tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544014412867323502024-03-13T00:55:57.941-04:00Kaiser's Wedding Blog Bringing Brides and Wedding Vendors TogetherKaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-11059882950022196202012-10-21T20:55:00.000-04:002012-10-21T20:55:10.891-04:0010 Cost Savings Tips for Wedding Makeup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The search for a good wedding makeup artist should begin about six months before your wedding day. A good wedding day artist is not that easy to find, it takes special training to be a good wedding day makeup artist. Many makeup artists have not had the training to be a wedding day makeup artist.<br />
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Before you meet a wedding makeup artist, try to find and bring pictures of makeup jobs to your appointment of other brides makeup jobs that you like. A professional wedding makeup artist has taken special training, they will have been trained on what makeup looks best on different types of faces such as square, oval, and round. They will know what looks best with skin tones, they can match makeup to coordinate with the wedding dress and wedding dress jewelry. They know what makeup not to use in certain situations. Some makeup causes allergic reations to the skin for certain individuals.<br />
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A good professional makeup communicates well with the bride. A good wedding makeup artist also needs to consider what the bride likes and what she is looking for in her wedding day makeup. The communication for wedding makeup needs to be a two way street.<br />
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Before your appointment with your wedding makeup artist. The engaged bride should bring along pictures of makeup jobs she likes, if possible, a picture of her wedding dress. She should ask the bride about her wedding makeup training and she should ask for a portfolio of pictures of makeup jobs the makeup artist has created in the past, preferably recently.<br />
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The good professional makeup artist will spend the time with the bride to formulate the best makeup products for the bride, the products the bride should get according to the brides budget. If the budget is not too stringent, the engaged bride should look at the best makeup in two different ways, what makeup would be best for the bride's wedding day and what makeup is best for everyday living.<br />
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Below are 10 cost saving tips for wedding makeup.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - Note the Wedding Makeup Artist's Routine </u></strong><br />
Once you find a good professional wedding makeup artist take note of the makeup artist's routine. Have the makeup artist write down each of the steps. Also have a picture taken after each step and also video record exactly how each application is applied using either a camcorder or a phone that also allows for video. When a bride is going through the makeup procedure, she should also note the amount of time that is needed to apply the wedding day makeup so the time can be applied to her wedding day schedule.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Practice, Practice, Practice</u></strong><br />
The bride should practice numerous times applying wedding day makeup. The person applying the makeup should know the procedure early and by heart. The makeup should be applied numerous times so the makeup for the wedding day is second nature, to insure no makeup mistakes are made.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Keep an Official Beauty List in a Black Book</u></strong><br />
The bride should create a black book listing all her beauty needs. It should contain the bride's official beauty list. The black book should contain, the best place to buy all her beauty products and their associated costs. The bride should try to only buy products from her official list, many women waste spending money on products they don't need.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Have Family or Friend Do Your Wedding Day Makeup</u></strong><br />
In the beginning find a professional wedding makeup artist to lay out a wedding makeup procedure. Have the procedure noted, photographed, and video, then have a family member or friend learn the procedure to prepare your makeup for your wedding day.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Ask the Makeup Artist to Your Bridal Shower</u></strong><br />
At the beginning of your bridal shower, have your makeup artist teach the bridemaid's and other bridal party members, how to apply makeup, what makeup would look best for each of them. It's okay for the makeup artist to sell makeup products at the bridal shower, but make sure the makeup artist is not too pushy trying to sell products and don't insist bridal party members must buy beauty products. The bride may consider inviting the makeup artist to the formal bridal shower if everyone is comfortable with the makeup artist attending.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Sign Up For Store's Rewards Programs</u></strong><br />
Stores like CVS and Walgreens offer a Rewards Card. Use the rewards cards to get special sales prices, earn rewards, and often you get coupons such as purchase coupons via email. Many reward programs lets you earn points on purchases. The points can be cashed in for gift certificates.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Buy Beauty Products Online</u></strong><br />
There are many websites that offer beauty products online. Check out the websites to find the best deals. Below is a list of beauty websites in which you might find good deals.<br />
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1-<a href="http://www.amazon.com/">www.amazon.com</a><br />
2-<a href="http://www.bathandbody.com/">www.bathandbody.com</a><br />
3-<a href="http://www.beauty.com/">www.beauty.com</a><br />
4-<a href="http://www.beautyshoponline.com/">www.beautyshoponline.com</a><br />
5-<a href="http://www.bloom.com/">www.bloom.com</a><br />
6-<a href="http://www.covergirl.com/">www.covergirl.com</a><br />
7-<a href="http://www.dermstore.com/">www.dermstore.com</a><br />
8-<a href="http://www.drugstore.com/">www.drugstore.com</a><br />
9-<a href="http://www.kiehls.com/">www.kiehls.com</a><br />
10-<a href="http://www.maybelline.com/">www.maybelline.com</a><br />
11-<a href="http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/">www.nyxcosmetics.com</a><br />
12-<a href="http://www.revlon.com/">www.revlon.com</a><br />
13-<a href="http://www.sears.com/">www.sears.com</a><br />
14-<a href="http://www.sephora.com/">www.sephora.com</a><br />
15-<a href="http://www.soap.com/">www.soap.com</a><br />
16-<a href="http://www.target.com/">www.target.com</a><br />
17-<a href="http://www.ulta.com/">www.ulta.com</a><br />
18-<a href="http://www.walgreen.com/">www.walgreen.com</a><br />
19-<a href="http://www.walmart.com/">www.walmart.com</a><br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Use Beauty Product Store Coupons</u></strong><br />
Many beauty stores and pharmacy's offer in-store coupons. Find store coupons in weekly circulars, also from their websites, and now stores have scanning devices or have a smartphone app. One can use scanning devices to get additional coupons from the store. Lastly ask sales managers in the stores if they have any upcoming promotions of sales events or bargains in their stores.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Buy Beauty Products in Bulk for your Bridal Party</u></strong><br />
Many brides will buy beauty products for their bridal party. Sometimes these products are even bought as bridesmaid's favors or bought for use in their wedding. When buying in bulk whether it be a beauty store, a drugstore, or online from a website. Ask for an additional discount for buying products in bulk. Very often, stores and online businesses will grant you the discount saving you money or getting additional products for free. Always check with any business if it's possible for an additional discount, the bulk discount can end up giving you savings. If you don't ask, you probably will never get the discount. Always ask about bulk deals for savings.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Look For Youtube Videos on Applying Makeup</u></strong><br />
There have been many Youtube Videos that have been made to apply makeup and wedding day makeup. Many wedding makeup products need to be applied a certain way. Research on Youtube for the stroking and application techniques that are use to apply makeup. Very often, you may have a beauty product, the trick in putting on makeup is how to apply the product, very often makeup is put on incorrectly. You can learn how to apply the product from Professional Beauty Makeup Artists.<br />
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Since you are meeting with a Professional Makeup Artist. It's a good time to learn both applying wedding day makeup and everyday makeup for your skin. Learn from a professional on how to apply makeup. You will learn correctly how to apply makeup for your wedding and for many days of everyday living and learn which makeup products are best for your skin.<br />
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Kaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-58745314542056994402012-10-08T20:15:00.000-04:002012-10-08T20:15:51.139-04:0010 Cost Savings Tips for Wedding Hairstylists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You should start your search for your wedding hairstylists around six months before your wedding. Many hairstylists found in your local hair salons don't have much experience and training to work on wedding day hair. Ask about the experience and training of wedding day hairstylists. Ask for pictures of brides they have worked on the past.<br />
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Before meeting with your wedding hairstylist, you should bring along photos and a picture of your wedding dress, for your wedding day hair should compliment the dress.<br />
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When you meet a good bridal hairstylist for the very first time, remember he or she does not know your personal tastes, you need to find one that allows you to communicate with each other very well. A decision should be made on the style of hair, whether updo, halfdo, down and whether a veil be worn. Your face shape, body shape, color of hair, your wedding dress, and accessories all go in to determine a good technique to style your hair. The style of hair should also be shared with the bridal party. The bride might want the bridal party to have a similar style of hair for the wedding or wear a similar style of hair ornaments.<br />
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You should have practice sessions of working up your wedding day hair, your hairstylist should take notes of each step, take photos, even video tape the process. The wedding hairstylist should set up regular appointments with the major hair cutting session being two weeks before the wedding. Your wedding day hair appointment should consist of just a little trim but the focus is more on setting, styling, and tressing the hair.<br />
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Your wedding day hair should not be rushed, the timing should be planned and the appointment should be finished an hour or two before the wedding. You don't wedding hair to be done too far before the wedding, or things like the weather will ruffle the hair.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for wedding hairstylists.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - Have a Consultation with a Professional Hairstylist</u></strong><br />
Most consultations are free and the meeting should be the perfect opportunity to find out if the hair stylist can create a sensational look for your wedding. For your wedding bring photos of your dress, veil, accessories that you like and show any hairstyles you like. Be sure to wash your hair, the night before your consultation.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Create Your Own Hair Ornaments</u></strong><br />
If you are planning on adorning your hair with blissful wedding accessories, you might consider visiting your local craft store to find all sorts of hidden treasures to create your own hair ornaments. Using a little superglue and finding a selection you like of hair pins, ribbins, flowers, and jewels whatever you choose, you will not only save money, but in addition you will have a sentimental ornament to cherish for many years.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Seek a Friend Hairstylist or Local Cosmotology School</u></strong><br />
Sometimes if you ask around with friends, classmates, workmates, or clubmembers very often you may find a hairstylist that is not obliged to a salon that will do your hair very cheap. Another solution is to visit your local cosmotogy school, request a student who is nearing graduation, make sure you see some of their work and can practice on your hair far in advance of your wedding day. Work with them to write down steps, pictures of your hair at each step and have them tape a video of the process to benefit both you and them.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Seek Out Coupons, Discounts, and Promotions for Hair</u></strong><br />
On the internet you can look for coupons, coupons codes, and discounts. Places to look include <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/">www.retailmenot.com</a> , <a href="http://www.local.com/">www.local.com</a> , <a href="http://www.shopathome.com/">www.shopathome.com</a> , <a href="http://www.groupon.com/">www.groupon.com</a> , <a href="http://www.coupons.webcrawler.com/">www.coupons.webcrawler.com</a> , <a href="http://www.google.com/offers">www.google.com/offers</a> , <a href="http://www.mapbridal/">www.mapbridal</a> , and <a href="http://www.mapcoupon.com/">www.mapcoupon.com</a> . You can request coupons using email too using <a href="mailto:info@mapwide.com">info@mapwide.com</a> . Also ask hairstylists about their in-house promotions, make sure you consider styling, weaving, and coloring. Ask ask the salon about discount offerings should you bring a bridal party along, ask about coupon codes or QR codes offered by the hair salon.<br />
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A bride should also be eating a special diet during her wedding period to promote healthy hair. A good diet would be drinking plenty of fluids especially water, drink only a cup of coffee daily. She should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, eggs, low calorie cereal, and have a serving of lean meat. The bride should avoid starches, sugars, not much bread, and red meat.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Invite a Hairstylist to Talk at your Bridal Shower</u></strong><br />
When you have your bridal shower, see if you can bring along your bridal hairstylist to talk at the beginning of the shower to give advice to bridal party members to do their wedding day hair. If the hairstylists is cool, also have them stay for the party. Some bridal hairstylsts will offer their advice for free, others may charge for the price of an appointment. To defray costs, allow the stylists to bring along hair products, insist though they don't get too pushy, some bridal members may be tight with their money.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Buy Your Hair Shampoo at Your Local Grocery Store</u></strong><br />
Buy your shampoo at your local grocery store or a discount department store such as Walmart or Target. Shampoo products come from the same distributors as expensive hair salons. Don't be fooled by the word contaniment. You get the same product but discounted because the product is bought in bulk. Some salon-garde products contain high quality ingredients, but not everyone needs these high quality products. If your hair is damaged or color treated then these products may be worthwhile to buy. If you have split ends, don't waste your money on a product, no product can fix split ends. The only way to fix split ends is to trim them off.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Create Your Own Deep Conditioning Salon Treatment</u></strong><br />
Have a deep conditioning salon treatment right in your own home. Invite family and friends over to do each other's hair treatment. Create a concoction, if the money is tight, make your own home remedy. Find oily fruits and mashed up ingredients such as avocado, olive oil, and coconut oil. Massage the concoction into the bridal party members hair.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Offer Hair Product Bridesmaid Favors </u></strong><br />
Find hair products from a beauty salon, pharmacy, cosmetic store, or from a cosmetic online website. Buy products in bulk for your wedding. If you give hair product favors, don't wait until the last minute such as at your rehearsal dinner. You want the products distributed in advance so the bridesmaids know they have the product for their wedding day period. Think about buying hair products, hair sprays, perfume, hair accessories, jewelry, or a carrying container.<br />
<strong><u>Tip 9 - Create Your Own Hairstyling Blackbook</u></strong><br />
Work with your own wedding hairstylist and buy only the products and accessories you need. What are your personal product needs? Put those product needs in your black book. Buy only products that are in your black book. If the product is not in your black book don't buy it. This includes hair products and things like hair curling irons.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Learn Styling Techniques Using Youtube</u></strong><br />
Many professional hairstylists have created Youtube videos on styling and cutting one's hair. Look around for hairstyling techniques that you can learn yourself. Many of these hair professionals have received extensive training and the training online is often free. They offer tips and advice to preparing your wedding day hair.<br />
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Did you know that there is a pecking order for preparing your wedding day hair? The bride's hair is suppose to be done very elaborately and is suppose to stand out, the maid of honor's hair is suppose to be done a little elaborate but a little bit more subdued. The bridesmaids hair and family members hair should be done nice, but not so much with twists and curls. You should be able to look at the female bridal party members and tell who is who just by looking at their hair!<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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Candies have become a big part of weddings in recent years. Everyone enjoys the great taste of candies. A candy buffet bar or a chocolate fountain always gathers attention at a wedding and becomes a wonderful memory from a wedding.<br />
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The following are some cost savings tips for sweets and treats at weddings:<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - Buy Loose Candies in Bulk and Get Discounts</u></strong><br />
Bulk candy stores have become popular, often many of your bigger malls you can find a bulk candy store. Many couples opt to buy candies to match their color scheme or decide to buy candies according to some type of theme. If you order a lot of candy in bulk, ask if you can get a steeper discount, many times to keep your business, you might get a discount saving you money. Listed below are popular candy websites.<br />
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1-<a href="http://www.blaircandy.com/">www.blaircandy.com</a><br />
2-<a href="http://www.bulkcandystore.com/">www.bulkcandystore.com</a><br />
3-<a href="http://www.candydirect.com/">www.candydirect.com</a><br />
4-<a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/">www.candyfavorites.com</a><br />
5-<a href="http://www.groovycandies.com/">www.groovycandies.com</a><br />
6-<a href="http://www.jellybelly.com/">www.jellybelly.com</a><br />
7-<a href="http://www.metrocandy.com/">www.metrocandy.com</a><br />
8-<a href="http://www.mymms.com/">www.mymms.com</a><br />
9-<a href="http://www.ohnuts.com/">www.ohnuts.com</a><br />
10-<a href="http://www.sees.com/">www.sees.com</a><br />
11-<a href="http://www.wrappedhersheys.com/">www.wrappedhersheys.com</a><br />
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Create a Candy Buffet Bar Table</u></strong><br />
Candy buffet bar tables have become very popular at weddings in recent years. Many couples will create beautiful looking tables to display their candies. If you create a candy bar using a rectangled table, the key is to elevate the back of the table using boxes or shelves with a linen covering. Use linens to match to your color scheme. Look for bargains for your containers. Use assorted dishes; candy dishes, clear bowls, vases, bins, cookie jars, over sized wine glasses, fountain glasses, and flour, sugar, and tea canisters.<br />
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Some couples create a candy bar using a round table. Use some type of elevation in the middle. Some couples will offer the candies as a take home wedding favor. In some bowls with loose candy, provide scoops and tongs. Also provide at the edge of the table, lunch sized bag so your wedding guests can help themselves to a take home wedding favor. Assign a person, for refilling in the event a candy dish gets low. Decorate the table with fun size bars or with glitter or confetti.<br />
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Either color scheme, rainbow effect, or serve old time candies to your candy buffet bars. Some popular candies for old time bars include jawbreakers, now & later, bazooka bubble gum, sugar daddy, wax bottle, atomic fireballs, candy cigarettes, bit-o-honey, root beer barrels, necco candies, pop rocks, rock candy, mary janes, lollipops, gummy bears, candy buttons, candy stix, licorice, pixy stix, candy necklace, m&m's, and salt water taffy.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Make Homemade Chocolates Using Molds</u></strong><br />
Create a favor bag with assorted chocolates and truffles. Target making chocolate about a week before the wedding. The key in making chocolate is melting chocolate slowly so the chcolate does not end with a burnt taste. Pour the chocolate into molds and then refrigerate.<br />
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The following are reputable companies in which you can purchase chocolate molds.<br />
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1-<a href="http://www.anoccasionalchocolate.com/">www.anoccasionalchocolate.com</a><br />
2-<a href="http://www.bakeddecco.com/">www.bakeddecco.com</a><br />
3-<a href="http://www.candylandcrafts.com/">www.candylandcrafts.com</a><br />
4-<a href="http://www.confectioneryhouse.com/">www.confectioneryhouse.com</a><br />
5-<a href="http://www.customchocolateshop.com/">www.customchocolateshop.com</a><br />
6-<a href="http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/">www.kitchenkrafts.com</a><br />
7-<a href="http://www.pastrychef.com/">www.pastrychef.com</a><br />
8-<a href="http://www.sweetmolds.com/">www.sweetmolds.com</a><br />
9-<a href="http://www.trufflymade.com/">www.trufflymade.com</a><br />
10-<a href="http://www.wilton.com/">www.wilton.com</a><br />
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If you want to color scheme your chocolate start with white chocolate in block form. Melt your white chocolate and then mix with flavor extracts, flavor oils, liquors, or powders. If you want to get the color deeper add some food dye. After all is mixed together pour the mixture into assembled molds and refrigerate.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Make Assorted Liquor Balls for Treats</u></strong><br />
Many wedding guests have never had liquor balls before. Many recipes can be found online, the secret ingredient is sugar cookie dough or sugar cookies pounded and add great tasting liquor. Some liquor ball recipes you might look up are rum, bourbon, egg nog, chocolate, cherry cordial, anise, creme de menthe, irish creme, pina colada, flavored brandy, peanut butter, strawberry, or vanilla. Place the liquor balls into color papered egg cartons or place them on top of cake pop sticks.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Bake Homemade Goodies for a Dessert Table</u></strong><br />
Find a family or close friend that can bake goodies for a wedding. The secret of baking for a wedding is baking goodies that are not common in everyday living. Also bake goodies that aren't too messy, so as not to get spills on wedding dresses and tuxedos. Good recipes include baking cookies with old family recipes, all sorts of recipes such as baked alaska, mousse, tortinis, torts, conolis, chocolate, eclairs, cream puffs, brownies, fudge, cobblers, flan, and various tasty cakes. An ice cream bar is a great idea too.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Buy Classy Inexpensive Goodies from a Grocery Store</u></strong><br />
You have to be a little careful on this one. You don't want to come across as buying cheap goodies, goodies that don't look like they are bought from a store. Buy assorted italian cookies, girl scout cookies, or cookies that look homemade. Also consider gourmet mints, pillow mints, square shaped chocolate treats, nonpereils, mini peanut butter cups, or flavored popcorn. Make sure whatever you serve, the goodies are served not in a store container.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Consider Offering a Chocolate Fountain</u></strong><br />
Adding a choclate fountain should liven up your wedding reception. You can either lease or buy a chocolate fountain depending on your budget. Make sure you don't get a small one, you want one that gathers attention. Make sure you learn how to operate the chocolate fountain. Stay away from foods that are crumbly such as crumbly cookies or foods with small or loose nuts.<br />
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Foods that should be ladled onto chocolate fountains include; wedding cakes, cakes, pastries, cobblers, pies, fruit or vegetable bread, brownies, bread pudding, cinnamon rolls, cheesecake, banana split, ice cream, parfaits, or sundaes.<br />
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Fruits that can be dipped into chocolate fountains include; strawberry, kiwi, pineapple, grapes, apples, bananas, marachino cherries, sliced peaches, sliced pears, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, honey dew melon, melon balls, mandarin oranges, mangos, papaya, star fruit, dragon fruit, kumquats, fresh coconut chunks, dried apricots, and sliced watermelon.<br />
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Other treats that can be dipped into chocolate fountains include; pretzels, marshmallows, cheesecake squares, angel food cake, frozen twinkies, zingers, rice crispy treats, graham crackers, mint crackers, frozen mini cream puffs, frozen mini chocolate wafers, bugles, donuts, donut holes, frozen candy bars, brownies, mint sticks, biscotti, peanut brittle, popsicles, cookie dough balls, caramel, and fudge.<br />
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Cookies that can be dipped into chocolate fountains include; chocolate chip, sugar wafers, vanilla wafers, oreo cookies, coconut macaroons, fig newtons, fruit newtons, gingersnaps, sugar cookies, oatmeal cookies, chocolate cookies, girl scout cookies, shortbread cookies, snicker doodle cookies, peanut butter cookies, pirouette cookies, milano cookies, and italian cookies. Avoid crumbly or nutty cookies for these types can jam up the chocolate fountain machine.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Fill a Tulle Bag with Jordan Almonds</u></strong><br />
Jordan Almonds are a wedding tradition. Buy Jordan Almonds in bulk at a discount. Place 5 jordan almonds in each tulle bag for each of your wedding guests, place on each place setting as a wedding favor. The five jordan almonds represent 1) health, 2) wealth, 3) happiness, 4) fertility, and 5) longevity. Personalize the tulle bags with the couple's name and wedding date.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Create a Large Candy Bowl with Old Time Candies</u></strong><br />
You can either leave a large candy bowl filled with bulk candy or old time candies on a dessert table. Or you can leave smaller bowls filled with candies somewhere on each wedding guest table. Leave each bowl with assorted candies so all the guests are likely to find a candy they like.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Create an Ice Cream Bar</u></strong><br />
Contact an ice cream place in your area to see if you can rent a machine for an ice cream bar. Make sure you create an area for various toppings, a container with sprinkles, chocolate, butterscotch, bananas, fruit toppings, whipped cream, and marachino cherries. Consider leaving brownies, blondies or cake nearby too. You also may consider offering root bear or cherry coke or vanilla coke. You might also consider adding a soda bar. Create a many flavored soda stream bar with many different flavors.<br />
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Don't forget to assign a person to oversee the sweet and treat stations. Whatever sweet station you desire, because you are buying in bulk, it never hurts to ask for a further discount, and shop around to find a vendor that provides with the best service and discount.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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Many of your wedding guests will travel great distances to attend your wedding and bestow you with lavish gifts, the American tradition stipulates that a wedding favor is in order to show your gratitude to thank them for making the effort to join you on the day of your nuptuals.<br />
