do’s and don’ts for your wedding
Do… create your own identity at your wedding. Choose a style for your wedding that really reflects the two of you as a couple. Even if they are quirky or your mother has NEVER heard of anyone doing that before!
Don’t… buy something just because it has the word “wedding” on the packaging. Perfect example; typical unity candles that are white, with dots and silver hearts. Overpriced and quite often not as attractive as a candle from Pier One.
Do... ask your family and vendors for help, help, help! And let them.
Don’t… be afraid to ask. You never know what could happen…you might just get what you want.
Do… truly enjoy your day and not worry about perfect hair, makeup and not a speck of dirt on your wedding dress. It won’t happen, so party at your reception like your wearing jeans and sneakers!
Don’t… hang out separately from each other for long periods of time at your reception. Work the room as a couple and where you are….that is where your guests will be as well.
Do… go with you gut instincts and decisions; you’ll be happier for it.
Don’t… obsess about creating a wedding that is timeless and never outdated. It will happen no matter how much you try. You’ll still laugh at your choices twenty years from now.
Do… be willing to pay for items or vendors yourself, instead of trying to talk your wedding benefactor to spend the money.
Don’t… treat your vendors like second-class citizens. You need them so work out disagreements or miscommunication.
Do… take advantage of having a photo session with your photographer for an engagement photo. Always a good idea so you both can feel comfortable working with him/her before your wedding day.
Don’t… fall in love with the wedding and not the marriage. Pretty self explanatory.
plan on!
tips on securing your wedding gifts at reception
It’s a huge concern for brides and grooms on how to secure their wedding gifts at the wedding reception. Short of having a security guard stand by the gift table the whole evening, it’s difficult to have this situation 100% effective. Usually the concern is not the large gift boxes, but the little treasures that come in the envelope cards. That’s where the real “Benjamin’s” are.
Instead of hiring the FBI to guard your gifts, let’s try these real life suggestions:
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Have someone in charge of the gift table.
Especially watching the gift cards. We monitor the gift cards for our clients by removing them and putting them in another secure location. We also move all the gifts to a predesignated family member’s car before the end of the meeting. Security is best!
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There is no such thing as a totally safe gift card box.
We’ve seen jars, birdcages, boxes that look like a cake, treasure chests, huge heavy mirror boxes and more. All of them can be opened. Obviously, how else would you get your cards out? So short of putting a safe on top of your gift table, you’ll just have to let that theory go.
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Change the location of the gift table.
It’s normal to have your gift table by the entry doors at your reception, this is so guests can drop off their gifts as they enter the room. However, if your reception is in a busy hotel you may want to consider moving your gift table across the room to a more secure location. If you do that, you’ll want to appoint a hostess to take the gifts to the table to help your guests.
If your gifts or gift cards are stolen, you should report them to the stores immediately. Through the use of surveillance cameras, the culprit can often be caught.
Bottom line; you do your best to secure your gifts, but it should not be something that you overly stress about at your wedding. There many more fun things to do!
plan on!
tgif wrap up!
Is anyone else out thankful that it’s Friday? I am! I’d also like to ask Mother Nature to tell Old Man Winter to go to sleep. I’m so over the cold and cannot wait for spring!
Any-hoo, it’s a TGIF wrap up at the planning…forever events studio and we’d like to update our blogger readers on the happenings around here.
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We’d like to welcome to our client family: Blair Zeller + Brandon McClish, Maddy Heine + Gregg Wong, Christy Majors + Brandon Hayes and April Grigsby + Andrew Warnke. Thank you so much for choosing us to help you with your upcoming wedding, it’s an honor.
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Looking forward to Eventology 09 in Indianapolis in April, as a the featured lunch speaker for event professionals. I strongly believe in continuing education in your respective industry because that’s what keeps you at the top of your game. The fact that I’ve been recognized and asked to share my knowledge, is incredibly flattering. I feel that I’m representing our demographic area which often gets lost/forgotten by the wedding industry. We have fabulous events here too!!! {whew, had to say it}
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When it rains, it pours! In this instance its good news. No, it’s GREAT news. For the first time our Chamber Commerce of Southwest Indiana is hosting 2009 Business Awards.
I’m so pleased to announce that planning…forever events was anonymously nominated and chosen as a finalist for 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
I’m floored and beyond honored to be recognized in this category. As a business owner, you are only as good as the team you surround yourself with and I am blessed to work with amazing people on my team and in the wedding industry who consistently help us do what we do. Which is: please the client.
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And finally,
Dates are filling up fast on our calendar. If you are contemplating using a wedding planning service, feel free to contact us for complimentary consultation. We know that many of our clients don’t really know how this service “works” and have a lot of questions when we meet. We welcome answering any of your questions! Email: staff {at} planningforever.com for more information.
plan on!
internet savvy brides … we need YOUR input
Dear Brides and Grooms:
We need your input, dearly. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read below:
If you wouldn’t mind, please click on the link below and answer 9 quick, easy questions about different design aspects of wedding vendor’s websites.
http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1152739
We won’t record anything about you other than what state or country you are from – we don’t even ask for your email address so no spam or anything like that.
You will likely see this link on lots of other blogs and sites – this survey is being shared all over the blog-o-sphere so please take the survey only once.
If you have additional comments on the subject, please feel free to email me with those and I will share them with the other wedding vendors who are participating! We can’t wait to hear what you have to say! This will make us be better for you!
(If you are a wedding vendor and would like to participate, just copy this post to your blog and email Emilie Duncan the link at emilie {@} emilieduncan {.} com – She will send you the results once we have closed the survey in March).
plan on!
take a poll: should a girl ask a guy to marry her?
We received a lot of responses and emails on yesterday’s post about reasons a girl should ask a guy to marry. A somewhat controversial topic, we decided to get your feedback on this issue! Your answers are completely anonymous so feel free to forward to your friends to answer as well!
Poll for the Girls:
Would you ask your boyfriend to marry you? Please choose which answer best describes your feelings on this subject:
Poll for the Guys:
What do you think about being asked to marry by your girlfriend? We want your feedback as well! Take this quick poll!
