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Adding a Musical Note to an Elegant Wedding: Brides with a Plan!

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Central Illinois Brides - 5 Ways To Preserve Your Wedding Bouquet

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Mother of the Bride or Groom? Letter from the Wedding Planner

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                                      Mother's of the Wedding Most mother's of the Bride or Groom for that matter; do not really shop for themselves until after the Caterer's, band's, Venue's, and everything is paid, Why? We, as mothers, want our perfections to have the best weddings money 'cannot' afford, taking our budget way overboard. Those dream weddings our cherished one wants, for the most part, are way too much; yes less is more in this case. As a wedding planner, may I say I have meet and worked against some of the best intentions money can afford. Yes, you heard me "against". As a planner, the bride and groom give us their dream wedding, not to be insulted, but not yours. Planners as placed in weddings to help the bride and groom achieve their day and to reject every add-on that comes our w...

Light it Up

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Light it up  your dress any dress; prom or wedding, it is simple and easy to do. Your dress is naturally made from the sheerest top material, making layering any light underneath easy and affordable. When purchasing your lights find small to medium size lights round if you can that run on a battery or solar system. Make sure the battery pack is no bigger than your palm making hiding and placement easy to any dress. Always have extra batteries, and practice placement on the dress while the bride is in the dress. Simple once you get everything together finding a place will come easy to you. Mostly in the back butt area or inner thigh. Sometimes you can anchor the pack to the inner lining of the dress with hooks or safety hooks. For interest in more of this year's 2018 Wedding dress here: https://www.pinterest.com/HaughtEvents/wedding-dress-2018/

The Hunt for the Dress

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                                                        Wedding Dress 2018 The Perfect dress is not going to be found with your family without great difficulty. Each of your family members have their own ideas of your 'perfect' dress. The last thing you want to do is accommodate your families 'feelings' while you are intensely combing through dress' looking, trying on and feeling your way through the many designer dress' to hunt for the perfect one. When you set up your appointment with the boutique send your ideal images of that 'perfect' dress you have in mind. Allow the professionals to help walk you through their inventory, done correctly the dress is only a shop away. Make the time available for two hours giving you enough time to try on all the dress pre-pulled for you upon arrival,with no one but yourself to judge them. Select two o...

Bakeries and Cakes

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http://hmbakery.com/ By Sherry Haught The cake! It is all about the cake, not really. Sometimes it seems that way, so many flavors, glazes and fillings, it is like the cake industry has not stopped giving us its new "better" version of wedding cakes. What happened to simplicity? Believe it or not todays guest wish for the taste of the original older style wedding cakes rather than guessing "flavors"of cake they are eat at the wedding. Less is more in this case, finding more and more guests wishing for a more simple cake with interesting decorations and original traditional taste. It is fun going out and looking for the cakery or the best cake in town but brides mostly overlook the smaller shops who don't market in the more bigger magazines but have a more personalized experiences. Some of these cakeries have years of experience with traditional style wedding cakes; cost less and are willing to trade older styles for more of a new age look. Cupcake ...

So you are planning your own wedding? What you need to know.

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Haught Events So you are planning your own wedding, there is nothing more exciting than having your wedding day. Planning floral appointment, bakeries tastings, Catering sample trays, locating servers, & scouting for DJ's. Feeling overwhelmed yet? Well some brides just see the glamour of being the bride; not noticing the time and effort it takes to plan the perfect wedding creating the bride-villa seen on local tv shows. The sooner you realize, "you are going to need a planner" the smoother the wedding planning will go. This planner can be family, friends, or a professional; the bridesmaids have their own duties, helping the bride with invitation parties, planning the bridal shower (brides mothers helps), getting everything to the venue and not planning the wedding. With that being said, the planner needs to fully understand the bridal & groom's dream wedding; photos of other weddings, clippings from magazines and a general idea of the feel of the wedd...