Recently our team has been asked to contribute to Imprint Cinema's blog, and we have been so happy to share tips, stories, and planner know-how. This week, Tickled Pink planner Terri was asked to contribute so I've pulled the post right off of Imprint's blog to share with you. Imprint Cinema is a husband and wife cinematography team who recently married so have just gone through the wedding planning experience. Here is what Sammantha has to say about her own experience, and Terri's best advice for brides-to-be:
We asked Terri to write a post all about the small things a bride may overlook on her wedding day. I know that when I finally decided to find some help (yes, even I, someone who WORKS in the wedding industry, had a coordinator) Lauren of Tickled Pink Brides helped me realize all kinds of things I hadn’t even thought of. Without someone to point out that, oh, I needed plates for my guests to eat on- everyone would have been eating dinner on tiny cake plates.
Here is the advise Terri has for all you brides out there!
“When Samm & Alex asked me to write about “things a bride wouldn’t think about on her wedding day,” the first things that came to mind were oh-so-wedding-planner-y. Those would be: bring checks to pay off balances, seal and label gratuity envelopes, pack your marriage license, remember your suitcase, and give everything to your planner at or before your rehearsal. Because on your wedding day you should wake up and …. breathe! Set your alarm a little early and when it sounds, open your eyes and take the time to say “This is my wedding day!”
January 21, 2012 marked my 17-year anniversary (XOXO Jenny & Nick, we will always share that special day!!). My own wedding day began at 6:00am (for those of you who know me, you know this is true) at a truck stop. I am from a very small town in Alabama and when my dad suggested a family breakfast that was it. The details are foggy; pretty sure there was bacon AND sausage, grits, toast, biscuits and gravy. But what I remember the most is spending time with my mom, dad and sister. The ones that had known me for 25 years and the ones that would support me in the next chapter in my life. The best advice I can give is to take it all in, take a moment with those who have been with you in the past and prepare yourself for the future. Wake up (have a mimosa) and breathe!
Happy Wedding Day!”
Thank you so much Terri! Brides, this is so true! There are more than a few reasons why I am now SO thankful that I did finally decide to have a coordinator but the biggest one, and the thing I would have regretted the most not having, is getting to spend that morning, that whole morning with my mom and my sister. Those are moments that would have never happened again and that time was so special to have my mom there for every single second. She wasn't running around placing table centers or making sure the seating chart was right, she was with me, enjoying my last morning as a single woman.
Because girls, the truth is, someone has to place the table centers, make sure the vendors know where they are going and when to be there, and someone has to run the timeline. In the end, you wan the people who are the most special in your life (who are often the only ones brides will trust with those things) with YOU!
I tell every bride I talk to, call a coordinator. Even if you only opt for day of coordination, you will never ever regret it. I go so far as to tell a bride to book a coordinator before me. It is SO important to have everyone you love spending every second with you on your special day. So breathe, like Terri said. And my advise for the day…
Keep Calm
And
Call A Planner
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