WHAT THEY DO NOT TELL YOU ABOUT WEDDING PLANNING

Brides typically start out with a great attitude towards getting married. Brides are excited and have so many ideas and have a great vision. Thinking how much fun planning the wedding is going to be in the many months’ ahead puts a smile on their face. Brides even think they will be immune to the stress and not get so raped up in the details and keep things simple. Thinking this is going to be one big party they are going to throw and it will be SO MUCH FUN!

Somehow brides seem to know just when the halfway point is, and then the countdown and the stress begins. Until now, they are still in a dreamlike state and loving the entire planning process. A time clock goes off like a bomb, and all the sudden things begin to change. At this point the bride has tried on several dresses and hopefully has the perfect dress ordered. She has looked at shoes, bridesmaids’ dresses, flowers, invitations, reception halls and the list goes on and on. By the halfway point, she has so much time invested in this wedding, she wants everything to go perfect and this is where the stress begins.

After spending this much time figuring out everything, her perception changes and she wants dresses to match, flowers to be the perfect color, and the list goes on and on. The bride cares more about the day and the details than she ever thought she would. The realization that this day is really important and that is has meaning, has finally come to fruition. The meaning of the wedding not only has to do with tradition, but what the couple’s relationship is like and where they are going in their future together. The wedding becomes symbolic, this fun adventure has turned out to be expensive, and all their friends and family are expecting to have a good time. The bride starts to care about making sure the details are perfect. Then the bride realizes that other people will be judging her wedding and she wants everyone to remember it being great, fun, and exciting with memories to last a life time.

Suddenly the bride starts asking herself, “Does this represent who we are? Does this make our wedding stand out? Will people remember this as fun? Things happen and people start backing out of the wedding. Friends and relative you want to be at your special day have good reasons why they will not be attending. Sometimes those in the wedding party will back out at the last minute. Sometimes they cannot handle the stress, things have gotten way out of their budget, or the fun has fizzled out. Usually at this point the bride will have some type of meltdown.

A month before the wedding, the dress comes in, and it is time for alterations. At this point the dress store’s sales person understands that it is way too late in the game to find someone else to do the alterations and final touches. You are at their mercy, and it is time to take advantage. That kind and caring sales person who sold you the dress, she will become a different person. Those alterations are not going to be cheap. Want to take your dress someplace else? Good luck with that. The sales lady now has a very bad attitude and very rude. Then the bride notices the wedding dress appears to be used. All of these scenarios and sometimes all of them happen.

If you want to avoid this happening to your bride, then you will want to get the Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet. The author of the booklet worked for a bridal salon, whose owner was verbally and mentally abusive. The author created the booklet to warn other brides about the horrors of such sales people they will run into, and attempt to ruin their perfect day. Help the bride be ready the tricks bridal salons use and get some pretty nifty tips on how to combat these issues and more. 

Affordable And Elegant Wedding Themes

Do you want your wedding memorable? If so, how do you want your wedding to be remembered and start the planning process from there! Spending less on your wedding day does not mean you have to give up elegance, romance, or fun. It’s all about choices, priorities, and a theme that is the perfect of elegance and budget mindedness. Savvy brides can save money and still have a smashing wedding. Picking the right theme can make all the difference. Set the tone for your wedding by choosing wedding invitations that evoke the spirit of your theme. You will also want your wedding dress to help with the theme on the day of the wedding. If getting married on the beach, a flowing dress with little beading is best. Getting married in a castle, then a huge ball gown dress is perfect. Everyone will have their eyes on the bride and her dress will say it all! Don’t forget to purchase the Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet, there are great tips and tricks you can use to save money when purchasing your wedding dress. 

If you can not say your vows on a tropical beach, look for ways to recreate that location’s ambiance closer to home. If you live near water, you can pot some palms. Have a sandy beach area, throw down some cut glass that you purchase online or made yourself.  How about using tropical flowers in the bouquets? Flickering torches at night can turn any beach or shore line into a tropical experience.

