Wedding Planner

Many people plan their weddings with their family and friends and partner, but some people who can afford to splash their cash hire a wedding planner. If you have seen the film “Wedding Planner” that does not always happen, trust me, you need not be worried about your husband running away with the wedding planner. A wedding planners job is to basically help you take the weight of the wedding of your shoulders and take the brunt of it on theirs, they do most of the organizing you just do the choosing. They are there to help make your day even more special, and make you pay quite a bit more!!!

But does a wedding planner really make a difference in a wedding? Do they make it all that more organized? Do they really add that missing touch? The truth is no, yes they help you with the organising but it is like someone else takes over your special day, you don’t have a lot of say in things and things just seem to take heed with you standing back and watching your wedding planner make all the decisions. Sometimes you get a wedding planner that is great and you get on well but other ones are like the devil let loose and rain on your parade!

Wedding photography is wonderful.

A family friend usually films the wedding and guests. The wedding is filmed right from the beginning, from the people arriving to the church, from the ceremony right through to the end of the reception party. It is good to have your wedding filmed as that is another token of your special day that you can sit down and watch in twenty or so years later and remember how great your day was.

Wedding photography is great as it allows you to capture everyone’s graciousness and happiness on the special day. Wedding photography although not cheap is a wonderful thing to have on your special day.

The best wedding photography.

Men and women dress up their best to attend a wedding, and get married. This is may be one of the days they will experience pure beauty and it should be captured on film. Many couple hire a wedding photographer for their wedding and usually have their wedding filmed; although it is not usually a professional who films the wedding professionals usually edit them. You do not have to have a professional photographer come. If you are on low budget a friend that is good with a camera is in most cases good enough. Buy your own camera and get photos developed at a photo shop.

To have a professional come and do the portraits is a little bit on the expensive side but not so much that it is unaffordable. They arrive at the wedding before the ceremony and take a few pictures of the guests and children and so on, then he will probably get one of you walking down the aisle or one of you and your partner at the alter or minister or registry desk. He will then usually go outside to do the large majority of pictures, the bride and groom, then bridesmaids, man of honour and family pictures.

 

The pictures are very difficult to get done if the weather is bad and it is usually recommended that the pictures be taken inside if the day isn’t nice, No one likes rain on their wedding day! The wedding pictures are then taken away by the photographer and he then makes a portfolio of them for the bride and whoever requests a few pictures. Of course he has to be paid extra to make more pictures than what has been organized.

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At the wedding reception entertainment and music is a must, whether this comes in the form of a DJ, live band or even a comedian there should be great music and good food, with lots of people dancing. It is traditional for the newly weds to have their first dance as a newly married couple before any one else has a dance on the floor, this is where you usually pick a favourite meaningful song that has a lot of significance to you and your partner as it serves as a memory reminder, whenever you hear that song from now on your mind will flash back to your first wedding dance with each other and your first day as a married couple.


Wedding music is important, it helps people to be happy. Music is an aphrodisiac and makes people feel good. And to be honest it will bring lots of laughs and happy memories as when the guests and family start to have their drinks their dancing becomes more frequent and enjoyable. A wedding brings families of the bride and groom closer so they could even dance together to help it along, making sure that everyone has a great time and a good dance is imperative to your wedding. Not only your guests of course, you and your new husband or wife got to be sure they are having the best day of their life!

Wedding Music

Many couple like to enjoy music at their wedding; the music can be played throughout the ceremony as well as the reception so you have to think about that as well. Many couples play the traditional "here comes the bride" on the organs or the piano at the ceremony as the bride is walking down the aisle with the man that is going to give her away which is usually the bride’s father but any important male in her life can be nominated as the person who gives her away! Music can be traditional, jazzy, and funky or indeed anything you want it to be.

During the ceremony wedding music is allowed to be played but only at the start you need silence for the exchange of the vows and making the marriage legal, after the ceremony when you are leaving the church or garden or office, in fact anywhere that you have been married, many newly weds play a lively happy song to guide them out of their venue and on to their wedding reception.

