After you decide what style of ceremony music you want for your wedding, and (if your ceremony will be in a house of worship) making sure that the style you have in mind is allowed at your ceremony venue, you can now determine when during the ceremony you would like music played and then which … Continue reading How To Choose Ceremony Music to Express Your Wedding Vision – Part 2
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How To Choose Ceremony Music to Express Your Wedding Vision – Part 1
The style of music and the particular wedding songs you choose for your wedding ceremony is an important element in creating and expressing the style and feel you want for your entire wedding day. This week we are talking about choosing your ceremony music, from where in your ceremony you will want to include songs, … Continue reading How To Choose Ceremony Music to Express Your Wedding Vision – Part 1
To favor or not to favor . . .
Whenever someone asks me what type of wedding favors are good to give to their guests, my mantra is “edible is always good.” Edible wedding favors get used (who can resist a tasty treat?) instead of ending up in the back of a drawer, in the trash, or (worse yet) left sitting on the tables … Continue reading To favor or not to favor . . .
Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 10
Wedding Planning Tips: Tip #10 - Remember Why You're Having a Wedding We finally come to the end of my Top 10 Wedding Planning Tips list. Although this is the last tip, it by no means is the least important). In fact, I believe that it is probably the most important one of all! 10. … Continue reading Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 10
It’s A Nice Day for a (Non) White Wedding (Cake)
It's a nice day for a non white wedding cake . . . . . . to semi-quote Billy Idol. Does a wedding cake have to be a delicate confection of white? Recently, from “Darcy’s Idea of the Day,” Darcy Miller (of Martha Stewart Omnimedia) showed us an adorable cake decorated to mimic the pattern … Continue reading It’s A Nice Day for a (Non) White Wedding (Cake)
Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 9
Wedding Planning Tips: Tip #9 -Go-To Person 9. Designate a go-to person for your wedding day Do you want to have vendors and friends/family members bombarding you or your fiancé with questions on your wedding day? Of course not. Make sure you aren't being pestered by designating a go-to person. Your professional wedding planner/coordinator will … Continue reading Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 9
Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 8
Wedding Planning Tips: Tip #8 - Your Vendors 8. Make sure your vendors are trained and experienced in weddings A wedding is unlike any other type of gathering or social event. It is more than a “big party with some wedding stuff” thrown in. For a smooth, flawless wedding day, surround yourself with people who … Continue reading Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 8
Wedding Q & A – Alternatives to Flowers
Alternatives to Flowers Q. I am not a flower lover! Everything else in the wedding seems more important to me personally, than wedding flowers. My decorator is really encouraging me to go with fresh cut all around, but this will be expensive. Should I pay, is it just me that doesn't really care about flowers? … Continue reading Wedding Q & A – Alternatives to Flowers
Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 7
Wedding Planning Tips: Tip #7 - Little Details 7. Don’t worry about the little details at the onset of your wedding planning After you first get engaged and start your wedding plans, at some point it’s going to hit you – “Oh My Gosh! I’ve got to pick out dresses, and select a menu, and … Continue reading Jean’s Top 10 Tips for Planning Your Wedding – Part 7
Have Fun With Your Wedding Shoes
Alternatives to White Wedding Shoes Once upon a time, the search for bridal footwear was simple. Every bride wore white pumps. Fast forward to today, and you'll find a lot of alternatives to white wedding shoes. Wedding shoes have come a long way from the plain dyables. Remember those? The bride got hers in … Continue reading Have Fun With Your Wedding Shoes