Recreate the Irish countryside in a local park and leave the area in a horse and buggy. Horse and buggies at weddings are popular at the moment. Decorate the backyard with wildflower arrangements and decor in hues of emerald and cream. If you are getting married in the rainy season, you can use the weather to help with the theme.

The appeal of a relaxed, all natural, simple rustic wedding theme is always popular. Everything should feel easy and natural, with a simple décor. The outdoors makes a perfect setting, allowing you to use nature’s beauty as wedding decorations. You can also bring the outdoors inside, decorating a banquet hall with natural touches or using large bare twig bouquets with lights on them. Artfully arranged branches accented with sprays of wildflowers, fruit, or glitter. Put candles or flowers in rustic looking pals and line isles, tables, or doorways.

Your mother’s beautiful, well-preserved wedding gown is the perfect centerpiece for a vintage wedding theme. Recreate the roaring ‘20s can be easy with the Great Gatsby movie that was recently released.  Salute the ‘50s with kitten heels and a full tulle skirt for your bridesmaids. Have you seen the Alyce Paris bridesmaid’s dress line? Perfect for the 50’s look, and the dresses have pockets. The groomsmen can wear skinny ties and very shiny black shoes. Decoration pieces and even bridal favors can be found at second-hand shops and vintage stores. Better yet, raid your parents’ and grandparents’ attics!

Pick accent items that are colorful, but not expensive, such as rice paper lanterns, balloons, candles from the dollar store. Rice paper lanterns can be fun decorations and at midnight, you and your guest can let them go for a romantic ending to the evening. Balloons can be used to create all kinds of themes, make the environment lively, and easy clean up. The Dollar Store is your friend. You can find all kinds of great accents for your wedding and glass items are one of those things.

If you must have fresh flowers for your wedding, choose the colors of your wedding from the flowers that are in season during the time of your wedding day.

Remember, the things that go wrong at the wedding are assuredly, remembered. They may not seem funny at the time, but in years to come, they will be the funniest part, about the entire event.

Finding Wedding Vendors You Can Trust

The task of wedding planning can seem daunting, but bridal shows can give brides the chance to talk to local vendors. Finding wedding vendors you can trust, is not as simple as you think. Vendors want to make their business profitable and will go to some lengths, to get your business. Brides with the "deer-in-headlights look," who ask a lot of questions, are not very educated in the bridal world. This makes the bride the perfect victim, or I mean customer, to take advantage of.

Planning early and doing your homework is a key. Call on your friends that have been recently married within the last five years. Ask them where they purchased their wedding gown, bridesmaids gowns etc. Then ask them who they would not recommend to do business with. Word of mouth is the best way to find out about business that you need to "run" from. When you think about it, businesses want customers and they will paint themselves as a great place to shop.

When a new bride shows up at a bridal salon, the goal is to get that bride to purchase that day. If the staff can not get the bride to purchase on the same day, they will suggest you sleep on your decision.If staff dotes on the bride for at least an hour or more, and they do not make a sale, then their time has been wasted. If the bride shops at another retailer, they could lose that sale.  The staff are very polite, curious, and caring. They will pass along information, tips, and advice as a way to get you be believe they are knowledgeable about the business and can take care of your every need. This will build trust with the bride and her family and establishes a relationship.

Do an online research for wedding salon reviews. Do some digging, because negative reviews can be covered up. Salons can hire agencies to place fake reviews on the review pages and bury those negative reviews.

Once you purchase the dress, it will take several months to come in. The Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet gives you tips on how to tell if your gown was actually purchased from the manufacture, or the gown you tried on at the salon. Salons that provide alterations, like your dress to come in a month before the wedding. This way they are almost guaranteed to be able to do your alterations. Now, this is where you will see the true colors of the staff come out.


If you have called several times about your dress, stopped in the salon several time to ask questions, anything gone wrong with ordering bridesmaids dresses etc..... here is where thing will get interesting. You see, it is almost impossible to find another person to do alterations at the last minute, so you are at the hands of the staff where you agreed to have your dress altered. If you have become a "thorn" in their side, you will see the true colors of the staff.