 

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People often respond to invitation with a phone call so a list needs to be updated regularly by the bride or groom and unfortunately there is always someone who needs to pull out at last minute so be aware that this could very easily happen to you.

When creating the wedding invitation make sure that you include the feeling of the wedding that you will be having, is it going to be a massive stunning church wedding, or a beautiful peaceful garden wedding? All these factors need to be included in the invitation and no doubt people will be asking you what to wear so make sure you include whether the dress code is formal or informal.

Although the wedding invitations are a bid deal the most serious part is that the bride and groom are together on this very special day, they are the most important people on this special day!

Wedding Invitations

Ahh the wedding invitations, nothing is more insane than making sure that everyone you know and like has been welcomed to your special day, and all that aren’t welcome are to be avoided and uninformed about the wedding! You have to make a list and check it over and over again making sure everyone has been included and it makes matters even worse if there is only limited seating! You have to make sure that you have or are able to get addresses for everyone that has been invited and get their prompt replies so you can make sure that you have enough seats and dinner places.

The wedding invitations can be produced in many styles and shapes, they can be tasteful and classy or they can be warm and inviting. They list who is getting married, when they are getting married and what time. It also usually lists the parents of the bride and groom. Wedding invitations are usually mailed out to people or handed out by hand if you often see them. Most wedding invitations require a reply so a dinner place can be set and a seat can be booked. Often couples who are due to be married set a limit of people they invite as each person costs money to attend and the bride and the groom are the people who are forking out the cash!

Invitation Etiquette

Getting Down to the Particulars

Numbers are important when preparing a wedding invitation. Knowing how many invitations to mail and when to mail them are important numbers for your wedding invitation. The general guidelines for sending out invitations to your wedding is six weeks to 12 months before the ceremony. If you are inviting guests from out-of-town you should allow an extended amount of time for the individual to receive the wedding invitation and to make arrangements to attend.

 

Unless everyone who receives a wedding invitation will be invited to the reception, it is standard practice to include a separate card announcing the particulars of the reception with the wedding invitation of those you intend to invite to the reception. No matter how you plan, you will always need an extra wedding invitation. As a rule, it is a good idea to order at least 25 extra invitations.

Considering Style

When your guests receive their wedding invitation, they should receive more than a simple card with information on it. Add as much creative flair to your wedding invitation that you possibly can. Ideas for making a wedding invitation unique include adding color, accessories, and aromas. You can experiment with each of these elements when deciding on the style of wedding invitation to use or view samples from a printer, online catalog, or those within a stationary shop.

Wedding Invitation Etiquette

With all the expenses typically associated with preparing for a wedding, there is the temptation to put less emphasis on certain aspects of the ceremony. Stationary often falls into this category. Invitations, thank you and note cards, and orders of service are examples of stationary that people choose to use for their ceremony. Of these, you don't want to diminish the quality of wedding invitation that you use. Your wedding invitation is what people see first regarding your wedding. It sets the tone of what your guests can expect when they attend the wedding ceremony. A wedding invitation generally includes key features and there are some considerations to help you with your choice of wedding invitation style. You don't have to spend a significant amount of money on a particular wedding invitation style, but there are some guidelines you can follow to make them a success.

Word Choice

What you say and how you say it is an important part of a wedding invitation. At the very least you want to include information that will inform you guests of the what, where, why, and when of the ceremony. The obvious information that should be included in a wedding invitation is the names of the bride and groom, as well as the date, time, and venue of the ceremony. The names of the individuals who are hosting the wedding ceremony (paying for it) should appear on the wedding invitation. There really isn't one standard for how this information should appear on the wedding invitation, so you can use your best judgment or seek advice from a printer.

Hair Style

On your wedding day, hundreds of eyes will be on you, and your chosen wedding hair style can either complete the picture or detract from it. That is why it is so important to choose the perfect formal hairstyle well in advance of the big day so that you and your stylist can get it right and make custom additions to your wedding hair style. Nothing is worse than a hastily crafted coif decided upon only minutes before the ceremony, take the time with your stylist to go over what looks suit you and what looks don’t, obviously avoid the looks that don’t suit you. Larger figures should wear their hair up as this draws attention and slims the face down, slimmer brides should look at curls which accentuate the face and shoulders.