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The best wedding favors are ones that make a good representation of the newlyweds personalities, however finding the perfect wedding favors sometimes becomes a big burden on your budget. When deciding on a wedding favor, try your best to give something of value. A good wedding favor is a good token and a little reminder from your special day. Try to find a wedding favor your guests will keep in their home at least for five years or something that has sentimental value.<br />
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Attached are 10 cost savings tips for finding wedding favors to give away at your wedding.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - Shop Online from a Wedding Favor Website</u></strong><br />
There are dozens of wedding websites to choose from. Search for the type of wedding favor that you are interested in giving. Check the wedding favor website that has a good ranking using <a href="http://www.alexa.com/">www.alexa.com</a> , the lower number the better, put the wedding website address in the search line of alexa. Popular wedding websites are listed below.<br />
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1-<a href="http://www.americanbridal.com/">www.americanbridal.com</a><br />
2-<a href="http://www.beau-coup.com/">www.beau-coup.com</a><br />
3-<a href="http://www.efavormart.com/">www.efavormart.com</a><br />
4-<a href="http://www.favorfavor.com/">www.favorfavor.com</a><br />
5-<a href="http://www.favorsbyserendipity.com/">www.favorsbyserendipity.com</a><br />
6-<a href="http://www.favorwarehouse.com/">www.favorwarehouse.com</a><br />
7-<a href="http://www.littlethingfavors.com/">www.littlethingfavors.com</a><br />
8-<a href="http://www.myweddingfavors.com/">www.myweddingfavors.com</a><br />
9-<a href="http://www.weddingfavors.org/">www.weddingfavors.org</a><br />
10-<a href="http://www.wrapwithus.com/">www.wrapwithus.com</a><br />
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Find a Low Cost Popular Favor</u></strong><br />
The key is finding a low cost wedding favor that adds value that your wedding guests will use. Examples are as follows:<br />
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1-Bottle Openers<br />
2-Bottle Stoppers<br />
3-Coasters<br />
4-Corkscrews<br />
5-Key Chains<br />
6-Luggage Tags<br />
7-Scented Soaps<br />
8-Shot Glasses<br />
9-Votive Candles<br />
10-Wedding Music CD<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Shop at Online Marketplaces </u></strong><br />
Buy wedding favors from online marketplaces. Look for wedding favors on eBay, Etsy, Amazon, and look online for wedding favor companies that are near where you live. Comparison shop with wedding vendors to find the best deal.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Buy in Bulk and Ask for an Extra Discount</u></strong><br />
Most wedding favor companies offer you a discount when you buy in bulk. Even on top of the bulk discounts, you very often can even negotiate an even better deal by asking for a steeper discount. Many wedding favor companies don't want to lose your business, so they will agree to a bigger discount.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Ask About Being Discontinued Items </u></strong><br />
Sometimes dealing with wedding favor websites or wedding favor stores, very often those businesses have items being discontinued. The business often would like the favor to be off the books, the business will be more than happy to give you a big discount. Ask about if the business has got any product being discontinued and you might find a nice wedding favor at a good price.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Hook Up With Other Brides when Ordering Favors</u></strong><br />
Very often you meet up with other brides before your wedding. Sometimes you can combine forces and order wedding favors together and because of the bulk order you get a bigger discount. You may meet other brides through your officiant, from your venue, at a bridal show or expo, or from a bridal bootcamp, or from a wedding vendor.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Do It Yourself (DIY) Wedding Favor</u></strong><br />
Travel to your arts and supply store and look for ideas, a sales manager might even give you ideas. Create a printable, create a minibook on whatever you are into. Create a recipe book of family recipes, a poem book, the words to your favorite music or how about a music CD. You can also create woodworking projects, a sculpted setting with a candle, some type of craft, some type of knitting project or a little painting with neat scenery or saying for a wall. Use your imagination.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Buy Bulk Mini Cosmetics & Jewelry from Pharmacys</u></strong><br />
Many discount pharmacys sometimes have a bin section of cosmetics and jewelry. Search out cosmetics, jewelry and perfume that you can use as wedding favors. Also check out stores after certain Holidays such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Use the Place Card as a Favor</u></strong><br />
Place cards are a surprising keepsake. Many wedding guests surprisingly love them as a keepsake and they become handy to wedding guests for special occasions. Place cards can be used to slip in a piece of paper to inform what's in a caserole dish or where people should be seated. They are keepsakes often seen where family pictures and heirlooms are kept. Some couples use place cards and offer five Jordan Almonds in a little tulle or organza bag. Five jordan almonds signify five wishes for the bride and groom: 1) health, 2) wealth, 3) happiness, 4)fertility, and 5) longevity. Don't forget to personalize the bag with the couple's name and wedding date.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Find Good Deals on Wrappings</u></strong><br />
There are some wedding favor companies that offer wrapping materials and don't be afraid to ask for a discount for buying wrapping material in bulk. Buy rolls of cellophane from a local wedding florist or from a local candy or chocolate store. Also look at pretty bags from these type of stores. Look for ribbons, bows and colored strings from either an arts and supply store or from a local dollar store.<br />
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Make sure you leave plenty of time to wrap your wedding favors, try to have them arrive a month in advance of your wedding and have them all wrapped prior to 3 days before the wedding, you also want time to tackle any time should you have mixups with your order. It's better to deal with companies that have a customer service phone number, to handle any problems with the order. You can have your bridal party help you wrap your wedding favors. Make a fun evening of it, a couple of fun games and coffee and dessert. Keep the wedding favors hidden, put them in a back bedroom or storage room, it's better that wedding favors are a surprise to your wedding guests, tell the bridal party to please keep it a secret.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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Tradition states that if you are invited to a wedding, you should purchase the wedding couple a gift about equivalent in value what the wedding couple will pay for the wedding guests at the wedding reception. If the guests are close family members or very close friends, a little more should be spent. If someone is invited in which their finances are very tight, an inexpensive gift is appropriate but the gift should be one of value to the wedding couple. An example would be coasters, glasses, a serving dish or a toaster.<br />
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If wedding guests don't have a good idea what to buy as a wedding gift, often couples are registered to bridal registries and the registry can give a clue of what gifts the couple are looking for. It is a good idea to buy a gift from a couple's bridal registry for when the registry is finally over, the couple can buy a gift they want at a significant discount.<br />
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Some well known department stores that have good bridal registries include; Bed Bath & Beyond, Bloomingdales, Crate & Barrel, Kohl's, Macy's, and Pottery Barn.<br />
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Here are 10 cost savings tips for wedding gifts and bridal registries.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - Understand How to Run Your Bridal Registry</u></strong><br />
If the size of the wedding is under 300 wedding guests, a couple should sign up with two bridal registries of their favorite stores, if over 300 wedding guests then they should sign up with three stores. This is done so the wedding couple can gain a significant discount of gifts they want. If the amount of stores is too spread they won't gain the significant discount.<br />
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The registry should be signed up for about two to three months before the wedding, gifts should be signed up for all different price ranges because your guests will buy gifts in all different price ranges. On each Thursday or Friday the month before your wedding, the couple should check in with their Bridal Registry to be sure the items they have chosen are still available. If the item has been registered find a replacement item at about the same value. It is much better to check out the status of your bridal registry in person to verify the items are still on display and available. <br />
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It is wise to run the bridal registry up to a week after your honeymoon, for a few of your gifts might be picked up after your wedding day and help you to get a bigger discount.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Give the Wedding Couple a Gift Card</u></strong><br />
You might consider getting the couple a gift card and better yet, give them a gift card for their favorite store or a store in which they are registered to a bridal registry in order for them to get a bigger discount for a gift they want.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Make a Homemade Gift</u></strong><br />
Very often a homemade gift becomes very special, it often is a unique gift that can't be found in any store. Some great homemade wedding gifts could be an oil painting, a woodwork gadget, ceramic pottery, a quilt, a unique sculpture, or a pretty glass blowing. An inscription might be included with the couple's initials or date of the wedding.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Find a Unique Gift Online</u></strong><br />
If you look for gifts online or using your smart sphone you can find great gifts from EBay, Amazon, Craigslist, or from a hobbyist's website. Shop around for a good deal.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Buy a Group Gift</u></strong><br />
Group gifts sometimes make great gifts. The group can be the high school gang, the sorority sisters, the people you work with. Great group gifts could be a patio set, a dining table set, or living room set. Group gifts are great because a furniture set bought by some special friends will last a long time and often you will be reminded of the old gang when you use the furniture.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Find Coupons, Coupon Codes, and Store Discount Sales</u></strong><br />
The latest trend in coupons are the new scanners called QR codes short for "Quick Response" codes, you scan these codes using your smart phones which are in reality mobile coupons. These coupons in reality are little black and white squares with smaller squares within the larger ones.<br />
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A new trend is emerging, many couple will create a seperate card in their wedding invitation package and on these cards will show the store's name of their bridal registry and will show QR codes. With wedding guest's smart phones they can scan the code and get information on the couple's bridal registry including URL links, GEO coordinates, text, pictures, and promotional material.<br />
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Also, you could search for coupons using your laptop or smart phone. Today their are thousands of coupons that can be found to get discounts on gifts. Some reputable websites that offer coupons include <a href="http://www.findweddingcoupons.com/">www.findweddingcoupons.com</a> , <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/">www.retailmenot.com</a> , <a href="http://www.couponmountain.com/">www.couponmountain.com</a> , <a href="http://www.couponsherpa.com/">www.couponsherpa.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.weusecoupons.com/">www.weusecoupons.com</a> .<br />
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You also might go to your favorite store in person and ask if that store has an e-newsletter or visit their website. When they have promotions, they may send you their information or send you a coupon or coupon code.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Find a High Quality Regift</u></strong><br />
Sometimes you may have received a prior gift that's really not you. A family member may also have gifts they don't won't. Be sure that any regifts are in perfect condition and that nobody at the wedding knows that the gift is a regift. Look around in your apartment, and at your parents house or close relative's house. Look in attics, storage areas, garages, and basements. Good regifts might be china sets, extra unused appliances, furniture, and beautiful artwork.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Find a Unique Gift from an Estate Sale or Moving Sale</u></strong><br />
Great gifts can often be found at estate sales, moving sales, yard sales, and garage sales. Look for upcoming sales in newspapers, and on online resources. Sometimes beautiful heirlooms can be found or a beautiful living room, dining room, or bedroom set. Also you may come across beautiful jewelry. Situations arise where people need to downsize, need to find money quickly or there is a death in the family. Great deals can be found at some of these estate sales and you can pick up a great gift thats a bargain, sometimes even at a great discount such as 80% off what the item is worth, quick money may be needed.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Buy Gifts Out of Their Season</u></strong><br />
Study the gift you are interested in buying using Google Trend. Certain times of the year you will see a significant drop in the search for a product. Many outdoor products show a significant drop after the summer season such as a patio set, televisions show a significant drop after the Super Bowl, many items drop in price after the Christmas Holidays. At certain times of the year when demand is less, the prices of products are lowered to stimulate demand.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Offer Your Services and Time Instead</u></strong><br />
If you don't have much money to buy a wedding gift, offer your services. You could bake a cake, help wrap wedding favors, paint a room in the wedding couple's new home, be a handyman or handywoman, offer your services for a day, be available for landscaping, help the wedding couple move, do the lawn while the couple are on their honeymoon, help create a photo album, ask how you can help the couple.<br />
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The important thing about buying wedding gifts, formulate a budget and keep to your budget, you can buy a special gift another time when you have some extra money.<br />
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Also it's important for the wedding couple to buy a special meaningful gift for each other, it could be jewelry, a gadget, or a picture of you framed. Buy something that has meaning.<br />
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Other gifts that are good is a gift of special wine, liquor that you know the couple likes and for the out-of-towners buy them a local area gift basket of specialties in your area, as a token of your appreciation for coming to your wedding.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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Wedding tradition states that wedding invitation features hand-engraved and fine calligraphy to create a rich, elegant look. The paper you should use should last a lifetime so the newlyweds have them as keepsakes to show to future generations.<br />
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When deciding on a calligrapher make sure you have checked out their training and ask for examples of their work and make sure you like their calligraphy style. You will need to decide on size and style of paper and envelopes, what type of ink to use, what type of font to go with, the amount of invitations that will be needed, by what date the invitations will be needed by and finally the total costs.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for wedding invitations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Use a Great Calligrapher Just for the Design</u></b><br />
You want to create your beautiful wedding invitation and possibly other items such as thank-you notes, directional maps, place cards, and wedding programs. A great way to save on costs is have a professional calligrapher create a master copy of all the printing needs you want for your wedding. Then take the master copies and have all your wedding printing needs handled by a print shop at less cost. Make sure you talk to both parties before proceeding. For example, gain ideas for designer artwork and that the printer can match the work to your wedding theme or color scheme. The only part that will have to be handled by the wedding couple is the recipients address which will need to be written out on each of the envelopes one by one. Make sure you use ink appropriate for wedding invitations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Pick Up a Major Retailer Wedding Invitation Box Kit</u></b><br />
Today some major retailers sell wedding invitation box kits that allow you to print your own wedding invitations at home. There are many styles to choose from to suit your tastes. You can find kits in a number of places, at gift shops, at office supply stores, at Kinkos, at Staples, at Costco, and other discount and warehouse stores. Invitation kits can also be ordered online, here are some reputable websites <a href="http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/">www.exclusivelyweddings.com</a> , <a href="http://www.invitationpaper.com/">www.invitationpaper.com</a> , <a href="http://www.paper-source.com/">www.paper-source.com</a> , <a href="http://www.invitationbox.com/">www.invitationbox.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.carciofidesign.com/">www.carciofidesign.com</a> . Many of these kits include ribbon and other extras. You also might consider purchasing a custom embosser to add initials, names, or custom designs embeeded into the invitations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Have Your RSVPs Responded to using Social Media</u></b><br />
Over the last few years there are many more ways to respond to your wedding invite. RSVPs can be done many different ways then snail mail. RSVPs can be done over your IPhone (some wedding apps can directly put your guests into a wedding list) (check out <a href="http://www.iweddingdeluxe.com/">www.iweddingdeluxe.com</a> or <a href="http://www.weddingselections.net/">www.weddingselections.net</a>). RSVPs can be gathered on a couple's wedding website, on a couple's Facebook page, a blog, a twitter tweet, or with a response using text message. Use the Social Media device that you are into and leave instructions to your guests how to respond with what you are using.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Learn the Art of Calligraphy and Create Invitations Yourself</u></b><br />
If you've really got good handwriting and steady hands and plenty of time, you might consider learning calligraphy and create your own wedding invitations. Make sure you take a calligraphy class or learn how to stroke Calligraphy characters from Videos or Youtube. It is very helpful to watch somebody, how they stroke characters visually. Make sure you find good paper to use and a good ink set. Also order about 20% of extra papers for oops mistakes, and for late additions. Some websites you might check out include <a href="http://www.calligraphyalphabet.com/">www.calligraphyalphabet.com</a> , <a href="http://www.dafont.com/">www.dafont.com</a> , <a href="http://www.fontspace.com/">www.fontspace.com</a> , <a href="http://www.1001freefonts.com/">www.1001freefonts.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.ourtuts.com/">www.ourtuts.com</a> . <br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Send a Wedding CD Invitation</u></b><br />
With today's technology, impress your guests with a wedding invitation CD. Not only are CDs easy to make and very affordable these days, they also provide an interactive multimedia experience that goes well beyond a paper invitation. Start off with you and your honey inviting important people in your lives to your wedding. Next inform them of all the details of the wedding ceremony and how to get there and to the wedding reception location, next include a slideshow of the each of you growing up and a little about how each of you came together, include some favorite music, and lastly how to RSVP.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Go Vintage Wedding Invitations</u></b><br />
Wedding Invitations can be made of non-traditional materials that can give your wedding a vintage appeal. You might consider printing wedding details on vintage scarfs, handkerchiefs, scraps of silk, or on Chinese fans. Pick up an inkset fabric printer which will allow you to print details on many of these products using your computer at home and providing significant savings. Use lace dollies, old photographs, vintage pictures and stamps to complete the vintage look.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Create a Video Wedding Invitation</u></b><br />
You can create a video wedding invitation using a webcam or camcorder. You can create of video of both of you inviting guests to your wedding. You again want to state that you would be privileged to have invited guests to come to your wedding. Provide specifics of the date, time and important venue locations of your wedding day, make sure in your video you dress up or dress down similar to what people should be wearing for your wedding day whether formal or beach wear. You could send a video to each invite using email or create a CD to send in the mail. Make sure you have all guests email addresses and home addresses. Make sure you include how guests should respond RSVP.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Use a Post Card for RSVP and Save the Date Magnet</u></b><br />
When you ask to respond using RSVP use a post card instead of a return stamped envelope and you will save on postage especially if you have hundreds of respondents, a post card stamp is a little cheaper. Also a Save the Date Magnet is great to send for wedding guests could keep the magnet on their refrigerator, give your guests plenty of advance notice so they don't forget the weekend of your wedding and act as reminders. A business card sized magnet will do.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Destination Based Wedding Invitation</u></b><br />
Maps are a perfect choice if you are planning a destination wedding. Look for vintage maps for your wedding locale online or buy modern folding maps with attractive printing. You also might consider using maps or landmark sites as a border to frame your written invitation details. Cut and paste appropriate map sections to accent a standard invitation. Create a map highlighting the bride's preparation location, the ceremony site, a photo shoot spot, the wedding reception location and directions to hotels and the airport. Create pictures of landmarks on appropriate locations on the maps. Find someone with strong drawing skills to create your map.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Create Wedding Invitations Using a Home Computer</u></b><br />
Creating wedding invitations is so much easier these days. You do need to shop around for good deals on paper. Look for inexpensive off white paper such as ecru. Check out translucent, metallic paper, and linen paper. You might check out thermography and laser printing. Avoid expensive extras such as bows, embellishments, jackets, and multiple layers of paper. Make sure you proof read all your printing for proper english and spelling mistakes. Some websites to check out to create wedding invitations using your home computer include <a href="http://www.calligraphybycomputer.net/">www.calligraphybycomputer.net</a> , <a href="http://www.bridestreasures.com/">www.bridestreasures.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.weddingbellinvitations.com/">www.weddingbellinvitations.com</a> .<br />
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Lastly when working with a calligrapher add in some extra time. Don't rush a calligrapher, their work is meticulous. Also, a calligrapher might not tell you about other clients that they have, and they don't want to lose extra business that comes their way. You also don't want to rush them for oops or alignment or spelling mistakes. Add an extra week in your head from a quoted date. Many calligraphers will tell you for every 100 invitations they work on might take a week. If the calligrapher is not too far away, arrange for pickup in person and double check all invitations for spelling. It is also wise to bring along a second pair of eyes to check spelling and all recipients names are spelled correctly and with the proper Mr., Mrs., Ms and other titles such as Doctor or Judge. <br />
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Rehearsal Dinners have two purposes, first, it is an opportunity for the bride's and groom's family to get together and to get to know each other a little bit and second, it is also a thank-you celebration for all the participants that are partaking in the wedding.<br />
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The participants in the rehearsal dinner include, the bride and groom, the bride's immediate family, the groom's immediate family, the maid of honor and bridesmaids, the best man and groomsmen, generally the parent's of the flower girl and parent's of the ring bearer, it is a good idea to have the flower girl and ring bearer too but it is not required.<br />
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Usually, siblings that are close in age should be invited to the rehearsal dinner. These other participants are optional, siblings that are not close in age, the grandparents and any special aunts and uncles, the spouses of bridal members that aren't part of the bridal party, officiants of the wedding and their spouses, also out of town guests, also very close friends to the bride and groom that aren't part of the wedding. Which members to invite, should all depend on your wedding budget.<br />
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Most couples tend to have their rehearsal dinner right after the final rehearsal practice for the wedding. Protocol states that the groom's parents generally cover the cost of a rehearsal dinner. If the groom's parent's can't afford the rehearsal dinner, other possibilities include the bride's family to help out, the wedding couple helps out, or check with other close relatives such as a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, or sometimes a boss from a company could help defray the costs.<br />
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It's a good idea to find a rehearsal dinner location that's not too far from the wedding ceremony practice site. The site is recommended to be within fifteen minutes drive of the wedding ceremony practice site and highly recommended not to be more than 30 minutes from the ceremony site.<br />
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Some families include special activities at the rehearsal dinner. Sometimes family have a little roast and toast of the wedding couple, members of the family and bridal party may say a couple of words about the wedding couple at the rehearsal dinner, sometimes little games are played to see how well the guests know things about the wedding couple and how well the couple knows each other. The important thing though, is to not go too far, you don't want to embarass the couple or wedding guests, the event should be geared to good first impressions.<br />
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The last thing to note, you don't want to have the bride and groom out late or getting drunk. You want to be sure they are well rested for their very special day, don't plan any activities that will keep them out late. It's important for their marriage to get off to a great start!<br />
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The following are 10 cost savings tips for the rehearsal dinner:<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Consider a Restaurant for a Rehearsal Dinner Site</u></b><br />
