Wedding Planner Ideas

I have been envisioning my wedding for as long as I can remember. I know what I want but now my friends and family members think we’re rushing because "they think" four months is not enough time to plan a wedding.

On another note: My fiance bought the ring and I told him my family would pay for the wedding. They still are but does it matter who pays for the wedding? Does it look bad if my family pays for the entire wedding? Does my fiance’s family have any say if my family pays for the entire wedding?

Timeframe really only matters when it comes to booking your vendors. I went to a wedding last night that they organized in 3 weeks, but the vendors were all available on a Thursday, so it worked out fine. Call your ceremony and reception venues first (and your caterer if it’s not included), then your DJ and bakery, with a list of your preferred dates and what’s still available. 4 months from now is what? October/November? You stand a pretty good chance by being away from the main "wedding season". But get moving on your dress, like, now – that can take a while, especially when you factor in any alterations.

If your fiance’s family WANTS to pay, you should definitely let them have some input (whether you choose to accept their money or not). But if not, you should still get their guest list and keep them up-to-date with how things are going. Traditionally, the bride’s family paid for the whole wedding anyway, so that’s not all that strange – these days, though, many couples pay for it themselves or sometimes both sides of the family chip in. Just be sure you talk to your parents about the budget before you even start shopping around – if you’re only giving them 4 months notice, you may have less to work with than if you waited until next year.

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Hey everyone. I’m Izabella Wentz, a newly wed for nuptials tv. Here to share my wedding story . I am going to share how I planned for my wedding.

The first thing I had to plan was our engagement party. I have never really planned anything before, so it was very stressful for me. I would recommend planning an engagement party for anyone who will be planning a wedding, as “practice”.

We knew what date we wanted our wedding and we knew we wanted to have a destination wedding. We wanted our dear friends and family to come on vacation with us. We both think that everyone needs to go on vacation more often. After all, had we not gone on vacation to Cancun, we would have never met!

We chose Jamaica as our destination and we booked a resort. Our days were mostly spent meeting with a wedding coordinator who told us about the various options and locations for the ceremony, as well as the services offered by the hotel. They were able to provide the food, the cake, the flowers, salon services and just about everything on site.

We had set up meetings with the florist, baker, various DJ’s and photographers as well as food tastings. It was a lot of work, but we did get to squeeze in some beach time and decided to “test out” the spa services and got relaxing massages.

I’m Izabella Wentz congratulations to the grooms and best wishes to all you future brides.

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Bridal shower centerpieces can be bloom boxes coordinated with the color scheme of the party. Select centerpieces for a bridal shower with tips from a party planner in this free video on weddings.

Expert: Molly Zurcher
Contact: www.Zurchers.com
Bio: Molly Zurcher is a expert on parties because she has worked for Zurchers for over 15 years.
Filmmaker: joseph wilkins

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A wedding candy favor buffet table is a fun, interactive treat offering guests treats to take home with them. Make a wedding candy favor buffet table with tips from an event coordinator in this free video on wedding planning.

Expert: Jessica Meiczinger
Contact: www.SimplyDevineEvents.com
Bio: Jessica Meiczinger has spent her entire life in the event coordination industry, from her parents owning a restaurant to managing a banquet staff and planning every detail of someone’s special event.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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Welcome brides, grooms, and future wedding guests I’m Harmonie Krieger your host for nuptialstv.com your video guide to planning your wedding and beyond. On this edition of Nuptialstv we will be covering planning your wedding ceremony and more importantly having fun along the way.

Congratulations, you’re planning a wedding! Wedding planning revolves around one singular event: the ceremony. There is a great deal of pre-planning and post-planning related to arranging the vendors, the dresses, the tuxes, the site and the reception. Yet all of these components are directly related to the central focus that is the actual ceremony.

Weddings are a symphony of organized chaos with the wedding planner in the role of conductor. There is a great deal involved when planning a wedding and the following is just a sample of what you need to account for. Whether you are the bride, mother of the bride, wedding planner or some combination thereof here is a quick checklist of your responsibilities.

* Ongoing Communication with the Bride and Groom

* Budget Planning

* Schedules, Timelines and Checklists

* Selection and booking of venues for wedding and reception

* Selecting and booking of the minister or justice of the peace

* Planning theme and style of the wedding

* Coordinating design, ordering and mailing of invitations

* Coordinating selection of wedding attire and accessories

* Coordinating or Providing vendors (florist, caterer, photographer, musician, beautician, hair stylists)

* Negotiating and reviewing all contracts

* Assistance with marriage license

* Itinerary planning

* Ceremony planning

* Rehearsal oversight

* Direction of processional and attendant duties

* Planning the reception

* Wedding Day gift coordination

* On-hand coordination on the day of the wedding

One thing that people seem to forget in the chaos and stress of planning a wedding is HAVING FUN! Remember to take a deep breath from time to time and remember to enjoy yourself it’s only a wedding!

Thanks for watching nuptialstv.com,you’re your host Harmonie Krieger offering Congratulations for the Groom and Best Wishes to the Bride!

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I am not planning on getting married for at least 2 years yet. But I think I should probably start planning so I make sure I am able to have enough time to get everything I want/need. Would it be a good idea to hire a wedding planner? What do they do for the most part? Do they listen to what you want or just do their own thing?

