How to organize the perfect wedding?

1. No need to build very global and ambitious plans. If you have a wedding in a year - no need to think about what you will do an hour before the wedding ceremony. Solve all problems as they come.

2. No need to do everything in a hurry, but do not need to relax. Find the perfect wedding preparation pace. Of course, when we have half a year left, it seems that everything will have time and you can postpone the preparation for the next week, and then another one, and another. But after all, your wedding is such a holiday, which simply requires a very careful approach to absolutely every little thing if you want to get a dream holiday. You can start by determining your wedding budget, count the number of guests, choose the style. So you will already have a base from which you can push off and look for wedding contractors with whom you will immediately be able to outline your future wedding.

3. It is very convenient that the wedding ceremony and banquet comes in one place. It will save your money and eliminate the inconvenience. Therefore, try to look for such a platform, which has not only a large banquet hall, where guests can comfortably accommodate, but there is also a beautiful playground, perhaps a garden or lawn, where you can hold a wedding ceremony.

4. Floristics - one of the most important points in any wedding budget. So calculate how much you can allocate finance for this item of expenditure. Think, if you have the opportunity to decorate the room with fresh flowers and if you are in this sense - can you manage to do with draping fabrics and artificial flowers, and only decorate the tables with live?

5. It is very important to clearly define the style and concept of your wedding. We need to think about how to arrange the hall, what images to choose for the bride and groom, what menu to serve, what compliments to guests.

6. Designate clear lines - so you will do everything on time, do not let yourself relax and will fit into the timing of training.

7. Consider how to arrange the tables in the hall so that everyone is comfortable - the tables should not be located at the door, near the music speakers, guests should not look at the wall and the like.

8. Pay attention to the menu. It is very important that the food at the wedding was delicious and of high quality. Therefore, arrange a tasting of dishes, just to be sure that you are serving guests. Also clearly write down each dish, because such a thing as “Greek cuisine”, for example, is very extensive and not every dish can suit your taste. Check in advance with the guests - if they have any allergies and the presence of a certain diet, in which case - to prepare individual portions.

Tips from professionals: how to plan a wedding

When you are organizing a wedding - there can be nothing insignificant. Every little thing is important and important. On the most important day in the life of the newlyweds, everything should be perfect - from wedding invitations to bridesmaid dresses. Often, organizing everything correctly and without incident is not easy even for experienced wedding event specialists. What can we say, if the newlyweds decided to take on this role in whole or in part? How to prevent mistakes, so that everything goes without stress and how “smoothly”, what you should pay special attention to? We have collected the advice of professionals in organizing weddings to save you from unnecessary trouble!

Decide on your wedding budget early and don’t back down. Of course, in preparation for the wedding you will have a lot of expenses. Therefore, that not to collect a lot of debt and not take a loan - write down all the costs for the items. Most likely, before the wedding or on the day of celebration you may incur additional costs. Therefore, they also need to be included as an item of expenditure called "additional expenses" and allocate for them about 5% of the total budget.



In addition to a clear budget planning, you need to plan training timing and follow it clearly. When half a year or more remains before the wedding, everyone may have thoughts that there is still a lot of time ahead, so you can not hurry and postpone the preparation for the next week. And then at the same time a lot of things that you can’t do quickly and efficiently lean on you. Therefore, do everything gradually. Every week, set yourself the tasks you need to complete. So you will do everything in steps and do not face fatigue during preparation.



In addition to what you need to decide in advance with the budget of the wedding, you must choose a stylist in which your holiday will be decorated. Think over all the details to match the concept of the wedding and put together a holistic picture. Everything from the decoration of the hall and the decor on the tables to the images of the newlyweds should be in the same style.



Do not neglect the tradition of giving guests small gifts, so-called compliments. Thus, you express your nobility for the fact that they found and set aside time to congratulate you and be glad for the birth of your family. Compliments do not have to be expensive. It could be anything - even a small boutonniere of fresh flowers in the colors of the wedding.


It is very important to think about where you will be making wedding photos. Very often, the newlyweds do not give it enough attention during the preparation, and during the photo session, after the wedding ceremony, you have to take photos in commonplace places that are found in any wedding album. Check with the photographer - what picturesque locations he knows, look for possible options on the Internet. Your wedding photos are memories that will always be with you, so they should be made with the highest quality possible.

