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PLANNING Less Stress 13960 views
As the wedding season fast approaches, the team at top London event planner and caterer, Red Snapper Events is no stranger to an anxious bride or two. However, having recently celebrated its 5th birthday, there is a wealth of experience on hand to make the run up to the big day a whole lot less stressful. Damian Clarkson, Managing Director, shares his top ten tips to staying organized whilst keeping the fun alive in planning your wedding.
1. Table TalkThe politics of table plans can often be stressful. Make them more lighthearted by picking names out of a hat. You’d be surprised who will chat to who once the party gets into full swing.
2. Entertain Me
Kill two birds with one stone - when talking to caterers and other suppliers, enquire as to what else they could do for you and what other suppliers they work with. Tasting sessions are a great chance to do this and preview table settings, wine and flowers for example as well as food.
3. Party GirlArrange planning parties with girl friends at home, I’m sure the ideas will get flowing along with the wine.
4. Free Time
Approach friends and relatives who are not working or have some spare time on their hands and might be willing to help take on some organising for you – especially helpful if they are local to the wedding venue. Be very careful, however, not to pressurize people into helping and be sympathetic to other commitments they may have.
5. Control Freak
On the other hand, don’t let them take control of the wedding and get carried away with their own ideas. Remember it is your special day – no one else’s!
6. Personal TouchAllow your wedding to be individual and reflect your personality. Keep things as simple as possible by picking a theme or idea based on your own instincts and sticking to it. You don’t always need to keep up with the Jones’ and latest top fashions.
7. Early Bird
Try and set deadlines early on, make an event plan incorporating everything, possibly input it into a spreadsheet with contact details and whose responsibility every task is. You could even post it onto a wall at home or in the office to keep you on track.
8. Nice to Meet You...Make meetings with planners more interesting by socializing with them – meet for lunch or a cocktail after work.
9. Phone a Friend
Ask the people around you for initial tips and recommendations - friends or work colleagues, who have recently got married, could prove invaluable for a few corner-cutting suggestions!
10. Get Focussed
Above all don’t loose sight of the fact that a wedding is supposed to be a social, happy and fun occasion. Guests attending are there to celebrate with the happy couple and wish them luck, not criticize their choices.
©Freeman Photographics, Red Snapper Events
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PLANNING Wedding Webinar 8990 views
Planning a wedding is great fun and once you start you'll be amazed at how much advice and ideas are out there! This week we talk to wedding planner, Trisha at Indigo Sky about getting help from a webinar.
Trisha Dash-O'Toole wanted to share her wedding planning expertise. And being web-savvy came up with the idea for a series of webinars. She piloted the first webinar, The Perfect Proposal, on Leap Day this year and was amazed at the results. “The feedback has been excellent and visitors have really enjoyed the immediacy, accessibility and personalised approach of the webinar format. Plus, I guess few of us can resist a few professional inside tips!'As Trisha observes, ’No two weddings are the same and nor should they be. Even couples planning the most traditional wedding want to put something of themselves into the day’s itinerary.'
Trisha's first webinar Personalising Your Wedding looks at ways to inject your own style into the big day, starting with venues and personalising your vows. She also shares secrets on cakes, favours and briefing the photographer to make sure your wedding photos are stunning!
The second webinar goes live this Friday, but WeddingPath viewers can get a sneak peek here at The Planning Process. With helpful tips on the whole wedding planning process, you'll see a behind-the-scenes pictures of the lead up to the big day, including the nitty gritty of dealing with suppliers. To view the next two webinars scheduled over the next few weeks go to Indigo Sky Events. Topics to look out for include Good Advice for Grooms-to-be and Getting the Most Out of your Wedding Planner.
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Wedding Week Notes 05/05 11161 views
If you missed out on any of the fun at WeddingPath this week, just click on the links to read some of the highlights!
