Wedding Planning & Event Styling

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. The first stage in planning is establishing your full wedding budget. Your wedding budget is the absolute top dollar you wish to spend on your wedding from start to finish. Once you have an idea of what you and your family are willing to spend, a wedding planner will be able to guide you every step of the way. Without a solid dollar amount, it is impossible to properly percentages and allocate funds for each planning category. Far too often, brides find themselves extremely over budget due to one impulse or uneducated purchase. You wedding planner will assure you stick to budget by only offering and recommending services and choices based off of your personal budgetary needs.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. 1. My fiancé and I do not have enough money in our budget to hire a wedding planner to plan the entire event but I need help! Is there anything a wedding planner can do to accommodate my budget or help with just a few aspects of the wedding?
The first misconception for a newly engaged couple is that they cannot afford a wedding planner. For most couples with a limited budget, a full service event management and design company may be the best option in stretching your budget, while offering you all of your wants and needs. By packaging multiple services and taking advantage of their exclusive vendor relationships, an experienced planning firm can offer inside industry pricing and discounts only available to an established industry professional.

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A. 2. I'm looking for large centerpieces that really stand out but can only do these centerpieces on a few of the tables. Is there a way to mix and match my tables so that some have large centerpieces while others have smaller? Or do they all need to be the same?
Absolutely! Variety is the spice of life and matchy-matchy is a thing of the past. Brides and their designers are pushing the limit on tradition with the wow-factor. The easiest way to obtain a grand look while sticking to budget is variety. Depending on the number of guest tables, you can create two, three, or even 4 different centerpiece looks while staying within your design theme and color palette. This adds interest and an array of different design elements which are fun for the eye and great for conversation.

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A. What is one thing, as a wedding planner, that you would suggest makes or breaks the overall look to the wedding/reception?
Lighting is the essential element of any quality event. From brilliant color to a soft amber glow, event lighting enhances the guest experience by taking a normal event space and turning it into an atmosphere—a perfectly designed space that speaks to who you are as a couple.