Depending on your budget, you could find a restaurant for a rehearsal dinner site, if the budget is really tight you might want to low key the occasion, do not mention the occasion as a rehearsal dinner or wedding to the restaurant staff and have everyone order off the menu, you can reserve an area as a party, some restaurants jack up the price if they know the event is a rehearsal dinner or wedding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Order Less Expensive Entrees, Have Hors d'ouevres Instead, or Have a Buffet Table </u></b><br />
Instead of having a dinner, make it a cocktail hour and have hors d'oeuvres instead, hors d'ouvres are a lot cheaper. Another option is have a buffet table instead, order less expensive entrees, make sure you have assorted entrees though. Have the food mostly served from a buffet table of chafing dishes and salad bar. A buffet table is generally less expensive than meals ordered from an entree menu.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Consider an Outing Instead of a Formal Rehearsal Dinner</u></b><br />
You might consider having a barbeque, a beach party, having a bowling night, a dinner theater, wine and cheese party or a ballgame night. Instead of having a formal affair, have the occasion geared to an interest. Just be sure whatever activity is chosen, the family and wedding guests would be also interested in following along.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Consider a Rehearsal Dinner in a Family or Friend's Home</u></b><br />
If a family member or friend have a beautiful home, have the rehearsal dinner in someone's home. The occasion could be a pool party, poker party, or party games surrounding the wedding couple. You can even have an outdoor theater featuring the lucky couple. There are many food options too, you can have pot luck dinner, hire a chef, order take out food from a specialty restaurant, pick up assorted hors d'ouevres and appetizers, or pick up a bunch of pizzas, sub sandwiches, or italian food.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Have the Bride or Groom's Mother Bake a Groomsman Cake</u></b><br />
Groomsman cakes have become popular for rehearsal dinners over the past decade. Groomsman cakes are cakes made to the groom's liking, served at the rehearsal dinner usually made to one of the groom's favorite flavors such as chocolate or chocolate fudge and the top of the cake is decorated to one or more of the groom's hobbies. Instead of ordering a groomsman's cake at a local baker, if the bride or mother of the groom like to bake cakes, have one of them bake and decorate a groomsman cake for the groom. Use a little imagination, the guests at the rehearsal dinner will be impressed.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - No Need to Decorate at a Rehearsal Dinner</u></b><br />
A lot depends on a wedding couple's budget. Decorations or centerpieces are acceptable to not have at a rehearsal dinner, the event is more for close family and the bridal party. No one will be offended if you don't have decorations at your rehearsal dinner. The rule of thumb, if you can afford it, decorate, if the money is very tight, don't decorate.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Rehearsal Dinner Invitations are not a Requirement</u></b><br />
If you are looking to save a little money, it's not necessary to send out rehearsal dinner invitations. Rehearsal dinner invitations can be done in many different informal ways, rehearsal dinner invitations can be done by phone, can be done by email, can be done by informal mail, can be done using a couple's website, any way that is a convenient way to communicate. Rehearsal Dinner invitations don't have to be fancy, they don't have to be formal like the wedding and wedding reception, but however they are done make sure it's not in a sloppy way, you need to be leaving a good first impression.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Find a Vanilla Banquet Hall for your Rehearsal Dinner</u></b><br />
You might look for a banquet hall that is not a regularly functioning venue space. You might check out church halls, community centers, retreat centers, classroom complexes, empty banquet halls, VFW halls, retirement clubhouses, empty office spaces, Knights of Columbus Buildings, dining areas at less glamorous golf clubs, or private areas at restaurants. The rehearsal dinner areas you can take a vanilla area and just hire a caterer to drop off food. A quiet venue area might even be better than a formal venue area, this way you can have plenty of privacy for roasts, toasts, and wedding couple games.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Have Everyone Order off the Menu instead of Ordering Entrees</u></b><br />
Many restaurants will charge a lot more money if you order food off an entree menu instead of a restaurant menu. Instead of ordering food from an entree menu, have all the rehearsal dinner guests order off the regular menu instead, restaurants and special banquet facilities tend to have higher prices on their entree menus for rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions. Order the food off of their normal menu, you probably will save some money on tip money too.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - BYOB for your Rehearsal Dinner</u></b><br />
Bring Your Own Booze, Bring Your Own Bartender, Bring Your Own Beer, and Bring Your Own Wine. If the venue allows you to, handle as much alcohol costs as you can. A venue will charge you a lot more for alcohol than if you brought alcohol to the venue yourself. A bottle of wine might cost you $25, you can get just as good wine that you like from a winery or local liquor store for $5. You can save a lot a lot of money from using a keg of beer or use wine carafes instead of bottle of wines. Bring your own bartender, if you use a venue's bartender, the venue may charge twice or three times for the same bartenders, they keep some money for overhead, if you brought your own bartender, the venue is less likely to charge overhead. You also can gear the liquor to the drinks your guests enjoy. If you can BYOB, you can save yourself a lot of money.<br />
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Make sure you check the Rehearsal Dinner location in person yourself before booking. Make sure the venue has an area that can be kind of private, you don't want outsiders to be intruding into your private celebration, you don't want speeches, toasts, or wedding rehearsal games or distribution of bridesmaid or groomsmen gifts to be intruded by other restaurant patrons. You don't want gawkers or be disturbed by others. Make sure you find a space that can be geared to the type of rehearsal dinner that you are looking for.<br />
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Also, no one says that a rehearsal party has to be the day before the wedding. If your wedding is on a Saturday, if a Thursday is a lot cheaper than a Friday wedding reception at a particular restaurant, consider one day earlier if it means saving significant money. A morning rehearsal dinner brunch is an option too.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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As you begin to plan your wedding, you might check out upscale hotels in the area where you plan to get married. You might think the price of using hotels might be beyond your price range, but upon further inspection you might be pleasantly surprised to find out you can really afford it.<br />
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With upscale hotels you are usually assigned a hotel wedding coordinator, a person that's generally highly experienced at planning weddings, a person that can help you plan an extraordinary wedding, a person that can help you in planning your wedding and save you money in many different ways. For instance, you may save in transportation costs, you many no longer need a limo to transport wedding guests from the ceremony location to the wedding reception. The hotel may offer shuttle service free of charge from the airport and from other locations and back again.<br />
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Many upscale hotels offer your wedding, a luxurious and memorable experience and keeps all your wedding guests together, so there is more time for your guests to enjoy themselves. Your wedding guests can have a good time and reminisce of days gone by and spend time to be entertained and enjoy a great meal and enjoy a few drinks, and also enjoy the hotel's luxurious accommodations.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for using hotels for your wedding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Search for Hotels that Bundle Services</u></b><br />
The major savings you get for having your hotel is the bundling of services. A lot of wedding categories are grouped together and often are discounted saving you quite a bit of money. By booking your wedding at a hotel or resort and by the hotel bundling many wedding category services, the hotel saves you effort, the vendors are vetted and usually top notch, you may no longer have to worry about finding many wedding vendors yourself. The services bundled include the services of a wedding coordinator, a reception hall, the caterer and the food and the bartenders and the drinks and the wait staff that serve and clear the tables, you also save on the decorations and table centerpieces, the wedding cake and desserts, and for all the chairs and tables, all the plates and dishes. The wedding couple may also save on the wedding musicians or the disc jockey, on a photographer, possibly a wedding officiant, and possibly transportation and providing your wedding guests more time to spend together.<br />
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Some hotels even have salons and spas in house, whereby the bridal party can get their hair done and makeup applied. About the only thing that wedding couples have to focus on is who to invite to their wedding and what outfits the bridal party should wear.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Block a Set of Rooms to get Discounts for Wedding Guests</u></b><br />
Most upscale hotels will offer a wedding couple a group discount for blocked rooms. If enough rooms are booked, the wedding couple may even be offered a luxurious honeymoon suite for free. A simple phone call and a little foresight could end up saving you and your wedding guests quite a lot of money. You need to plan in advance at many upscale hotels. The more popular hotels get booked far in advance, sometimes even a year or two in advance. Generally, at least 10 rooms would need to be booked and the cut off for booking is usually about one month prior to the booking date.<br />
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When you enter into a booking plan with the hotel, the hotel will inform you how your guests should get signed up with the discount plan. Some hotels use a coding system whereas others may book under the wedding couple's or family names. About a month before the wedding date, the hotel will have a cutoff date and the hotel will open rooms to the general public. You will need to be in contact with the hotel to find out how many guests have been booked and what date is the cutoff. If there are still empty rooms, you might want to touch base with some of your wedding guests to see if you can book enough guests to warrant a discount or a honeymoon suite.<br />
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It's a good idea to book rooms at multiple hotels and encourage like minded individuals to use the same hotel. It might not be a good idea to book conservative older generation guests with your fraternity brothers and sorority sisters or divorcees staying together at the same hotel. Check on shuttle service between different hotels.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Find a Hotel that can Double as your Ceremony Site</u></b><br />
In the past decade, many upscale hotels have created a beautiful ceremony space at their hotel. You should check the hotel's ceremony site, the hotel just might have a beautiful location for a wedding ceremony. Check the location out in person though, some hotels have outstanding sites and some hotels offer a very vanilla site. Also check out what chairs and decorations are offered for the wedding ceremony, at some venues you might find chairs and decorations from a rental store to be cheaper than from the hotel. The thing that is great about having a wedding ceremony at your hotel is that you keep all your wedding guests together giving you more time for partying and mingling.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Check Out Local 2 or 3 Star Hotels for Guests with a Tight Budget</u></b><br />
If you have some out-of-towner wedding guests with a tight budget, you might be better off including a hotel in the area that is a lot less expensive, maybe even a 2 or 3 star hotel in the vicinity of the wedding hotel. Don't just book rooms at a 2 or 3 star hotel until they are checked out in person. Many 2 and 3 star hotels are very nice, but just as many of these hotels have issues. The hotel room may be run down or have no air conditioning or have substandard plumbing or in a bad location. Check out any hotel in person before recommending it to wedding guests.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Rent Linens from a Hotel, Ask for at Least a 10% Discount </u></b><br />
Check out what other area hotels might be able to offer you for your wedding, it does not have to be your wedding hotel. Many wedding hotels might be able to rent you linens for your wedding. You might even be able to order a wedding cake, desserts, hors d'oeuvres, decorations, or furniture. Many wedding couples never even think to check with what other hotels can offer in wedding planning, they might be close by your wedding location and provide you with wedding needs and save you quite a bit of money.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Work with the Wedding Coordinator and Hotel Manager in Ways to Save you Money</u></b><br />
As you are planning your wedding, talk to the wedding coordinator or hotel manager and tell them you are looking for ways to save on expenses. Many of the hotels first try to up-sell you, they try to get you to go for the more expensive packages. They may find you cost savings, cheaper linens, less expensive dishes, less expensive wedding decorations or maybe you can bring your own bartenders, wait staff, and allow you to bring in your own alcohol or wedding wine and champagne. You don't always have to go with what the hotel's brochure advertises. Talk things over with the head staff at the hotel, they may offer options to make the wedding more affordable. Make sure you go through the contract in detail before signing and look for savings.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Look for Wedding Dates that Offer Lower Booking Prices</u></b><br />
For many upscale hotels, booking weddings and rooms are cheaper at different times of the year. Before booking a hotel you might want to study the booking costs for different dates. Hotel rates tend to be cheaper in November, January, February, and March. Hotel rates are often varied, with higher rates during holidays and the wedding season such as May and June. Also the day of the week and time of day offer different rates. Saturday night weddings tend to be most expensive and a week day may be less expensive, but sometimes things depend if the hotel is geared toward business clientele. Study a chart of the hotel's open dates booking costs before deciding on a date to book your wedding and wedding guest accommodations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Check out Accommodation Alternatives to the Hotel</u></b><br />
If you look around the area, there may be an estate house available for your wedding. The estate house may offer many rooms that wedding guests can stay. The estate house sometimes with many wedding guest could end up costing you less than staying at a hotel and possibly be a more beautiful location. Also check out area time shares and bed & breakfasts. Check out other options in the area, you just never know you might have found a beautiful manor that costs just a much or even less than a luxurious hotel and a beautiful place for hotel guests to spend the night and have a beautiful brunch the day after your wedding and an exciting wedding experience for your wedding guests.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Use Kayak.com to Help Find you a Great Deal</u></b><br />
Kayak.com is a great resource to find hotel accommodations. Kayak.com is a website that analyzes hundreds of different hotel, airplane, and auto rental websites in an area you are looking and finds you the best deal within your budget. There is a little secret though in booking with Kayak. First find a great hotel deal using <a href="http://www.kayak.com/">www.kayak.com</a> , but before booking call the hotel and tell them you are looking at a room from a hotel website. You ask the hotel can they find you a better deal or at least a matching deal than was quoted from Kayak. Often the hotel will give you a better or matching deal. The reason to go with the hotel, the hotel keeps better locations for themselves and the guests that sign up personally gets more attention. If the hotel doesn't match or give you a better deal, then revert back and book using kayak. Also check out <a href="http://www.hotel.com/">www.hotel.com</a> .<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Look for Hotels using Google Maps, Mapquest, or Yelp</u></b><br />
First look for a Hotel area that features nice upscale hotels in an area. Then from that area, look for hotels that don't advertise. Some upscale hotels don't advertise and are in an area of other upscale hotels. Because the hotel doesn't advertise, the hotel passes the savings to their customers and charges cheaper hotel fees. After finding an area that shows upscale hotels, look at other hotels in the same area either by using google maps, mapquest, or yelp, find other hotels that show up on the map and don't advertise such as wedding directories or does not have a website. Look up the phone number of these un-advertised hotels and see what their rates are and negotiate better deals. It's a sneaky way to sometimes find great deals.<br />
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There is a lot to cover in a contract for a wedding hotel. Make sure you get a walk-through before signing a contract, check out the reception area, holding rooms, the kitchen, other areas such as the hotel grounds and lobbies, and check out the hotel rooms and all the bathrooms that go with your wedding space. Also check out transportation situations, valet parking, parking spaces, shuttle use, and bus and train stops. Review the contract thoroughly to be sure everything is understood and understand all restrictions such as the time the venue has to be shut down, decoration restrictions, music restrictions, and what can and cannot be done at the hotel. Make sure all your wedding guests and wedding vendors understand all the restrictions. Make sure you have at least another set of eyes looking with you through the contract.<br />
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Bed & Breakfasts are a wedding couple's little secret and can help out a wedding period in many different ways. Some bed & breakfasts are designed for weddings and can provide significant cost savings, some are a good place to stay for the out-of-town groom, some are good for your honeymoon night before a couple is off to their honeymoon, and they are a great place for out-of-town guests that come into town for your wedding day period.<br />
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Many bed & breakfasts are run by the owner or an innkeeper who put out a lot of effort to make the b&b a wonderful place to stay, many rooms are designed with character, provided with plush bedding, fluffy robes, and assorted toiletries. The bed & breakfasts lobby may be decorated with antiques and other unique items such as from a landlord's hobby. Many have an entertainment room or a den library.<br />
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The bed & breakfasts also feature their namesake, a very hearty breakfast, featuring all sorts of breakfasty things, including egg dishes, pancakes, french toast, waffles, muffins, lox & bagels, toast & jelly, sausage, bacon, cereal, a great cup of coffee and a fruit juice.<br />
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There are some keys when dealing with bed & breakfast to get great deals. Make sure you get a brochure of all the amenities that the bed & breakfast has to offer, let the bed & breakfast know you are getting married you might just get a special gift or a room upgrade, don't be afraid to try to negotiate a better deal, and try to book them far in advance. The following are 10 cost savings tips.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Consider a Bed & Breakfasts That Handle Weddings</u></b><br />
If you are having a small wedding, you might consider checking out bed & breakfasts that are in your area first that handle weddings. The bed & breakfasts can possibly save you significant money and many have connections or items on premise and possibly a beautiful yard for your wedding. Some have special spots for a wedding ceremony, and they have a lot of connections with wedding vendors, may have a small area for a wedding reception area or might provide a wedding tent at no extra cost. The connections might handle wedding decorations, provide floral arrangement, provide a wedding cake, provide a photographer, and recommend wedding musicians or disc jockeys, and provide a wedding officiant.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Book Many of your Wedding Guests at the Bed & Breakfast </u></b><br />
When you negotiate with your bed & breakfast, ask the innkeeper, if you convince many of your wedding guests to stay at the bed & breakfast can you get a discount for you and maybe also for your wedding guests. Many bed & breakfasts will oblige you for bringing them additional business.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Check Out Wedding Supplies a Wedding Bed & Breakfast Has</u></b><br />
Even if you are not staying at the bed & breakfast, many b&b's have supplies for weddings. They may have a wedding tent, chairs and tables, linens, dishes, serving dishes, serving utensils. Their supplies may be available for your wedding and the items may be less expensive to rent than from a rental services store saving you some money.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 -Check Out the Less Expensive Rooms at the Bed & Breakfast</u></b><br />
Many bed & breakfasts offer more expensive rooms and less expensive rooms. Sometimes the difference is square footage in the room or a beautiful view or more lush bedding, or a bath in the room. Check out the rooms before booking, a less expensive room is often just as good as the more expensive rooms, just don't book any room at a bed & breakfast, ask for a walk-through of all the rooms that you might consider.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Talk to the Innkeeper About Area Amenities</u></b><br />
The innkeepers of bed & breakfasts take pride of their business, most can answer many questions of the area. You can often get what the best and cheapest restaurants are in the area. Also the innkeepers gather discounts or coupons of Things To Do in the area. Maybe there is a festival, a winery, a museum, an art gallery, an amusement park, a dinner show, or a quiet place in the park. Good innkeepers can find activities for you to do and get you a discount, ask and often then can help you.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Sign Up for Offers by the Bed & Breakfast </u></b><br />
When inquiring about what a bed & breakfast has to offer, give the innkeeper your email and home address. Often you may get a newsletter or ecard online or a post card in the mail of special deals. You'll be the first to hear about a bed & breakfast special. You might receive packages and/or incentives offered by the b&b or be informed of an event in the area, and perhaps take home a good recipe or two.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Sign Up on the Bed & Breakfast Facebook Page </u></b><br />
Become a fan of the Bed & Breakfast, sign up as a fan to bed & breakfasts that you are interested in. You will get in on Promo Codes and Coupons. You might very well get in on a drawing offered by the B&B and win a free stay or get a significant discount. You will be the first to know of happenings, be informed of cancellations, and kept abreast of events, plus you will stay in touch with the B&B innkeeper.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Visit B&B Directories for Packages, Specials, and Gift Certificates</u></b><br />
Go online on the internet. investigate bed & breakfasts in your area. Visit directories like <a href="http://www.bbonline.com/">www.bbonline.com</a>, <a href="http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/">www.bedandbreakfast.com</a> , <a href="http://www.selectregistry.com/">www.selectregistry.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.bnbfinder.com/">www.bnbfinder.com</a>. Search for extensive listings for packages, specials, and gift certificates. Sign up to receive a weekly b&b newsletter, look for hot deals or promotional offers for free via email.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Understand the Phone Service or Internet Arrangement</u></b><br />
Understand exactly what is included in the the land lines of a bed & breakfast. Don't get caught with paying additional charges. Use your cell phone instead of the b&b's land line and understand what the situation is with using your lap top. Some b&b's might surprise you with a charge for lap top usage.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Check B&B Associations and Guilds</u></b><br />
Find out what other patron experience's were with the bed & breakfast, also check them out with the better business bureau. Also check out if the bed & breakfast has different costs in different seasons, what are there costs during slow and peak seasons, comparison shop of different b&b's and see what b&b's get you the better deals.<br />
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The better bed & breakfasts get booked months in advance. Check in with the b&b's to find out far in advance you must book to insure you get a room. Always check out the rooms in person before booking, a picture over the internet can be sometimes be deceiving. Always review the rules of the b&b before booking, also check out the neighborhood and parking. The place may look beautiful but then you get their and you find yourself in a noisy neighborhood. Most reputable b&b's are pretty good, for they also want future business, their success is often dependent on word of mouth.<br />
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Check out bed & breakfasts, some leave one with a lasting memory of their experience. See you on the other side!<br />
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The centerpiece of the wedding reception is the wedding cake. The wedding cake tends to be second most talked about topic at weddings after the bride and her wedding dress. Many couples are surprised at the cost of a wedding cake, it often is a lot more expensive than they were expecting. Couples often go overboard in designing their wedding cake, their dream is to have their wedding cake as a showpiece for their wedding.<br />
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Below are some tactics on saving money on your wedding cake. Bakers determine size by using guest count as a starting point and from there, add a few more slices to account for wedding guests who sneak an extra slices and late additions. The baker determines the size of the wedding cake by calculating pan sizes that are needed for the wedding cake. For instance, a 6 inch pan yields 12 slices of cake, a 10 inch pan yields 36 slices of cake, a 16 inch pan yields 92 slices of cake and a 20 inch pan yields 120 slices of cake.<br />
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The key in creating your wedding cake, be honest with your baker about your wedding cake budget. Don't go to your baker with a picture of an extravagant cake from a magazine then expect to pay rock bottom prices unless you have a strong budget for your wedding cake. It's better to let the baker know what the budget you are working with and then let the baker sketch a design in which you like the style and come up with a design that meets your budget.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for creating your wedding cake.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Create Different Flavored Tiers on your Wedding Cake</u></b><br />
All your wedding guests have different taste buds. Many of your wedding guests like different flavors over other flavors. Your wedding cake will be more of a hit if your wedding guests have a choice of flavors. It's a good idea to create different flavored tiers, so your wedding guests can choose a flavor they love. If the wedding cake is all one flavor, such as vanilla, there are some guests that might not be crazy about the flavor chosen, you increase the chances of more of the wedding cake to be eaten if their are more flavor options. If the opportunity exists for offering different flavored tiers, more guests will eat more of the cake.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Create a Smaller Wedding Cake and Offer Cupcakes on the Side</u></b><br />
If you want to see significant savings on your wedding cake. Create a beautiful smaller wedding cake then surround the wedding cake with cupcakes. The cupcakes can be made with various flavors so your wedding guests have a few different choices. An elaborate wedding cake can be created but because it's a smaller it's not so expensive.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Order a Plain Cake and Decorate the Cake Yourself</u></b><br />
