3 Mistakes Brides Make:
Budget, Vendors, and Schedules:
Why great people can have horrible weddings.
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How can a bride who has developed a budget,
selected vendors, signed contracts, and planned their wedding still experience
wedding day horrors? Experts often point to three areas of the process
that brides often make mistakes- Preparing a practical budget and managing
it, screening and selecting quality vendors and creating a realistic schedule
for their wedding day. This intensive session will focus on these three
vital areas- looking at ways to maximize the potential of every budget,
key tips to getting the best service out of every vendor, and helping
each client develop a realistic timeline for their biggest day.
Topics Include:
Your budget: Having what you want without going
into debt
-- The Reality Check-
what to do when the budget never seems big enough.
-- Family, Friends and Professionals- when and how to make the right choice
-- Where you can save, and where you might regret cutting costs.
-- Understanding food and beverage costs- how to plan for consumption
and control costs.
-- Top 10 ways to waste money on your wedding day.
Getting the most from your team
-- Why you should understand your wedding vendors' business
-- What to consider when hiring friends.
--The power of selling your story and creative collaboration
-- Wedding Vendor Myths
Scheduling your big day
-- What do you want to be- director, producer or star?
-- What is a realistic wedding day schedule?
-- Risk Management- how to deal with the unexpected.
Designing Your Wedding:
Having an "In Style" Wedding on a Real
World Budget
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Omni Austin Hotel Downtown
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THE REGISTRATION FORM (.pdf)
Why do weddings in magazines look so beautiful, but the ones you’ve
seen in real life are less than spectacular? Professional wedding design
is usually the answer. This session is designed to help you unlock the
potential of design principals for your wedding day, and to harness and
spark your creativity.
You’ll learn new methods for seeing spaces, for setting up beautiful
vignettes, and for developing those personal touches that will make your
wedding talked about for years to come.
Topics Include:
Setting goals, crafting priorities -- determining your wedding style
-- Choosing colors and other fatal first steps
-- Details or distraction -- how to decide when too much is too much
-- The holistic design scheme -- why it’s important
-- Integrating parts: making your design elements work together
The DIY bride - designing like a professional
-- Your best friends, the five senses and how to use
them
-- Your design notebook -- what to save, what to bring, what to toss
-- To create or contract -- understanding your technical limits
-- The site visit bag of tricks -- what to bring with you
Design for the Real World: Working in Existing
Spaces
-- Seeing potential, obscuring flaws -- real world,
real reception spaces
-- Exploring lighting, noise and other potential concerns
Developing your personal details
-- The perfect table top -- what’s on
it, how to personalize it
-- Beyond the bouquet -- unique ways to integrate flowers into your design
scheme
-- All about favors -- selecting, packaging and presenting your tokens
-- The printed word -- designing your own invitations, place cards, and
programs
-- Get creative: ten hot trends for today’s unique wedding
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Amazing Tips to Stretch Your Budget
Join Michelle Hope & her team of experts
as they reveal the best ways to have the wedding you want and stay within
your budget. This event is FREE to attend. Please register via E-mail
to Michelle Hope