05/05 FASHION Runway Bride... catwalk trends06/05 GROOMS Get Shirty... perfect dress shirt
06/05 REAL WEDDING Red, Red Wedding...07/05 FASHION In Coleen's Bag... hen secrets
07/05 WEDDING GOSSIP Girl in a White Dress 1008/05 VENUE To the Manor Born... country house
08/05 HONEYMOON Taste of the Tropics... Mauritius09/05 GIFTS It's a Gift... choose to stay
09/05 RECEPTIONS Ice Cool... icecream bar to hire©A Wedding Less Ordinary
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PLANNING Butler Service 12650 views
Hen heaven is happening at a cinema near you. Or at least in Bristol where the Odeon Cinema is showing a private screening of the long-awaited movie, Sex and the City, with a few added extras.
In celebration of the much anticipated Sex and the City movie, the Odeon Cinema in Broadmead is the venue for the perfect girls' night out. On 3rd June, starting with a champagne reception at 7.30, you will be served drinks and nibbles by Bristol-based Butlers in the Buff. Shown to your seats by Bristol's handsome butlers, the screening starts at 8pm. After the film, head with the girls to the Rummer Hotel for a Carrie-style cocktail - Cosmopolitan of course!
Tickets for the event are £12, including screening and complimentary drinks and nibbles. Cocktails at the Rummer Hotel are a separate event. To book, call Butlers in the Buff on 0117 377 7928 - tickets are expected to sell-out quickly, so don't hang about. Or if you just want the butlers and the champagne for your own Sex and the City hen night, go to butlersinthebuff.co.uk. -
PLANNING Wedding Planner's Blog 12 8456 views
Those of you that have followed Every Detail's blogs over the last couple of months should have gathered lots of good ideas from each of the team by now. This week they continue to share their knowledge and advice with a thought for some of the others at your wedding.
Barbara's adviceNow as hard as it is to hear this ladies, your wedding isn't entirely about you. Your hubby-to-be needs a little care and attention too. Men are quite often too scared or embarrassed to ask what they, their best man and their ushers should be doing on the big day! Take time to discuss the mens' role on the day, so that he can have a sensible chat with the best man and ushers. Finally make sure the best man is briefed for his speech - keep it respectful - your parents and grandparents still look on you as their little girl and you will for a long time yet! If you want a copy of a fact sheet I have prepared called ‘Grooms Guide’ feel free to contact us via our website (www.everydetail.co.uk) and I’ll send it over.
Top tipsFor those of you planning trips away for your hen/stag do’s try to pre-arrange as much as possible. I’ve heard so many stories from brides and grooms about their parties not being able to find anywhere to eat as it was too busy or restaurants that wouldn’t accept groups. Also, make sure you (or the chief organiser) has an account of who has paid for what. If for instance, everyone has paid for taxi’s in advance, then arrange that money into the correct amount per taxi, and put the money in separate envelopes so you can give one to each taxi when you get in. Remember to take photos of your stag/hen event! Why not make a display at the reception or get a group photo framed as a gift? Remember that everyone involved in your wedding will have gone to some kind of effort and expense - so show your appreciation with a thank you gift.
Nice ideaWith the evenings getting longer, I enjoy weddings where guests can make the most of the gardens and outside space. This week we have helped couples with outdoor lighting ideas and found found some well priced lanterns and shepherd’s hooks. I’ve also ordered some luminaries (little lights in bags) from America – I love them, I think that they’ll really create a romantic feel.
A day in the life….I have been very lucky this week and went to try out a new spa that I shall definitely be recommending to our clients. However, this one was male-friendly too. I've been to so many weddings where the men have had grubby, chewed and occasionally, worryingly long nails. We recommend that you try to convince your groom to have a manicure (and yes it may be a bit girly) but his hands will be in a lot of pictures, cutting the cake, ring pictures and just general holding hands shots. We're not suggesting nail varnish but clean, moisturised hands with nicely shaped nails can make all the difference.
And finally, Try to imagine the wedding day through your guests' eyes. What is obvious to you might not be to your guests. If you have a message tree – will they know what to do and how will they use it? Do they know that the favour is for them and they can take it away? If you have guests arriving in a group on a coach, is there someone stationed to meet them on arrival? Make your guests feel comfortable and everything else falls in place!
For those of you getting married in the coming months, the best of luck and we hope our advice and tips will be useful and put to good use.
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