For significant savings, the major costs of a wedding cake are cake decorations. Instead of a baker icing and decorating the cake, have the baker bake the cake and then you take over decorating the cake yourself. The baker has the large pans and a good oven for baking the cake. Contract with the baker to bake the cake, and then you pick up the cake from the baker and then you take over decorating the cake from there. Your guests will be impressed you decorated your own cake and you may save yourself a couple of hundred dollars.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Cut Down on Elaborate Decorations for Your Wedding Cake</u></b><br />
Many bakeries will push for elaborate decorations when designing wedding cakes, resist the temptation. A few decorations are just fine, but don't go for so many extras. Go for less wedding cake decorations and you don't need to go fancy. Go for decorations that aren't as expensive, price each different decoration idea out, go with gum paste flowers and don't go with fondant icing. Go with flower petals that doesn't stain. Price out decorations to be sure they fit to your budget.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Order a Large Cake with Filler in Some Tiers</u></b><br />
Many bakers could build you a large wedding cake but instead of a baked cake in some of the tiers they use styrofoam or plastic in some of the tiers. The cake looks impressive, but because of the hidden layers, the making of the cake is not so expensive.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Use a Fancy Cupcake Tree in Place of a Wedding Cake</u></b><br />
Cupcake trees are now available on the market, you can buy a cupcake tree stand and it looks almost as beautiful as a wedding cake. Instead of paying the cost of a wedding cake, instead bake cupcakes instead. You can bake cupcakes in many different flavors and different flavors of icing providing your wedding guests with lots of different choices. The cupcake tree is similar to the wedding cake, so it doesn't take too much away from the wedding cake look and can save you a lot of money from not having to make a wedding cake.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Hire an Individual Over a Bakery</u></b><br />
In almost every city and community you can find bakers that create wedding cakes out of their home instead of a bakery. The person that creates wedding cakes from home often charges a lot less than it would cost from a bakery, the baker at a business has a lot of more overhead, they pay for equipment, they pay more for utilities, they pay their boss, they pay an extra mortgage or a lease. The person that bakes your wedding cake at home, tends to be more focused on you, they are allowed to be more creative in wedding cake design, it costs them less to bake and make the cake and the cost savings is passed onto you.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Use a Dummy Cake and Serve from a Sheet Cake</u></b><br />
Some bakers have a dummy cake that looks like a real wedding cake. The real cake is a sheet cake that is kept in the kitchen. Your wedding guests will never guess that your wedding cake was served from a sheet cake instead allowing you to save lots of money from not having to make a wedding cake.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Save on Cutting the Cake and Cake Pillars</u></b><br />
Many businesses will provide a hostess and charge you a "cake cutting fee". Find a couple of volunteers, one that will cut the cake and another or others to serve the wedding cake. This will save you in not having to pay the "cake cutting fee". Many bakers will use crystal pillars and have a charge for that. You can pick up disposable pillars instead from a local baker or rental company. You might inquire with a different baking company than the one that baked your cake, if you get any push back. Don't let a venue nickel and dime you for serving your wedding cake.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Check Out your Local Culinary School</u></b><br />
Allow a young cooking student that is nearing graduation have a chance to bake your wedding cake. You do have to be a little careful because of the experience factor. Approach the culinary teacher at the school and ask for one of their best students. Arrange for a taste testing of the cake and make sure the teacher oversees the student's preparing of the cake. You can save a lot of money on the price of your wedding cake and you give a student an opportunity to pad their resume. It is important though, to meet the student and keep in close communication often during the period before your wedding to be sure no problems arise.<br />
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The rule of thumb, a wedding cake should be baked no more than two weeks before a wedding and the cake should be iced and decorated no more than three days before the wedding. The time table is important so the cake does not taste stale and decorations start to disintegrate after about three days. Often cakes need to be patched up some after cake transporting to the wedding reception. Keep wedding cakes away from the dance floor and make sure it's placed on a table that is away from a wall in order to get a good cake cutting and cake eating picture with the groom and the bride.<br />
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If there is cake left over after the wedding reception make sure the delicious cake does not go to waste. If there are not any volunteers to take the cake home, see if someone can drop the cake off at a senior center, a rehabilitation center, or a food shelter and offer someone less fortunate a little treat to add a little joy to their hearts.<br />
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That's cost savings tips for wedding cakes, see you on the other side!<br />
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Decorations help transform an ordinary wedding ceremony or wedding reception into an extraordinary event. To help decorate a wedding space, bride's may recruit wedding decorators, florists, event planners, balloon specialists, or use a wedding planner from a wedding venue. By using a little creativity, a bride or wedding couple can manage to pull together a very stylish and beautiful wedding celebration and save themselves quite a bit of money.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for wedding decorations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Incorporate Water Beads into your Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
One of the newest things seen at weddings are water beads especially used for wedding reception table centerpieces. First you start out with glass bowls, glass vases, or glass tower vases. These glass containers are filled water beads, water bead crystals are mixed with water and they form beautiful water beads. Up through the bottom, floralytes may be used to add a beautiful glow to the beads. On top you might add ostrich feathers, flowers, floral bouquets, or some kind of plant. Many brides will use the color beads geared to their color scheme. The water beads very often create a stunning visual and if they are created yourself or by a dear friend, they aren't that expensive to create. You might find these products at flea markets or arts and craft stores. Websites that offer some of these products are as follows: <a href="http://www.waterbeads.net/">www.waterbeads.net</a> , <a href="http://www.rainbowwaterbeads.com/">www.rainbowwaterbeads.com</a> , www.uievents.com , <a href="http://www.koyalwholesale.com/">www.koyalwholesale.com</a> , <a href="http://www.codwholesale.com/">www.codwholesale.com</a> , www.fabulousfeathers.net .<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Use Candles for your Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
You can either make a trip to a candle outlet store of check for candles and candle holders in dollar stores. You have a number of options when it comes to decorating with candles. Candles come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, colors, and fragrances. You can fill a large wine glass, glass bowl, glass vase, or glass container with water and float candles on the water for a dazzling effect. Spread glitter, confetti, or flower petals around the decoration. You also might place a pillar candle inside a vase colored to your wedding scheme. Purchase candles in bulk and many vendors will offer you a bulk discount. Many little candle lights gives your event a fairy-like brightness that creates a mystical atmosphere. You also might think of using votive or tea light candles.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Use Christmas Lights for Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
Buy many Christmas lights right after Christmas to take advantage of after holiday sales. Buy either white, clear, or color schemed Christmas lights. Use Christmas Lights for wedding center pieces, for poles, for railings, for bushes, or in trees to decorate your wedding space. Christmas Lights help make your space sophisticated, attention gathering, beautiful, and are rather inexpensive.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Do It Yourself Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
Many wedding decorations you can create them yourself. If you use creativity, you may be really surprised with what you really can come up with. Look in dollar stores, arts and craft stores, and look online, look for vases, bowls, containers, colored stones, colored marbles, mirrors, plastic plants, silk plants, napkin holders, colored ribbons, colored string, and when looking you may come up with other ideas. You might try brainstorming ideas with a store manager. You may gain some ideas on wedding decorations by viewing Youtube videos on your computer, laptop, or IPad. Just go to Youtube and plug in a wedding decoration topic that might interest you and see what ideas you can come up with.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Buy Colored Fabrics instead of Linens</u></b><br />
Very often businesses markup the price of linens. You might save yourself of bundle of money by buying fabrics at an Arts and Supply store or from a Sewing Store. Sometimes, you might even find a fabric that is perfect for your color scheme. Many fabric stores can cut the fabric to the size you need. Consider fabric to create swag to your decor or use fabric to add a little color to your table linens. You might also use fabric to create a hanging effect or use for an eyesore such as an ugly pole.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Recruit Bridesmaids to Help Prepare Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
Very often bridesmaids get almost excited about the wedding as the bride does and many times are happy to help out in wedding decorations. If there is a need, recruit your bridesmaid to help create your wedding reception table centerpieces, they may help in place cards, wreaths, wall decorations, create flower pieces, wrap wedding favors. You may recruit them for brainstorming and tinkering to come up with a beautiful wedding decorations.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Collect Greenery and Photos of your Past</u></b><br />
The months leading up to the wedding, keep your eyes out for greenery and other nature items. Collect eye appealing greenery, sea shells, sea glass, plants, flowers, or any type of items that may be geared to your wedding theme. Maybe your having a beach wedding, be on the lookout for beach items, look for inexpensive items, that will add to the theme of your wedding day. Just be on the lookout when you go out to places. Also gather pictures of you and your beau of when you were growing up and of the time you met. You might take some wedding theme items and photos and put frames around them.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Decorate with Balloons</u></b><br />
Today, many balloon places have come along way in the world of wedding decorations. It may be worth a trip to your local balloon or party store to investigate what type of decorations can be created for your wedding. Balloons can be created into pillars, some balloons are made into different shapes, and balloons come in many colors. Then there is the balloon drop. Check what your local balloon company can come up with to decorate your wedding, they night come up with a dazzling display and save you significant money.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Rent Wedding Decorations</u></b><br />
Check out rental stores, party stores, event rental businesses, hotels, and florists. Many of these businesses will rent out wedding decorations enabling you to save money. You might rent table centerpieces, linens, decoration pieces for your wedding ceremony, or some type of decorations for your walls, lights, hanging fabrics, or potted plant or floral decorations. Try to pick up a rental brochure to review what items are for rent and their cost. Renting instead of buying can save you sometimes a third of the cost of buying the item.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Find a Venue with a Clean Palette and Really Decorate</u></b><br />
Many couples will see a venue that is quite inexpensive and will think the place will never do. The thing to remember, many vanilla venues, can be elaborately decorated and will still cost much less than a beautiful reception hall. The key is decorate using a color scheme, add hanging fabrics, updraft lighting, colored linens, beautiful flowers, beautiful table settings, and beautiful centerpieces. Some of the most beautiful banquet halls and wedding tents started with a blank palette and transformed into a stunning venue. It all started out on the cheap and with much of the cost savings applied to wedding decorations, a beautiful reception venue was created, by using creativity thinking.<br />
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Cost savings can be found other ways too, for instance, a florist might provide a significant discount by bundling floral needs. A bride may get her bouquet, bouquets for the bridesmaids, boutonnieres for the groomsmen, flowers for other bridal members. A couple may get a significant discount for decorating the wedding ceremony and for wedding table centerpieces. Investigate if florists might offer you a discount for decorating your venues. Family members, friends, churches, or community centers might offer you decorating helpers, ideas, or decorating items, so check them out too.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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Flowers enhance the beauty of your wedding. They add the extraordinary effect of enchanting beauty and the smell of flowers puts a romantic smell in the air. You should try to include flowers in conjunction with a color scheme you have chosen for your wedding.<br />
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Wedding bouquets and wedding decorations usually start out with an anchor flower which is a flower with a strong structure that features bolder blossoms which is the primary color to your wedding. Surrounding the anchor should be softer compliant flowers which has a supporting role in the design of the floral arrangement. You should consult with an expert and utilize a color wheel when deciding what flowers to go with. Floral arrangements often include a hint of green with a little decoration of evergreen, ivy, boxwood, camila leaves, magnolia leaves, or many other types of greenery.<br />
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You should find a good florist who will educate you about the world of flowers, one who will spend a little time with you offering you ideas and suggestions reviewing a number of brochures and include flowers from decorations they have created themselves. A good florist knows how to mix and match colors and shapes into a thing of beauty, knows what flowers mix well and what flowers don't mix well that would create an arrangement that would look more busy instead of beautiful.<br />
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The following are 10 cost saving tips for wedding flowers:<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Buy Flowers that are Local and in Season</u></b><br />
If costs are a concern when ordering wedding flowers, try your best on ordering flowers that are grown locally and in season during the time of your wedding. If you see a beautiful bouquet or wedding centerpiece from a brochure but the flowers are being sent from very far, the shipping cost of the flowers adds a lot to the cost of the flowers. Remember that flowers are only fresh for a fairly brief period. Wedding flowers must be prepared a few days before the wedding to look fresh and have an aromatic smell. When working with a florist, ask the florist to try to find flowers to your color scheme of flowers that can be found locally, and this save you significant dollars on your wedding flowers.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Use the Same Flowers for your Ceremony Site and Wedding Reception </u></b><br />
A good way to save some money, is use the same flowers for your wedding ceremony and arrange to have the same flowers used at your wedding reception. Maybe have a beautiful floral display used at the wedding altar again used as decorations for the head bridal party table. You could also have the bridesmaids bouquets used to decorate the tops of wedding reception table centerpieces. A flower arrangement from a wedding ceremony can be split apart to add decorations to a tower vase. Flower arrangements can be pulled apart and loose pretty flowers can be scattered on wedding reception tables. You must consider how much time is available to redecorate the wedding reception hall.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Share a Flower Arrangement at the Wedding Ceremony with Another Bride</u></b><br />
Work with your church or ceremony site wedding coordinator. Very often there might be a number of weddings the same day or the same weekend as yours. Often the coordinator could put you in contact with other brides that are getting married the same weekend as yours. In some cases the coordinator may make contact for you themselves. An arrangement can be made to keep the wedding flowers at the church for a number of different weddings and instead of paying for the floral arrangement yourself, instead the flowers at the church can be split maybe two or even possibly three or four other wedding providing significant cost savings.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Avoid Late Minute Orders on Wedding Flowers</u></b><br />
Try to avoid last minute orders for wedding flowers. If flower orders must be shipped due to color changes, design changes, or additional orders for additional bridesmaids added at a late hour to the wedding party. Rush fees are expensive and flowers on a different order may end up with a different color hue. Try to have your wedding flower order at a relatively early stage, optimally 6 months before the wedding, avoid late minute orders and this could save you a bit from having high wedding flower costs.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Watch Those Delivery and Set Up Fees for your Wedding Flowers</u></b><br />
Many florists will really get you for delivery and set up. Many florists handle delivery and set up fees differently, labor costs can be really high. Depending on the situation, in some instances the florists costs are reasonable and in other situations the florists have exorbitant fees. If the fees are high, maybe you can find family, friends, ask another florist if they know of young students that can handle floral delivery and set up the flowers for your wedding at a good price. Make sure in the hunt, you find someone who knows a little bit about flowers or get instructions on delivery and set up of your wedding day flowers. Maybe you or a family member can pick up your wedding flowers yourself a day or two before the wedding and make sure they are kept in a comfortable environment so they don't wilt.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Get Smaller Flowers for your Bridal Party</u></b><br />
You don't have to have just as beautiful wedding bouquets for the bridesmaids as the bride. The bridesmaids bouquets can be much smaller or they each can have one single flower instead of a bouquet. Also a stem flower for the groomsmen can be used instead of a boutonniere. The important wedding bouquet is the one used by the bride, the other bouquets and flowers are dependent on the amount of money that is available for wedding flowers, the wedding flowers are not so important if there is a need for cost savings for your wedding budget.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Use Silk Flowers instead of Wedding Flowers</u></b><br />
If the bride or any members of the bridal party is allergic to flowers or looking for savings on wedding flowers. If brides are bothered by pollen or hay fever they may be better off buying silk flowers instead. Many silk flowers, today look like real flowers, gone are the days silk flowers look fake or cheesy. Many silk flowers are made from either silk or plastic. Many of these flowers last a long time and are reusable. Look to use silk flowers if there is not much time to plan your wedding or for much flower savings. Silk flowers never wilt, you can order them far in advance and not have to worry much about wedding day flowers.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Buy Decorating Wedding Flowers from Grocery Stores and Greenhouses</u></b><br />
In this day and age, many of your bigger grocery store has a flower section. You can get substantial savings if you buy your flowers at your local grocery store. If you need flower petals for the flower girl for your wedding aisle, or flowers and plants for your wedding reception centerpieces, you can save substantial money getting flowers from your grocery store and also from greenhouses. Greenhouses are often places where flowers and greens are grown and the middleman savings is passed onto the consumer. Buying flowers from a greenhouse is often a lot cheaper than from buying from a florist.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers</u></b><br />
If you have a nice yard for growing flowers, what you could do, is figure out what flowers you need for your wedding and order flower seeds of the flowers you want. You do have to plan ahead and grow them in the proper season, maybe convert them to a greenhouse if the flowers bloom out of season. You do need educate yourself on growing the flowers you need. If you grow your own flowers for your wedding, your wedding guests will be impressed, you will save yourself a lot of money, and the flowers will be extra special because you grew them yourself.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Take Lessons from a Florist and Create your Own Floral Arrangements</u></b><br />
You could save yourself a lot of money by Do It Yourself Wedding Flowers. You could find a florist and take lessons on creating flowers yourself. It's a great time to take lessons if you have the time for you now have the knowledge to create flower arrangements for many years, especially one day if you want to have a flower garden. You will need to get yourself some flower arrangement supplies. You will need things like cellophane, chicken wire, floral foam, florist scissors, a spray bottle for flowers, rubber coated tape, sticky tape, a long knife to cut floral foam and a short knife to scrape stems, pruning shears, and ribbon. Another option is find florists from "Youtube" and learn to make flowers from online lessons.<br />
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A little more advice, if you can educate yourself a little about wedding flowers and understand wedding flower basics such as knowing the names of different bouquet arrangements you are less likely to end up with a florist that may overcharge you. The fact is most florists are very good and honest, there are a few that will overcharge you, pretend the flowers are hard to find and state flowers are shipped long distance when in fact the flowers are local. Find a florist you bond to and trust, a florist who spends the time in reviewing flower options. Check out, find flower arrangements they have done themselves and get some referrals from other brides that have used them within the last two years.<br />
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Your backup for your wedding ceremony and wedding reception is a rental supply store. Most of these rental stores have many things for weddings. They are your backup for almost anything you need for a wedding. They can provide you with any dishes for a place setting, they can provide you with any dishes that can serve your wedding meal and also cooking vessels, linens for your reception tables and anything that can help you prepare your wedding day meal.<br />
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The rental store often has many other things too for your wedding. Many rental companies also can provide you with wedding tents, tables and chairs, wedding decorations, and many other things you might be able to use such as champagne or chocolate fountains or any supplies needed for your wedding ceremony including wedding arches, a wedding guest sign up book, also a cake topper for your wedding cake and a cake serving set, or champagne glasses and many other things you might need for a wedding.<br />
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It is highly recommended to scope out local wedding rental services companies before meeting with many of your wedding vendors, you don't need to talk to rental services when you are starting out but your goal is to pick up a brochure or jot down notes on what they do have. Then as you meet up with wedding vendors, if you find things that you are missing, short on having enough wedding supplies, or if the caterer or venue does not have dishes and decorations to the color scheme you want you know your options.<br />
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A wedding rental services company comes in really handy if you decide to have an outdoor wedding and can provide you with a wedding tent and can provide you with all the supplies needed for an outdoor wedding. They are also great place to cover your wedding needs for an empty banquet hall or a unique wedding location such an art gallery, museum, or unique building. Anything you might need for a wedding including heaters, air conditioners, misting machines, almost anything you can think of needed for a wedding, the odds are a good rental services company can cover your needs or point you in the direction of where you might find what you are looking for your wedding.<br />
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Here are 10 cost saving tips for wedding rentals.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Use the Word "Party" or "Event" Instead of the Word "Wedding"</u></b><br />
Many of your rental service companies are very helpful to help you out for your wedding but in some ways they are a little sneaky too. The key is to be a little careful of what you say, some of these rental services companies have a separate pricing brochure for parties or events, and a higher priced brochure for weddings. When you order supplies, in one brochure the same item may be cheaper in one brochure and be more expensive in the wedding brochure. Keep the word wedding quiet or at least until you have signed a contract. Also when you meet up with a rental service company, if you bring a friend along, also mention to him or her not to use the word wedding in conversation, you just might save a bundle of money.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Check-in with Caterers, Venues, and Other Brides to Maybe Combine Orders</u></b><br />
When you talk with caterers, reception facilities, or other brides that are getting married on the same weekend as yourself, mention you are willing to combine orders with someone else. Just maybe you can combine your order with someone else, you can save money in a number of different ways. The order can be bigger and you get a bigger discount, you might save on one trip to the facility instead of a few, or you can use the same dishes or tables and chairs, one wedding is early in the day, the other is late in the day. Your wedding is on Saturday and the same supplies can be used for a Friday or Sunday wedding. Strike up a conversation, you are willing to combine orders for wedding supplies, you never know you might just get lucky and find yourself saving some money.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Find Heavy Weight Plastic Plates and Glasses that Look Almost as Good as Fine China</u></b><br />
In recent years, some companies have created plastic plates, glasses and silverware that almost looks like fine china. And if you use these type of plates, they can save you a lot of money. But beware, you are at a wedding, the plastic plates and glasses must have that classy look. You must not use paper plates, cheap plastic glasses, or regular cheap plastic silverware. Some reputable companies that sell classy dishes include <a href="http://www.cateringsupplies.com/">www.cateringsupplies.com</a> , <a href="http://www.divinedisposables.com/">www.divinedisposables.com</a> , <a href="http://www.grandpartygoods.com/">www.grandpartygoods.com</a> , <a href="http://www.partypro.com/">www.partypro.com</a> , <a href="http://www.smartyhadaparty.com/">www.smartyhadaparty.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.restaurantware.com/">www.restaurantware.com</a> .<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Inspect Rental Supplies Upon Delivery and Upon Returning</u></b><br />
