Wedding Planning 101
Amanda Jerome , WPICC ~ www.itzyourday.com
www.brianmosoff.com
ongratulations on your engagement! You are
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on the cusp of two amazing, life changing
adventures. The first, and most important,
beginning your life together as a married couple;
the second, and most overwhelming, the
process of wedding planning.
When you begin your wedding planning,
there will likely be a fleeting conversation on
whether to hire a wedding planner. Most of you
will move past this in your checklist assuming
it will be “too expensive” or “do we really NEED
one”. It is crucial in all of your research to find
that perfect vendor match for you to help set
the mood and theme for your day; officiant,
music, caterer, florist, hair & makeup. But truly,
there is only one vendor that fills a critical piece
of the wedding planning puzzle, to help you
find talented wedding professionals, where
understanding that hiring a professional will give
you piece of mind and lasting (fond) memories
of your wedding: hire a wedding planner.
Wedding planners can vary in the range of
services they provide, as well as what they may
charge. Maybe, you need someone to guide you
through the process of the planning or you have
all the pieces in place and only need someone to
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execute the finer details of the event day, so your
attention can be on embracing the enjoyment
of the day. Or maybe, your life is so hectic that
adding on the planning of a massive event like
a wedding is tremendously overwhelming for
you and having a planner by your side from start
to finish would make the process that much
more enjoyable! Wedding planners can fill all
those needs; they live for it. Finding the right
planner for you can determine the difference
between being able to sail through the process
of planning your big day and turning into a mega
Bridezilla or Groomzilla once you get to a point
of realizing that the planning just isn’t done yet!
Having been a planner for over 10 years, I’d
like to think that not only can we bring you the
very best connections with local vendors, but a
sense of ease knowing that no detail is too big,
too small or too cumbersome for us. There are
many favorite moments in the wedding planning
process for me. From meeting with you for the
first time, getting to know all about you, your fi-
ancé and your wedding dreams to setting up the
finer details on the day of your wedding, we even
love the clean-up. But most of all, it’s watching
you both walk back up the aisle right after the
ceremony; the true celebration of the reason why
we plan weddings, to get you married! •