Men may seem as though they don’t care about their wedding hair style and women are none the wiser to it, but in fact the bride groom spends at least 15 minutes making sure all the gel is in the correct plane and he has no sticky up bits!!

A great wedding hair style is crucial, especially for those wedding pictures, make sure it's not some kind of style which is going to fall all over the place or is going to be blown around in high winds! That way you can be sure of looking great in those pictures!

Wedding Hair Style

Women like to look glamorous, elegant and sexy on their wedding day so they usually take the time to choose an extravagant dress, stunning shoes and make up, and then there is the hair style. Whoa boy! Women usually have a stylist visit them when they are getting ready for the wedding, which costs a fortune, or they visit the parlour early in the morning before their wedding to get their chosen hair style done.

A woman's hair may be her crowning glory, but getting a new 'do' just before a big event in your life can be a major mistake. Plan ahead with any chemical treatments - bleaching, colouring, streaking, perming or straightening - and if you're considering any radical changes in length or style do it at least six to eight weeks before the big event, this way it gives you and your hair time to adjust together and get a “working relationship” on the go.

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The service doesn’t stop there though, there is the second fitting which they make you come back for to try on the dress that they have ordered to make sure they have the measurements correct and to make sure that you haven’t put on or taken of a lot of weight so the gown won't fit! Then there is the last fitting just to make sure that everything is right.

But to save yourself time and money you could always look in at the dresses that they have in store, many wedding parlours now order in advance to make sure they have things cheaper for people who can't afford to have that extravagant dress on the cover of the newest wedding magazine, but you never know you may find something in the shop that is just as stunning.

A wedding gown is considered one of the top priorities on that day! If your woman doesn’t get the prettiest dress than you will hear about it over and over and over again until she is blue in the face, so make it quick and get that sorted first!

Wedding Gown

All women love to look beautiful and what a better day than her wedding day! Wedding gowns are made to be as extravagant or a discreet as you like. The last brides of the century were choosing elegant Western dresses with ball gown, princess and sheath styling, contemporary styles with bold colour and richly textured African gowns, whereas the groom rarely leaves his tuxedo or kilt suit arrangement, women when it come to dress are a lot more experimental than men…

A wedding gown is important in any wedding, it gives a woman that feel of being one; womanly and beautiful, and two; it symbolises the start of a new relationship, a new life and love. Weddings are a time of pure joy and fun so no one should be uncomfortable in their wedding gown. Always make sure that you choose a gown that’s comfortable as well as beautiful.

The best thing to do when shopping for a wedding gown is go to your local wedding shop and get fitted and measured for a wedding dress, they will then assist you on choosing the right dress, shoes and accessories.

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It is not only guests that give gifts though, the couple are to give gifts as well, the parents are to get one as a thank for raising you and that you will not forget them when you have your own family. If you will be having a large wedding party, it is oftentimes a better idea to choose two gifts - one for the males and one for the females - and buy them in bulk, that way it keeps the costs down and if you are having a smaller wedding than invest in a somewhat more personalised gifts as this is not too expensive when there are not a lot of people to cater for.

Weddings aren’t all about gifts though but it is nice to celebrate this day just as you celebrate every other special day, birthdays, valentines and Christmas. All are celebrated with gifts and a wedding should be no different!

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Wedding Gift

It is traditional for you to give the married couple a wedding gift when you are invited to someones wedding. It does not have to be something expensive or grand, many people usually take house gifts such as toasters, kettles, plate sets and glasses. The couple often prepare what is called a wedding list which is where they make note of all the things that they need or want and the main guests such as mothers, fathers sisters, brothers and other family members all put together and get the gifts of the list, friends usually bring their own gifts.

A wedding gift can be anything! It does not need to be one of the gifts on the wedding list. It can be a home product, a pamper products or even a holiday. Gifts are given to the couple by everyone though, so don’t forget yours. They aren’t opened at the wedding they are taken home and than the bride and groom go through them alone. So if you don’t get a massive gift than no one will know.

