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To Moon Or Not To Moon

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Should You Wait Until Much The Wedding To Take A Honeymoon?

In order to spend more of their wedding budget some couples opt-out of taking their dream romantic honeymoon months following their wedding. But is this a good idea?

As a former bride who has been married for over a year, I'm still waiting to take my honeymoon. At the time we decided not to go away because my daughter was an infant and because money was tight with buying a new house and planning a wedding. Well over a year later, my daughter is older, my husband just got a new job and is building up vacation time, I'm busy with the business and we're no further ahead then before.

So my advice to you as a former bride and wedding planner. Go for it!!!! There are so few special moments in our time that you need to take advantage of every single one. Your honeymoon is very important for your relationship. It's a great romantic time that you can spend as husband and wife. It will be a trip unlike any other. And after all of that hard work, stress and headaches over planning your wedding... YOU DESERVE IT! Even if its a weekend away at the cottage or a bed and breakfast, spend that time together!

And if you need any help with booking a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean we'd love to help you out, just e-mail us info@stephaniethompson.ca.

Every moment matters,

Stephanie Thompson WPICC, SCS, CSS

Wedding & Honeymoon Wish Specialist

Inspiration For Your Wedding

Inspiration For Your Wedding



So you're engaged and now is the time to think about your wedding vision. Maybe you haven't always known what your wedding will look like. So where do you find inspiration to incorporate into your wedding day details. Well when I work with my clients I always get them to tell me about things they like... nature, fashion, art, history, culture... for example.



Are you like me and love the beach? Perhaps a destination wedding is what you've been dreaming of. Unable to have a destination wedding? Then consider pulling in the beautiful blue or turquoise of the ocean for your wedding colours.



Have a favourite Guess purse you just love? Maybe that can be your inspiration for your colour and wedding design. Add some brooches to mimic the buckle on the purse. Use the colour of the purse for linens.




So where can you find inspiration?

-Online Blogs & Websites

-Magazines

-Travel

-Nature

-Architecture

-Art

-Film

-Literature

etc.

As you plan your wedding before you chose your theme, style, colours etc begin collecting items that stand out to you into a folder. Before you are ready to chose your theme etc look over these items again. Which items do you LOVE. Add these into the details of your decor, flowers, cake, invitations etc.

If you need any help with designing your unique wedding, this is our speciality and you can contact me or visit our website for more information.

Inspiring Your Wedding Guests

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The Olympic Games in Vancouver this past week has inspired me to write a blog article on inspiration. As human beings we love to be inspired. Whether it's in movies we've watched, something on the news, a story we heard about someone, watching athletes achieve their goals...whatever it may be... we love happy endings.


Well a great way to wow your guests is to really bring them into your wedding and your relationship. They would love to be inspired. Do you have a great love story on how you met? Have you overcome a triumph together? Are you volunteers or active in the community? What do you hope to achieve for the future? Have you overcome obstacles? Do you have a great engagement story? Are their people in your lives who inspire you?

How To Convey it To Your Guests?

Tip 1: In the wedding details & theme.

Tip 2: Tell your story through your wedding vows or in a speech.

Tip 3: Surround your guests in your inspiration by choosing a location that matches your vision.

Don't Get Burned By Shady Vendors

So I came across this story from Florida about a mother of a bride who thought she was getting a great deal on a wedding cake, only for the shop to be completely gone when she stopped by there. She lost her deposit and her daughter was without a wedding cake. http://www.wpbf.com/money/22508074/detail.html

Last summer a well known wedding decorator from Toronto who was known for having incredibly low rates. Only to leave couples without decor, flowers for their weddings and hundreds to even thousands of their deposits gone!

And I keep hearing about bridal shops going bankrupt in our area as well.


I have worked with the vendors I recommend, I trust them completely and don't go by cheapest cost alone. You will pay a little more for professional vendors who do great work and more importantly are reliable and won't leave you stranded on your wedding day. However, I do recommend their pricing, styles and services to match your budget. So if you only have $2,000 to spend on a photographer I will only recommend photographers who offer this price range. And even better, my vendors offer me a discount that I pass onto all of my clients.

So if you are looking to save money on aspects of your wedding and don't want to hire some shady wedding vendors, then hiring me to be your wedding coordinator is the best way to ensure that doesn't happen

We offer a free initial meeting so it doesn't hurt to see if I can help you.
e-mail info@stephaniethompson.ca or call 289-286-3013 for more information.

Does Out Of The Box Thinking Freak You Out?

I find a lot of brides and grooms are terrified to let their cool and unique ideas for their wedding day out! What are people going to say? My parents will never agree to that? Or if I suggest something different to them, they say... that's too out there for me, I just like plain, or simple and elegant.

Now I'm all for having the wedding you've always wished for. And I don't want to push an idea on you that you hate. That defeats the purpose of hiring a wedding planner. But sometimes I worry that couples want to step out of the box, just a bit, but are too freaked out over what other people think.

And I get that, if there's anyone who worries about what other people think, I used to be the poster child for that. However since I've ventured off this unique path to fullfilling my dream as a wedding designer, I'm giving off beat ideas a chance. At least a chance. I think about it for a moment (boy that's crazy or ugly, or whatever), but I let it sink in a bit, then I find something I ended up hating... grows on me.

I need to stay open to different ideas and concepts for my couples because sometimes they aren't too sure what's out there in the event planning world. There are some really different ideas that can make your event or wedding so cool your guests will love it. Why would we want to have the exact same party after party... Amanda & Paul's wedding: ceremony, dinner, dance...Rachel & Mike's Wedding....ceremony, dinner, dance... and so on.

You only live once, our attention spans are limited...lol... so I'm encouraging you to follow your heart if you want something that's a bit different or unique then go for it. Don't worry about what everyone is going to think. Because those are the events that they will have a great time at. Your wedding will be the event of the year, something they will never forget!!!

And if you need help making these distinct ideas to come to life, I'd love to help :)

Beware Of The Wedding Trolls

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Beware Of The Wedding Trolls

Ah the wedding trolls.... definitely not as cute as the photo above.

So who are wedding trolls... they are those people in your life that when you talk about your engagement or upcoming wedding... some sort of a switch flips and instead of making you feel positive, you end up walking away feeling miserable and like being happy is wrong. Well I don't want you to let these wedding trolls take over your good mood. Everyone deserves happiness and for some reason a lot of people don't chose to be happy and instead would rather hurt you so they feel better about their miserable lives.

Here's a few things you can do with these wedding trolls...

1. Surround yourself with positive, happy people who make you feel good about yourself. Who are uplifting and supportive. Let the troll stay in the dark.

2. Call the troll on their behaviour. Tell them it's not appreciated and you won't tolerate their negativity any longer.

3. Wean these folks out of your life and move on... who needs them anyways?

In a negative world there are really only a few moments when we can celebrate and be happy. Your wedding is one of them. And you deserve this time to be on cloud 9. Don't let the trolls in your life tell you any different.

"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

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Every Moment Matters,

Stephanie Thompson WPICC

Wedding Wish Specialist

www.stephaniethompson.ca