Selecting a Venue for your Wedding Reception

Many times when I meet with a potential client, they have not yet determined where they want to celebrate their newly married status~~a/k/a their wedding reception.

To help my clients develop a clear vision of what they want their guests to experience at their wedding reception, I have developed a series of questions. Usually these questions help my clients to develop their vision.

Some couples know the answers immediately and others need time to think about them and turn the options over in their head, but most of the time, when we're finished, I have a clear direction to go, when developing the design for their reception.

It is very important early in your planning stages to develop the parameters of your vision. Where you want, what you want, what you want to see, what you want to hear, what you want to taste & last, but definitely not least, how much money you want to spend.

Here is the first part of my time proven, pretty easy system. Let me know what you think! Also, share with us how you developed the design for your reception.


Important things to know:

1) what is your budget? There are facilities that rent from $750-$3,000 that provide no catering at all, and there are hotels who have menus that range from $40-$80 per person easily and restaurants that can serve anything on their menu, the price is dictated by what you select. Please think about what your budget is.

2) What type of location do you want? Would you prefer:

A traditional location (hotel ballroom/banquet room/country club)

A non-traditional location (Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, San Sebastian Winery, White Room, the loft over Burrito Gallery)

a neighborhood venue (a garden club or a womens club)

This is just the very beginning, but I hope I have given you some food for thought!!

Until next time.....

EASY WEDDING PLANNING!

Winners Announced!

Well, I was going to wait until tomorrow to give you the details of the Jacksonville Magazine's huge wedding giveaway.... BUT I decided to go ahead and let you know tonight.

We had a wonderful evening at the beautiful Serenata Beach Club.

There were four finalist couples.

1) Kathleen Holland and Brian Triggs
2) Monica Mia Hiday and Ryan Ketterman
3) Lauren Brooks and Ryan Imhulse
4) Nita Sinden and Ian Hurley

The four finalists competed in the NearlyWed Game. They answered some tough questions about each other. The deciding question was when the women were asked "How will your fiance' fill in the following sentence?: A good wife is one who _____________" Nita and Ian's answer was "loves" How sweet!

I'll give you more details tomorrow later, but for now........

Our very lucky winners are Nita Sinden & Ian Hurley. I'll be tending to the details leading up to the wedding, so I'll keep you posted on the progress.


until next time.....

EASY WEDDING PLANNING!

Slacker!

Okay, Okay, I'm sooooo very sorry for being such a slacker! Thanks to Lisa for letting me know! She asked me when I was going to start keeping up with my blog again....
How embarrasing!

Well, I've attached an article which kinda explains what I've been doing....



I know, it's no excuse. Thank you for calling me on it. To those of you who enjoy receiving my newsletter, I've also kinda slacked on that one too, haven't I? I promise that next week things will return to normal....

Well, maybe. Of course, the Christmas season kinda prevents normal, doesn't it?

I'll write you a quick story later on this week to explain something that happened to me that reminds me of the spirit of this time of year.

until then.....

EASY WEDDING PLANNING!

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

If you're reading this & you haven't voted, SHAME ON YOU! Get out & VOTE! Now! Please? :-)

until next time.....

EASY WEDDING PLANNING!

Bride's Across America

So...This is a really AMAZING thing. Words can not describe the way a giveaway like this makes you feel.

Bride's Across America is an event where bridal salons across our lovely USA are donating and giving away designer gowns to qualified Military Brides. Yes! Giving them away.


Each store is preparing their particular giveaways, so some will give away 5, some 10, some more than that. Each store is deciding what their contribution will be on an individual basis.

In order to qualify: " You must be engaged, be on active duty in the military, or have a fiance on active duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. All military brides must show proper ID, copy of deployment papers, orders or other qualifying proof."

Please visit the Brides Across America Website

Important Note, visit each store or call them, each shop is planning their own date of their event. The store in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Patricia South's The Bride's Choice is having their giveaway on Veterans Day, November 11th, so quick, call 954-791-6007 & make your appointment!!!

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! CALL & MAKE YOUR APPT.

MY PERSONAL HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR SOLDIERS & THEIR BRIDES TO BE FOR THEIR SACRIFICES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM! THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US!

until next time.....

EASY WEDDING PLANNING AND HAPPY GOWN GIVEAWAY!