monday). My question here is about our bags- do we bring all of our stuff in the limo with us? Or should we just bring the basics and keep the bigger duffle in his car that his parents bring to us? Either way, how does this happen- do his parents put the bag(s) in the limo before our exit or something?

2b. I was seeing online while trying to google the above that you should make playlists and tell the driver ahead of time what kind of thing you need to play your music. Robert was going to make a spotify playlist before his parents told him they were getting us a vehicle and then gave up on the idea. Could it still be a thing? Do you recommend a particular way of handling the music? 

3. We are not doing a first look, so we want to write letters to each other and open them the morning of. I'd like video of the letters being opened and read. However, we're also doing separate pictures before the ceremony in order to streamline family photos before the reception. I don't think we'll be able to open the letters at the same time. Should I just include two separate events on the timeline- "groom opens letter from bride" and "bride opens letter from groom" and put in the notes that one of the two videographers should be there?

4. We're having a saturday morning wedding. As I'm creating the reception timeline, I'm not sure what time to close down food and close the bar? Our exit is at 1:45pm. We're going to cut cake around 1:10, followed by bouquet and garter tosses, then allow people to eat cake and enjoy a little bit more dancing before last song at just before 1:40. (Toasts will have happened right after our entrance to the reception.) We're only serving mimosas so I'm not worried about people needing too much time to sober up...

5. What other "little things" do people usually forget about? Especially when it comes to after the exit?

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The Emotional Break Even Point of Planning a Wedding - Booking The Venue

The Emotional Break Even Point of Planning a Wedding – Booking The Venue

It’s been a rollercoaster few months, technically years, planning this wedding. From the get go, my plan was to remain grounded, unstressed and aim to take everything in my stride. Those who know me,’probably fell off of their chair laughing‘ at that last sentence. Let’s just say, relaxing, calm, and taking things in ones stride is not qualities I would say I emulate when I want something done,…

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10 Tricks to Freeze Time on Your Wedding Day

10 Tricks to Freeze Time on Your Wedding Day

“My wedding is OVER?!?!?” It won’t matter how many times you are told how fast your wedding day will fly by, it will always seem unbelievable. Some spend more than a year planning the big day, some spend a few weeks. Some spend a fortune on their best day ever, some spend next to nothing. Some regret taking too much time to plan, some say they wish they had longer. Some wish they would’ve put…

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Sticking to your budget is one of the trickiest parts of planning a wedding — especially because there are so many hidden costs. To help you out, we checked in with wedding vendors and financial experts across the country to uncover the top items that couples forget to think about when allocating their wedding finances.

Pre-Wedding Costs

Asking Bridesmaids in a Special Way: For many brides, asking their nearest and dearest to stand up with them on their wedding day simply isn’t something that can be done via phone or text — or even just on your regular girl’s night out. Brides are popping the question to their ‘maids with creative gifts (try this fun idea!), personalized cards, or taking them out to a nice lunch or dinner, according to Plum Pretty Sugar. But remember that those little costs can add up!

Beauty Treatments: You’ve already set aside money for your professional hair styling and makeup application on the wedding day — but remember that you may need more than one trial for each in order to feel fully comfortable on the Big Day. Also, keep in mind any pre-wedding beauty treatments you may want to indulge in, from a mani/pedi to a spray tan to a massage. If there’s a more expensive service you are dying to try, look for deals via daily deal sites like Groupon, said Andrea Woroch, a consumer money-saving expert frequently featured on Today, Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, and more.

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Today was the hottest day of summer so far in D.C. and you could just see the impact the heat was having on folks as they did everything they could to keep cool outdoors. Funny enough, this attitude is very similar to engagement

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26 Cheap San Diego Wedding Venues Under $500

26 Cheap San Diego Wedding Venues Under $500

Looking for a cheap San Diego wedding venue? America’s finest brides & grooms, start your engines! Because here is the most comprehensive list of San Diego cheap wedding venues anywhere!!! Here are all 26 event spaces to enjoy…

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #1: Brick & Laurel

Brick & Laurel is a super cute space worth checking out!

Address :: 5171 Guild St, La Mesa, CA 91942 Seated Guest Capacity :: 50 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Indoor only Starting Price :: $300.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 1

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #2: Congregational Church of La Jolla

Don’t think you can have a gorgeous La Jolla wedding on the cheap? Think Congregational Church of La Jolla!

