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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Attention: Wedding Vendors

I frequently will have vendors come up to me and say "I really wanted a client of mine to call you.  They really needed someone to help them with their wedding, but they just didn't get it!"

What can we do as Wedding Coordinators to help vendors create a compelling message for their client's benefit?  Would vendors appreciate something that would make this easier for them in the form of a handout, a video?  An invitation for a free consultation?  I'm all ears!

Wishing you the greatest of days!







Janis Flagg, Owner

Greatest of Days

Event & Wedding 
Planning and Design
Wedding Officiating
www.greatestofdays.com
27111 167th PL SE, STE 105-242
Covington WA   98042
 Cell:  206-604-1908
www.facebook.com/greatestofdays.com
 www.greatestofdaysweddingsandevents.blogspot.com

If you know someone who is planning a wedding, give 
them the gift of information by telling them about 
Bridal 4-1-1 Wedding Workshops beginning in March 2011.
Creating Memories to Bring a Smile to Your Face for Years to Come!
Betta Mansions1903 Market Street, 
Tacoma, WA 98042
www.bettamansions.com

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Decorating Tips for Weddings

Here are some of my favorite and simple decorating tips for weddings.

Wedding Decorating Tip # 1. Most venues will not allow the use of tape, tacks, or nails when decorating an event. Look for steel surfaces and use strong magnets. Just remember!! 1) Use something to act as a barrier between the magnet and the surface, i.e., leaf from silk flowers. It's common courtesy to go out of your way not to cause any damage to the venue. 2) Keep magnets out of the reach of children!!

Wedding Decorating Tip #2: Have the bridal and attendants' bouquets do double duty! With either vases or special bouquet holders that attach to a table, you can add a splash of color where ever you might need it. Maybe the guestbook table, cake table or head table. Let your creativity go crazy!

 Wedding Decorating Tip #3: Develop a theme and design for your wedding. This will reduce your costs on decorating as long as you don’t buy everything that has a seashell on it (for example) and have to start your own surplus store. Stick to your design!

Wedding Decorating Tip #4: Not everything has to be "matchy-matchy". Use a variety of tones of the same color. Light will change how a color looks anyway. Think of the walls in your house, same color, totally different look with lighting. In design, wedding colors tend to run in same hues for a year, two or more. Some just stay around longer than others. Sometimes the colors stay the same but the names change!


Wedding Decorating Tip #5 Flower petals, real or artificial--BEWARE. The real ones can stain floors, concrete or just about any kind of surface. Step on those and you have a real mess and possibly a charge from the venue. The artificial petals can be very slippery on many surfaces. I would pick up either one of these off the floor or other surface almost immediately after a ceremony. Check with your venue!


Wedding Decorating Tip #6: Don’t assume that you can just put a sign or other decoration into the ground at a venue or public park. Why do many places not allow this? Three words! Outdoor sprinkler systems! That can be one very expensive decoration and miserable experience after you have paid to repair the sprinkler system.


Wedding Decorating Tip #7: Aisle Runners. I have a love hate relationship with them. They will seldom work as you would want them to.  A Wedding Coordinator can tell you where you can get them made from real fabric for just a few dollars more or make your own from your choice of heavier fabric.  If you want to really have a great one-of-a-kind runner, spend more money and get a custom aisle runner that is made of upholstery grade fabric, check this out!  http://www.originalrunners.com/index.htm



Wedding Decorating Tip #8: If you can decorate the venue the evening before a wedding, everything will go more smoothly. Some venues will let you get in the evening before if they don't have another event taking place. Always ask what their policy is about getting in early to decorate.


Janis Flagg, Owner
Greatest of Days

Event & Wedding 
Planning and Design
Wedding Officiating
www.greatestofdays.com
27111 167th PL SE, STE 105-242
Covington WA   98042
Phone:  (253) 630-1754  Cell:  206-604-1908
www.facebook.com/greatestofdays.com
 www.greatestofdaysweddingsandevents.blogspot.com
If you know someone who is planning a wedding, give 
them the gift of information by telling them about 
Bridal 4-1-1 Wedding Workshops beginning in March 2011.
Creating Memories to Bring a Smile to Your Face for Years to Come!
Betta Mansions1903 Market Street, 
Tacoma, WA 98042
www.bettamansions.com



Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wedding Decorating Tip #3

Wedding Decorating Tip #3:  Develop a theme and design for your wedding.  This will reduce your costs on decorating as long as you don’t buy everything that has a seashell on it (for example) and have to start your own surplus store!  Stick to your design!


Janis Flagg, Owner
Greatest of Days
Event and Wedding Planning and Design
Wedding Officiating
27111 167th PL SE, STE 105-242 Covington WA   98042
206-604-1908
"Creating Memories to Bring a Smile to Your Face for Years to Come!"
Serving South Seattle, South King County and North Pierce County

If you know someone who is planning a wedding, give them the gift of information by telling them about Bridal 4-1-1 Wedding Workshops beginning in March 2011.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Wedding Decorating Tip # 1

Wedding Decorating Tip # 1.  Most venues will not allow the use of tape, tacks, or nails when decorating an event. Look for steel surfaces and use strong magnets. Just remember to 1) Use something to act as a barrier between the magnet and the surface, i.e., leaf from silk flowers. It's common courtesy to go out of your way not to cause any damage to the venue. 2) Keep magnets out of the reach of children!!









Janis Flagg, Owner
Greatest of Days

Event & Wedding 
Planning and Design
Wedding Officiating
www.greatestofdays.com
27111 167th PL SE, STE 105-242
Covington WA   98042
Phone:  (253) 630-1754  Cell:  206-604-1908
www.facebook.com/greatestofdays.com
 www.greatestofdaysweddingsandevents.blogspot.com
If you know someone who is planning a wedding, give 
them the gift of information by telling them about 
Bridal 4-1-1 Wedding Workshops beginning in March 2011.
Creating Memories to Bring a Smile to Your Face for Years to Come!