Every time I watch a wedding show, or look at random wedding photos this one gets me.
What’s wrong with this photo? I can’t see her dress. She should be holding her flowers much lower. I’ve even seen photos where bridesmaids or brides have held their flowers almost up to their chins. So when walking down the aisle, hold your flowers at or under you bellybutton. Yes they are beautiful flowers, however, so is your dress!
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There are few events in life that are as exciting and stressful, as shopping for you wedding dress. Here are a few tips on how to keep sane and ensure your dress arrives on time.
- It takes 6-9 MONTHS to order a wedding dress, go early
- Don’t bring an entourage, keep it to three people total
- Keep an open mind, how it looks on the hanger isn’t close to how it will on you
- Have an idea of the style you would like, bring pictures
- Go with a budget, let the sales person know the budget
- Go on an off day of the week, during the day (Monday – Thursday)
- Make appointments
- Do your makeup and hair, you’ll feel better in the dress
- Don’t be upset if you have to go up 2 – 4 sizes, it’s normal
- Don’t just start looking, it will overwhelm you
As you will notice over the coming weeks (it’ll take a little while) our logo has changed, it was time for a repaint. Nothing else has changed, we’ve had the same logo for almost five years and it just wasn’t suiting our direction anymore. We’re extremely happy with the new look.
Cheers!
Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
c: 780.901.5630
Check out the post on our wedding inspiration shoot here!
Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
c: 780.901.5630
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I receive a lot of questions about how much time is required to plan a wedding. Really, you don’t need much time at all. So if you were recently engaged and would like to get married this year, don’t worry you have time. As long as you don’t have your heart set on a specific date and venue you should be okay. You need to first start with priorities, if you have always known you will be married in the Basilica and it’s only available on June 2 at 3 p.m. you may need to be a little bit flexible with the rest of your planning. If you don’t have your heart set on anything you shouldn’t have a problem at all.
1. Set your priorities and budget, and vision
2. Select a Ceremony and Reception Venue + Date
3. Start booking all your vendors (the ones that can only book one wedding a weekend are where you want to start i.e. photographers/planners) and order you dress – it takes up to six months to order!
Keep in mind the busy months for wedding are June, July, August, and September, if you have a wedding in one of the less popular months you will be able to have the venues and vendors you want!
Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
c: 780.901.5630
Most brides take the first opportunity to go to the dress store and forget the basics. When planning such an important event there are a few things you need to look at before ever stepping in a dress store.
First think of the kind of wedding the two of you want. Is it local, destination, large, small etc. (you don’t need to determine colors or theme but a general idea of your wedding).
Second set your priorities for the wedding – is it the budget, venue, dress, photos, food, number of guests?
The third thing you need to sit down and look at before hiring anyone or even looking at those dresses, is BUDGET. The first two steps coincide with the budget. Unfortunately you cannot have a princess wedding, with 300 guests on a $10,000 budget. You also need to discuss upfront with the parents or anyone else involved if they will be contributing.
Once the budget, priorities, and vision have been discussed you can go dress, venue, photographer, etc. shopping. If you don’t do these steps first you will only cause yourself frustration, and possibly hurt your budget.
Happy Planning!
Alex + Frank were married at the Country Lodge (in the loft) in the afternoon of December 31. They originally wanted to be married in a log cabin in the mountains but this was this was a better choice being closer to family. Alex was so relaxed and absolutely stunning. For centre pieces lanterns from ikea war enlaced upon black and silver stars cut from paper and three tea light holders that were modified (mode podgy + marth stewart glitter) surrounded the lantern. Simple, yet very pretty!
Just before midnight champagne and new year’s party items were placed out and a count down started. It was a fabulous party and a great way to start the new year!
Please keep in mind these are my photos, and they really don’t do anyone justice, I’ll post the professional ones from DB Photographics when available.
Venue: Country Lodge
Photographer: DB Photographics (not the photos above)
Florals: Akiko Floral Artistry
Cake: Whimsical Cake Studio
From our family to yours!
I found a bunch of super cute DIY Save the Dates, I just had to share.
Save the Dates don’t need to be sent for every wedding, I advise using them for weddings on long weekends, unusually days (i.e. Friday or Sundays) or in destination weddings (where most of the guests are from out of town). They don’t have to be elaborate or fancy, keep in mind though, this is the first your guest sees of your wedding so keep that in mind when you have it designed. You want to keep a consistent theme.
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I could have added tons more, but would have needed so many posts, so feel free to check Etsy.
There are several ways and times you will need to entertain your guests, the most common is the time between the ceremony and reception or during cocktail hour. For the first bit of time, most people chat with family and friends they haven’t seen in ages.
There’s always a magician for children, a colouring table with a few toys for children, a dancer/dance group (i.e. irish dancers, Ukrainian dancers, belly dancers etc.), a singer, other performances. However, I know not each bride and groom has the money or time in their schedules for such performances. Here are a few inexpensive ideas that will surely keep your guests entertained, every time one of my clients has done something similar (mad libs) it’s been a hit.
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Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
c: 780.901.5630
