Wedding Tips & Advice

Wedding reception decorations are one of the key elements to a venue. When your guests walk in you want them to say “WOW, this is beautiful”. I love putting together and  looking at beautiful wedding table decorations. They are truly the life of the room.

Here are some pictures of beautiful wedding reception decorations that will give you that “WOW” reaction from your guests.

Photo by Mark Lovett Photography

Photo Credit: Photos by F.A. Formica

Post by: Wedding Planner & Wedding Florist–Syvella Brantley

Even though I am not a huge fan of wedding favors, I still realize that there a hundreds of brides-to-be who love them and find them necessary to give out. If wedding favors are given out it is probably a good idea to put them all in a nice decorated basket and walk around and personally deliver them to the guests. This will ad a nice personal touch to your wedding favors and give you and the groom a chance to visit with each guests.

Whatever wedding favor you choose, make sure they are meaningful and that the guests will enjoy them. Here are some great personable favor ideas:

• Bake some cookies and wrap them in a nice cellophane bag with a ribbon and tag that says “thank you for sharing this day with us”

• Setup a nice Candy Buffet that will allow guests to fix their own favors. Some samples of Candy Buffets are below. Click HERE to see some of the candy jars we found to help you with your Candy Buffet.

• You can give some delicious chocolates elegantly wrapped or boxed with or without a personalized tag.

Wedding Candy Buffets

Candy Buffet

Unique Wedding Favors
Wedding Favors - Thousands of wedding favors and wedding accessories to suit every couple’s style, theme and budget. Wedding party gifts, bridal shower favors and baby shower favors too! We carry all the little things to make your event unique and memorable!

monogrammed petit fours

custom boxed wedding truffles

Photo Biscotti Favor - With Box

personalized mini glass candy jars

Asian Love Glass Coasters

Wedding Favors - Thousands of wedding favors and wedding accessories to suit every couple’s style, theme and budget. Wedding party gifts, bridal shower favors and baby shower favors too! We carry all the little things to make your event unique and memorable!

1. Enlist friends to transport the bridal party to and from the ceremony, and show your gratitude by buying them a tank of gas and a small gift.

2. Ask your attendants to drive themselves to the ceremony. Even though this option will save you money really try hard to provide transportation for your attendants.

3.Skip the amenities. Unless you plan on taking the car out for a whirl afterward, resist the bells and whistles such as a stocked bar, this may reduce the cost of the rental.

4. Ditch the chauffeured ride, and opt for a rental car that is equally as glamorous. Recruit someone reliable (and sober) to drive your rental.

5. Have an Off-Peak Wedding Day. Again, there is no rule that states that your wedding has to be held on a Saturday in June. If you hold your event on a day when rental vehicles are in less demand, chances are you can negotiate a considerable discount.

If you are going to hire a limo company to transport you and the bridal party then I would recommend two of my favorite limousine companies that offer great rates and outstanding customer service:

www.zbestlimo.com

www.anxtremelimoscene.com

Posted by Wedding Planner & Wedding Florist
Syvella Brantley

When choosing a professional wedding photographer, it is essential that you are not only confident that you have a quality one, but that you are confident in the goods you will receive after the ceremony is over. The photographer is responsible for recording all of the magical moments as well as delivering them back to you.
What will your wedding photographer deliver?

Prior to the digital revolution, wedding photographers would often invite you to their studio to review contact prints of the negatives. By viewing these small prints, you could choose which shots you liked and the sizes of prints that you wanted. This was a long and involved process and it would often be months before a bride and groom received their wedding album.
Times have changed and it is now much easier to obtain access to your wedding photographs. In fact, many wedding photographers who shoot digitally can offer to show the wedding photographs almost as soon as they are taken, at the wedding reception.

Many brides and grooms still want the old-fashioned bridal album, with cropped and mounted prints in a bound album. This type of album is strictly a keepsake, and not generally shown to anyone outside of the immediate family. Photographers can now create albums that are less traditional, appearing almost as if they were published books. These hardback, dust-jacketed books feature prints of the photographs on individual pages.

The most popular, however, and often the most inexpensive is the digital album. Wedding photographers are able to create CDs and DVDs of wedding photographs – turning them into virtual movies by using digital effects. These digital albums are also able to be published online, making them easily available to all of the wedding participants, as well as people who may have lived to far away to get to the wedding.

A digital album is a great way to share your memories.
When you choose your wedding photographer, the actual delivered product should be described and included in the price. Make sure you know what to expect before you sign the contract!

Here are some great resources for wedding photography

Kevin Brown Photography
Morning Star Photography
Jennifer Hughes Photography

Photo by: Bill Rettberg Photography

Posted by Wedding Planner Syvella Brantley

About Six months ago Beginning Two End decided to offer our clients floral design and decor to help enhance their events. Our prices are very affordable and gives our clients the ability to put finances in other areas of their event.

Below are some bouquets for a wedding that took place on Friday, August 1, 2008. The bouquets consist of Light and Dark Pink Roses accented with Yellow Spiders. They were absolutely beautiful and the bride LOVED them!

Posted by Wedding Planner & Floral Designer
Syvella Brantley