Top 7 Best Wedding Tips

First dance

This is one of the most romantic and touching rituals at any wedding. So be well prepared for it. Hire an experienced choreographer to help you show your feelings in a dance.

Determine the budget
 A beautiful and memorable wedding is bright and stylish. And in order to properly organize it - you need to determine the wedding budget. Start by gathering information - find out what and how much it costs now so that the budget that you define for your holiday is more or less real.

 Decide on the wedding team

The best option you can take when organizing a wedding is to hire an experienced wedding planner. That he will help you save a lot of time and effort. In addition, an experienced wedding planner will tell you where and how you can save money wisely so that it does not appear on the quality of the holiday.

 Find a good playground.

React to the choice of a site for a banquet as responsibly as possible. There should be spacious and comfortable. If you celebrate the wedding in the place that you do not like in the first place, then the holiday can be considered ruined. In addition, we can not forget about the kitchen. Food in a selected restaurant, for example, should be of high quality and tasty.

 Good host and musicians

This is another very important factor, without which the evening can not be as bright and cheerful as possible. The music should be selected with taste, in accordance with the format of your holiday. Be sure, before you conclude a contract with the lead - look at his portfolio, arrange a personal meeting. Professional presenter - the key to success of any wedding.

Show program

Of course, a competent presenter, thanks to many years of experience, will be able to direct the holiday on the right track, but if you really want to surprise the guests, do not forget about the interesting and colorful show program. This could be a performance of your favorite band, fire show, sea of ​​confetti, bubble show - just an infinite number of options.

The main responsibility for the wedding is yours

Do not forget that, despite the fact that you can hire a wedding organizer or manager - the main responsibility for your wedding lies with you. Because it is you who decide how everything should look, control all the processes. Therefore, you can not relax, because the wedding is a new level of your relationship, the birth of a new family. And it is impossible that on the day of the holiday everything turned out to be done not qualitatively and simply for the sake of convention.

Is it right to control your wedding contractors?

Naturally, every bride wants her wedding to be perfect and can begin to absolutely control every step of her wedding contractors. Is it correct? If not, then what is worth paying attention to? Tell our today's article.

Let's try to immediately give you a simple example - when you come to the doctor, if you are sick, you don’t tell him how best to treat you. You completely trust him, as he is a professional in his field and will be able to tell you how best. Exactly the same story with wedding contractors.

You chose these people in your wedding team, because they have some merit, better than their competitors in the market, so they are competent and know how to do their job efficiently and well. Only at first glance it may seem to you that you know how and what is better. But you are getting married or marrying for the first time, and the experts organize far from the first wedding.

Of course, you just have to talk about your wishes, desires, and taboos on something that you definitely would not like to see at your wedding. But to fully control the work and indicate what and how best to do is not necessary. You just have to put deadlines on your contractors and check the finished work and say whether the result suits you or not. The process of work itself is purely the task of your wedding team.

Let's draw one more analogy. You do not need to elicit everything from the leader, for example. Of course, you should know the main course of the script, the main points, and so on. But unless you need to know about all the jokes that have been prepared, contests, and so on. After all, you should also be interested in your own wedding. If there are no surprises for you, then you will lose a lot.

If you are very worried about what photos you will have at the wedding, whether your wedding bouquet will be spoiled, then just play it safe. You can order a sample photo session in the style of love story from your wedding photographer. So you can definitely make sure of his professionalism and understand whether you want the same wedding photos. You can do the same with a florist - just order a small sample bouquet and see if you like the result. If so, you can not worry about your main wedding accessory. 

Top wedding trends that have become commonplace

Fashion is very fleeting, including wedding. Therefore, some trends that were at the peak of popularity, and everyone wanted to get them to their wedding - are no longer relevant for a long time and look not so silly and ugly, but uninteresting and boring. #TOPSHOWMEN collected for you the top anti-trends for the wedding, which are divided into two parts, so that you do not make mistakes and make your wedding unusual and stylish.

Groom suit blue 

About 5 years ago, a blue suit for the groom, who replaced the classic black one, quickly burst into the wedding fashion. Yes, it looks brighter than black, but now every third groom chooses it, although lately, wedding fashion is nostalgic for the timeless classics - black tuxedos. In addition, the blue color may not suit every man by color type and does not harmonize with the image of the bride.


