Archive for October 2nd, 2007
Getting Married? Some fun Orange County bride stories & tips…
As you may or may not know, Mike and I LOVE to work with brides and newlyweds to place them into a home. We talk to so many cool OC brides who are on our Vow2Save program, we thought we would share some fun with you.
Today I talked to quite a few brides and I have to say you ladies are so creative! I loved checking out your wedding websites and hearing your ideas.
I do wonder, though, why half of you are going to Vegas to get married??? Isn’t that where the bachelor and bachelorette parties should be?? What’s wrong with a nice Laguna Beach wedding or any other beach in the OC?? Maybe I just think like that because we grew up in Michigan…maybe if I grew up here I would want to get married in a new and exciting place too…hmm…
Anyway, on to the fun.
First of all, I have to give a shout out to Jim and Maurine, read his cute proposal story and check out HOW COOL their website is:
Now-a-days for the out of town weddings, you absolutely HAVE to have a website. Your guests will DRIVE YOU CRAZY WITH QUESTIONS IF YOU DON’T 😦 And I love it that Maurine thought to put some Vegas things to do and know on there…way to not be bridezilla and only think of yourself, girl!!
Another fun idea…one bride we know recently got engaged in San Francisco. She’s getting married in OC, but wanted to have a little taste of San Fran incorporated within the wedding. How to handle? Easy! Have a photographer go and take pics of areas that the two of you love, or just pretty landmarks, and then name your tables after them and use the photos as part of the centerpiece. How cute!
One other bride we knew wanted to get pictures of downtown Laguna Beach in her wedding dress for her beach-themed wedding…but she was getting married in her family church in Dana Point. She solved the problem by putting a 2 hour block in between the wedding and the reception, and the wedding party went down to Laguna for some wedding photos to remember. THEN, she used those pics on the thank you cards. Way cute.
Do you hate the thought of writing your thank you’s? I saw another bride make a TOTALLY personal thank you and save a ton of time by printing out a collage of photos, and writing a quick thank you ON THE PHOTOS with a sparkly sharpe. Niiiiiice, not a lot of space to write awkwardness, but totally personal and heartfelt, what a great idea 🙂
There are always tons of great wedding reception ideas online at www.TheKnot.com too. I’ll keep blogging about more in the future. PLEASE comment with your ideas and fun things you’ve experienced so this will be a resourceful post for all busy brides.
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