My fiance & I got engaged on Sept. 5th 2007 & started planning our wedding a few weeks later. So we were a year and 8 months out. We did everything ourselves.. and trust me you will have time to do it. We started by interviewing and meeting with vendors.. and this way you are not rushed and can take your time. Once you have your vendors down.. and the sites you are pretty much set for awhile. And usually the place where you are having the wedding/reception will have a wedding coordinator and that person will help with things. They will get everything going on that day so you don’t have to worry about much. I know at our reception site the wedding coordinator helps with decorations and everything. These people make needing a wedding planner obsolete.

Not to mention the fact you can go to www.theknot.com and click on local resources.. pick your region.. and it lists just about everything you will need! That’s where we found many of our vendors.

Also, your wedding/reception site should have a list of preferred vendors as well.

But I really don’t think you need a wedding planner. It’s cheaper to do it on your own and you can do it the way you want. 🙂 good luck! And good for you for being an early planner.. it makes things A LOT easier & usually they will give you the current year’s pricing since you are booking early.

I was thinking about this because my hubby’s twin brother is getting married and he is super involved in the planning. He even looks at bridal magazines and pictures of dresses with my future SIL.

I thought this was interesting because my hubby was very laid back about our wedding planning. He was more of a "whatever you want, honey" type of guy. : )

It’s amazing how different they are in regards to this! They’re identical by the way.

So how involved would you say your fiance is in the wedding planning?
Just curious. : )

He pretty much says "uh huh" "Ok" "Sure" and my favorite "Do whatever will make you happy". There have been a few things he said no to, but we’re both Gemini’s so I know if I just ask him another day he’ll say ok LOL.

He did have a groomzilla moment where he announced loudly "It’s MY wedding" but after I gave him *the look* he went back to playing his video game and hasn’t made a peep since.

just wondering….how long were you engaged? did you plan the whole time? or did you take some time off during your planning? and again…What is the minimum amount of time it would take to plan a wedding?

I took 8 months to plan my wedding, because we got engaged at the end of Sept and had the wedding in May. But that was also because I am an accountant and had tax season to go through. There was another girl in my office who planned her wedding in 2 months, but she has been engaged for about 4 years…

The answer: it takes as long as you want it to. If you want a fancy hall, great food, that gorgeous designer dress that will take 4 months to make and deliver, then you need to take that all into consideration. If you are going to go to a bridal dress outlet, bring home your dress that day and have your bridesmaids get something from a store like Macys, adn have the wedding at a friends house with a BBQ after, then I think you could do it in 2months.
Etiquette says you should send out invitations 2 months before so keep that in mind.

Also, i found that the longer it goes on, the more frustrating it is because you have all the little details in your head and you drive yourself crazy trying to remember it all so it will go off perfectly. Best to just get it over with and get on with your marriage I say. The sooner the better!

I want "your" opinions! If you were to go to a wedding planner for help coordinating your wedding, what are the 3 most important things you would expect her to do? Also, what would be the 3 worst things that she could do while coordinating your wedding, and last but not least, what would be unprofessional like of her to do while planning your wedding? (I have a dream to be a wedding planner-and open my own business, and want to be the best that there is! Trying to get input from real people, not just textbooks!)

the 3 most important things
-ask me before making final decisions
-make things happen ( or force them 🙂 )
-stay inside my budget

the 3 worst things
-not have things handled prior to the day of the wedding
-not making sure things move smoothly
-giving me excusses instead of solutions

I am trying to get my fiancee involved with our wedding, but everytime I bring it up he tells me that I am doing to much for the wedding. He keeps telling me that I don’t need to start planning now. That I should wait a few more months to start planning the wedding. But our wedding is less then 10 months away. I am also having to find hotel rooms for our families but he wont give me all the names of the people that are going to be there. So I don’t know how many rooms to book. I need some major help. Please help me anyone!!!

If he’s not interested in planning the wedding, that’s not a big deal. A lot of men who can’t see any point to the planning for a wedding are still enthusiastic about the marriage. My guy honestly didn’t want any part at all in the wedding plans, but fourteen years later, we’re still more than happily married. He just didn’t care whether we had a big wedding, a small one, a formal or informal one. The process didn’t matter whereas the result did.

Unless the unwillingness to take part in wedding planning is part of a larger pattern of ignoring your needs and wishes, it’s not the horrible sign that some people think it is.

That said, you do need to get certain information from him and the sooner the better.

When I was getting married, my brother called me one day a month or so before the wedding and said if my beloved didn’t get in touch with him and tell him what to wear soon, he was going to show up in a kimono and a top hat! I told him that was fine with me, and then informed my beloved he was getting in touch with his groomsmen and telling them what to wear or they would show up in whatever they liked and It would be his fault because I didn’t care that much.

He called them all and worked it out with them the next day.

In this case, I’d give your guy a deadline by which he needs to get the names and addresses of his friends and relatives to you. Let him know that if he doesn’t come through, you’ll get the list from his mother, at which point she gets the choice of who is invited from his side. Then follow through.

If he has a specific deadline and clear consequences, that may well light a bit of a fire under him. Just be prepared to follow through on any consequences you set.

And yes, I’d have kind of enjoyed seeing my brother in a kimono and top hat. I’m funny that way. But he looked very handsome in his formal suit.