It isn’t the best idea to take the gifts to the wedding; gifts can easily be damaged or misplaced. Remember, the last thing on the couple's mind that night will be gathering up gifts. It could easily be left behind. Send the gift to the address on the registry or the RSVP address on the wedding invitation. Etiquette says that it is a nice gesture to send a gift whether or not you plan on attending.

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Your Wedding Party

Gifts for Men
Men tend to be less fussy than women about the type of wedding gift they receive. While women treasure a sentimental wedding gift, men favor a wedding gift that is useful or fun. A wedding gift that would past muster with a groomsmen would include a money clip, pocket watch, and beer mug. These items are great as an individual wedding gift or for a group of groomsmen. To personalize a wedding gift for a groomsmen you can easily engrave the gift.

Gifts for Children
Children are precious in a wedding ceremony. Don't leave them out when you are considering giving each member of your wedding party a wedding gift. If a child is very young, you have to be careful that the wedding gift you give them doesn't keep them from doing their wedding duties. A good option is to give a wedding gift that the child can use during the ceremony or something that is not a toy.

Make it Personal
There is no rule that says that you have to buy everyone the same wedding gift. It's very likely that you are closer to members of your wedding party than others. In this case you can give a wedding gift that matches your sentiments. Use your best judgment when giving a personal wedding gift. You don't want a heated situation to develop before your ceremony over a wedding gift! An alternative is to give each person the same wedding gift and add personal flair by giving a wedding gift with each person's name or initials. This way you steer clear of favoritism and a last minute riot.

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Wedding Gift Ideas for Your Wedding Party

The bride and groom are the center of the wedding ceremony, but there are others in the wedding party that also contribute a significant amount of time and effort to help make your ceremony all that you have dreamed. In addition to the bride and groom, a wedding party typically includes bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, and ring bearers. Wedding tradition says that the appropriate time to give a wedding gift to your wedding party is just before the ceremony. If the wedding gift is something the individual will use during the wedding, you might want to give it to your wedding party at your last rehearsal or dinner, if you have one planned.

Gifts for Females
Since you too are a female, you will probably have the easiest time choosing a wedding gift for the women in your wedding ceremony. Just think, what type of wedding gift would make you feel appreciated? Common ideas for an ideal wedding gift for a bridesmaid include jewelry, handbags, and wedding dress accessories. If you have known your bridesmaids for many years, you may want to opt for a wedding gift that reflects the nature of your friendship. Are you creative? Try writing a poem dedicated to each bridesmaid. You could place the poem in a special photo album containing pictures of you and the bridesmaid.

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Often at the reception parents are given a bunch of flowers in a presentation such as a basket, or large bouquet for a large thank you for all the work that they have done with the wedding and a thank you for just being there for them when they needed them most. Other special players in the wedding usually receive gifts as well and all guests take home wedding favors.

Instead of purchasing floral arrangements, to make things cheaper and more personal you could always make your flower arrangements yourself. Your local library and book shop will have plenty flower arranging books so you are sure to find something somewhere that will help you to choose a good pattern of colours and styles to suit your wedding. Creating your own arrangement adds that unique touch to your wedding and saves you money at the same time.

Wedding flowers are at a wedding to help present the venue in a light mood, flowers are there for decoration, but be warned if hay fever bothers you.... stay away!!!

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Wedding Flower

When you book your wedding venue whether it be a church or registry office, garden flowers are usually purchased to be there at your wedding. These are may be one of the most expensive things for the wedding after the dress and the cake, believe it or not the marriage license isn’t that big a fee. Usually where you are getting married is covered in beautiful flowers to set the mood, although if you have it in a garden than the flowers are already there, so you don’t really need to worry about that, you just have to worry about the rain!

Not only does the hall or church have to be decorated in flowers, usually the bride carries a bouquet and so do the bridesmaids and flower girls. The general tip is to get flowers that match the theme and colour of the dresses. If the theme is Christmas than red and green should be the colours that you are interested in, or if it is valentines day than red flowers. If you really want a stunning bouquets for the bride very light colours will accentuate her dress and her beauty taking very little attention of her but still giving her the elegant classy look.

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