I’m still without Internet at my new house, which means less photo-pretty posts this week, and more wordy posts! For today’s Thursday Tips I thought I would share some advice, suggestions, and tips from other vendors. I sent out some tweets to my followers, asking them for their contributions for you all, and compiled them all here!
 
“If you have amazing details at your reception allow time for your photographer to photograph them before guests arrive.” —-Via @amyraePHOTO
 
“Hire a good professional photographer to capture those memories! It’s …

The biggest part of your wedding is the actual wedding day. You spend months planning for it, and then in a mere 8-12 hours, it’s over and done with. Of course you want your whole wedding day to go smoothly, which is why you should create a Wedding Day Timeline.
 
If you have a wedding planner or coordinator (which of course you know I HIGHLY recommend), he or she will create your timeline for you. You can of course also make your own timeline- I recommend some of the …

There’s a very common question that I hear from brides when they’re starting in on their wedding planning: “How early is too early to…,” or “how late is too late to…?” In regards to booking vendors, it totally depends on the type of vendor and your location. But overall, there is pretty much an order to stick to. It’s more a matter of vendors that book up quickly and trust me- the good ones book up fast!
 
1. Find and book your wedding planner. It doesn’t even …

A few {Thursday Tips} ago I wrote about the differences between a venue coordinator and a wedding coordinator. Today I thought I would touch on the differences between having a wedding planner and having a day-of coordinator.
 
The professional who handles both of these instances (full planning and day-of coordination) is definitely a wedding planner- that is the profession title. A wedding planner plans full weddings, and a wedding planner also just does wedding day-of coordination. Either way, he or she is a wedding planner- the difference in what …

Today I thought I would just list out all of the {Thursday Tips} posts so they can be found in one place. Some of these posts are also posts that aren’t part of {Thursday Tips} because I hadn’t started the series yet- but its the same kind of information. So, send this post to your friends, your friend’s friend, your brides, your coworkers- spread the knowledge that I’m determined to share!
 
{Thursday Tips} After The Wedding: Changing Your Name?
{Thursday Tips} Do You Have A Wedding Planner? …

I’ve heard it several times- “Oh the venue coordinator will handle everything, I don’t need a wedding planner/coordinator.” What most brides don’t know is that the venue coordinator is just there for the VENUE, not you. (Nothing against venue coordinators- I love them and they’ve helped me out a lot!) And so, since I’m kind of the person who says things about planning weddings that not many other bloggers will….
 
- A venue coordinator is looking out for the best interest of the venue. A wedding coordinator looks out …

Last week I posted about finding vendors, and this week I thought I would offer up some tidbits about booking vendors!
 
If a vendor is providing you with a proposal, it’s just that. Proposing what he or she can do for you. It doesn’t mean that you can’t change your colors or the style of your wedding. A proposal is basically just the vendor saying, “This is what I can do for you, and this is how much I can do it for.”
 
Keep in mind that a …

Something that I had a really hard time with when planning my wedding was finding quality vendors. How was I to know that they were good to work with and what their work was like? We all know that Google is great, but sometimes it doesn’t always return the best search results when searching for something in particular. And so, I thought I would share some tips for finding vendors, as well as a few sites.
 
Tips:
 
- You don’t have to look within the city your wedding …

This week, I had a realization. It’s always been something that I’ve known, but I never really thought about it. It’s the extent of DIY. By extent I mean: how much work actually goes into DIY, how much money goes into it, and how much “womanpower” (Get it? Instead of manpower- because the majority of the time, it is a woman DIYing) it takes.
 
Often times it’s thought that it’s cheaper to have a DIY wedding. That can be the case, but only when you do your research and …

It’s no secret that I’m all about helping brides, as well as awesome photography. And so, this is my Public Service Announcement to the world. I know I’ve written about photography, quality, and pricing quite a few times, but this has been weighing on my mind all week. So I’m just going to come out a say it, because it seems like no one else has.
 
If photography is an important aspect to you, be prepared to spend more than $3,000. Chances are incredibly slim that you will find …