Address :: 1216 Cave Street, La Jolla, CA 92037 Seated Guest Capacity :: 150 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Indoor only Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #3: Coronado Clubhouse & Boat Room

A $500 San Diego waterfront wedding? Yep, at the Coronado Clubhouse & Boat Room.

Address :: 1985 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118 Seated Guest Capacity :: 75 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: unknown

San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #4: Dos Picos County Park

Dos Picos County Park offers a gorgeous lake and pavilion at a crazy low price. Check out Jenna & Cory’s super cute Dos Picos Park wedding.

Address :: 17953 Dos Picos Park Rd, Ramona, CA 92065 Seated Guest Capacity :: 250 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $200.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #5: El Monte County Park

El Monte County Park is another breath-taking park venue option.

Address :: 15805 El Monte Rd, Lakeside, CA 92040 Seated Guest Capacity :: 400 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $100.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 8

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #6: Fallbrook Community Center

Need a cheap North County wedding venue? Check out the Fallbrook Community Center.

Address :: Fallbrook, CA 92028 Seated Guest Capacity :: 250 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: unknown Starting Price :: $220.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 2

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #7: Felicita County Park

Felicita County Park is a great Escondido park wedding venue.

Address :: 742 Clarence Ln, Escondido, CA 92029 Seated Guest Capacity :: 300 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $175.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 8

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #8: Flinn Springs County Park

Flinn Springs County Park is a popular East County San Diego wedding venue with a lot of upgrades. Take a look at these real Flinn Springs Park weddings.

Address :: 14787 Old Hwy 80, El Cajon, CA Seated Guest Capacity :: 300 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only (large pavilion with a roof & no walls available) Starting Price :: $100.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 7

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #9: Grande Colonial Hotel

Not into public parks & community centers? Try the Grande Colonial Hotel for a shoestring budget.

Address :: 910 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037 Seated Guest Capacity :: 120 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $350.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 6

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #10: Lakeside Community Center

The Lakeside Community Center is an affordable wedding venue in East County.

Address :: 9841 Vine St, Lakeside, CA 92040 Seated Guest Capacity :: 250 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $75.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 5

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #11: Live Oak County Park

So many cheap Fallbrook wedding venues…Live Oak County Park is another.

Address :: 2746 Reche Rd, Fallbrook, CA 92028 Seated Guest Capacity :: 250 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $50.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 6

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #12: Los Penasquitos Ranch House

Los Penasquitos Ranch House gives you a park price with a unique backdrop–an old farmhouse surrounded by nature. You will get dusty here and can not host the event INSIDE the house (it’s just your backdrop/getting ready rooms). Peep Stephanie & Paul’s

Address :: 12020 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, CA 92129 Seated Guest Capacity :: 125 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $400.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 1

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #13: Louis A Stelzer County Park

So many cheap park venues in Lakeside, including Louis A Stelzer County Park.

Address :: 11470 Wildcat Canyon Rd, Lakeside, CA 92040 Seated Guest Capacity :: 75 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $105.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #14: Marina Village

Marina Village is one of San Diego’s most popular event venues offering tons of parking, a waterfront view, and insanely low prices. It’s an older facility, and I have had issues with power outages/throwing the fuse box, lack of functioning outlets, cleanliness, and long waits for the maintenance staff/building engineer to connect or fix the electricity. No one will be servicing the bathroom during your event–it’s common for trash cans to fill up & overflow before the last dance. And because DJs have to tape down cables in the corners on the floor, I can tell you they do not appear to sweep or mop the floor between events. Take a peek at this Catalina Room wedding, this Baja Room wedding, these Bayview Room weddings, and this Seaside Room wedding (this is my favorite banquet room at Marina Village).

Address :: 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109 Seated Guest Capacity :: 350 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 13

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #15: Maritime Museum of San Diego

The Maritime Museum of San Diego offers a Wedding Wednesday discounted price of just $500–worth checking out. Get married on a vintage ferry called the Berkeley! Weddings are on the top floor, and there is no elevator (be sure to warn your DJ).

