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Wedding Tips: Creating and Finalizing your Guest List

One of the hardest parts of wedding planning is creating and finalizing the guest list! We know it can be so hard, you wish you could invite everyone, but costs start to add up quickly the longer your guest list gets!

Start by writing down every person you’d want to be there. Before you start cutting down the list to fit your venue & budget here are a few things to consider:
– are we inviting kids? (It’s totally okay if you’re not!!)
– if we invite certain groups of people (ie. co-workers, extended family) will we invite them all?
– when was the last time you saw them?
– Have they met your significant other?
– Were you invited to their wedding?
– will everyone receive a plus-one, or where are you drawing the line?

Don’t feel obligated to invite anyone, even if you were invited to their wedding, especially if you haven’t talked to them in a few years or more!

Creating a guest list is something we can help you with if you’re having difficulty narrowing it down. Send me a DM today to book a consultation, I’d love to chat!

Photo Credit: Sheldon Isaac Images

Are Bridal Trials Necessary?

Part of my job as a Wedding Planner is to create the perfect wedding day experience, and that includes making sure you feel beautiful and confident on your wedding day.  Getting a Bridal Trial is often overlooked as an unnecessary expense, however, I highly recommend that you include this in your budget.

This is why for today’s blog, I have asked Pamela Price from Priceless Beauty,  a good friend and Professional Hair and Make-up Artist to explain the Importance of including a Bridal Trial.

This is what she had to say:  https://priceless-beauty.com/bridal-trials-101/

Pamela in action.  Photo Credit:  Shotlife Studio

Her talented work includes working for well-known TV programs such as Breakfast Television, CP24, E Talk, Omni News, Sun TV, Rogers TV, YTV, and ET Canada.  As well as been featured in Oxygen, Lifestyle Magazine, Asian Woman Magazine, Fitness Star Magazine, TandM Magazine, The Toronto Sun, along with several online publications.

Because Pamela is such a good friend of ours, she is offering a free Consultation to all of Alfresco Wedding Planner’s followers,  simply by mentioning this post.

You can contact her here: https://priceless-beauty.com/contact/

Photo Credit:  Shotlife Studio

How to Stay Organized Planning Your Wedding

You’re engaged!  Congratulations!

  

Before you start your journey of wedding planning, it’s essential that you have an organized plan to make the process as seamless as possible. No question, wedding planning can be overwhelming. There are a lot of details that go into making an event like this.

 Not to scare you, but did you know that the average wedding in Canada can take 250 hours to plan.  Having a Game plan before you start will make the world of difference of keeping your stress level down and feeling confident about your special day.

Here are our top 6 tips to help keep you organized with keeping track of your spending, to-do lists, and communications so nothing slips through the cracks.

    1. Create a dedicated wedding email.    Keep all your emails related to your wedding in one place.  You can create folders within your inbox to easily find important emails.  You can create folders for each of your vendors, helpful blogs, invoices etc.  Give all your wedding vendors, and the venue this email.
    2. Get a Wedding Binder or Folder.  It might be a digital world, but you’re still going to need a place to keep important documents like contracts, invoices and brochures, so they don’t get lost.  Again, create tabs for things like wedding inspiration, to-do lists, service providers etc.
    3. Follow a 12-month checklist.  Don’t know where to get started on first? Use a Wedding Checklist to keep you on track, and break things down in small manageable chunks.    
    4. Schedule Time for Wedding Planning. Set aside time on your calendar every week for wedding planning, just like you would a doctor appointment or a gym workout.  If you don’t block off the time, it’s likely it will get put off….and this will always be at the bottom of your to-do list.
    5. Use Spreadsheets.  Spreadsheets are a fantastic tool to keep track of important information. You can use a spreadsheet for your Budget, Guest List with RSVP’s responses, Menu selection, and  Thank you Cards. Enter formulas to automatically calculate your budget or add up your Guest List.   
    6. Get help!   Planning a wedding is a BIG job, so don’t be afraid to ask for help.  This is where a professional Wedding Planner can come in handy. Wedding planners have the relationships and knowledge to help achieve your wedding day vision and ease the stress.   Alfresco Wedding Planner will put you at ease and guide you through what is possibly the most exciting, yet stressful time of your life.

Do you need help getting started or have questions?  We are here to create the best Wedding Day Experience for you, as you deserve it.  Contact us today liz@alfrescowedding.ca


Happy Planning!