Take a close look at this photo. photo credit: eau claire photographics Let me tell you, my fingers are twitching. In case you think it’s a fluke, here’s another one: photo credit: IQvideography The urge to break that iPad into a zillion pieces is overwhelming. Here’s the PSA to all wedding guests: While anyone can […]
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Today on the Good Morning America show they talked about the costs associated with destination weddings for your guests. On average, $490 per person ($980-$1,000) is spent by guests attending a wedding out-of-state, potentially more at higher-end resort destination locations. Many guests are admitting to going into debt trying to attend these weddings. They simply
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We live in a very traditional area, especially when it comes to weddings. That’s okay, but it’s time to break out and change things up at your wedding. For instance, joining your reception cocktail hour with your guests. why joining your reception cocktail hour, is like, awesome You’ve planned the biggest party of your life,
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This morning I was interviewed by Atom Smasher and Liberty on the 96 STO Atom Smasher Show. We’ve known each other for years and it’s always fun to talk to him. They were highlighting the worst offenses by wedding guests and asked me my opinion. Of course it was a quick interview, so I thought
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Dear Wedding Guests: When you go to a wedding, please do not take the centerpieces AND vases from the reception, UNLESS you are told it’s okay by the bride or wedding planner. Often taking the FLOWERS is okay. But NOT the glass vases. Either way you should always have permission. Vases, tables, chairs, and even
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You are planning a wedding and anticipate a lot of out of town guests. As a host of your wedding, it’s nice to be able to “block rooms” with local hotels so that your guests will: 1. Know where to stay that is convenient to the location of your wedding reception and 2. Take advantage
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Today on Fox 7 AM Evansville we talked about common guest faux pas that happen at weddings. As planners, we see A LOT of them, but here are the highlights… 1. Arriving late to the ceremony. If the ceremony starts at 1:30pm you should be arriving NO LATER than 1:20pm. Seriously, I see people give
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We all know that for outdoor weddings, it is critical to have a backup rain plan. But have you considered the other weather elements? Like oppressive, humid, glaring, blazing heat from the sun? This year we have had a tremendous shift of venues for wedding selections. More people are choosing personal residences or outdoor venues
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Let’s face it, your guests are looking forward to dancing at your wedding reception. Some bride and groom’s are NOT dancers, but they want to watch their guests have a good time. Here’s the trick to encouraging your wedding guests to get their groove on. Actually get on the dance floor with them! It’s not
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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
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We all know the quickest way to reduce your budget, is to reduce your guest list. In this region, the average wedding is approximately 250 guests. In areas like Jasper, Indiana the guest list could be 500-700 people! Large families = big weddings! If you have already gone through the excruciating process of selecting your
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This is a timely subject as I have had several clients who have asked me how to manage their office workers and their wedding guest count. For many people, their jobs afford them to know a lot of people. Take hospitals for instance, you will not only work with many people but will become closer
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