Fall Wedding Color Trends

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Sharon

Glowing

Coral, Marigold, Custom Brown

Coral is a hue that adds warmth to a chilly autumn soirée! The pop of marigold yellow is inspired by golden sunflowers swaying in an early fall breeze, and it plays perfectly with the coral’s warm feel. Brown keeps the palette overall organic yet lush. Glowing and dreamy, this palette is totally shabby chic meets rustic elegance. Guests will certainly be impressed with such a cheery fall color scheme

SMITTEN

Custom Burgundy, Wine, Custom Pink, Custom Tan, Champagne

This marvelously moody palette is so romantic! Deep burgundy is dark, mysterious, and a bit edgy when paired with other wine and pink tones. Weaving in neutrals like tan and champagne add brightness and airiness to this otherwise deep palette. Abundant with color and life, this fall color combo lets you go big with style and personality. City, desert, or country—it sets the tone for a ravishing celebration! Bring in gold to complement this palette’s darker tones.

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DRAMATIC

Eggplant, Mulberry, Blush, Periwinkle, Custom Yellow

Jewel tones are here to stay for the fall! Deep berry purple, mulberry, and blush create a rich palette for an elegant autumn wedding. Add in a bit of periwinkle and yellow accents to create a warm, inviting ambiance. Purple takes center stage, while the accent colors add depth—especially when incorporated into statement-making wedding flowers. From boho to classic, this color combo is blanketed in romance. Show off your elegant side with botanical wedding stationery that features bold florals and lighter airy fonts.

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CLASSIC

Navy, Burgundy, White

As you peruse wedding inspiration, grooms suited in navy blue are everywhere! With rich burgundy and white also at the helm, this clean-cut color palette packs a classic-meets-modern punch. Plus it’s great across a variety of wedding themes, especially more formal and elegant celebrations. We love the dapper richness this color combo provides. It’s oh-so-classy, timeless, and unforgettable. Advice for the groom? A classic blue suit is a wardrobe staple, and is a great option for a variety of occasions—including your wedding! Splurge on a higher-quality suit that will last.

Parties over, now who’s in charge of clean up at the 11th hour?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Sharon

Everyone focuses on the planning and execution of the wedding day. Not much focus is placed on the clean up duties. Especially the bride and groom, by this point they have already said “peace out” and hit the road to the after party with their bffs.

This is where a “day of planner” along with the venue and other vendors handle most of the heavy lifting. Cue magic wand!!

If you are leaving the clean up to your friends and family please keep in mind the amount of space and vehicles you will need to haul all the wedding items from the venue.

A big misconception is the amount of time it takes to clean up and remove the items before your event time expires. This will often cause additional fees to be added, and no body likes a surprise that affects your finances at the 11th hour, right?? Keep in mind what is being delivered by other vendors must be removed by “you” before your event contract timeframe expires.

Some vendors refer to this as break down, some refer to it as striking the event. Either way, it’s important to know what happens because you have items left behind that need to be taken care of. What happens and who does it can depend entirely on your venue. They set the rules on what can be stored and what needs to leave at the end of the night. Here’s a list of all the items that need to be taken care of and what typically happens.

Wedding Gifts – Typically your venue or wedding planner will move your gifts during the event to a secure location, whether it is the venue coordinator’s office or perhaps another event space, it will be away from any wandering eyes. At the end of the event, these items will be loaded onto a cart or taken directly to the vehicle of who you designate as being responsible for these items. Usually this is a parent of the newlyweds. Make sure you tell whoever you designate ahead of time so they know to stay til the end of the night. The venue coordinator or your planner should know who this is so they make sure it all goes home with the right person, not just someone who volunteered.

Personal items – This includes your toasting flutes, your cake knife and server, guest book and any decor you brought to the event. If you have any DIY projects you brought, such as a dessert bar you or your planner set up, these need to be removed. Sometimes a venue will store these items for you to be picked up the following week, but this is not normally the case. Usually they are sent home with the same person designated to take home the gifts.

