Happy 2012!

January 5th, 2012

Hello and Happy 2012! We are so excited to get the year started off.

Did the holidays take forever, or was it just me? While I love celebrating Thanksgiving through to the New Year I am now excited to get back down to business. We hope that if you’re newly engaged you are excited to start planning your big day. If you’ve been engaged for a little while, welcome back to planning. For some of you this is YOUR wedding year and the count down has begun.

So it’s time to start setting some goals. Maybe your first goal is to find your venue, perhaps you need to book the perfect photographer. We completely understand it can be a hair overwhelming. My first piece of advice is pick your “Top Three”.

Your Top Three list should include what is most important to you on your wedding day. Maybe it’s celebrating with each and everyone of your friends from childhood to present day. Another big one is often how you look. If you’ll be donning a wedding gown you’ll want to put that on the list. From the “top three” (that I hope you’ll create with you fiancé ) you can begin to set, or revisit, your big-day budget!

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A day to remember.

October 21st, 2011

There are so many memorable days in our lives, not just your wedding day. As a wedding planner you might assume I would automatically say this day is the most memorable but I won’t. So many of my couples have experienced full lives before their wedding day. Joy and loss sometimes go hand-in-hand. On a day that is undoubtedly special and during a time when you bring everyone you love together it often happens that a parent, grandparent or otherwise significant person is no longer with you. I have heard speeches about how proud a dad would have been of his son or daughter. Many memories of a god parent or brother that would have been so pleased to be part of the couples big day. While there are many ways to include the memory of the people we have loved and lost (an empty seat in the front row) I particularly love the one below.

Photo by Oppenheim Photo, found via Pinterest

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Q & A… My Guests Haven’t RSVP’d now what?

October 19th, 2011

Q:

My fiance’s distant cousins, who are not being eagerly welcomed to most
family functions, are invited to our wedding.

I recently met them and they exuberantly said they were coming. Since
then…still no RSVP.

Family members have tried getting this cousin to RSVP officially.  The
due date is quickly approaching and there has been no formal yes or
no.  We chose to have guests visit our website to RSVP.

Many people don’t want this cousin there…In a desire to avoid family
drama, I am not too bummed if this person doesn’t come, but I do want
to act politely in handling this non-RSVPer.

How do we handle this?

Baffled Bride…

A:

Dear Baffled Bride,

Oh the trials and tribulations of guest lists. I’ve been engaged for thirty seconds and your sentiment already hit home.

Bottom line is you need to get their number and give them a call. If an invitation was sent you must follow-up, otherwise your guest count may feel like a surprise. I hear you about mixed feelings and family drama but once an invite is sent while the ball is in their court, the bill is in yours.

Sincerely,

C.

Image found via Pinterest. RSVP by Bella Figura Letterpress

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Where I’m at with my wedding… (update)

September 16th, 2011

Well, well, well… it’s been nearly a few months since the big announcement. I have to say that being on the other side of planning, aka being the bride, has been a bit stressful. So for those bride and grooms to be I am right there with you!

My first stress-or came with the ring and getting it sized. I have a full eternity band so the sizing had to happen internally. It was not an easy task. Now that the ring is officially on my finger I purchased a little sonic cleaning system from Amazon. It is certainly keeping it sparkling!

My first task, being the task master that I am, was to get the ever important guest list in check. Well here we are three months in and it is no where near solid. So many variables. On top of this is a family squabble about who is invited and who’s not making the list. Mr. Right is really tight with a handful of people but my list is pretty sizable. Actually I can either have a guest list of six (include my parents and bestest girl friend) or a list of 60+. Does this sound familiar, yet? Someone (who will remain nameless) threw a wrench in moments after the news broke. It was “these people are invited, or else!!” conversation. Ak- we had to squash that muey pronto. Hard feelings rose up quickly and time has not yet mended those wounds. Hence the giraffe at the front door above. I’m sorry doesn’t really cut it with this close relationship. Pushy pushy pushy… and well that’s the story folks.

By the way… I am having an amazing time on Pinterest. Gorgeous photos and inspiration abound. Click here and let’s follow eachother!

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What’s up with Bridesmaids in White?

September 13th, 2011

Did you see us featured in a new mystyle.com article??? Check it out! http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/b7621_ask_style_whatrsquos_up_with.html

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