After a short hiatus...I'm back! Unit 2 in Sheffield's course for Wedding and Event planning, was an eye opener. It all starts with the money, and by money I mean budget. We all know that planning a wedding is costly, and it always seems that the groom and his family make off pretty easy by not paying for much. In this day and age though, it's becoming more and more common for the groom and his family to share the expenses of this costly affair.
In a more contemporary way of distributing the costs:
Bride and/or Groom- brides attire, wedding flowers, bridesmaids luncheon, invitations, announcements, and personal stationary/thank you notes and entertainment and courtesies for out of town guests.
Bride's Family- the fee for the site of the ceremony, music at the ceremony, reception food (including the cake), photography/videography, and site fess (including rental of equipment and tips for serving staff)
Groom's Family-All beverages served at reception, limo service, and music at the wedding reception
The one biggest thing I took away from this lesson was ALWAYS to put the deposit on the credit card. That way if something happens with the vendor, and they are refusing to repay you (if something should happen on their side) the credit card company can step in and help you.
Outfits...we all know the bride searches long and hard for her perfect dress. Many of us even watch the shows (me included) to get a glimpse of the billion dresses out there. One has to decide color, material, style, length, gloves or no gloves, veil, hat, flowers in hair. As you can see a bride's outfit it never complete :)
The options for bridesmaids are endless too. As I am planning the wedding that is occurring in September I remember helping with the bridesmaids dresses. We started with a simple linen dress, however the bride had not found her dress yet. She found her dress on the first try and it's just gorgeous! But once seeing the dress, we knew it wouldn't flow with the bridesmaids dresses. Her maid of honor and MOB headed off to David's Bridal. They found a wonderful dress in the color of choice, persimmon!
And tuxes....oh there are so many options of tuxes, my headed started spinning. Each bride and groom has there own wishes for how they want the groom to look. I have one set of friends who are going for the tan suit approach and another set of friends who are doing the traditional black tuxes. The options are just a little bit less than endless. If you are trying to decide what you like here are somethings to think about: season of wedding, location of wedding and style of wedding (formal, semi formal, causal)
Party, Party, Party! There are many parties that go along with the wedding. The engagement party (see my first post), the bachelor and bachelorette parties, the bridal shower and then the bridesmaids luncheon. Bachelorette parties are turning more and more into getaways and long weekends. They can become costly but they are great fun. Helping the MOH plan one is fun, but can get stressful when trying to keep everything moving and on the go. Timelines are a must if you will be traveling from place to place. The bridal shower is typically thrown by family members and/or friends. It can have many different themes and can be at various times throughout the day. The bridesmaids luncheon is a time where the bride can treat her bridesmaids for all their hard work. The actual time of the day can be at any time.
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