Food & Drink – If your wedding is at a full service venue (meaning a venue that also supplies catering and staff), they will most likely pack a box of food for the newlyweds to take with them. All other food is thrown out due to sitting out for so long (especially on a buffet). It is an insurance requirement at most venues that they are not allowed to send “left overs” home with anyone. If someone were to take the food home and not properly store it, resulting in food poisoning, the venue does not want to be responsible. If you are working with a caterer, they may have their own policies. Make sure you ask about this when hiring them. If you brought in your own alcohol, you will need to take home what is left over. This can be quite a bit, so make sure that whoever you designate to stay and take this home at the end of the night has a large vehicle, just in case. Typically, your caterer and/or planner will not transport left over alcohol.

Cake – Your venue or caterer will box up your left over cake to take home, but most of the time they do not provide the boxes for this. Make sure you bakery will leave boxes, and if not, bring some of your own. Also, check with you bakery to see if any equipment, such as a stand, needs to be returned. Some planners will return cake stands for you, but again, check with them and see who needs to be responsible for this.

Floral decor / centerpieces – Most florists are charging you just a rental on their vases and other decor (such as candles, etc.). This means that at the end of the night, all the containers your beautiful floral are in must be returned to the florist. Typically, the florist will make arrangements with the venue to pick up these items the next day, but more and more venues are requiring the florist to pick up items that night. You must find out what your venue requires and communicate this to the florist as they will not call and check this for you all the time. You also might see an extra fee from the florist because of this, so double-check with them! As for the floral itself, you paid for this and can take whatever you would like home, but without the container. Some clients choose to pay for the containers for part of the centerpieces so they can take them home as they are. Some make arrangements to return the vases to the florist themselves at a later time, and others will just leave the floral behind. (Always ask your florist when receiving proposals if the containers/vases are included as a rental or purchase.) If the florist included the containers in your contract, you can give centerpieces away to your guests. Just remember, if a guests is from out of town, they probably cannot transport the item home, especially if they are traveling by air.

Wedding Attire/ Tuxes- if you rented your tuxes it is best to try and collect them immediately after the reception. Otherwise you risk having to track down a vest here or a jacket at another hotel. Designate someone ahead of time to be in charge of returning all the tuxes.

Linens, Rentals and other Decor – Most rental companies prefer to pick up their rental items the Monday following your event. If they are required to pick up that night, you will more than likely be charged an additional fee, so check with your venue! The staff at your venue, if full service, will pack away all linens for the rental company to pick up. However, if you are not at a full service venue, your caterer may help with only the items they handled, such as glassware, dishes, and flatware. With any rental items, designate someone responsible for checking the items for damage and counting. You will be charged for damaged items or missing items, so you always want to make sure someone is checking to make sure it is all there and not misplaced.

Trash – Most venues handle all waste disposal. However, while unusual, some venues do not have dumpsters and require all waste to be removed at the end of the night by either the caterer or yourself. Venues will be up front about this need, so make sure you address it with them and your caterer. Caterers sometimes charge an extra fee for this. There are waste disposal companies that can be hired to bring containers to your event and take care of them throughout the night. Some even recycle all the waste, so it’s a great way to be green! They are usually inexpensive, so compare them to what your caterer charges.

Other break down – All other vendors will need to break down their equipment and take it with them that evening. For example, a DJ or band will not leave their equipment over night. However, if you rented a stage or lighting, this will be broken down based on the rental companies needs. Any other entertainment, such as a photo booth or cigar roller, will also break down that evening and remove everything from the venue.

For our clients, rest assured as your wedding planner we stay until the end of your event and follow up with all the vendors to make sure this break down happens according to your plan. We help with making sure all of your items (as listed above) are sent home with the right person, rentals are all accounted for and packed away for pick up, the florist picks up all their containers (and none were taken home by a guest who didn’t know any better), and to check if there are and damages you will be responsible for. This all factors into that “peace of mind” when hiring a planner to help with your wedding day, whether full service or as a day of wedding planner. We hope this helps you to understand what to plan for at the end of your wedding night!

Fun, classy and a bit sassy ways to add fun to your wedding day.

