This is our third of several weekly guest blog posts. We will have more guests sharing information on entertainment, jewelry and venues over the coming weeks. Please be sure to check back.
This week we welcome Diana Ma from Diana Ma Weddings & Events who offers helpful information on choosing the flowers for your special day. Be sure to visit Diana’s website or Facebook Page for more information.
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Feeling Overwhelmed About the Big Day?
Consider hiring a wedding planner.
Sure it’s entirely possible to roll up your sleeves and get this party planned yourself, but not everyone has the time (energy or desire) to do it all themselves.
Here’s the thing, we are all busy. Between full-time jobs, household errands, commitments and committees, most of us are over scheduled.
Contrary to popular belief, hiring a wedding planner is not an indulgence reserved for the super wealthy. It is best needed for the professional, full-time working person, like you.
Because the average wedding takes upwards of 100 hours to plan, the right planner can be worth her weight in gold. The right planner saves you time, stress and yes, money.
Here are five reasons why all brides- and grooms-to-be should consider hiring a wedding planner.
1. Saves Time. A wedding planner will help economize your time so you are free to work on things that matter – like preserving your energy and staying balanced. That way, you can focus your attention on your guests and having fun.
2. Streamlines Decision-Making. You may find that planning a wedding is overwhelming. It becomes way too easy to bury your head in the sand once you are faced with the endless decisions you have to make. Venue, types of flowers, lighting arrangements, invitations, dresses, who to invite, who you may offend, who has what food allergy, what separates one photographer from the next, how will guests be entertained, where will they stay, and on and on and on. This is when the expertise of a professional consultant can be a huge relief. She will access vendors that fall in-line with your vision and narrow the choices to a reasonable 2 or 3.
3. Leads Your Team of Vendors and Manages the Event (to your wishes). A planner not only manages, but acts as your team leader. She plans, schedules, directs and orchestrates the tasks of all the day’s vendors – the people and their roles in making your wedding come to life. She is the point person.
4. Knows and Calls Upon Reliable Talent who Deliver Consistently Great Products and Services. She has the resources to not only locate the most efficient vendors (so you don’t have to scour through the millions!) at the best deals. A good planner finds vendors that fit your budget and individual style. This entails a special blend of folks who work cohesively together in delivering product and service that exceeds expectations. She has the name and contact for the best cake decorator in the area, knows florists and designers who would work well with your needs, can summons specialty linens, tables and chairs with a push of her phone and can distinguish one photographer from another.
5. You Still Have Control. Even as this work is being pulled together for you, a good planner will still let you decide the creative direction. She will also let you specify how you would like things to work and flow, because she knows that the day is all about the two of you. Her job is to make the planning process seamless.
But, however involved you want to be in planning your wedding, most consultants will customize packages that fit your needs. A wedding is a celebration of your awesome love for one another. Worrying about all the little details when you should be having the best, most stress-free time of your life, is criminal!
If there is room in your budget for a well-respected wedding planner,I strongly encourage you to make the investment. Your peace of mind and sanity will thank you.