You’ll learn how to:
* Navigate stressful relationships
* Create a vision that represents you both
* Understand and build a realistic budget
* Choose the right venue and vendors
* Stay present and enjoy your wedding day
My Review
The Guide to Smart Wedding Planning is fantastic. It is easy to read and very well organized. One wonderful aspect of this book is that the reader has access to worksheets and charts that a couple can download and print out. Some of my favorite things found in this guide were:
-Creating a realistic vision of what you want your wedding to be like. This includes a budget with ideas listed of the wrong and right ways to budget. In the book it states...
“The biggest budget influencers are guest list, venue, date/timing, and priorities. It’s important to think about these factors early in your planning to help you stay within your budget.”
-Carefully choose the right Wedding Venue because this will play a crucial role in your overall experience.
-I also loved how the authors recommend you establish not only a Wedding Committee to help you plan but also a Vendor Team. With people helping in different areas then they can take some of the burdens off of your shoulders.
-I really liked the chapter called, The Big Day. It is all about how Wedding day management should be taken care of by people other than you and your partner so you can stay present and fully appreciate the day. Creating a timeline of how you want the day to go and how to take care of all of the guests and vendors is also crucial.
Overall my thought is how I wished I had this book many years ago when I married my now ex-husband. The good thing is, if I ever marry again I now have this book to help me plan even better than I did the first time. Do yourself, your friends, or your family members a favor and buy this Guide to Smart Wedding Planning. This is a great gift to give any newly engaged couple.
With a combined 30 years and hundreds of weddings produced, Edna Dratch-Parker, founder, and creative director of EFD Creative—Event Planning & Design, and Jeri Solomon, owner of Jeri Solomon Floral Design, bring their depth of knowledge and real-life experiences to help couples avoid common mistakes, reduce stress, and truly enjoy the wedding planning process.
Website: https://www.realdealweddinginsiders.com/
INSTAGRAM:
@weddinginsiders
@efd_creative
@jerifloral
FACEBOOK:
@RealDealWeddingInsiders
@EFDCreative
@jerifloraldesign
TWITTER:
Handles to tag:
@RDWedInsiders
@EFD_Creative
@JeriFloral
TIKTOK:
@RealDealWeddingInsiders
Author Marketing Experts tags for social media:
Twitter: @Bookgal
Instagram: @therealbookgal
Blog Tour Schedule
~~~Book Excerpt~~~
Your life is already busy, and now you’ve emotions and a multitude of details that come with it. We know you want to make wise choices from the get-go. And that’s what we’re here to help with.
SMART Wedding Planning
A lot needs to happen in order for you to realize your ideal wedding, no matter how big or small it may be. To get there, you’ve got to be SMART about your decisions. Your choices should be:
S – Specific to your priorities and needs
M - Manageable within your budget, time frame, and comfort zone
A - Articulated clearly communicated to family and vendors
R - Realistic of expectations
T -Timely made with enough information and with enough time to execute them
This book gives you the SMART approach to develop and refine your wedding vision, bring it to life within your particular budget and timeline, and manage your family and vendors to get the best results.
Real Deal Fact #1
Planning a wedding can be extremely stressful. There’s no other period in your life where the expenditure of time, money, and emotions churn together to create a perfect storm as much as when you’re trying to create The Most Important Day of Your Life!
SMART wedding planning includes the Three Cs of what it really takes to produce the wedding you want: Communication, Comprehension, and Calculation. You will need to:
- Communicate with your family and partner, as well as your vendors.
- Comprehend what it takes to produce the wedding you envision.
- Calculate the real cost of your wedding.
Almost from the moment you announce, “We’re engaged!” the tension starts to mount. Within days (or hours), the questions start coming: When’s the date? What’s your color scheme? Do you have a venue/photographer/dress?
Your stress level rises as to-do lists swirling in your head. Your first instinct might be to try to get a head start by making appointments to try on dresses or visit venues. Our advice? The first thing you should do is press pause.
Wedding planning requires you to look at the big picture. Every decision you make, from the venue you choose to the size of your guest list to the number of bridesmaids, will affect other decisions down the road. This road may be new to you, and it’s difficult to know what lies ahead, so it’s important to take your time and plan your journey.
Real Deal Fact #2
If you’re going to have the wedding you envision, then shopping for your dress or finding your venue is not step one. These are all exciting and important aspects of planning but prioritizing, budgeting, and research need to be done before those steps are started.
~*~*~*~*Purchase Your Copy HERE~*~*~*~*
Paperback-https://amzn.to/3Dstn6T
Kindle-https://amzn.to/3Dstn6T
Add to Goodreads HERE:
5 REAL DEAL TRUTHS OF WEDDING PLANNING
Yay! You’re engaged and about to embark on planning your wedding. You’ve probably heard that it can be a stressful time. But with some understanding about where you might experience challenges, you’ll be more prepared to handle any bumps in the road. Here are the top 5 reasons why this process can make anyone a little anxious.
1. WEDDINGS BRING OUT THE “ZILLA” IN EVERYONE
The tired cliché́ of the demanding “Bridezilla” is widespread in our culture. In reality, the “Zilla” mentality is not limited to the bride. “Zillas” can be anyone; a parent, a sibling a friend. You’ll quickly learn that everyone has opinions and ideas about what’s best for you. Often, people you thought you knew intimately start acting like strangers, behaving in ways you never saw coming. They may have unrealistic expectations and demands or get dramatic when you aren’t seeing things their way.
2. IT WILL TEST YOUR MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Wedding planning is a true test of your future marriage. You’re packing a lifetime of experiences into an engagement period that lasts an average of 16 months. You’re confronted with combining families as well as dealing with others’ constraints and expectations—issues you may have never noticed before. Differences between you and your future spouse’s family, , can affect many wedding planning decisions. When you merge two lives and families, conflicts can come up. Wedding planning packs it all into a compressed timeframe.
3. MORE OPTIONS = MORE STRESS
With the internet and social media, a world of information is at your fingertips. It’s never been easier to peer into the lives of others. Celebrity and “Pinterest worthy” weddings are broadcast, through every possible channel. While most of us can’t afford a celebrity-style wedding, that doesn’t stop the images we see from leading to higher expectations for our own weddings. The sheer number of choices involved is enough to make even the most ambitious and organized couple feel overwhelmed.
4. IT’S A LOT MORE WORK THAN YOU THINK IT WILL BE
Wedding planning is a big project with lots of moving pieces. The average couple will work with 10 vendors and spend 12 hours a week planning their wedding. It takes time to research and make decisions. You’ll feel like you have a second job!
5. IT’S GOING TO COST MORE THAN YOU THINK
Everyone knows weddings are expensive. When you become engaged, you get introduced to an industry you may have been completely unfamiliar with previously. It takes some time to understand all the components you want or need for your wedding. It’s incredibly easy to blow your budget if you don’t factor everything in from the start. Collect the information and pad your budget!
Even though wedding planning can be difficult at times, it can also be so much fun. Armed with a little knowledge about what to expect, you will be more prepared to meet the challenges, keep your stress level low and enjoy the process.
No comments:
Post a Comment