Stop into fabric stores and gather alteration business cards. Ask the staff in the store if they have someone they would recommend to do alterations. You can also call those friends who got married less than five years ago and ask where they got their alterations.

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Wedding Registry 101

 Make gift registry easy and simple for your guest, to celebrate with gifts that reflect your personality as a couple. Not sure where to being when setting out to create this list? Here are some wedding registry 101 tips to get you started.

1) Start early, this is something you can get off your check list ASAP, and allows more time for choosing items as needs arise.

2) Look for special program or features. An ultimate gift card is great for guest who are not sure what to get the couple. Everyone can contribute together and the couple can use on their honeymoon, to pay off any account still owed for the wedding,  to pay to have the dress preserved, or order extra photos that they loved. This is also great for couples who have everything they need, or who have been living together for some time. These couples will have almost everything they need.

3) Register together, so you both can get items that will be part of your new life together. Maybe you like to make Margaritas. Asking for a blender may just be the perfect gift, and you could use it at the reception. Choosing different price points is a good idea. The economy is tough right now, and your guest may want to get you a great gift, but may have to budget for it.

4) Picture frames and picture books are a great gift to put all your new photos in. You will want to display them around your home, and now is a good time to suggest these as a gift.

5) If you are not taking a honeymoon for a delayed period of time, travel bags would be another great gift!

6) If you purchased the Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet, and you want to preserve your dress with our tips, you could add to your registry a special decorated box to put your gown in.

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Engagement Rings Are A Marketing Scam!

Bridal retailers do not make marketing ploys that get you to purchase their dresses, they secretly make extra money by ways you are not aware of. Some retailers sell the bride the dress right off the rack, and the bride thinks she ordered a new dress from the manufacture. 

Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet reveals tricks that are used by some salons and gives you tips on how to overcome these obstacles and ways to save money. The book is inexpensive, so everyone getting married can afford one. 

The book was written by an employee who was verbally abused by her manager. The author is huge in women's rights and believe in making lemon aid out of lemons. So when you buy the booklet, you are supporting a woman who was once abused, by a wedding dress salon owner, and refused to be taken advantage of.

14 Must-Read Gown Shopping Tips

Everything you need to know before, during, and after you go dress shopping.

Start Shopping Early

You should start dress shopping around 8 to 10 months before the wedding. Keep in mind that a lot of manufacturers are in China and they close the entire month of January. It can take up to two months to find the right gown and then four months for alterations and nay extras you add to the dress. Give yourself plenty of time and find pictures on the internet of dresses you like and take with you to the retail store. Keep in mind that the sooner you start shopping, the less likely you’ll feel rushed.  

Set Your Budget And Know Your Limit

As excited as you are, work out your budget first. Do not try on gowns outside of your price range or once you find the perfect dress stop shopping. If you find a dress out of your budget, you will either end up falling in love and being disappointed with any dress after that. Shopping once you found the perfect dress will make you second guess yourself and then you have to choose. Who wants to choose between two beautiful dresses. Once you purchase a wedding gown, you do not get the same value out of it, even though you did not wear it. 

Determine Dress Style

The wedding dress sets the tone for the entire wedding. Ball gown dresses set a tone of upscale and sophisticated and perfect for a hotel ballroom wedding. Informal dresses are flowy and set the tone of relaxed and natural, perfect for the beach. This will then determine the dress code for your bridesmaids, mother's dresses, and the guest.  

Savings 

Savings can also be found at sample sales, where you can get discounts on past seasons’ gowns. Wear your mom's dress and have it clean and altered to fit your body type. Some stores want all your wedding business and the more you purchase with them the more you save. If you buy the wedding gown, then the bridesmaids will get a percentage off their dresses. Rent your tuxedos and the groom usually gets his free. 

