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Pinterest: Great Tool for Planning Wedding

If you haven’t heard of Pinterest or just haven’t jumped on the wagon yet, it’s time to get on board. Pinterest is an online tool for collecting and organizing ideas. Once you have added the “Pin It” button to your bookmark bar you can easily “pin” an image or video from any website. Those pins are stored on a “board” that allows you to organize pins by topic. Boards can be secret or public, and you can invite other people to pin with you on any of your boards. Follow us on Pinterest.

Wedding Planning with Pinterest makes live simple! These boards are extremely valuable because now you can store all your ideas in one place without having to cut-up hundreds of magazines. Plus, they can help translate your dream into reality with the hassle of having to verbally describe what you are envisioning. When a bride says her style is “traditional”, what she’s visualizing may very well be something different them myself. With Pinterest there’s no confusion!

For me, these boards serve as a creative starting point to bring your unique style to the event. For one of my brides, she didn’t want a traditional flower bouquet but something with shells. She explained that the shell bouquet she pinned wasn’t exactly what she wanted but it was close. So I was able to create a beautiful, unique bouquet taking the elements from the pin she loved but keeping it in the style of her wedding. Isn’t the final product stunning?

If you need help creating your dream wedding, please feel free to contact us! We’d love to be a part of it!

11 Ways to Impress Your Wedding Guests on She Finds

I’m so excited to announce that I have contributed to another article for SheFinds.com. Yesterday’s article was “11 Ways To Impress Your Wedding Guests“. The article is exactly what the title implies – 11 tips on how to impress your wedding guests. My advise is Tip 1, Tip 2 and Tip 4. Thank you to Linda over at SheFinds.com for the opportunity to contribute.

Make sure to read the article here.

If you need help creating your dream wedding, please feel free to contact us! We’d love to be a part of it!

Bon Appetit: Sit-Down vs Buffet Style

One of the first decisions you make when planning a wedding is the location. Immediately following that decision, you have to settle on a caterer. Even if your venue provides catering, one of the initial questions is whether the reception meal will be served buffet style, sit down or a combination of both.

In terms of styling, a buffet is more casual while a sit down is considered more elegant. A combination can include a first course being served by waiter with the main course being served family or buffet style and a dessert buffet that includes cake.

Your reception should reflect who you and your fiancé are as a couple. If you are laid-back, setting a beautiful buffet with the first course set on the table. As the first course plates are cleared those guests can be welcomed to visit the buffet. This creates a natural staggering of times of guests heading to the buffet.

When serving multiple entrees at a buffet, consider placing each entree with accompanying side dishes on different tables. This allows guests partake in the menu combinations as designed. Also, keep in mind that the smaller the buffet, the faster guests will pass through the line.

If you and your fiancé enjoy fine dining and prefer table service, a seated dinner is more appropriate. Your entrance into the reception can coincide with the serving of the first course. Remember to include tableside wine service as well, so your guests don’t have to leave the table when they would like more wine. Also, by having the tableside wine service, your toasts can take place during that first course.

Between the first and main course, the father-daughter and mother son dance can take place. Then the cake cutting, bouquet toss and garter toss can take place after the main course to usher in the transition into the dancing portion of the evening.

In terms of pricing, buffet style versus sit-down depends solely on the caterer. So make sure to inquire about the difference.

Hope this helps you with your decision and gets you closer to your perfect reception. If you need help creating your dream wedding, please feel free to contact us! We’d love to be a part of it!