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WEDDING PLANNING CLASSES
Tired Of Your 9 to 5 Job? Do You Want To Become A Wedding Planner?
Live Your Dream! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to become a wedding & event planner? Well now here’s your chance! Color Me Beautiful Weddings is offering wedding planning classes. If you’re serious about learning everything you need to know to start and maintain a rewarding career then you can start now. Learn from one of Atlanta’s top wedding and event planners! Change your life and live your dream. Learn how to do what you love to do for a living!
There are so many benefits that come with taking this class. Email Alesia to find out more! Times are limited. This class will change your life! I promise! Wake up every morning loving your career. This is the best investment you’ll make.
How Much:
$400.00 for the class
Payment arrangements are available if needed!
Alesia Batiste “The Bride’s Angel”
Color Me Beautiful Wedding Planning & Event Design
http://www.colormebeautifulweddings.com
Food Stations!
Food Stations are perfect for all weddings no matter if they’re big or small! Here are just a few!
Doughnut Station
Trail Mix Station
Are You Engaged And Want To Know Who Pays For What?
The Big Money Question: Who Pays for What?
The topic of money and who pays for the wedding is one of the questions most commonly asked in the early stages of wedding planning. These days the division of who pays for what has evolved and changed to adapt to what fits each couple, and we think it’s about time. This article is meant to address the question of who traditionally pays for what. We’re giving you this list as a starting point, but strongly encourage you to take this list and make it work for you!
Bride’s Financial Responsibilities:
• Groom’s ring
• Gifts for your bridesmaids
• A wedding gift for your groom
• A gift for your parents
• Medical exam for herself (as required by the state, and those to procure any desired contraceptives)
• Bridesmaid luncheon, generally held the week of the wedding
• Hair, makeup and beauty treatments on the wedding day and leading up to it
• Accommodations for your out-of-town guests & attendants
• If you’re having a destination wedding, accommodations for your bridesmaids
Family of the Bride Financial Responsibilities:
• Save the Date announcements and Wedding Invitations
• Engagement party (if they host one for you)
• Wedding Planner
• A gift for you and your groom
• Wedding dress & all of your accessories
• Wedding attire for all of the bride’s family
• Lunch/brunch for you and your bridesmaids on the wedding day
• Bridesmaid’s bouquets
• Personal flowers (corsages) for all grandmothers
• Ceremony site rental and associated fees
• Other ceremony décor
• Programs for the ceremony
• Rentals for the ceremony and reception
• Floral arrangements for the ceremony and reception
• Music for the ceremony and reception
• Reception location rental fees
• Food for the reception
• Reception floral arrangements
• Other reception decor
• Photographer
• Videographer
• Wedding cake
• Favors
• Transportation for the you, your wedding party and your family on the day of the wedding
• Gratuities for any vendors above (see our handy tipping guide here)
• Post-wedding brunch
Groom’s Financial Responsibilities:
• Engagement and wedding ring for the bride
• Bridal bouquet
• A wedding gift for the bride
• Medical exam for himself (as required by the state)
• Gifts for the groomsmen and ushers
• A gift for his parents
• Cost of the marriage license
• Officiant’s fees
• Personal flowers/corsages for all women (excluding bridesmaids and grandmothers)
• Boutonnieres for all men
• His formalwear & accessories
• Gloves, ties & accessories for men in the party
• Honeymoon
• Transportation for bride & groom at the end of the night
• Transportation to the honeymoon
• Accommodations for his out-of-town guests & attendants
• If you’re having a destination wedding, accommodations for his groomsmen
Family of the Groom’s Financial Responsibilities:
• Engagement party (if they host you one)
• The entire cost of the rehearsal dinner
• Their own wedding attire
• Their own travel expenses
• A wedding gift for the bride and groom
• Transportation for groom & best man to the ceremony
• Reception beverages
• Groom’s cake
• When applicable, the cost to ship all wedding gifts to the bride and groom’s home
Attendant’s Financial Responsibilities
• Bachelor & bachelorette parties
• Bridal showers
• A wedding gift for the couple
• Their attire & accessories (purchasing or renting)
• Their travel expenses
• Flower girl & ring bearer attire & accessories – their parents pay
Again, none of this is set in stone, but it gives you an idea of where to begin. Things to keep in mind when tailoring this list to fit you:
• The financial situation of each party involved; if you’re in a position to shoulder more financial responsibility to make it easier for someone else, do it.
• More contribution means more involvement: the more one party is footing of the overall bill, the more influence they should have in the decision making process
• Division of the guests: if his parents give you a guest list that makes up half of your entire guest list, it’s okay to ask them to contribute more
• Your age and position in life: if you’re getting married right out of college, it seems more practical and acceptable for your folks to pay for the majority of the wedding. However if you’re in your mid-thirties, have a career and mortgage of your own, you should foot a larger portion of the cost of the wedding
What’s the best approach to dividing up responsibilities? Talk to your honey first, then call a meeting where all contribution parties are present, and talk through it; it’s better for everyone to be clear and on the same page from the start, and it will save you on your Excedrin Migraine costs along the way!
Inviting Luxury
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Memories Of A Perfect Menu…
Details are everything! Your menu can easily be in incorporated into your wedding decor and theme! 
Game Themed Weddings!
Game themed weddings is a guarantee that your wedding will be filled with fun and long lasting memories! You’re never too old to play the childhood games that you grew up playing, not even on your wedding day!
WEDDING PLANNER VS. WEDDING DESIGNER
What’s The Difference Between A Wedding Planner And Wedding Designer?
So, your big day is getting really close and you’re stilling need some type of professional assistance in the interim of planning and design. We provide both of these services and would like to provide you with some insight. It’s very important to know that difference, so that you won’t end up allocating funds towards a one when you really needed the other.
Here are 10 differences between a wedding planner and a wedding designer:
WEDDING PLANNER
- Schedules and attends vendor meetings with you.
- Negotiates and help you determine which vendors and services to select that will accommodate your budget.
- Orchestrates the entire wedding day process from the rehearsal until the newlyweds have been sent off after the reception.
- Provides timeline detailing every action that needs to be taken from the day that they’re hired to your wedding day.
- Relieves wedding stress by handling the big and small details to ensure that nothing is missing on one of the biggest days of your life.
WEDDING DESIGNER
- Assist you with styling and design concepts
- Creates floor plans and layouts
- Brings various vendors together, who will as a team, design a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception that will bring your vision to life.
- Seeing to it that everything from your event lights, to your candle votives, to your place cards are in place.
- Managing your décor budgeting.
SAVE THE DATES!
Save The Dates serve as a reminder of your wedding date long before the invitations arrive. They are typically sent our around 8 months before the wedding. The benefit of a save the date is to give your guests time to block their hotel rooms, arrange for a baby sister, handle their travel arrangements, take time off at work, in advance. Here are some nice examples!
Awesome Cake!
We have to share this amazing cake with you from SATC2! It’s a Swarovski-Adorned Cake!
This beautiful cake has about 4,100 Swarovski crystals! It took 50 hours and a staff of 9 members to create it. It retails for $32,000! Is this meant to be eaten? BEAUTIFUL!
