I have just returned from an awesome all day seminar on weddings, honeymoons, and elopements in Mexico -- What a fabulous destination with just about everything possible to offer.
However - One of the greatest tid bits I picked up for the bride and groom had nothing to do with Mexico and everything to do with helping you in your planning no matter where you are getting married -- It is The Dream Book -
I know that when I first meet with couples they have a bit of the "deer in headlights " glaze to them - Excited - thrilled and overwhelmed all at once. Since venues are one of the first stops on the list - I am often meeting at the very beginning of the planning. One of the common feelings is that most couples know so much more about what they do not want - than what they do want - often not even know what they can have and know what they would like to spend but no idea of what they have to spend. They say a picture is worth a thousand words - well in wedding planning that is so true - When a bride shows me a picture or even pictures of their dream wedding , gown , table or ceremony, it tells me so much about their taste, style and the atmosphere they are looking to create. So to help you and to help you help all of us -- Get clipping - I know that one of the first rites of passage with the ring is to also going to the newsstand and bookstores to clutch all of those gorgeous brides magazines.
Well that should be your homework - brides magazines - internet pictures = brochures -- whatever it takes
Clip gowns -ceremonies -shoes - chairs - table tops, cakes , food - even bras, shoes & hair style- Not only will this help you get a sense of what you love - it will help communicate it to your fiance, family, friends and vendors making the planning so much easier and fun for everyone.
( next time I will let you in on some of the fabulous things I learned of mexico after I come back next week from a research trip to Sandals in Jamaica on honeymoons, weddings and elopements )
Laurie Beckmann
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