Wedding Planning Blog
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Expert Tips for Hiring Your Wedding Florist
They symbolize life, renewal, innocence, and love. And since flowers create a backdrop for your photos and video, they can make a significant impact on the overall effect of your wedding. How do you get them just right? Keep reading to get our wedding experts'...
Tried and True Tips to Find the Wedding Dress of Your Dreams
With so many wedding dress styles, fabrics, and options from which to choose, it's important to establish your style to avoid confusion and chaos when trying on gowns. Since most full-service bridal salons have an experienced consultant who will bring you gowns to try...
The Top 10 Wedding Etiquette Questions
Have you ever wondered why so many couples find wedding planning stressful? Weddings cost a lot of money and involve a lot of people. Newly-engaged couples face a big challenge when planning their wedding. Your goal is to create an event that feels true to the two of...
How to Make Your Own Wedding Veil in 5 Easy Steps
Did you know that the average wedding costs around $30,000?! It may be difficult to wrap your mind around that figure, but when you factor in entertainment, food, drinks, your dress, and the photographer, you can see how costs really start to add up. Plus, if...
The Best Wedding Hashtag Ideas, and How to Make Your Own
Creating your wedding hashtag can be an exciting part of your wedding preparations. Your hashtag is not only a super fun slogan to solidify your relationship, but it also serves a very practical purpose when it comes to social media and sharing memories from your big...
5 Reasons to Book Your Wedding Venue Early
The engagement proposal was a success, and now your wedding journey has been set in motion. The first significant step you'll need to take when it comes to planning your wedding is booking the venue. It's important to book your venue early in the planning process...
How Much Food and Drink Should We Order for Our Wedding?
Food is often a crucial aspect of your wedding reception, especially if you're also serving alcohol. It's also a wonderful way to share culture and heritage or a theme with those joining you, so when planning a menu for your wedding, take a moment and be thoughtful...
How to Choose the Best Wedding Caterer
Once you've found your wedding venue, it's time to start planning all the other details for your special day, including hiring a wedding caterer. Whether you and your fiancé have your hearts set on a lavish array of cuisine or a cozy comfort-food buffet, you'll want...
Should We Invite Kids to Our Wedding?
Is your wedding going to be "adults-only" or "family-friendly?" Of course, there's no right or wrong answer to this question, as your wedding and reception will be as unique and individual as you are. However, this is an important question you should ask yourselves...
6 Advantages of Hiring a Wedding Planner
Getting engaged can be one of the most exciting times in your life, and you may be on cloud nine for some time. So when it comes time to put pen to paper and start planning your special day, there are a few things to consider carefully so that you can maintain your...
How to Cope With Wedding Drama
Planning your wedding can be a handful, especially if you have to deal with drama from your family and friends. It’s a time when everyone’s emotions can run high. Even though you’re the one getting married, this will also be a transition for them. Handling...
Do We Need Event Liability and Cancellation Insurance?
When you first embark on planning your wedding or event, you may have a vision in your mind about what it will look like, the flow of the crowd, the décor, entertainment, and food. You will probably envision the perfect event, planning everything to look,...
How to Look Your Best on Your Wedding Day
After you choose your wedding dress, shoes, and accessories, it’s time to think about the finishing touches to your wedding day look. Next, you’ll need to hire professional stylists for your day-of hair and makeup! Whether or not you do your hair and makeup...
Ideas for Honoring Your Loved One at a Memorial Service
Called by many names, a Memorial Service, Funeral, a Wake, or Celebration of Life, honoring a loved one who passes away can be one of the hardest things you've ever had to do. Unfortunately, it's something most of us will have to do at one point or another in...
How to Find the Best Wedding Venues in Northern California
If you're like most couples who are newly engaged, your head can start to feel like it's spinning when you think of all that needs to be done to go from "engaged" to "newlywed." Of course, the biggest item on that list is planning your dream wedding. It can be...
Capturing Memories to Last a Lifetime—A Moment of Joy Photography
With over 20 years of experience and having photographed over 500 weddings, Joy Ximemez of A Moment of Joy Photography has excellent advice for couples. She recommends that you "Hire someone with lots of years of experience, so you can ensure they've dealt with every...
How to Get Started on Your Wedding Guest List
Creating a guest list can be one of the most stressful parts of planning a wedding. Ask any newly-engaged couple, and you'll quickly learn that no one really has fun creating the guest list for their wedding. The process can be challenging, especially when...
Strike a Pose With Bay Area Fotowagen
Even though your wedding photographer will capture all of the moments during your wedding day, it's nice to have a photo booth at your reception to give guests a chance to strike a pose for some fun candid memories. Wedding receptions can often be reunions for...
Your Step-by-Step Guide on Choosing the Perfect Wedding Venue
Everyone wants their wedding to be memorable and one-of-a-kind. While things like theme, seating arrangements, and food menus play vital roles in your celebration's success, there's one other factor that could significantly impact your special day: Your venue....
Spotlight on DJ Shayna
DJ Shayna is an open format DJ, which means she plays all kinds of music. She is a music lover whose clients know to have a quick response time and a very professional manner. She works as a DJ for weddings and charities for the most part but does do all kinds of...
Focus on Ashton Imagery, Featured Wedding Photographer
When choosing a photographer to capture your special day, you want somebody with the style you like and the personality to add to your day. Kayla Ashton Webb from Ashton Imagery is a talented and enthusiastic photographer who will provide amazing photos and lots of...
Why Do We Do That, Anyway? Origins of Wedding Traditions That May Surprise You
Over 23,000 years ago, marriage became a necessity when hunter-gatherers turned into farmers, which facilitated gender roles taking shape. Each found their place in a household – males continued to provide food and shelter for the family while females raised the...
Featured Wedding DJ: Steve Allard
Want your wedding or event to be the talk of the town? DJ Steve Allard is the man that can make that happen. Steve Allard is well-known throughout California and was voted KCRA A-List Top 5 and "Best of Yuba Sutter." With close to 34 years of experience working in the...
Featured Wedding Bartender: The Drunken Burro
Want to add a fun and unique component to your engagement party, wedding day, or special event? The Drunken Burro is just the thing! The Drunken Burro is a dry-hire mobile bartending service. You bring the drinks, and their skilled and certified bartender will...
Achieve the Wedding Theme of Your Dreams
Choosing a theme for your wedding can be difficult, as your theme will set the tone for the big day and guide every design decision made from that point forward. There are so many choices, and you can go a little crazy looking at wedding themes on Pinterest, in bridal...
It’s Time to Schedule Your Special Wedding Day
Here at the Rough & Ready Vineyards, we're optimistic that the summer and fall of 2021 will be the seasons for weddings this year. We understand that many of you have been holding off on scheduling your wedding date. But now that we can see the light at the end of...
10+ Tips for Your Unforgettable Summer Wedding Celebration
Getting married in the summertime can elicit thoughts of warm days, bright flowers, clear skies, and an easy-breezy wedding. However, there are a few things you may want to consider if having your wedding during the hot summer months to make sure that you, your...