When picking up rental supplies for your wedding, inspect all your rentals. Be sure all rentals are accounted for, you have included all rentals in your contract. You should have a checklist of all the things you are renting and you aren't being short changed. If you have contracted for 300 place setting items, you have counted 300 of all things in your place setting. Inspect all your rentals to be sure nothing you are renting is broken, chipped, or cracked. It does not hurt to ask for an extra discount or some type of extra such as chair covers or extra serving dishes.<br />
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Upon returning dishes, make sure all plates, dishes and glasses have been thoroughly cleaned, avoid extra charges for dried food on dishes and for ring glass stain marks on drinking glasses. Inspect all rentals upon picking up and returning, if you don't do inspections, you might end up paying for someone else who did damage to the dishes.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Check-in with your Local Thrift Shop or Community Center</u></b><br />
You never know what your local thrift shop or community center might offer. They may be able to provide dishes and supplies for your wedding at a great big discount and in some cases even free. Check out what these places have before going to a rental supply store. Also check out women's auxiliary groups, some centers help out families by providing dishes that are in storage and some of these centers help out families that are having a tough time covering wedding costs. Also besides dishes, they might be able to help you with kitchen cookware and serving dishes. They may also recruit some volunteers to work your wedding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Consider a Coffee Bar instead of Table Service</u></b><br />
Over the past decade coffee bars have become popular at weddings. Instead of paying wait staff to serve coffee at all the tables, consider instead of having a coffee bar. You can go either cheap or expensive. If you are going cheap just add a few flavors to your coffee bar. If you are going expensive, provide all sorts of flavors using creams and extracts. Offer all sorts of coffee choices such as coffee made from high class coffee beans, offer espresso, cappucino, latte, or regular and decaffeinated coffee. You also might have goodies along with the coffee bar including dipping chocolate spoons, different types of Italian desserts like cannoli, tiny cream puffs, chocolate eclairs, or fresh baked coffee cake. Go with the coffee bar you can afford, it could be fancy or simple.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Consider Using Beer Kegs and Boxed Wine Carafes</u></b><br />
A heavy expense at weddings are your liquor costs. If you have an outdoor wedding and the wedding is not too formal the most cost effective liquor you can get for your wedding are beer kegs and boxed wine carafes. These are a lot less expensive that buying bottles of beer and wine or buying cans of beer. Make sure you have plenty of beer drinkers and wine drinkers. If the wedding is formal, make sure you have somebody to operate the keg, for you don't want your wedding guests to get beer suds on their wedding gowns and dresses or beer suds on groomsmen tuxedos.<br />
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Some other thoughts on alcohol at your wedding. Unless your two families are dry families, absolutely no one in either side of your families that drink alcohol. Alcohol is expected at weddings. Alcohol adds a lot of cost to weddings. Some ideas to consider. Offer two ticket drinks for all your legal age wedding drinks, offer just a few signature drinks that go with the color scheme of the wedding, if your color is red, have three red drinks, find some good red drinks your heavy drinkers like. Also shut down your wedding bar during the formal dinner part of your wedding.<br />
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If the venue allows it bring your own bartender and buy and bring your own liquor and wine. You pay a lot less for your own bartender. You can also buy liquor or wine much cheaper from your local liquor store than what it costs you at the wedding venue, the wedding venue often has a lot of markup on their alcohol. You can save a lot of money by buying really good tasting $5 wine instead of buying the venue's $25 or $50 wine.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Order a Wedding Tent that Fits to the Amount of Wedding Guests You Have </u></b><br />
Many wedding couples just order a wedding tent and often they order a wedding tent that is too big or too small. You just don't want to pick up any size wedding tent. You want the wedding tent to fit comfortably to the amount of wedding guests you have, get the right sized wedding tent and it makes the occasion very enchanting. If you get the wedding tent too big, you are overpaying for the tent and the event looks like some wedding guests didn't show. A small tent will cause people to be on top of one another and wedding guests looking to escape from the over crowding and the noise.<br />
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You want to talk to a tent specialist when ordering your wedding tent. Many wedding tents go with the 10 foot rule. Often round tables cover a 10' x 10' area that seats 8 wedding guests. The head bridal table usually uses long tables which are 80 square feet per 8 bridal party guests having seating room in the back providing a little visual effect in the front of the table. Buffet serving tables also require a 10' x 10' area for each 8' buffet table also allowing room for a buffet line. Also to be considered a stage for the DJ and/or band, an area for a dancing floor, a wedding cake, a wait staff station, and a gift table.<br />
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<u>Tent Sizes to Consider for Outdoor Weddings</u><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Comparison Shop with a Number of Different Rental Companies</u></b><br />
You might be thinking, let's get this rental thing over with. What you really should be doing, early on in your wedding planning process. You should spend a day or couple of days visiting rental companies in your area. Find out all what supplies each of them has and pick up a brochure or note what the cost of different items are. After you meet with caterers, reception facilities, and ceremony sites, if you find you need rental supplies you now know your options. If a wedding vendor charges you extra for dishes, you can counter I can get them cheaper at a rental supply store and the caterer might then cut their cost for supplies. Also the rental company may have dishes in the color scheme you want. The vendor you are using might not have dishes according to your color scheme. If you know what rental stores offer, when negotiating deals, you are negotiating from a position of strength and will have more bargaining power when dealing with wedding vendors and venues. Make sure you visit rental companies just to know what they have, you don't need to talk in detail with them early in the process, you just need to understand what they have and an idea on costs.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Checkout Rental Supplies with Hotels, Resorts, and Wedding Bed & Breakfasts</u></b><br />
Many hotels, resorts, and wedding bed & breakfasts have wedding supplies in storage for their in-house weddings. Normally these businesses won't advertise their supplies, but if you approach the right person such as the venues wedding coordinator or banquet manager, if their in-house supplies are not needed for an event they may be willing to contract supplies out for your wedding and sometimes you can get the items cheaper than you would from a rental company. Sometimes you can get a particular component, maybe just linens, place settings, particular dishes, wedding decorations, or wedding centerpieces. Sometimes by networking and asking questions, a great deal could fall into your lap. Also check with wedding planners, even if you are not using one, they may have a connection with one of their vendors and help you get supplies a little cheaper saving you some money.<br />
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The rental services companies generally have experts to give you advice, make sure you find a sales floor manager that is really helpful that has been with the rental company for awhile at least five years. Find a sales manager that is personable, is knowledgeable, and can provide staff to set your wedding tent up or can set up place settings for your wedding reception or set up chairs for the wedding ceremony. Make sure you review in detail any contract drawn up with a wedding rental company and all needs are addressed.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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The wedding limousine has been part of the American tradition at weddings for over half a century. When a young lady hops into the wedding limousine the moment hits her that she is transitioning into a new life. On the ride to the wedding ceremony, the bride often reflects on her past life and all the events that leads her to this special moment. It's the one day in your life you want everything to go perfect and that includes the ride that brings you to the altar.<br />
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You want to start out by renting from a limousine company that has experience and has focus on weddings. You might not believe it, but many limousine companies will send your limousine driver to the airport to pick up a business client and if the plane gets in late, the limousine driver may be late for picking you up for the wedding, you may end up with another limousine driver or the limousine driver may not show up at all. Limousine companies are notorious for lame excuses if they miss their appointment. The bottom line is to find a limousine company that is dedicated to your wedding and stay away from the companies whose priority is to the business clientele at the airport.<br />
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Also to note, even though GPS is now available in many limousines, always have all the routes you want the limousines to travel written out with the times, fax the directions to the limousine company and have the directions on or near the bride and groom and available to give to the limousine driver, on the day of the wedding. You may never know, but you could get an alternative limousine driver who has none of the directions, your anticipated limousine driver is stuck at the airport. Having extra directions could very well save the day.<br />
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The following are 10 cost savings tips for your wedding limousine on your wedding day:<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Make Sure You Hire a Transportation Company that specializes in Weddings</u></b><br />
The limousine companies that specialize in weddings have limousine drivers that have trained in proper wedding day etiquette. These drivers know the routes they are suppose to go, are on time for all their appointments, dress the part, act professionally, know when to have a conversation and not, and help all bridal members in and out of the car. A good wedding limousine company has limousines that stand out for weddings and chauffeur drivers that will leave a positive image to the bridal party and to all the wedding guests. Some limousine companies are most geared to business clientele and these companies change the appointments for their drivers constantly. You want a company you can count on for your wedding day.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - To the Ceremony, Bridesmaids, From the Ceremony. Married Couple</u></b><br />
For a bride getting ready for the wedding, have all the bridesmaids meet at her home and ride from the bride's home to the church or ceremony location. After the wedding, let the newlyweds ride the limousine. Let the bridesmaids team up in other cars possibly with the groomsmen partners. Make sure you are getting a great deal for you only need the same limousine, you just are using different riders.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Consider Using a Family or Friend's Fancy Sedan</u></b><br />
If a family member or friend has a roomy backseat that can accommodate a bride's wedding dress, maybe they can let you borrow their car for your wedding day. Make sure the car is spic and span. Assign a friend to drive the car with the owner's okay. The car has to look the part of a wedding limousine. The owner might feel honored that you are borrowing their car for your special day.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Go with the Smaller Limousine</u></b><br />
You don't have to necessarily get a large limousine for your wedding. You can get a smaller limousine but the limousine needs to have enough room to leave enough room for the wedding dress. You want to make the decision based on the type of dress a bride will be wearing. The last thing you want is a rip or tear or dirt getting on the dress for the bride's wedding day. If you are looking to save money, you don't have to go prestigious, you can go for a smaller wedding limousine.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Don't Use a Limo After the Wedding Reception</u></b><br />
A typical wedding reception often lasts between 4 and 5 and a half hours. Having a wedding limousine hanging at the wedding reception can get a little bit costly. If the bride and groom aren't directly off to their honeymoon from the wedding reception, it might save quite a bit of money to not use the wedding limousine later. You could arrange to have someone special such as an uncle, to drop you off to the hotel. The limousine did it's part getting you to the ceremony on time and to the wedding reception and you got pictures. Save some money and don't book the limo for the bulk of the day.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Consider a Fancy Rental Car</u></b><br />
You might have never thought of it, rental car companies now have cars that look similar to limousines. As you begin your search for a wedding limousine, check out what rental car companies have to offer. You might just find a vehicle that will suffice as your wedding day limousine. You could have a family member or friend dress up as the chauffeur and you have a vehicle that can handle your wedding weekend needs.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Use a Party Bus or Trolley over a Few Limos</u></b><br />
Party Buses and Trolleys today are designed for fun. They tend to be cheaper to get all the bridal party to where they need to be and are a fun experience. Party buses and trolleys will likely be cheaper than renting a few separate limousines and the keep the whole bridal party together. Don't go to a transportation company and ask just about limousines. If you have to move many bridal members ask them about party buses, trolleys, vans, and regular buses and find the vehicle they will best meet your needs.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - If it's a Long Wedding Reception, Book the Limo Twice</u></strong><br />
If the wedding reception is going to be longer than 4 hours, you probably would save money if you book the limousine twice. Also after the wedding reception you should book a smaller limousine, but that depends if you are wearing the wedding dress, also you may need to consider a more roomier limousine in the event the wedding gifts need to travel with you. When you book the wedding twice, you are better off on padding the time a little, you never know what can happen at the wedding reception, dinner could be delayed, speeches and toasts can go longer than anticipated, there might be relatives that want to talk some, and time might be needed for the couple's first dance, bride father dance, groom mother dance, and finally the bouquet toss. It's always better to book the limo late than a little too early.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Inspect Your Personal Limo and Driver Before Booking</u></strong><br />
When you book your limo, to be safe, you should get to know your driver beforehand and have a little knowledge of their background beforehand. You should also know the limousine that's going to be picking you up, insist on a limousine you like, if the limousine company wants your contract, you should demand the exact limo that you want and if the limousine company can't accommodate your wishes, there are many other limousine companies that will want your business. Also, when you check out your limousine, if you know of a mechanic bring them along at your appointment. Check your limousine out 3 times, when you book, a week before the wedding, and the morning of or the day before the wedding.<br />
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Make Sure the Limo you Book is 3 Years of Age or Less</u></strong><br />
A good limousine company keeps up to date on the limousines they use. Limousines often pile the miles quickly and get a lot of wear and tear. If you have a limousine that is more than 3 years, at this point there is a greater chance of the limousine of breaking down. For your wedding day, you want to reduce the risk of your vehicle breaking down, you don't want to leave things to chance for any possibility of your wedding limousine breaking down on your wedding day and ruining your wedding.<br />
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Also, many limousines offer extras such as champagne, liquor, beer, and bottled water. Fully understand the extra charges that go with the limo, understand all that is included in the contract and what things are not included before you sign on the dotted line. Enjoy the ride in your wedding limousine and reminisce thinking about your family as you begin a special moment in your life.<br />
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Many of the best weddings often have wedding musicians performing at them, they help make the occasion a very special event. There are many different types of wedding musicians to choose from including organists, guitarists, keyboardists, pianists, violinists, vocalists, harpists, flutists, string duos, string quartets, then there are bands which include big bands, dance bands, show bands, brass bands, or jazz bands. At some weddings you will also find steel drum bands.<br />
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You will find many of your wedding musicians have differing levels of pricing. The rule of thumb, the harder it is to play the instrument the higher the price. The wedding couple should go for the type of music they like most that will fit their budget. They should really hear the music live before booking a music group. If they should choose a band, the cost tends to be about $150 per musician. If you opt for a string group you are much better off going for a string quartet over a duo because they give you a deeper sound.<br />
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Before booking a music group, you want to stipulate what is expected in the contract. What times are the groups playing their music, how many musicians are playing and what instruments are they playing, how long are their breaks and what type of clothing will you expect them to wear. You should also stipulate in the contract what music is expected to be played, sometimes they may be asked to learn new music which maybe specified wedding music or music that is special to the wedding couple. Part of the contract may be to pay for the sheet music that must be ordered and there will be time that will be needed to learn the music and there may be a stipend for practice time.<br />
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Often though, a wedding couple could ask for a discount from the wedding musicians and more often than not discounts are granted. It does not hurt to ask for a discount. Here are 10 other cost saving tips for hiring wedding musicians.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Go For the Less Expensive Wedding Musicians</u></b><br />
If your budget is an issue, you might opt for going for less expensive wedding musicians. The more affordable wedding musicians include organists, soloists, guitarists, pianists, and flutists. In between gigs, you also might want to check if venues have a sound system and play music using CD's, IPods, and MP3 Players. You might play soft music during the dinner part of a wedding reception. You also may consider hiring a wedding DJ in between gigs. Constant music tends to keep the party going.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - See the Music Group Live Before Booking</u></b><br />
You want to be sure a music group is good and you like their music before booking. Also if there is some music that is to be learned, you really want to hear it live before the wedding. You should meet with any musicians about two weeks before the wedding to be sure their music is good and they have mastered the music you are asking them to play at your wedding. Two weeks allows you time to find an alternative musician for your wedding if the musician should sound horrible. It's a very important day, you want a professional sounding musician. For a band group, make sure you have seen them live or have seen the current group on a video tape.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Find a Budding Star from a Nearby Music School</u></b><br />
Around where you live there are Universities, Colleges, Community Colleges, and Music Schools. Stop by one of these institutions and talk to the Dean of Music or find a Senior Music Teacher. Inform them you are having a wedding and ask, is there a student they might recommend. Very often you will find an outstanding music talent, you get great music at your wedding at a greatly reduced price. You not only get great music, but you are giving a student a chance to pad their resume and you get their foot inside the door. Maybe you can get a string quartet really cheap, the instructor might even help them prepare for the wedding. Make sure you listen to any performers before booking, maybe meet with a few different students before deciding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Avoid Asking a Professional for a High Demand Date</u></b><br />
Wedding musicians are like many other wedding vendors, if you are looking for a professional wedding musician, they are going to charge you more during the busy wedding season and for holiday periods. Wedding musicians may charge more during the wedding season which tends to be May and June and for American Holidays such as Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. If you are booking during holidays you might choose a wedding musician that's good but less experienced during busy seasons.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Book Top Notch Wedding Musicians Far in Advance</u></b><br />
The really good wedding musicians, in order to book them you might need to book them at least a year in advance. The really outstanding musicians, you might even need to book them two years in advance. The really good musicians and music bands if you really want them you must not take a chance and book them very early or they will be booked and not have your wedding date available. Make sure you sign a contract early and check in with them both a month and again a week before your wedding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Hold an Audition for your Wedding</u></b><br />
What you can do, put an ad in the newspaper, in free classifieds under events in online websites, or in penny saver. Arrange to meet up with local musicians and go with one that sounds great at a price you like. Weddings are opportunities for many wedding musicians. You can invite them to your house or meet them at their studio. Auditions have worked out great for many wedding couples to find great music for their wedding.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Cut Down on Wedding Musician's Times</u></b><br />
Often you can cut down on the amount of gigs to be played at your wedding. Go for 4 gigs instead of 5 or 3 gigs instead of 4. The wedding has been a long day, and the wedding guests will start leaving often after 3 gigs. Also don't give in to overtime. The important thing is that the wedding music is good. The event will be remembered for the good music and not for playing a good while. Ask for less gigs for a cheaper price before you book the wedding musicians.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Find Local Musicians or Local Band</u></b><br />
Very often wedding musicians include travel costs in the contract. You can save yourself some money if travel costs don't need to be in the contract. When looking for musicians, try to find wedding musicians that are more local, they also may play some more music if they know they won't have to travel.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - See if Wedding Band Members will also Play your Wedding Ceremony</u></b><br />
In order to get a booking, a music group may also offer up members to perform a little for your wedding ceremony in order to get the reception booking. Many wedding reception musicians are very gifted, maybe you will get a flutist, violinist, keyboardist, or a vocalist. When you met up with the wedding musicians, you asked if any could play at your wedding and you found someone good. Pat yourself on your back for finding a musician to play your wedding ceremony. It never hurts to ask, you may be pleasantly surprised and find a musician to play your ceremony at either a reduced or no cost.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Book Wedding Musicians at Off Peak Days and Times</u></b><br />
If you are booking professional wedding musicians have the wedding other than a Saturday night. If you book wedding musicians during the earlier past of the day, this will allow the wedding musicians to perform at multiple weddings. Wedding musicians often will give you a discount if you book them during non prime time, book them for lunch time or early afternoon and get a nice discount and this will allow them to get in two bookings for the day. You can save on musicians substantially if you have your wedding other than a Saturday.<br />
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There are other savings ideas too. If you have a band at your reception, you might think about teaming up with another wedding, take part of the reception area and share in the expense of hiring a wedding band. You also might have a crash the party scenario, invite outside guests to hear the dance band, and hire a bouncer to share the costs and have a little money left over for your honeymoon.<br />
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Be sure you get a good musician to play your wedding, you only get married once, you do have a budget but if you can afford it be sure to get a good group. Make sure bands play the music during the time the contract stipulates and ask the bands and music groups for references and ask for 3 and contact at least two references. Music makes for a memorable wedding, so get yourself some great wedding musicians!<br />
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Using a wedding DJ over live musicians can save you a lot of money. With the sound systems of today very often the music played by the wedding DJ almost sounds like a live band. The key is finding a wedding DJ who has state of the art equipment. You should ask the DJ what equipment he/she uses, you should ask what equipment is used to play the equipment, today the DJ should be using a headset and wireless microphone and the DJ should have a great speaker sound system.<br />
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Make sure you use a professional wedding DJ over a conventional DJ. The wedding DJ knows how to properly mix the music to play at a wedding, they know how to work your wedding guests and can act as your emcee and they know how to keep the dance floor occupied. They help make your wedding reception. A great wedding DJ should have a good rapport with all your wedding guests, they dress sharp and they do their job with style and personality.</div>
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The great wedding DJ has from a 5,000 to 10,000 song list with a wide variety of music and music to cover all the generations at the wedding reception. Music from the 50's to the music of today. Usually a great wedding DJ will set an appointment with the wedding couple to formulate a great song list. About 40% of the music should be determined by the wedding couple, about 30% should be determined by the bridal party and the wedding guests and the remaining 30% should be the DJ's specialty. About midway through the music playing the wedding couple should allow the DJ to advertise by allowing guests to pick up a business card for future opportunities, much of a DJ's business is from referrals from weddings.</div>
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Now listed below are 10 cost savings tips for hiring a wedding DJ!</div>
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<b><u>Tip 1 - See the DJ in Action Before Booking</u></b> </div>
