The five Stages of Wedding Budget Anxiety
Here is some light reading for your weekend! (Source link on bottom of Page) Stage 1 of Wedding Budget Anxiety “A wedding costs how much?” Despite years of attending weddings and seeing weddings on blogs or in tabloids, you may have lost all sense of what a not-lavish-but-still-including-most-of-the-“traditional”-trappings wedding actually costs. As you start […]
Your wedding day was perfect and you wouldn’t change a thing, right? Wrong!
Your wedding day was perfect and you wouldn’t change a thing, right? Wrong! These real brides reveal what they would have done differently if they could have their time again… This article originally appeared in Wedding Ideas magazine “I should have hired a wedding planner. We had a marquee wedding at home […]
Before You Are Engaged ‘The List of Five’ Pittsburgh wedding tips
Before You Are Engaged ‘The List of Five’ 1. Map Out the Vision You Have for Your Wedding: Before announcing your engagement to family and friends, make sure you are clear and in agreement about your vision. Once you announce your engagement it becomes a public event, and everyone will want to have a […]
10 Things I Learned About Weddings Ceremonies Last Year: Pittsburgh Wedding Tips
This is a reprint of JP Reynolds an Wedding Officiant: Pittsburgh wedding ceremonies 1. The greatest gift parents can give to their children are the words: “This is your wedding, so whatever you want is fine with us.” These generous, selfless words relieve pressure, diffuse tension and let a couple plan from a place of […]
Focusing your thoughts and plans for your wedding: Pittsburgh Wedding Tips
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! This is a good article with a great idea on how to focus your thoughts and plans about your wedding: “Find What You Love” Begin your wedding plans with the notion of: “A little of you and little of your fiancée and a lot of both of […]
Average Wedding Cost in Pittsburgh, PA (Allegheny County)
NOTE This is what real people spent and reported. The average wedding cost is based on number of guests estimated between 124 and 144. A single guest could add between $180 and $220 to the overall cost of your wedding. The best way to save money on your wedding is to control the number of […]
Brides Against Breast Cancer: Charity Gown Sale, The Fez, Jan. 9, 2011, 11AM to 5PM
This is a show with a difference. Brides Against Breast Cancer: Charity Gown Sale, The Fez, Jan. 9, 2011: 11AM to 5PM “Brides Against Breast CancerTM” gown sales continue to be important fund-raising events for Making Memories. Our more than 32 yearly shows provide brides-to-be with an opportunity to find their dream gown (at an […]
Accent Lighting for Focal Points
Here is the newest and best way to highlight the cake or any decoration at wedding or other events. After spending a considerable amount of your events budget on a cake or on centerpieces, you should consider accenting with light to bring attention and have the WOW factor when your guests enter your event. This […]
Lighting Up the Head-Table
A new way to add some elegance to your reception is to provide lighting under the ‘Head Table’.<span> </span>Depending on your venue and room layout; ‘uplighting’ or ‘accent lighting’ the head table can be a simple, but dramatic effect. The lighting can be simple as white Christmas lights or new hi-tech led lighting. Here are […]
Wedding Check List
Here is a ‘Wedding Check List’ I complied from several sources. 12-18 Months Before Your Wedding Day Announce engagement to family & friends Select a wedding date Set an initial budget Choose your Wedding Party Choose Ceremony Venue Confirm with church clergy or Wedding Officiate Select Reception Venue Begin compiling guest list Go to bridal […]