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Sharon

Well it supposed to Spring, but Oklahoma weather is letting us know Mother Nature has other plans. So I may have stayed snuggled under the blankets and slipped once again down the Pinterest rabbit hole. I’m sure glad I did, because I found some great ideas to share with you.

Looking for ways to add a bit of sass and personality to your engagement party, couples shower or wedding reception? Take a peek and let the plans unfold.

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Fun reception cards to keep your guests entertained during pictures

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Add a little sparkle to your dance floor.

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Homemade beer complete with taps

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Otter Shots baby! Grown up popsicles for everyone 21 and over.

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Personalized converse and flip cup just go hand in hand.

Go long for the garter toss! No one can resist a great pass. 

Marrying your bestfriend – best decision ever!

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Sharon

We love hearing how couples first met, where you lucky in love on-line? Or did you catch that first glimpse because you stop for coffee every morning at the same Bistro? Leading up to your wedding day, is such a fun journey full of love, laughter and let’s be real, some not so wonderful moments. Yea, you know that one time that had your blood boiling and your heart packing. We’ve all been there.

Good news, if you’re still reading this then you mostly likely said “yes” or at least hopeful that he will pop the question soon. While I was pondering on how I wanted to share this post with you it allowed me to revisit some of my favorite memories of when my husband and I started dating. Eighteen years strong and he still gives me butterflies… as much as we love the excitement that surrounds the wedding planning, we are delighted to see the families that blossom after the wedding day. My heartfelt words to you..

Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest friendship in the person you fall in love with. Someone you can laugh with. The kind of laughs that make your belly ache, and short of breathe. The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs. Life is too short not to love someone who lets you act like a complete fool from time to time.

Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there holding your hand and your heart during those times. Most importantly, marry the one that makes passion, love and madness combine and course through you. A love that will never dilute- even when the waters get deep and feel dark. And most importantly choose l-o-v-e everyday. It’s easy to want to quit sometimes, but for me it’s the voyage together that makes the journey worth it.

Being a gracious hostess/bride isn’t always easy on your budget.

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Sharon

Admit it: You’ve been to at least one wedding where something about the events made you uncomfortable or possibly even cringe. For instance, maybe dinner was delayed 1/2 hour while the bride and groom were having formal pictures taken. Or, you ordered a drink at the bar only to find out it was a cash bar, and you have $0 cash. Not very nice, was it? But now, the tables are turned and you’re the hosts. Your guests deserve to go home happy—and what couple wouldn’t want that?—a few of our gracious host suggestions:

Pick your wedding date carefully.
Sure, holding your affair on a Friday or Sunday night — or even a weeknight — is a great way to save money. But this might pose a problem for guests who don’t live nearby. Many will have to take a day off from work in order to attend your wedding; your immediate family and your wedding party may have to take even more time off in order to attend your rehearsal dinner. A clever compromise, if you’re really set on a Friday or Sunday affair: Hold your wedding on a holiday weekend, when most working guests would automatically have an extra day off.

Think your menu through.
Chances are some of your guests observe dietary rules — maybe a few vegetarians or folks who keep kosher. Be sure to take a look at your guest list and see who might fall into this category. Most caterers will provide meals to accommodate these guests for little or no extra charge. Just be sure that the catering manager knows where these folks are sitting, and that your guests know ahead of time that you’ve taken care of their needs.

Let’s talk wedding registry for a second. Registering for gifts is a wonderful concept — it takes away the guesswork, and it ensures that you’ll get the things you need and want for your new life. Just be sure that, in addition to selecting your favorite pieces, you choose items in a range of prices—everything from spatulas, hand towels and cookbooks to crystal stemware, electronics and sporting equipment. This way, every guest will find something within his or her budget. Most all stores offer the option to purchase a gift card for any amount as well.

Help your single guests feel extra welcome. Make sure you seat them where they’ll know other people. For instance, you can put unattached colleagues with other work people; your high school or college buddies can all sit together, whether single or hitched.
Another thought, go ahead and ask your single pals with whom they would prefer to sit—this way, they’re sure to be comfortable. In addition, while you are under no obligation to invite single guests with dates (unless they’re living with someone or are in a long-term relationship), it’s a very nice gesture to do so, and your friends will surely appreciate it.

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