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Before booking a DJ, you should see the DJ in action. You really should know the personality and the style before booking. The preference is to stop by another wedding and see the DJ in action for about 10 to 15 minutes. If you get a CD of his or her performance make sure the video you receive of their performance is recent, a person's style changes some over time, a tape of a person over 10 years ago tends to be quite different than a DJ's style that is more recent.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Make Sure the Wedding DJ has State of the Art Equipment</u></b></div>
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When you are interviewing a Wedding DJ take notes of the equipment that the DJ uses for the wedding and after the interview check out the equipment the DJ is using. Is the equipment state of the art? Check the equipment that is being used online, or go to a music store and ask knowledgeable music people about the equipment or ask other wedding DJ's about the equipment. Music equipment is constantly changing, what is used today might be different in three years time, the great DJ's take pride in being up to date with the music repertoire as well as knowing the music of today. Much of the music is downloaded to state of the art equipment, most DJ's are members of a download music club and build a song list working with the wedding couple. They should today be using a great programmable turntable, a wireless microphone and headset, and have outstanding speakers to play their music on. Note the names of all the equipment and what backup equipment they also have.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Avoid Hiring a Popular Wedding DJ</u></b></div>
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If your budget is tight, hiring an established DJ in all likelihood going to cost you a lot more than what you were planning for your budget. There are hundreds of wedding DJ's that live in the area. You don't have to get a DJ that is popular. The key is to interview a number of wedding DJ's and then choose the one that you both like their style, has personality, and has a strong library of songs with a variety of music and has state of the art equipment, dresses well and is a DJ you can afford. There are many good DJ's to choose from, don't think you have got to choose one solely from their reputation.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Consider Hiring a College Student as your Wedding DJ</u></b></div>
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You might be pleasantly surprised and save a lot of money by hiring a student who majors in communication and plans to be a disc jockey. Your best bet is to start out finding the head of the communication's department, tell them you are looking for a wedding DJ and if they have someone they would recommend. You might want to interview 3 or 4 students before deciding on one and be sure to work with them on music to play and touch base with the student's teacher on what music you are looking for for your wedding. Using a communications student should save you a lot of money and you give the student an opportunity to pad their resume.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Find a DJ Using Connections</u></b></div>
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Ask family members, friends, co-workers, clubs, the neighborhood and ask them if they know any wedding DJs. Also stop by hotels and wedding reception halls that use wedding DJs and are there any they would recommend. Very often if you find a DJ by networking, very often you can get a discount not going through a booking channel. Still if you find a wedding DJ, make sure the DJ has the talent you are looking for. Make sure any DJ you hire you ask about their prior experience and get references from other brides or wedding couples.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Use an IPod, MP3 Player, or CD instead of a DJ</u></b></div>
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If you can afford it, you only get married once in your life (hopefully), you should use a professional wedding DJ. But if your money is real tight, you could ask a family member or friend who is in to music. The wedding couple needs to take some time out to build a song list using their IPod, MP3 Player, or CD. They need to build a list of songs, make sure they have a first dance song, a bride-father song, and groom-mother song, and any songs for garter fun. Make sure their is a nice mix of music appropriate for weddings. Some great sights for downloading wedding music are <a href="http://www.itunes.apple.com/">www.itunes.apple.com</a> , <a href="http://www.weddingmusiccentral.com/">www.weddingmusiccentral.com</a> , <a href="http://www.myweddingmusic.com/">www.myweddingmusic.com</a> , <a href="http://www.plan-your-wedding-ceremony.com/">www.plan-your-wedding-ceremony.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.pianobrothers.com/">www.pianobrothers.com</a> . Make sure whoever is manning the controls for the music for your wedding, puts some practice time in playing your wedding reception so they are prepared acting as the disc jockey.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Cut Down on the Amount of Time the Wedding DJ Entertains</u></b></div>
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Most DJs try to book 4 or 5 hours for the wedding reception. You could save a little in costs if you found a DJ that would play for 2 1/2 to 3 hours only. Keep in mind some DJ's will be willing to work less time and some will not. However, there are many wedding DJ's out there and they might have no gig for your wedding weekend, a little money is better than not having no money at all. At some weddings, there is both a wedding DJ and live musicians, you might negotiate a steep discount when live musicians are playing and the DJ is on break.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Negotiate on Equipment the Wedding DJ has</u></b></div>
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When you are interviewing the Wedding DJ make sure you ask about what extras the DJ has. Many DJ's have dance floors, many DJ's have special effects lighting, and many DJ's have other equipment. Some DJ's can create a slide show or have electronic message equipment. A wedding guest can text a number that belongs to the DJ and have a special message in lights seen by the bride and groom. Some of the text message costs can sometimes be split and a little money goes toward the honeymoon. Also at some weddings, outside guests called "wedding party crashers" come just for the DJ dance part of the wedding and a bouncer is used to get into the festivities. All will have to be worked out with the DJ, and the wedding reception facility. Try to get a discount for any additional equipment brought in by the wedding DJ.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Ask to Borrow the DJ's Mic and Speakers at an Outdoor Wedding</u></b> </div>
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If you are planning an outdoor wedding, ask the DJ if you can borrow his mic and speakers for a few moments at the wedding. Often you only need this equipment briefly and it doesn't make sense to lease this equipment when you only need to make a few announcements such as it's time for dinner, a prayer, or a best man's or father's speech and toast. Many wedding DJ's are willing to share their equipment and this will save you significant money. Make the sharing part of the mic and speaker as part of the deal with your contract with them. Don't forget also many DJ's are very experiences as acting the emcee, so if you want an emcee at your wedding consider your wedding DJ.</div>
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Make Sure the Wedding DJ Works with You in Choosing the Music</u></b></div>
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A great wedding DJ will spend some time with you in choosing the music you want for your wedding. Often the DJ talks over the music to be played both early in the process and a couple of weeks before the wedding to come up with a song list. Much of the music should be your style of music. The wedding DJ should be approachable and make the time to review the music for your wedding. If the DJ is unwilling to spend the time to work with you to build a wedding song list, do not book that DJ. There are many DJ's around and it's your wedding and they should be building a music list for your wedding, it's part of their job. If a DJ does not work with you, find another DJ to book. A great wedding DJ should have between 5,000 and 10,000 songs in their repertoire with many music varieties.</div>
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Last thing, about 75 percent of DJ's are very good, but about 25 percent of DJ's are bad. A bad DJ can ruin your wedding, it's a special day, you can't take the chance of hiring a bad one. Make sure you find a DJ that is responsible, has personality, plays the music you want to be played, knows how to play music that fills the dance floor, dresses well, is prompt, and relates well with people. Make sure you see them in action before booking. The DJ's of today has music that sounds like you have live performers as long as they have state of the art equipment.</div>
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A couple's first dance at their wedding reception should be the highlight of the very special day! The first couple should liven up the event with a grand entrance, showing a well choreographed 2 to 3 minute wedding dance and end it with a dramatic finish. You will need to work with your DJ's or musicians to decide on your first song and you will need to have your photographer and videographer know what you are up to and the event will leave your wedding guests with a very special memory from your wedding.<br />
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You should choose a song with special meaning to the both of you. The dance you choose should depend on the style of dance and music you like, the budget you have, and the skill level of dance that each of you has. Basically there are 5 types of dance lessons to choose. First there are group lessons in which you learn to dance with a number of other couples that on average runs about $12 a lesson, next there are private lessons whereby you get one on one individualized instruction which generally runs between $60-$120 a lesson, then there is semi-private lessons you might have lessons with two other couples which runs about $15-$20 a lesson, then there are workshops where you have lessons with maybe 100 people usually with a good instructor this costs about $20-$40 and then there are lessons from a DVD which might cost about $20.<br />
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Dances you might look into to play at your wedding reception include the fox trot, a traditional waltz, a swing dance, the salsa, the rumba, the tango, a rhythm dance, and the cha cha. Pick a style you think you like and would be comfortable doing and focusing on learning the steps. If your budget is tight here are some cost saving tips.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Buy a Video DVD or Download a Video and Learn Dance From Your Home</u></b><br />
There are some very good videos on the market, you have many different choices. You can buy a wedding dance video from a local bookstore, or you can rent one from your local library or you can order a video online or download a video to your computer or download one to your IPhone or IPad. Some popular DVD's you might get includes Wedding Dance DVD starring Christel Trutmann and Kurt Lightman another is called Let's Dance: The complete book and DVD of Ballroom Dance Instruction for Weddings, Parties, Fitness and Fun by Cal Pozo and Piere Dulaine and also there is Dance Lessons 101: The Basics and Beyond by Shawn Trautman and Joanna Trautman.<br />
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Another author is Mary Pinizzotto who created a video called First Dance Fabulous and she is known for being a wedding dance expert. Online there are a number of websites, some recommended websites include <a href="http://www.learntodance.com/">http://www.learntodance.com/</a> , <a href="http://www.danceshopper.com/">http://www.danceshopper.com/</a> , <a href="http://www.avenue56dancestudio.com/">http://www.avenue56dancestudio.com/</a> , and also www.activevideos.com and look for dance under the wedding dance category. As for downloading wedding dance on your IPhone or IPad or Android find apps at <a href="http://www.ywdance.com/">http://www.ywdance.com/</a> , <a href="http://www.1appfind.com/">http://www.1appfind.com/</a>, or look for wedding dance apps from the apple store.<br />
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Make sure you are able to gain privacy and spend at least an hour of practice with your honey at one of your homes, practice a number of times until you have a good routine down.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - Take 1 or 2 Dance Lessons at a Studio to Learn the Basics</u></b><br />
Many dance studios generally offer 6 to 8 lessons to learn wedding dance, many studios charge an amount for each lesson. The most important lessons are the first two lessons when you learn the basics, if your budget is tight you might consider to at least know the basics and after you have mastered the basics you can practice the rest from your home and get dance information from other sources either tapes, downloads, or instructions from friends.<br />
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If you have a group of friends and they all like to dance, you might want to try to get the whole group together and have a blast at taking dance lessons, it's one of your last hurrahs together. Make sure to make it happen you talk to your dance studio and negotiate a discount for bringing a bunch of friends along for dance lessons.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Look for Dance Lessons over the Internet</u></b><br />
The key on looking for dance lessons over the internet is focusing on dance lessons on Youtube. Find a dance that you like with music you like and follow the dance routine of a couple and recreate the steps that they do. Remember to practice the routine until you have the routine down pat. Make sure you work with the disc jockey or wedding musicians on which music you use for your first dance.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Find a Dance Expert at a Social Club or Community Center</u></b><br />
Find a social club or community center in the area you live. Let them know you are soon to be married and if they know of anyone that can help you out on your wedding dance. You may find a volunteer that can really be a big help in learning to wedding dance or find someone that will teach you for not too much money. They also may have wedding dance lessons on a DVD and will allow you to practice in their facility.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Negotiate Private Dance Lessons During the Studio's Slow Period</u></b><br />
Explain your situation, your money is very tight, can you get wedding dance lessons during the studios slow period or can you have an instructor give lessons at after hours at a location of their choosing which could be near their home, in their home, or at a remote location that offers privacy.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Search for Discounts for Dance Studios </u></b><br />
You might look around for discounts for dance lessons. You might want to check dance studios on where they advertise. look for discounts at Penny Saver, Groupon, look on the internet and put in the words coupons, coupon codes, or discounts maybe along with the names of Dance Studios in your neighborhoods. Ask around with family or friends or check with wedding vendors to see where you might find discounts.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Get Private Lessons from a Friend</u></b><br />
Ask your family, friends, people in clubs, health centers, and work mates if they know of someone that can teach you to wedding dance. Often you might come across someone in your peer group that can meet with you to teach you the basics of wedding dancing. They might very well volunteer the lessons because it's a very informal get together.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Maybe Learn to Wedding Dance from a Wedding DJ</u></b><br />
You might be surprised many wedding disc jockeys can show you some of the basics of wedding dance, they have received some exposure to wedding dances as they have handled dance at many weddings. They need to coordinate many first dance wedding songs at many other weddings and sometimes they have received some training. If you meet some wedding wedding disc jockeys you might want to ask them if they know or can show wedding dance or you might practice at other weddings where disc jockeys are playing music. You also want to wedding dance with the music that you agree is your wedding song.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Have Part of the Wedding Reception a Dollar-Money Dance</u></b><br />
At some weddings after the newlyweds first dance, the bride-father dance, and the groom-mother dance some couples will have a period in which wedding guests can dance a minute with the bride or groom and leave some money for the wedding couple so the couple gets a little extra money for their honeymoon. In some cases the bride will dance with her garter and the money will be placed under the garter. For the groom, other ladies might place money in the groom's top tuxedo pocket. At some weddings a maid of honor or best man might set up a wish board in which wedding guests can sign or sign and leave some money. The money that is left depends on ones financial situation, it might be nothing, $1, $10, $50, or $100 it is a volunteer situation. Before considering a dollar-money dance check with both families, even though this event is becoming more popular at weddings, still some families frown upon dollar-money dance, to be safe with your families, get your families okay before proceeding.<br />
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Couple's often surprise themselves after taking wedding dance lessons. Not only do couples learn how to dance for their wedding, they now are comfortable dancing for the rest of their lives and very often it becomes a special moment for them. The wedding dance leaves a special memory for all your wedding guests. The lessons you take should be up to you, depends on your financial situation. Many couples don't mind others seeing them dance, while other couples don't want to be seen as klutzes until they have gotten good. However you learn, do your best to begin your marriage with a couple's first dance and leave a memory and it helps to get your wedding off to a great start.<br />
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10 Cost Saving Tips for Honeymoon Planning<br />
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10 Cost Saving Tips for Wedding Photography<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Officiant<br />
Jacksonville Officiants & Counseling<br />
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Interview Questions for a Church or Wedding Chapel<br />
Jacksonville Churches & Chapels<br />
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Interview Questions for your Ceremony Site<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Reception Facility<br />
Jacksonville Reception Facilities<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Caterer<br />
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Interview Questions to Ask a Travel Agent for your Honeymoon<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Jeweler<br />
Jacksonville Jewelers<br />
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Interview Questions for your Bridal Boutique<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Photographer<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Videographer<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Disc Jockey<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Musicians<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Dance Studios<br />
Jacksonville Dance Instruction<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Limousine<br />
Jacksonville Transportation<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Rental Services<br />
Jacksonville Rental Services<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Florist<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Decorator<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Cake Baker<br />
Jacksonville Wedding Cakes<br />
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Interview Questions for your Bed and Breakfast<br />
Jacksonville Bed and Breakfasts<br />
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Interview Questions for your Hotel Wedding Coordinator<br />
Jacksonville Hotels and Resorts<br />
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Interview Questions for your Rehearsal Dinner Venue<br />
Jacksonville Rehearsal Dinner<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Calligrapher<br />
Jacksonville Wedding Invitations<br />
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Interview Questions for your Bridal Registry<br />
Jacksonville Gifts & Registries<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Favor Company<br />
Jacksonville Favors<br />
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Interview Questions for your Sweet Shoppe<br />
Jacksonville Sweets & Treats<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Hairstylist<br />
Jacksonville Health & Beauty<br />
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Interview Questions for your Wedding Makeup Artist<br />
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Step 85 - Prepare a Bridal Emergency Kit<br />
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Step 86 - Check Marriage License Requirements<br />
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Step 87 - Decide to Write your Wedding Vows for your Wedding<br />
San Diego Ceremony Sites<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-87-decide-to-write-wedding-vows.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-87-decide-to-write-wedding-vows.html</a><br />
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Step 88 - Create your Wedding Photo Album<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-88-create-your-wedding-photo-album.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-88-create-your-wedding-photo-album.html</a><br />
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Step 89 - Decide on using Water Beads for your Wedding<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-89-decide-on-using-water-beads-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-89-decide-on-using-water-beads-for.html</a><br />
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Step 90 - Touch Base with your Wedding Vendors<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-90-touch-base-with-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-90-touch-base-with-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 91 - Decide on your Table Place Setting<br />
San Diego Jewelers<br />
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Step 92 - Prepare and Wrap your Wedding Favors and Gifts<br />
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Step 93 - Determine what Alcoholic Beverages to Serve for your Wedding<br />
San Diego Photographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-93-determine-what-alcoholic-drinks.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/07/step-93-determine-what-alcoholic-drinks.html</a><br />
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Step 94 - Coordinate Wedding Rehearsal Day Activities<br />
San Diego Videographers<br />
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Step 95 - Review Entrance Way of your Wedding Reception<br />
San Diego Disc Jockeys<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-95-review-entrance-way-of-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-95-review-entrance-way-of-your.html</a><br />
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Step 96 - Prepare for your Move to your New Home<br />
San Diego Live Music<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-96-prepare-for-your-move-to-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-96-prepare-for-your-move-to-your.html</a><br />
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Step 97 - Plan your Financial Situation Together<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-97-plan-your-financial-situation.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-97-plan-your-financial-situation.html</a><br />
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Step 98 - Prepare Wedding Tip Envelopes for your Wedding<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-98-prepare-wedding-tip-envelopes.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/08/step-98-prepare-wedding-tip-envelopes.html</a><br />
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Step 99 - Review Bridal Etiquette for your Wedding Dat<br />
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<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/step-99-review-bridal-etiquette-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/step-99-review-bridal-etiquette-for.html</a><br />
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Step 100 - Plan your Day of Wedding Schedule<br />
San Diego Florist<br />
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Tower Vase Centerpieces for your Wedding<br />
San Diego Decorations<br />
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Host and Organize a Bridal Rally<br />
San Diego Wedding Cake<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/host-and-organize-bridal-rally.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/host-and-organize-bridal-rally.html</a><br />
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Things Wedding Couples should Know when getting their First Home<br />
San Diego Bed & Breakfast<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/things-wedding-couples-should-know-when.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/things-wedding-couples-should-know-when.html</a><br />
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Consider Having a Destination Wedding<br />
San Diego Hotels & Resorts<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/consider-having-destination-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/09/consider-having-destination-wedding.html</a><br />
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25 Tips in Making your Wedding Related Website Better<br />
San Diego Rehearsal Dinner<br />
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Have Fun with Bridal Text Messgaing<br />
San Diego Invitations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/have-fun-with-bridal-text-messaging.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/have-fun-with-bridal-text-messaging.html</a><br />
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Consider an Outdoor Wedding Using a Wedding Tent<br />
San Diego Gifts & Registries<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/consider-outdoor-wedding-using-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/consider-outdoor-wedding-using-wedding.html</a><br />
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Have yourself a 3D Wedding<br />
San Diego Favors<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/have-yourself-3d-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/have-yourself-3d-wedding.html</a><br />
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Tips on Booking your Honeymoon Yourself<br />
San Diego Sweets & Treats<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-on-booking-your-honeymoon-yourself.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-on-booking-your-honeymoon-yourself.html</a><br />
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Gather Pictures to Create Inspiration for your Wedding<br />
San Diego Health & Beauty<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/gather-pictures-to-create-inspiration.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/gather-pictures-to-create-inspiration.html</a><br />
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Tips on Choosing the Right Wedding Venues and Vendors<br />
San Diego Makeup Artists & Cosmetics<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-on-choosing-right-wedding-venues.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-on-choosing-right-wedding-venues.html</a>Kaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-38841301142374645342012-05-01T19:29:00.000-04:002012-05-06T11:46:14.007-04:00Prior Posts with Dallas Wedding VendorsStep 56 - Decide on a Chocolate Fountain for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Wedding Planners<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-56-decide-on-chocolate-fountain.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-56-decide-on-chocolate-fountain.html</a><br />
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Step 57 - Take Care of Honeymoon Requirements<br />
Dallas Officiants and Counseling<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-57-take-care-of-honeymoon.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-57-take-care-of-honeymoon.html</a><br />
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Step 58 - Decide on a Fun Wedding Week Activity<br />
Dallas Churches and Chapels<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-58-decide-on-fun-wedding-week.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-58-decide-on-fun-wedding-week.html</a><br />
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Step 59 - Determine if you need a Wedding Bartender<br />