 

Requests Can Cost

Bridal stores employees are very busy and if you want them to provide extra services, be prepared to pay and upfront service fee. If you want them to find a certain dress or style and it will take hours, remember their time is money. If you call the bridal salon with the manufacturer and the style number and ask if they have that dress, they are happy to help, but more than that, it will cost you. Salons can also get a "sample" dress for you to try on. It depends on what size the manufacturer has in stock. The customer usually pays for the dress to be shipped to the store and the store pays to send the dress back. If your purchasing the dress, it may just be a good selling dress and the salon might just keep the dress instead of sending it back. 

Book Appointments Before The Weekend

Scheduling an appointment is a must. These salons are busy and the farther into the week the busier they get. Saturdays are a mad house so appointments during the week are more relaxed and you will get more attention from the sales staff. You will need a consultant to try on a dress. Remember these are expensive dresses and they do not want make up on them and they need to be put back into bags that are tagged to match the dress.If you do not book an appointment, you may only be able to check out the merchandise only. 

Dress Length

If you are under five foot, you will more than likely need to have a long dress hemmed. The hem should skims the toes of your shoes, so you can move comfortably. Anything longer than that and you have to possibility of tripping on the gown. 

Be Open-Minded

Start by trying on different styles of dresses. A dress is like a book, don't judge a book by it's cover and do not do the same with a wedding dress. Sizes are different by manufacturers. A size 14 in one dress can not fit and a size 14 in another dress can be to big. Generally the wedding gowns come from over seas and they run smaller in size. Trust your salesperson, they know what they are talking about and sometimes they can just see you in the perfect dress. Go with it, you will be amazed what these salespeople can do for your. 

Dress Support Team

Bringing 10 people to a small bridal store is over whelming and you could be looking for weeks to find a dress. Limit your dress support team to a couple of people who have similar taste as you and a course mom. When you narrow the dress down to a few, then bring other people with to get their opinion and invite dad. 

Buy That Dress 

Buy a dress that fits your body the way it is now and have the dress altered  if you gain or lose weight. If you lose weight the dress can be taken in and if you gain weight it can be let out or a corset back can be put into it. This is a lot easier (and cheaper) than it is to add extra fabric to a gown after the fact. The store will measure your body to make sure the correct size dress was sent by the manufacturer.

Read the Fine Print

The fine pint will state that once you purchase the gown their is no taking it back. The contract will hae a non return policy. Check to ensure that you are ordering the correct size and color. Get the designer name, style number, measurements, delivery date, price of the gown, and deposit amount in writing.

 

Bring Accessories You Have

Accessories are very important and maybe the something borrowed in your wedding. Bring your veil, headpiece, gloves or cover-ups to get an idea of your whole wedding look.

 

Be Certain

Get a feel for more than just one dress and salon. Remember you will be working quite a bit with this salong on purchasing extras and having work done on the dress. If the sales staff are not pleaseant, then your dress experience will not be pleasant. 

Your Instincts

If you get a feeling of being beautiful and people can see the glow on your face, then you have the correct dress. If you have to be reassured then the dress is probably not “the one.” So women will not even want to take the dress off and will try to stay in the dress for as long as possible. Then makes the fittings more enjoyable also, because you get to try the dress on!

For more tips and tricks, purchase the Wedding Dress Shipping 101 booklet today!

Anyone Planning A Wedding Needs To Check Out These Tips

Weddings can be fun and memorable if you do just a few things to prepare for the big day!

TIP! You should create a wedding that is personal and shows the relationship that you have and why it is so special. Choose a theme and have the event be centered around the theme. 

TIP! The most important part of the wedding is photos, since you will view them forever. Document this moment she has been waiting for by hiring a professional who will make the photos fun and remembered for a life time. 

TIP! The key to wedding planning is to be informed and do research on ways to save money and how to DIY. 

The Wedding Dress Shopping 101 booklet gives you tips and tricks of how wedding dress retailers make their money. Purchase your booklet today, or purchase for the bride, and learn more tips and tricks of the bridal industry.