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Modern and DIY Wedding Planning

23 Apr

Do It Yourself Weddings and Favors can be fun and budget savers

Modern Choices:

A contemporary, modern wedding is still big in 2011.  Brides can opt for non-traditional dress choices, such as: beautiful hues instead of usual white or ivory; shoulder instead of strapless; and short cocktail dresses instead of a long gown.  The modern trend can also continue through the décor of your wedding as well, couples can steer away from the customary 10-person round table and opting to mix table shapes and sizes. Couples can also incorporate bright and bold colors, cool lounge setting and after parties; choosing cupcakes instead of a wedding cake and having the bridesmaids choose different styles of dresses in the same color or souvenir photo booth picture strips instead of traditional wedding favor trinkets.

DIY weddings:

“Do it yourself” is a big trend continuing into 2011.  Personalized touches and little details are very important; couples can incorporate their favorite interests, hobbies, places and even sports. It’s a great idea for a couple to plan every detail of their entire wedding. Then on the wedding day assign a trustworthy relative, friend or wedding coordinator, to help with the details so the bride and groom can relax and enjoy their big day.

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Dawn Rising   – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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Hot Wedding Trends for 2011

16 Apr

Planning a Vintage or Retro-inspired Idaho Wedding

Congratulations you’re engaged! You have your wedding date picked and now you are ready to begin planning the most important day of your life. But have you asked the question: What are the hottest wedding trends for 2011?  Here are a few I thought might be helpful.

Vintage Modern:

Vintage and retro-inspired with a modern twist.  What’s old is new.

  • Vintage wedding dresses with cap sleeves
  • Beautiful textures
  • Ornate details
  • Natural settings, including outdoor and backyard weddings
  • Vintage photography
  • Nontraditional veils, vintage or heirloom combs.

Eco-friendly weddings:

Environmentally friendly weddings. Second-hand and vintage wedding dresses, LED lighting, recycled paper invitations and programs, and food from local Idaho farms and Idaho providers. Charity donations are a popular option instead of traditional wedding favors, and couples can ask for donations to their favorite charity instead of wedding gifts.

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Dawn Rising   – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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Wedding Colors – Going Bold!

02 Apr

Going bold with your wedding colors

Selecting your wedding style and colors will be some of your first items to do, helping to set the décor decisions you will make from here forward. Not all brides want traditional wedding colors like white with pale pink or navy blue with silver accents. When you are looking for ways to incorporate the “wow” factor into your wedding, think about using colors with more intensity and boldness. One of the most intense color combinations is purple and red for a wedding with pizzazz.

Purple and red make a strong statement together; they work well for bridesmaids dresses, selecting one of the colors as the focal point and accenting the other. For example: Deep Eggplant Purple could be accented with a red sash and red flower in hair, or a Red dress with a Deep Purple Shawl and strappy sandals to coordinate.  Your bridesmaids will look fabulous and flirty and your groomsmen dashing. There will be no demure looking attendants with this color palette!

These intense colors of purple and red should be accented or layered with a subdued color such as burnt orange or chocolate brown to keep your wedding color palette deep and mysterious. You could also add a lighter color for contrast such as cream, taupe or pale gold. It depends on the time of day, the formality and how dramatic you want your wedding and reception to be.

The modern weddings of today are amazing and the wedding food and drinks served at them can be paired with your color scheme. Signature drinks in purple and reds would look fabulous lined up on the bar for guests to take for a most impressive look.

Every bride and groom wants to express the love and passion they feel for each other, so a dramatic purple and red wedding color scheme is just what you will need.  From the flowers to bridal party attire and the food to the favors; this dramatic color pairing will make for an unforgettable wedding.

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Diane Estey   – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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Wedding Rental Tips and Planning

26 Mar
Idaho Wedding Rentals

Consider utilizing wedding rentals for planning resources as well as budget savers

Even if you’re in the beginning stages of your Idaho wedding planning, don’t forget to utilize local wedding rental resources. You might not even know your venue or how many people you are inviting – or maybe you have the day and place picked out but aren’t sure how you want to decorate for your wedding. Don’t forget, the professionals at wedding rental facilities are experts who have helped plan hundreds of weddings – use them for their experience!