Dallas Ceremony Sites<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-59-determine-if-you-need-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-59-determine-if-you-need-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 60 - Decide if you need Wait Staff/Valets for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Reception Facilities<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-60-decide-if-you-need-wait.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-60-decide-if-you-need-wait.html</a><br />
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Step 61 - Send your Invitations out to Wedding Guests<br />
Dallas Catering<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-61-send-your-invitations-out-to.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-61-send-your-invitations-out-to.html</a><br />
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Step 62 - Meet and Review Song List with Disc Jockey<br />
Dallas Honeymoon & Activities<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-62-meet-and-review-song-list-with.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-62-meet-and-review-song-list-with.html</a><br />
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Step 63 - Meet and Review Song List with Wedding Musicians<br />
Dallas Jewelers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-63-meet-and-review-song-list-with.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-63-meet-and-review-song-list-with.html</a><br />
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Step 64 - Develop your Honeymoon Itinerary<br />
Dallas Bridal Fashions & Tuxedos<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-64-develop-your-honeymoon.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-64-develop-your-honeymoon.html</a><br />
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Step 65 - Review Photography Checklist with Wedding Photographer<br />
Dallas Photographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-65-review-photography-checklist.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-65-review-photography-checklist.html</a><br />
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Step 66 - Decide if you want a Candy Buffet for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Videographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-66-decide-if-you-want-candy-buffet.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-66-decide-if-you-want-candy-buffet.html</a><br />
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Step 67 - Decide on a Specialty Bar for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Disc Jockeys<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-67-decide-on-specialty-bar-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-67-decide-on-specialty-bar-for.html</a><br />
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Step 68 - Collect RSVPs/Develop your Seating Chart<br />
Dallas Live Music<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-68-collect-rsvpsdevelop-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-68-collect-rsvpsdevelop-your.html</a><br />
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Step 69 - Decide if you want Wine Served for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Dance Instruction<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-69-decide-if-you-want-wine-served.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-69-decide-if-you-want-wine-served.html</a><br />
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Step 70 - Decide if you want Beer Served for you Wedding<br />
Dallas Transportation<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-70-decide-if-you-want-beer-served.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-70-decide-if-you-want-beer-served.html</a><br />
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Step 71 - Revisit your Wedding Reception with your Wedding Vendors<br />
Dallas Rental Services<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-71-revisit-your-wedding-reception.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-71-revisit-your-wedding-reception.html</a><br />
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Step 72 - Order your Wedding Favors for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Florists<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-72-order-your-wedding-favors-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-72-order-your-wedding-favors-for.html</a><br />
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Step 73 - Order Remaining Needs for Wedding Ceremony<br />
Dallas Decorations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-73-order-remaining-needs-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-73-order-remaining-needs-for.html</a><br />
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Step 74 - Interview and Book a Limousine for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Wedding Cake<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-74-interview-and-book-limousine.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-74-interview-and-book-limousine.html</a><br />
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Step 75 - Verify Accommodations for Out-of-Town Guests<br />
Dallas Bed & Breakfast<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-75-verify-accommodations-with-out.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-75-verify-accommodations-with-out.html</a><br />
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Step 76 - Review Order of Ceremony with Officiant/Create Wedding Program<br />
Dallas Hotels & Resorts<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-76-review-order-of-ceremony-with.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-76-review-order-of-ceremony-with.html</a><br />
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Step 77 - Decide on Having a Coffee Bar for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Rehearsal Dinner<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-77-decide-on-having-coffee-bar-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-77-decide-on-having-coffee-bar-for.html</a><br />
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Step 78 - Decide on Showing a Slideshow for your Wedding<br />
Dallas Invitations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-78-decide-on-showing-slideshow-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-78-decide-on-showing-slideshow-for.html</a><br />
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Step 79 - Consider a Bridesmaid Day of Pampering<br />
Dallas Gifts & Registries<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-79-consider-bridesmaid-day-of.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-79-consider-bridesmaid-day-of.html</a><br />
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Step 80 - Organize a Bridal Shower<br />
Dallas Favors<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-80-organize-bridal-shower.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-80-organize-bridal-shower.html</a><br />
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Step 81 - Decide on the Rules for a Bachelor Party<br />
Dallas Sweets & Treats<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-81-decide-on-rules-for-bachelor.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-81-decide-on-rules-for-bachelor.html</a><br />
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Step 82 - Make Arrangements for your Bridal Party<br />
Dallas Health & Beauty<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-82-make-arrangements-for-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-82-make-arrangements-for-your.html</a><br />
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Step 83 - Buy Weddings Gifts for Each Other<br />
Dallas Makeup Artists & Cosmetics<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-83-buy-wedding-gifts-for-each.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/06/step-83-buy-wedding-gifts-for-each.html</a><br />
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<br /></div>Kaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-4417301031931386062012-05-01T19:23:00.000-04:002012-05-06T11:45:18.394-04:00Prior Posts with Atlanta Wedding VendorsStep 28 - Interview and Book your Photographer<br />
Atlanta Wedding Planners<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-28-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-28-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 29 - Interview and Book your Videographer<br />
Atlanta Counseling and Officiants<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-29-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-29-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 30 - Submit your Engagement Announcement to the Newpaper<br />
Atlanta Churches and Chapels<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-30-submit-your-engagement.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-30-submit-your-engagement.html</a><br />
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Step 31 - Interview and Book your Disc Jockey<br />
Atlanta Ceremony Sites<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-31-interview-and-book-your-disc.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-31-interview-and-book-your-disc.html</a><br />
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Step 32 - Interview and Book your Ceremony Musicians<br />
Atlanta Reception Facility<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-31-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-31-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 33 - Interview and Book your Wedding Reception Musicians<br />
Atlanta Catering<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-33-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-33-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 34 - Decide on Dance Lessons before the Wedding<br />
Atlanta Honeymoon & Activities<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-34-decide-on-dance-lessons-before.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-34-decide-on-dance-lessons-before.html</a><br />
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Step 35 - Determine What Rental Services can offer your Wedding<br />
Atlanta Jewelers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-35-determine-what-rental-services.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-35-determine-what-rental-services.html</a><br />
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Step 36 - Interview and Book your Wedding Florist<br />
Atlanta Bridal Fashions and Tuxedos<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-36-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-36-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 37 - Interview and Book your Wedding Decorator<br />
Atlanta Photographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-37-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-37-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 38 - Interview and Book your Wedding Cake Baker<br />
Atlanta Videographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-38-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-38-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 39 - Reserve a Bridal Suite for your Wedding Night<br />
Atlanta Disc Jockeys<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-39-reserve-bridal-suite-for-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-39-reserve-bridal-suite-for-your.html</a><br />
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Step 40 - Research Bed and Breakfasts for Out-of-town Guests<br />
Atlantic Live Music<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-40-research-bed-and-breakfasts-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-40-research-bed-and-breakfasts-for.html</a><br />
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Step 41 - Decide if you want an Ice Sculpture to Decorate your Wedding<br />
Atlanta Dance Instruction and Fitness<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-41-decide-if-you-want-ice.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-41-decide-if-you-want-ice.html</a><br />
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Step 42 - Identify and Notify a Rehearsal Dinner Site<br />
Atlanta Transportation<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-42-identify-and-notify-rehearsal.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-42-identify-and-notify-rehearsal.html</a><br />
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Step 43 - Research and Book your Calligrapher<br />
Atlanta Rental Services<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-43-research-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-43-research-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 44 - Consider a Wedding Carriage or Specialty Limo for your Wedding<br />
Atlanta Florists<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-44-consider-wedding-carriage-or.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-44-consider-wedding-carriage-or.html</a><br />
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Step 45 - Finalize your Wedding Guest List and Track Expenditures<br />
Atlanta Decorations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-45-finalize-your-guest-list-and.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-45-finalize-your-guest-list-and.html</a><br />
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Step 46 - Decide on a Health Club and/or a Diet Plan for you Wedding<br />
Atlanta Wedding Cakes<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-46-decide-on-health-club-andor.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-46-decide-on-health-club-andor.html</a><br />
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Step 47 - Find and Register a couple of Bridal Registries<br />
Atlanta Bed and Breakfast<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-47-find-and-register-couple-of.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-47-find-and-register-couple-of.html</a><br />
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Step 48 - Decide on Mother's of Bride Day of Shopping<br />
Atlanta Hotels and Resorts<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-48-decide-on-mothers-of-bride-day.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-48-decide-on-mothers-of-bride-day.html</a><br />
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Step 49 - Consider Fireworks for your Wedding<br />
Atlanta Rehearsal Dinner<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-49-consider-fireworks-for-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-49-consider-fireworks-for-your.html</a><br />
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Step 50 - Decide on Wedding Favors<br />
Atlanta Invitations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-50-decide-on-wedding-favors.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-50-decide-on-wedding-favors.html</a><br />
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Step 51 - Meet with Wedding Officiant or Pre-Marriage Counselor<br />
Atlanta Gifts and Registries<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-51-meet-with-wedding-officiant-or.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-51-meet-with-wedding-officiant-or.html</a><br />
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Step 52 - Interview and Book your Wedding Hairdresses<br />
Atlanta Favors<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-52-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-52-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 53 - Interview and Book your Makeup Artist<br />
Atlanta Sweets and Treats<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-53-interview-and-book-your-makeup.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-53-interview-and-book-your-makeup.html</a><br />
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Step 54 - Have a Food Tasting with your Caterer and Decide on Wedding Hors d'oeuvres<br />
Atlanta Health and Beauty<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-54-have-food-tasting-with-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-54-have-food-tasting-with-your.html</a><br />
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Step 55 - Consider Renting a Photo Booth for your Wedding<br />
Atlanta Makeup Artists<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-55-consider-renting-photo-booth.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/04/step-55-consider-renting-photo-booth.html</a><br />
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<br /></div>Kaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-19528547587227765692012-05-01T19:21:00.000-04:002012-05-06T11:44:45.108-04:00Prior Posts with Orlando Wedding VendorsStep 1 - Get Engaged/Announce Your Engagement<br />
Orlando Wedding Planners<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-1-get-engagedannounce-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-1-get-engagedannounce-your.html</a><br />
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Step 2 - Host an Engagement Party<br />
Orlando Officiants & Counseling<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-2-host-engagement-party.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-2-host-engagement-party.html</a><br />
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Step 3 - Start a Wedding Folder/Binder<br />
Orlando Churches & Chapels<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-3-start-wedding-folderbinder.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/02/step-3-start-wedding-folderbinder.html</a><br />
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Step 4 - Decide on Communications Mediums<br />
Orlando Ceremony Sites<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-4-decide-on-communications-mediums.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-4-decide-on-communications-mediums.html</a><br />
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Step 5 - Set Your Wedding Date<br />
Orlando Reception Facilties<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-5-set-your-wedding-date.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-5-set-your-wedding-date.html</a><br />
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Step 6 - Determine a Wedding Budget<br />
Orlando Catering<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-6-determine-wedding-budget.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-6-determine-wedding-budget.html</a><br />
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Step 7 - Decide on the Level of Formality of Wedding<br />
Orlando Honeymoon & Activities<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-7-decide-on-level-of-formality-of.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-7-decide-on-level-of-formality-of.html</a><br />
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Step 8 - Decide on Pre-Marriage Counseling and/or Prenup Agreement<br />
Orlando Jewelers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-8-decide-on-pre-marriage.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-8-decide-on-pre-marriage.html</a><br />
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Step 9 - Decide on a Wedding Planner<br />
Orlando Bridal Fashions & Tuxedos<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-9-decide-on-wedding-planner.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-9-decide-on-wedding-planner.html</a><br />
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Step 10 - Create a Guest List for your Wedding<br />
Orlando Photographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-10-create-guest-list-for-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-10-create-guest-list-for-your.html</a><br />
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Step 11 - Send Thank You Notes for Engagement Gifts<br />
Orlando Videographers<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-11-send-thank-you-notes-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-11-send-thank-you-notes-for.html</a><br />
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Step 12 - Select Members for your Bridal Party<br />
Orlando Disc Jockeys<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-12-select-members-for-your-bridal.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-12-select-members-for-your-bridal.html</a><br />
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Step 13 - Do Preliminary Research for your Wedding<br />
Orlando Live Music<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-13-do-preliminary-research-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-13-do-preliminary-research-for.html</a><br />
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Step 14 - Attend Bridal Shows and Expos<br />
Orlando Dance Instruction & Fitness<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-14-attend-bridal-shows-and-expos.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-14-attend-bridal-shows-and-expos.html</a><br />
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Step 15 - Create a Wedding Budget Worksheet<br />
Orlando Transportation<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-15-create-wedding-budget-worksheet.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-15-create-wedding-budget-worksheet.html</a><br />
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Step 16 - Interview and Book your Officiant<br />
Orlando Rental Services<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-16-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-16-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 17 - Interview and Book your Ceremony Site<br />
Orlando Florists<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-17-interview-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-17-interview-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 18 - Interview and Book your Wedding Reception Facility<br />
Orlando Decorations<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-18-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-18-interview-and-book-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 19 - Interview and Book your Caterer<br />
Orlando Wedding Cake<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-19-interview-and-book-your-caterer.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-19-interview-and-book-your-caterer.html</a><br />
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Step 20 - Research and Book your Honeymoon<br />
Orlando Bed & Breakfast<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-20-research-and-book-your.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-20-research-and-book-your.html</a><br />
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Step 21 - Select Readers and Toasters for the Ceremony<br />
Orlando Hotels & Resorts<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-21-select-readers-and-toasters-for.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-21-select-readers-and-toasters-for.html</a><br />
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Step 22 - Send out "Save-the-Date" Cards<br />
Orlando Rehearsal Dinner<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-22-send-out-save-date-cards.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-22-send-out-save-date-cards.html</a><br />
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Step 23 - Research and Order your Engagement/Wedding Ring<br />
Orlando Invitations<br />
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Step 24 - Research and Order your Wedding Dress<br />
Orlando Gifts & Registries<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-24-research-and-order-your-wedding.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-24-research-and-order-your-wedding.html</a><br />
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Step 25 - Order Bridal Accessories that go along with the Wedding Dress<br />
Orlando Favors<br />
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Step 26 - Order Bridesmaid Dresses and Tuxedos for the Wedding party<br />
Orlando Health & Beauty<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-26-order-bridesmaid-dresses-and.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-26-order-bridesmaid-dresses-and.html</a><br />
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Step 27 - Order Accessories for the Bridal Party<br />
Orlando Makeup Artists & Cosmetics<br />
<a href="http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-27-order-accessories-for-bridal.html">http://kwb1.blogspot.com/2011/03/step-27-order-accessories-for-bridal.html</a><br />
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<br /></div>Kaiser Wedding Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971522551738328297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854401441286732350.post-5984128573378280662012-04-28T20:11:00.000-04:002012-04-28T20:11:34.681-04:0010 Cost Saving Tips for Your Wedding Videography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8eKEwlmHFTl5XY3c4ZfJ_Sc0LHP4u0naF68qKwfRgtD42uMQQgpXFRsbo0LebDtzDI7Iw-YA6cOlOAe2OHBgFWDRD3KzNE1Os9rUfzHcDp9CgfaiBiggZPF8QQrY1GcWy_wuqvQ1XODm/s1600/a1%255B2%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8eKEwlmHFTl5XY3c4ZfJ_Sc0LHP4u0naF68qKwfRgtD42uMQQgpXFRsbo0LebDtzDI7Iw-YA6cOlOAe2OHBgFWDRD3KzNE1Os9rUfzHcDp9CgfaiBiggZPF8QQrY1GcWy_wuqvQ1XODm/s320/a1%255B2%255D.jpg" width="240" /></a>Many brides have been asked, "What would they do over if they could redo their wedding day". By far majority, brides would have loved a video of their wedding day. Only video can bring back they very special day. The video brings back what they special day was really like, it brings back the voices, the memories of very special people, the laughter, the tears of joy, the mood, and the music. The event can be relived with future generations, their children and grandchildren.</div>
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For your wedding day, you should try your best to hire a wedding videographer. A videographer will create you a keepsake of your special day. You get only married once, to keep a memory of that special day you best to hire a professional to capture the event. You want a videographer that gets the angles of the shoots right, the voice heard distinctly, the videos captured in focus, the light just right, with a beautiful background, the video centered properly and the lens capturing close range and far distance shots just right. The wedding videographer should be able to put your wedding story together and capture all your bridal party and wedding guests of your very special day.</div>
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A good wedding videographer spends many hours creating a good wedding video, they spend 2 to 3 hours learning about the wedding couple and their family and learning about how the video should be shot, another hour or two learning about the video shoot locations, spend 8 to 12 hours filming the wedding, and then another 30 to 70 hours editing the event. For every minute of video shooting there is about an hour's worth of work. They also have to account for traveling to and from the wedding.</div>
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Before deciding what wedding videographer to choose, you want to review their style of shooting, understand what packages they offer, and it is important that you can communicate and each of you to share thoughts with each other and you can afford the wedding video. Attached are 10 cost savings tips for your wedding videography.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 1 - View Copies of the Wedding Videographer's Work</u></strong></div>
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Video taping a wedding is an art, many wedding videographer's aren't exceptional in their videotaping. Try to get at least 3 videos or DVD's of some of the videographer's prior work and it should be prior weddings. Watch the videos in it's entirety evaluating the videos. Look for through the whole video coming out good, is the focus always good in the videos, is the panning in and out good, the transitioning of one shoot to another good, are the voices distinct, is the lighting good, and is the background good. A good videographer do his entire video well. You want the entire package done well, not just bits and pieces. For some videographers, they will video parts of the video well, but the very good videographers will do the entire video well.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 2 - Layout Exactly What You Want in your Wedding Video</u></strong></div>
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It's your wedding, layout exactly how you want your video to go. When you meet with the wedding videographer you want your video to go a certain way and you don't want extra services that you really don't want, can they do it your way take it or leave it, if your way is one of their packages great, if not there are many other videographers around, the odds are you will find another, just be sure to find one that is very professional and create the video and all the services that go with it you want. </div>
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<strong><u>Tip 3 - Find A Top Videographer From a Local University </u></strong></div>
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Go to a local university, college, or community college, find a professor that teaches photography. Ask the professor for three of their best students to interview to create a wedding video. The odds you can get a great wedding video made and usually the video should cost a lot less than a professional, usually students are on top of the latest technology and the odds are you will get a great wedding video and you will have given a wedding videography their very first start. Just remember to interview the videographer and be sure you are comfortable with any students before hiring them. maybe hire two so they can work the wedding together. Make sure the student is in or near their final semester.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 4 - Choose The Package You Can Afford</u></strong></div>