Address :: 1492 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA Seated Guest Capacity :: 350 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 7

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #16: Marston House Gardens

Didn’t think you could get married in Balboa Park for cheap? Try the Marston House Gardens.

Address :: 3525 7th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Seated Guest Capacity :: 150 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: outdoor only Starting Price :: 300 # of Event Spaces :: 1

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #17: Ocean Beach Women’s Club

Yep…a cheap beach wedding in America’s finest city is a real thing! Check out the Ocean Beach Women’s Club.

Address :: 2160 Bacon Street, San Diego, CA Seated Guest Capacity :: 80 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Indoor only Starting Price :: $400.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 1

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #18: Pier 32 Marina Waterfront Grill

Pier 32 Marina Waterfront Grill is a crazy awesome cheap wedding venue option for South San Diego County.

Address :: 3201 Marina Way, National City, CA Seated Guest Capacity :: 120 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $142.00  (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 5

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #19: Provence House

Provence House offers a park option in South County.

      San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #20: San Diego Central Library

If a public library wedding is good enough for Carrie Bradshaw, it’s good enough for me! Peep the San Diego Central Library‘s venue options.

Address :: 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA Seated Guest Capacity :: 300 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $260.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 6

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #21: San Dieguito County Park

$100!!! Yep, that price is real at the San Dieguito County Park.

Address :: 1628 Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Del Mar, CA 92014 Seated Guest Capacity :: 500 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $100.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 8

  San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #22: Spring Valley Community Center

There are even cheap wedding venue options in Spring Valley at the Spring Valley Community Center.

Address :: 8735 Jamacha Blvd, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Seated Guest Capacity :: 250 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Indoor only Starting Price :: $220.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #23: Sweetwater Summit County Park

Take a look at that great ceremony backdrop at Sweetwater Summit County Park.

Address :: 3218 Summit Meadow Rd, Bonita, CA 91902 Seated Guest Capacity :: 200 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $75.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #24: Town & Country Resort

Not all of San Diego’s cheap wedding venues are out in the sticks. Check out the Town & Country Resort on Hotel Circle.

Address :: 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 Seated Guest Capacity :: 1500 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 50

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #25: Tuscany Hills Retreat

Tuscany Hills Retreat offers a non-park outdoor option in Escondido.

Address :: 29850 Circle R Way, Escondido, CA 92026 Seated Guest Capacity :: 225 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor available Starting Price :: $500.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 3

    San Diego Cheap Wedding Venue #26: Waterfront Park

If you’ve ever been to Waterfront Park during business hours, you’ve probably seen a number of brides & grooms coming and going since the County Clerk’s office is in the middle of the park.

Address :: 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, CA 92101 Seated Guest Capacity :: 15000 San Diego Wedding Venue Type :: Outdoor only Starting Price :: $300.00 (As of January 2018) # of Event Spaces :: 15

Know of any San Diego cheap wedding venues I missed??? Let me know in the comments below.

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I can't say I agree with all these things stated but we do want each bride to enjoy their day and not stress the details, that's our job!

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Getting To The " I Dos" The Easy Way.

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I’m having second and third thoughts about every single dress I’ve ever tried on or thought about buying, somebody talk me off the ledge

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Wedding planning woes

If ordering your invitations online and they offer a proof ALWAYS GET IT!! One more dollar will be worth saving yourself a 100 bucks more for any mistakes!!!! T_T

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Don’t Take this Day for Granted

This is your wedding day! Don’t spend it worrying about making everything perfect. What’s done is done and you can’t go back and fix it now. So live in every moment. Remember everything happily. You only get one chance at the happiest day of your life. Make it count!

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Finding a Wedding Planner

Finding a Wedding Planner

Finding a Wedding Planner

Are you in love with the dream of the perfect wedding yet overwhelmed with all the details and responsibility put upon you to plan your dream day yourself? A reliable wedding planner can help make the day you’ll always remember a wonderful experience instead of a memory worthy of a nervous breakdown.

Also called wedding consultants or coordinators, wedding planners are…

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Tips for Planning a Military Wedding

Hello and happy Wedding Wednesday, friends!!

In honor Veteran’s Day today, we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about how you can incorporate some classic military traditions into your own wedding, as well tips for planning a military wedding.

When we first opened up our business in 2010, Randy was still serving in the US Air Force. His military service is something we’re so proud…