If you’re searching for ideas or inspiration, make an appointment and look through books of past weddings they have done. Go armed with questions! Consider asking the following:

  • Are there any big trends you are seeing?
  • What kind of things can be rented?
  • What advice do you have to a bride that’s just getting started?
  • How do you calculate the number of items you need?
  • Do you have any cost saving ideas?
  • Can you work within my budget?
  • Do you recommend any particular venues?
  • I’ve already chosen my venue – have you had any particular complications or things that worked really well at that venue in the past?
  • What important things to people often forget to order?
  • Can you handle all of my renting needs?

Want to get started right away? Call up some of our Idaho wedding rental specialists today!

 
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Wedding Planning Pitfalls to Avoid

19 Mar

Allow enough time in your timeline for your wedding gown

A commonly overlooked detail when planning a wedding is to give yourself enough time to order your dream wedding dress. If you’re looking for a customized wedding gown, you should allot at least six months for the dress to be ordered and altered. Anything less, you run the risk of not having time to do enough fittings or even getting the dress you want.

And one last piece of advice: If you’re feeling overwhelmed, consider hiring a wedding planner or at least a Day-of Coordinator to help arrange all the little details.  With their knowledge and high level of expertise in the industry they are uniquely positioned to create your memorable day at a lower cost to you, their client.  It is their goal to create a wedding that will reflect your unique personality and style, with your needs being of the utmost importance, and will be committed to meeting those needs and requests.

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Diane Estey – Delicate Designs – www.delicatedesigns-coord.com

 
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More Green Wedding Planning – Decor

23 Oct
Green arrangement

Donate silk flowers or use real biodegradable bouquet

It takes only a few changes to make a big impact on the amount of generated waste. Following are suggestions for environmentally friendly choices that you can easily incorporate into your wedding.

Decorations - As you plan the decorations for your ceremony and reception, omit items such as balloons and crepe paper. Instead, choose flowers, herbs, leaves, grasses, and other natural materials. Rent vases for centerpieces from your florist or from a rental center. That way, the same item is reused many times. Consider using potted plants, including pots of herbs, for centerpieces. If you don’t have a garden in which to plant them later, give them as gifts to people who helped with the wedding.

Flowers - If you like the look of silk flowers and you have a use for the bouquets and arrangements later, then use silk. Otherwise, use live flowers, which will biodegrade. After the wedding you might donate large arrangements to your church or to a nursing home, shelter home, or assisted living center where the residents can enjoy them.

Check back next week for more green wedding planning tips!

-Submitted by Glenna Tooman, Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC
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Change the Look of Your Wedding Venue with Special Lighting

12 May

I recently coordinated a couple of weddings held in the ballrooms of local hotels. As you know, most hotel ballrooms look alike – same nondescript beige or light brown walls, airwall tracks in the ceiling. Some hotels try to improve the look by installing decorative light fixtures, which help to lessen the “conference room” look.

For these events, the clients chose to use decorative lighting to toally change the look of the room. One couple used columns of purple light shining upward, against the walls, creating a deep purple glow near the floor and suffusing the room with a soft lavender glow. The room looked elegant and inviting. The other couple, who were married on the beach, chose orange lighting to add to the tropical theme of their reception.
You can use lighting in various ways to add to the ambiance of your event, wherever it is held.

Though lighting an entire room can be expensive, there are ways to minimize cost, such as using only a few strategically located spot lights shining upward from behind a screen or curtain or focused on an architectural feature. Most any color can be used, though some are more flattering and inviting than others. Colors such as blue tend to make a room look cold, while red adds energy and keeps people moving.

If you want to do something to set your event apart from the ordinary, consider adding special lighting. One of the Wedding Party Show vendors offers colored lighting and event decorators can help with spot lighting.

© 2009 Glenna Tooman, Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC


 
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