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Many videographers offer a number of different packages, if you interview a dozen different photographers, they may all handle their videography in many different ways. If you don't have much money, go with a package that you can afford, maybe the package is two hours and limited editing. Listen to all the options, go with the option that you most have a budget for. If you really want more, the video takes awhile to create, pay for some upfront, and pay the rest in 3 or 4 months when the wedding video is ready. Remember there are many videographers to shoot your wedding. Find one that has a package that you can afford, a style that you like, and will work with your budget.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 5 - Oversee the Video Lighting</u></strong></div>
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Sometimes the bride and groom has to be the go between between the officant and the wedding ceremony sight and also the wedding reception facility. Ask the videographer what's their lighting needs for a good wedding shoot. The videographer may have their own lighting for a video shoot. Sometimes the lighting is needed from the venue. Some officiants are very strict on lighting and the church may have dim lighting. Some reception venues have certain type of lighting. Work with the venues and the officiant on their lighting needs for the wedding. See if you can come up with an arrangement that all parties would like. You want a beautiful video and a beautiful wedding both. Sometimes you even need even help from disc jockeys and wedding musicians. They may control lighting for the wedding dance. Come to an agreement between all parties on lighting. What happens at some weddings, the lighting is not addressed and either there is upset at the venue or you get a wedding video in which the lighting does not come out very good.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 6 - Check With Videographers from Very Large Churches </u></strong></div>
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A number of your large churches have an in-house video group, some even broadcast church services for television. Many of these videographers have videographed numerous weddings. They are often found to be good and videoing weddings, since they don't advertise their services, they can be contracted to shoot a wedding video for a lot lower price. It doesn't hurt to check your area if you can find a videographer that has experience shooting church weddings. You may very well find a videographer that can shoot your wedding and more can handle your budget a lot cheaper than a professional wedding videographer would charge.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 7 - Use a Professional Wedding Videographer for the Formal Part of the Wedding</u></strong></div>
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Use a professional wedding videographer for your wedding ceremony, and then at the reception leave a number of camcorders laying around and get your wedding guests and bridal party take videos of the wedding reception. Try to encourage individuals that are good at recording to video the reception from camcorders left on a few strategic reception tables left on their assigned seats. Maybe assign an individual to give advice on how to record. Make sure the camcorder is held steady and the lighting at the time of the recording is appropriate. Later on when you get the wedding video, you can arrange to have someone to go through the video and add video from the reception to the video from the ceremony. You may even have videos from a photo shoot of the bridal party from a remote location.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 8 - Edit Your Own Wedding Video</u></strong></div>
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Videography has come along way in the last few years. It use to be difficult to edit videos and today it is much easier. You might have a professional shoot the video for your wedding. You then arrange to get the video or you might have a friend or friends shoot the video at the wedding. You then find a good video editing package and you create the video yourself. There are a number of websites that are great on handling editing for videos. Some of the reputable companies that can create your wedding videos are <a href="http://www.avs4you.com/">http://www.avs4you.com/</a> , <a href="http://www.videomake.com/">http://www.videomake.com/</a> , <a href="http://www.wondershare.com/">http://www.wondershare.com/</a> , and <a href="http://www.steves-digicams.com/">http://www.steves-digicams.com/</a> .</div>
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Don't be shy, learn something new that will be a life long skill, edit your wedding video and in the coming years you will be a master of creating videos for reunions and your future kids.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 9 - Review the Amount of Cameras and Equipment to Shoot your Wedding</u></strong></div>
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Whomever is taking videos of your wedding, take note of where and the amount of videos that are being used and the type of equipment being used. Be sure the cameras are set up for repositioning points of the wedding and the video equipment being used is state of the art. Always ask what equipment will be used and where will the video cameras be located at each venue and take note of the equipment and look up the equipment and ask about it at a professional camera store or check it out off the internet. You want to be sure high quality equipment is being used for your wedding. Also be sure there is back up equipment and a backup plan in the event of inclement weather.</div>
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<strong><u>Tip 10 - Don't Rush the Final Wedding Video Product</u></strong></div>
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Many wedding couples think their wedding video will be waiting for them as soon as they return from the honeymoon. If you want a great wedding video, you must be patient, a great wedding video often isn't ready until 4 to 6 months after the wedding. After the wedding, a videographer's job has just begun. For a minute of taping it generally takes an hours worth of editing. If you want a magical wedding video, don't rush the videographer. The videographer goes through many steps to create your wedding story, they may crop, and pan one scene to the next and add music and they have to get timing right. They apply many steps. Don't apply too much pressure for the finished product, give the videographer plenty of time to create the final product. And at the end you will have a keepsake. And at the end you should your wedding video at every anniversary, on your anniversary watch your wedding again, then exchange an anniversary present, go out to dinner and exchange an anniversary toast.</div>
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In the end, make sure all that is agreed to of services you want from your videographer is laid out in a contract. Make sure all that is agreed to is written down on a contract, don't leave anything just verbal. Check with your videographer if he needs any help, especially for lighting. Your videographer should be meeting with you for about 2 to 3 hours to go over all your video wants and to become familiar with family members. You may need to share pictures of important family members. If you can fit it in your budget, don't forget to hire a wedding videographer, and you will have a special keepsake of your wedding and you can always relive that special day with your honey.</div>
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It's your wedding, there are no do-overs, this is the biggest day of your life, you only get one shot, you must hire a professional wedding photographer. There are thousands of wedding photographers to choose from every city. Many photographers would love to shoot your wedding. Find a wedding photographer that will fit your needs.<br />
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The interview process is very important when you are searching for a wedding photographer. You should look at their photos from previous weddings to see if you like their style for taking photos. A good photographer has top notch state of the art photography equipment, has plenty of experience of taking wedding photography. You want a photographer in which you like their artistic style of photography, the photographs should be bright, lively, have good lighting with a beautiful background. You want a photographer that gets along well with all your wedding guests, is very personable but becomes assertive at the photo shoots. You want a wedding photographer that acts professional at all times, someone who dresses well, someone who is a perfectionist , is always on time, and who is thorough and a good listener.<br />
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Here are 10 cost saving tips for wedding photography.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 1 - Always Hire an Experienced Wedding Photographer for Your Wedding</u></b><br />
Choose a wedding photo package that suits your budget, but you want to be sure to hire an experienced wedding photographer for your wedding. Should you have 12 photos taken, 40 photos taken or hundreds of photos taken. If your budget is very tight, have the professional photographer take the important shots, and then you can have a family relative or friend take the rest. If the budget is not too tight get more photos taken and someone take the less important shots. Make sure they have a high quality camera and if the photos are taken using a digital camera, make sure the photos are printed using real high quality photo paper. If it fits your budget, have a professional wedding photographer take all the wedding photos.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 2 - The Wedding Couple Could Create the Wedding Album Themselves</u></b><br />
Often the wedding photographer as part of their wedding package, they can create a wedding album for the wedding couple. The wedding couple could opt to only get the pictures from the wedding photographer. The evolution of the internet has given birth to online wedding albums, also many couples put pictures on their wedding website. It is still important to create a wedding album. What would you do if your computer got hit by a computer virus or what would happen if your computer crashes and all is lost?<br />
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Whether a photographer or the couple creates a wedding album it's an important keepsake. It becomes special. It's fun and challenging. Create a wedding album from your wedding using scrap booking supplies, use high quality pens, put names to faces, use color, depth, put in captions, add glitter, and laminate for protection and make sure you start with a high quality wedding album book. If either of you don't have good penmanship find a friend that has good handwriting. Remember in 20, 30, or 40 years names may be forgotten, so mark who is in each photo. The wedding album is great to share at reunions, show your children and grandchildren and adds to the anniversary ritual, part of the routine, look at wedding pictures once again, share an anniversary present, and then go out for a special meal and toast.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 3 - Review in Depth the Photos You Want from Your Wedding</u></b><br />
Before your wedding day, you should meet with the wedding photographer and review exactly the photos you want for your wedding. In your meeting, you should review the names of all the people in your two families that are part of the photo shoot. Below is a general wedding photo shoot list. Identify what pictures you want the wedding photographer to shoot at the wedding.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Mother/Maid of Honor adjusting veil<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride putting on garter with bridesmaid looking on<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride in bedroon mirror getting ready<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Corsage being pinned on mother<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Corsage being pinned on father<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Portrait of mother and bride<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Portrait of father and bride<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Brothers and/or sisters with the bride<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Group shot of whole family one last time<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with all bridesmaids<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with each bridesmaid<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride leaving house with parents and bridemaids<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Father helping bride into car<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Shot of bride in back of car from the front seat looking back<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom waiting<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom and best man<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom, best man and page boys<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Best man adjusting groom's tie<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with father<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with mother<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom and best man waiting at front of church<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Guests arriving at church<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride arriving in car<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride exiting car with father helping<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride kissing father on the cheek<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with mother and father looking on<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and bridesmaid's group shot in church garden or vestibule<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <u>During the Service</u><br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bridal party coming down the aisle<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bridemaids, flower girls coming down the aisle<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Father giving the bride away<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> From the rear of church looking down the aisle at couple<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Soloists<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Readers<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Musicians<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Above from organ area or balconies<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Ring Ceremony<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Kissing<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Exchanging of vows<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride signing the register<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom signing the register<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and Groom signing the register<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Best man signing the register<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Maid of honor signing the register<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom coming back down the aisle as husband and wife<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><u>After the Service Outside the Church</u><br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom kissing bride full length<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom kissing bride 3/4ths length<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom kissing bride close up head shot<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom looking at ring<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with rings and bouquet/flowers<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with officiant<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with wedding party<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with bridesmaid's and flowers<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with best man and groomsmen<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with bridesmaids<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with groomsmen<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom at church door<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom leaving church<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bridal party outside of church<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with bride's parents<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with groom's parents<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with bride's immediate family<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with groom's immediate family<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with her mother<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with her father<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride with both parents<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with his mother<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with his father<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Groom with both parents<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and Groom with both sets of parents<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple getting into limousine<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Shot of couple from front seat or sunroof<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Shot of couple leaving in limo with church in background<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><u>Special Shots</u><br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Action shots with entire wedding party in pretty location (jumping for joy etc.)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple sitting with dress train spread out<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple on bridge looking at water/looking at sunset<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple talking next to tree<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple walking on beach<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple in ruins of unique building, etc.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><u>At the Wedding Reception</u><br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Reception facility decorated but empty before reception begins<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Closeup photo of seating chart<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of the wedding cake<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom arriving at the reception<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Couple greeting guests in receiving line<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride and groom with bridal party table<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Close up of best man/father offering a toast<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride's father speech<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of groom's speech<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of best man's speech<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride and groom's first dance together<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride and father dancing<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of groom and mother dancing<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of couple cutting the wedding cake<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride feeding the groom the wedding cake<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of groom feeding the bride the wedding cake<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride throwing the bouquet to single ladies<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride throwing the garter to single men<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of single man catching garter put garter on single lady who caught bouquet<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride and groom with grandparent's on bride's side<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of bride and groom with grandparent's on groom's side<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of musician's performing/(or dj)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Photo of wedding gifts on table<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Group photo of everyone at the wedding<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with everyone on the bride's side<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with everyone on the groom's side<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom with each and every reception table<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bride and groom leaving the reception<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Shot of "just married" decorated car with bride and groom<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Shot of car leaving reception<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Candid shots at the reception<br />
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<b><u>Tip 4 - Leave Disposable Cameras and Camera Phones Scattered on Reception Tables</u></b><br />
If you are looking for some candid shots at your wedding reception, you could leave disposal cameras and camera phones at each wedding reception table and advertise to your wedding guests to take some candid shots and gathering all the cameras and pull together some of the best shots in which you can add to your online photo album, your wedding website, or your wedding photo album. Make sure you advertise and let your wedding guests know the cameras are for them to take candid shots or are the cameras to use as a wedding favor and for your guests to take home with them.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 5 - Find a Photographer that will Provide you with High Resolution Files</u></b><br />
There are many wedding photographers in your city. Almost every photographer has their own way of handling their photographic pictures. If the money is tight, maybe you could find a photographer that will provide you all the important photos right after the wedding, and maybe some months or some years later you can arrange for the less important pictures. Many wedding photographers have copyright marks on the photographs taken for your wedding and if they have not handed over the copyrights to the wedding couple would have an imprint called a watermark on the photo. Some photographers will keep control of the copyrights for about 3 years before discarding and the photographs could be provided to anyone you agree to for a fee. You should touch base with the photographer how long they will keep photos before discarding and you can request high resolution files from them and how much the fee would be and how should the files be obtained by photos, CD, email, or album downloads.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 6 - Arrange a Meeting between Your Wedding Officiant and Wedding Photographer</u></b><br />
Some wedding officiants have problems with wedding photographers, they feel the wedding photographer interrupts the wedding service. It is important to have the wedding photographer and wedding officiant to meet to discuss the photos for the wedding ceremony. Sometimes they work together fine and sometimes the photography is an issue. The wedding couple should allow them to meet and find out the arrangements that were made for each wedding shot. The couple should get feedback from both the officiant and photographer to be sure there are no issues that arise. If an issue should arise, then the wedding couple has a chance to intercede and address the issue. Sometimes a little arm twisting can be used such as photos of the bride and wedding party coming down the aisle or a first wedding kiss, signing a bridal registry, or stating wedding vows, for you only get one chance at wedding pictures and you want to be sure the wedding photographer can do their best job at taking wedding day pictures.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 7 - Assign a Relative of Friend to Assist the Wedding Photographer</u></b><br />
At the photo shoot, you could assign a relative or friend who knows most of the people at the wedding. This person could be given a checklist of the wedding day photos wanted and it's their job to make sure the right relatives or members of the bridal party are in proper position for each photo shoot and to help the photographer keep note of all the names and how they are related to the bride and the groom. Also it's a good idea for the assistant to be aware if there is bridal emergency kit, for touch ups for bridal hair, bridal makeup, and dress. A bridal emergency kit should be loaded with touch up products such as lip stick, tissues, wet wipes, powder, mascara, hair brush, sewing needle and thread, mirror, a bottle of water, and every emergency that might be needed for a photo shoot.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 8 - Go With Packages with One Camera or Simple Coverage</u></b><br />
When it comes to weddings, many wedding photographers will try to go with the up-sell, offering you anything and everything. If your budget is an issue, don't let the photographer control what you want. Only choose the photos you really want and you can get by with one camera coverage. Go through the list of photos you really want with the wedding photographer. You can listen to what each of the packages are, you don't need all the upgrades that the photographer is pushing. Just get the simple basic package that fits your budget. Remember, if the wedding photographer should be pushy, there are thousands of wedding photographers that can shoot your wedding day pictures.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 9 - Arrange a Compromise with the Wedding Photographer and Wedding Guests</u></b><br />
Many wedding photographers don't like wedding guests taking pictures the same time that they do. Often the wedding photographer is looking to take great pictures. If a wedding guest is taking pictures at the same time as the wedding photographer, some of the wedding guests are looking in different directions in the photo shoot or seeing someone else's flash in the photo. Some photographers are really strict insisting no wedding guest photos. Be aware that this has been an issue at many weddings. Try to work it out with the photographer, he gets attention of the subjects getting their picture done first and after his picture is done other wedding guests can then take their photos. Just be sure wedding guests are not taking valuable time from the professional wedding photographer.<br />
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<b><u>Tip 10 - Arrange for a Photo Booth at Your Wedding Reception</u></b><br />
Photo booths have become big at weddings in recent years. Photo booths offer two or four pictures. Make sure you have a prop table outside the photo booth for zany pictures. Props can be many different things like different style hats such as a cowboy hat, a Mexican fat, a magician's hat, a straw hat. Other props can be over sized glasses, Hawaiian leis, jug band instruments, a chalk board with something written on it, or a picture frame, use your imagination.<br />
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Make sure the photo booth is advertised at the wedding reception and make sure the bride and groom get their pictures taken too. Usually with two copies made, one can be taken home as a wedding favor, the other is kept for the bride and groom and someday after the honeymoon, the bride and groom can select the best photos that can be added to the back of their photo album. The style of pictures could be formal or collage style. Photo booths create a lot of zany memorable pictures of wedding guests out of their character and a great way to remember people that have come to your wedding.<br />
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It is important for the bride and groom to look their best for their wedding photography. The couple should get a good night's sleep before their wedding and well rested before their photo shoot. The photos should not be rushed, their worries should be left far behind, for each photo take a deep breath and smile. You want the wedding day photos to be perfect. Also be sure the contract is thorough, everything that has been agreed to is laid out and the contract should have a "failure to perform" clause that insures you get all your money back. Keep a receipt of all payments made including the deposit.<br />
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Remember, photo shoots are vital for your wedding, they are a memory of what transpired for the biggest day of your life. You don't want an amateur for your most important day, you need the lighting, cropping, editing, setting and the angles to all be perfect. Your wedding day pictures are an important keepsake and if they are done right they will always have special meaning.<br />
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See you on the other side!<br />
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