Looking to save money?
If you are looking for more ways to save money for your wedding, think about disconnecting your cable or satellite for the summer months. Not only will you save money (probably an average of $50/month at least), but you will have more time to spend with your fiancé and plan your wedding.
I just disconnected my [...]
Busy planning your summer wedding?
As spring approaches, it is an exciting time of year. Approximately 65% of all weddings happen in spring and summer. If you are one of those 65% getting married in the upcoming seasons of 2008 you must be busy planning right now!!!
I personally am getting ready to attend a wedding this summer. It will be [...]
Bridal Fairs
Most bridal fairs happen in January or February to allow enough time to plan for a summer wedding. As such, we have missed most fairs across Canada for this year. However, there is a bridal fair coming up in March!
Details:
Bridal Trends
March 29-30, 2008
Vancouver Convention Centre
999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC
Saturday & Sunday: 10am-6pm
Financial Wedding Advice
I Now Pronounce You Paid In Full: Who Pays for What During the Wedding Celebrations
There’s no two ways about it: weddings are expensive. Paying for every detail is enough to drain any family’s financial coffers and – even worse – leave them wrestling with debt. Especially for new couples paying their own way during the [...]
Choosing your wedding guestlist
Deciding who to invite to your wedding can be very challenging. You’ll want to have all of your friends and family present, but some things can limit inviting everyone you know. Budget tends to be the biggest limiting factor. Once you calculate dinner and drinks and favors for everyone, you’re looking at upwards of $100 [...]
Making your own Wedding Invitations
I decided to make my own wedding invitations. I’ve included a picture to show just how well they turned out!
Top 6 reasons why I would suggest making your own invitations:
1.) You can incorporate the exact wedding colors you have chosen in every aspect of the invitation. As you can see, my wedding colors were [...]
Top five ideas for a bachelorette party
Now that all of the important aspects have been taken care of (dress, caterer, venues), it’s time to start doing the fun planning: an event for you an all your close girl friends.
A bachelorette party is a great way to relieve some pre-wedding stress. The planning can be left up to the maid [...]
Capturing your wedding on film
Hiring a photographer can be a difficult decision. Before my wedding I spoke to a few girls at work who were all getting married. They were appalled that I was getting my friends to take my wedding photos since they said that is the most important aspect of a wedding. However, I am so [...]
Selecting your wedding caterer…mmm food!
If you ask anyone that’s been to a wedding lately about the little details, chances are they won’t remember. They will however remember what they ate and how it taste.
What were the chairs like? Don’t know.
What did they have as centrepieces? Can’t remember.
How was the food? Incredible!!! We had a full course meal, chocolate [...]
Start planning your wedding and pick a date
Now that I’ve enjoyed the bliss of the engagement for a while and told my friends and family the wonderful news, it’s time to start planning!!! The 3 most important things to do at the very beginning are the when? where? and who? My next three blogs will touch on these subjects.
When picking a wedding [...]