We came back from The Special Events Show and we will be featuring some fun ideas we brought back. We loved this idea of the Champagne Girls. What a great way to greet your guests at during cocktails getting a glass of champagne served from the Champagne Angel.
Champagne Angels
Putting your registry information with your wedding invitation is bad bad BAD combination. It’s like trying to mix oil and water, it doesn’t go together. It is so bad it is wedding etiquette taboo. Your wedding invitation should read “The honor of your presence” not the honor of your presents! Do not include any mention of gifts, registry not even “in lieu of presents please donate to X” Any mention of gifts in your wedding invitation is in poor taste, plain ol’ tacky and would make Emily Post roll over in her grave. With that being said you may be asking yourself….How they heck do you let your guests know were you are registered? Word of mouth is the best way to let your guests know were you are registered. Don’t hold back on letting your friends, parents and your wedding party know were you are registered so they can share the information with others.
Which leads me to following question: Where are you registered?
Give your guests a deadline two to three weeks prior to the wedding to give you a response. Rule of thumb is two weeks, however three weeks is ideal. It will give the rsvp’s a week to get to you, and you will have two weeks to call anyone that hasn’t replied, assign table seating, create escort cards and give a final count to your caterer. Leaving you one week to relax.
Wedding RSVP Card
The rule of thumb says that wedding invitations should be sent out six to eight weeks prior to the wedding. However I’ve noticed that with everyone leading so many busy lives it’s always good to send them a little bit ahead of time 10 weeks prior to the wedding should really be the maximum. If you send your invitations earlier you run the risk of having your guests forget to reply to the invitation. Calling half of your guests two weeks before the wedding to confirm if they will attend is not the way that you want to spend your time prior to the wedding. So don’t jump the gun, avoid the stress and send those invitations out at the right time.
Wedding Invitations via WeddingPaperDivas.com
Save the dates are sent out six months prior to the wedding. It should give your guests a little bit of information about the wedding, such as the wedding date, town were the event will take place, hotel accommodations or travel information if you’ve created a room block or setup an airline discount for your out of town guests.
Do you need to send save the dates to everyone…no. The concept of save the dates started out to give out of town guests prior notice of the event so the guests could plan ahead booking flights and hotel accommodations.
Will you send out save the dates?
As every good event and wedding planner should I like to invest in myself and my business. I’m once again attending The Special Events Show in New Orleans. I will be blogging about all the latest and greatest in wedding fashions, entertainment, favors, budgets, tabletop ideas and much more.
Here are some pictures from 2009′s Wedding Luncheon and Event Gallery in San Diego.
Photo Credit: Barnett Photo (and they did an excellent job capturing details)
I read this blog post a few weeks ago and thought what a great post to show to brides as to the million and one reasons why hiring a planner (at least for the day of the wedding) is a good investment, even if you are working with a tight wedding budget. Read this honest blog post from Leila at Inspired by This written from her point of view as a wedding guest at a friend’s wedding.
Most of the time I hear “I don’t really need a planner” because the church has a coordinator there and the venue has a catering manager that can help me. Although they are all very useful on the day and everyone is working together to ensure your wedding goes smoothly they will not visit you prior to the ceremony, ask if you ate something, ensure your transportation arrives on time, guide your guests from the ceremony thru the reception or calm your nerves when you are a little nervous right before you walk down the aisle.
Consider hiring a good Chicago wedding planner at least for the day of your wedding. Someone that knows what they are doing and have your best interests at heart.
Anyone care to share some tales from the trenches as a wedding guest and could have been better if there were a wedding planner there troubleshooting the day away?
I love hearing proposals. Was it expected? Was it a surprise? How did he propose? Did he ask your Dad for your hand in marriage? I know that last one can be corny, but it certainly speaks so much about the man who is asking for your hand in marriage.
So tell me…. how did he propose?
Happy New Year Everyone! It is a new day, a new year and a new decade. We have some new things happening at Exquisite Weddings we will share with all of you soon. Lets just say there are lots of things blooming on our end.
