Monthly Archives: July 2020

The Best Wedding Books For Wedding Planning Notice: None of these books are affiliated or sponsored. Are you the Ultimate, “Do-it yourself” Georgia Bride? If so, here are a few books to help you on your journey of creating your dream wedding with your own hands. Ultimate Guide To Start Planning Your Wedding The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner & Organizer [binder edition] All right, this book or should I say binder, is the ultimate guide for beginners who want the satisfaction of planning their own wedding, but don’t necessarily know everything there is to know about weddings. This binder comes with lots of helpful check sheets and a mindful timeline to help you stay on track. It also comes in handy when it comes to keeping you on your budget. It helps with estimates for picking your venue, which flowers you want, cake tasting and helping you choose the perfect [...]

What to Ask Before You Hire a Wedding Vendor When it comes to hiring people to help out with your special day, it is important you know which questions you should ask. So let’s go over a few key questions you should be thinking about and asking before inviting a wedding vendor to help with your Georgia vintage wedding. What To Ask A Wedding Planner It is a good idea to ask, how involved will I get to be in the planning process? Because some wedding planners take over the entire process and leave little to nothing for the bride and groom to decide on even though it is their own wedding. Make sure to ask what isn’t included in the planners packages. Ask about how many weddings they take on per year. If they take on quite a few, then that means they are not only experienced but well [...]

Strange Wedding Superstitions, Myths and Traditions Since the start of weddings, there have been tons of different superstitions, traditions and beliefs that each culture created and adapted into each of their ceremonies. So let's take a look at some of them!  We’ve heard of it, but why do we do it? We have all heard about the groom carrying the bride across the threshold into their home, but the reasoning for this is that they believed that this was a brave act to protect her from evil spirits lurking below. Everyone knows that engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand, however the reasoning behind it is actually quite romantic. They started this tradition because it was once thought that a vein in that finger led directly to the heart. On their wedding day brides must have “something old” to symbolize the “continuity of [...]

5 Wedding Trends that are Making a Comeback I am sure at one point in your life you have heard that if a piece of clothing stays in your closet long enough it will come back into style. This is true in some instances, even for Georgia vintage weddings! So let’s take a trip down memory lane and bring back some of these old trends to incorporate into a classic 2020’s fashion. The Dress Style As far as wedding dresses goes it feels like we have already discovered and created all the possible wedding dresses there were to be created. However, that is far from the truth. In recent years we have seen glorious dresses that are decked out in gems, rhinestones, lace, and anything you can think of to a more simplistic type of dress that is referred to as classic and minimalistic. However, with a trend of turning [...]

What Does A Wedding Planner Do? There is always a lot of debate on whether or not hiring a wedding planner is the best path to take. Many people believe that hiring a wedding planner will cost you more money when you are trying to save every penny, but what a lot of people don’t know is that hiring someone to plan everything can actually save you money. How To Get Wedding Discounts There are a lot that people don’t tell you when it comes to hiring a wedding planner, especially the positives. One of those positives is the fact that wedding planners have the connections to make anything possible. People tend to forget that their specialty is to make dreams come true. Being in the industry for a long time tends to lead to having better relations with vendors and gain more leverage when it comes to getting the [...]

10 Tips on Prepping for the Wedding Day Tip 1 Create a timeline for your big day. Creating a timeline of when events should start and stop is a good way to help you stay organized and on time. Even if you aren’t positive on when events are going to end, focus on when events are supposed to start so you can have a general idea. Tip 2 Set time aside to do a practice run for getting ready a few days before the wedding so you know how much time it will take you to get ready before the wedding and keep you on track. Tip 3 Breakfast is incredibly important, DON’T skip it because it may be the only meal you eat all day. It doesn’t need to be heavy in case you are worried about bloating, so at least eat a light breakfast. Tip 4 Music! Have [...]