What to replace? Any shade that you like, fits and looks great in tandem with the image of the bride, and also fits into the overall theme of the holiday.

Cupcakes for candy bar

No one would ever think to argue that this is both tasty and beautiful and convenient. But this is completely unoriginal. Who can be surprised now with cupcakes? Indeed, in the world of desserts there is so much variety!

What to replace? Handmade sweets and chocolates, meringue, homemade ice cream of unusual flavors.

Pantone colors

Every year, Pantone chooses the most trendy colors and shades for weddings (and not only), so everyone primarily uses them to design holidays, because it is popular and fashionable. But look for something more interesting and more original than pink and blue with shades resulting from them. Yes, it is gentle and romantic, but not suitable for every wedding, and even that was already many, many times.

What to replace? Trends and fashion are good, but choose what you like. So you are distinguished by individuality and you will definitely be satisfied with your choice, despite the fact that now it is in trend.

Wedding arch of flowers

The arch is the main element of any exit ceremony, but how many arches have already been made purely from flowers. Try to look for decent alternatives that will look fresh and pleasantly surprise guests.

What to replace? If you do not want to do something very extravagant, then just add to the floral design of garlands, fabric, ribbons - whatever! This will make the arch more alive, more airy and open.

Sackcloth in the decor

For a long time, sacking was popular in the decoration not only in the style of "country", but also in others, which looks extremely inappropriate for the "boho" style, for example. Everything should look harmonious and restrained in the overall style, and not done only for the fact that it is fashionable.

What to replace? If you have a wedding in the style of "country", then try to use linen fabric. If the style of your wedding is different, then do not use such heavy, coarse materials. Better pay attention to the lace - it is now at the peak of popularity, while it has not yet become a hackneyed topic.

Mastic cakes

Typical cakes with mastic flowers, cream roses and figures of the bride and groom on top are bored for a long time. Now pastry shops offer a truly wide selection of wedding cakes with unusual decor. Your wedding is the time to make a real culinary masterpiece!

What to replace? Pick up the cake for the overall style of the wedding, while making it more personality - hand painting, unusual texture and color. It will certainly surprise you and guests, as well as be remembered for a very long time.

Flowers in glass jars

This option has been and remains stylish and very budget. And because of this, and overly popular and boring. Decorators use it wherever it is possible and not strange that banks as a vaz could get bored.

What to replace? For small bouquets - small round shaped glass vases, and for large flowers - copper and bronze vessels.

Watercolor invitations

Classic wedding printing - delicate watercolor splashes and stains with a light, elegant font. Yes, it is really very beautiful and cute, but not interesting and not original. Maybe it's time to look for another solution? After all, the wedding invitation forms the first impression about it and sets the atmosphere and mood in advance.

What to replace? Dream up - use pictures in different styles, portraits of newlyweds in an unusual design, perhaps drawings with fingerprints.

Jars of jam or honey for guests

It is especially nice to receive such a gift to guests when the bride herself made jam or jam. This is very nice and pleasant, but there are many other options for compliments and those that can also be made personally. Try to create something more unusual that will surprise.

What to replace? Handmade soaps, candles made by hand by the bride or to order, chocolate made by the master pastry chef, possibly named designer sweets. If the wedding is held in winter, you can prepare knitted accessories. For a themed wedding in the style of "Provence", for example, lavender sachet is suitable as a compliment.

Same Bridesmaid Dresses

This is no longer a classic, but a battered banality. Modern wedding fashion advises to get rid of such remnants of the past and add more personality to the most important day in life.

What to replace? Choose for girls bridesmaids similar dresses in style and in the same color scheme, which will be combined with the bride's dress and the overall concept of the holiday. It will look stylish, at the same time, it will bring the individuality of each, and not merge girlfriends into one mass.

Wedding Planning Tips

Wedding is one of the brightest and most desirable days in the life of any person. Therefore, it is very important that this event be a bright, interesting and unforgettable holiday. And here a lot depends on the organization of the wedding. If you have never come across this before, be prepared for the fact that a lot of affairs and worries await you.

First you need to think carefully about how you see your wedding, and based on this, decide on the venue of the celebration. The selection of outfits, the compilation of the menu, the search for florists, designers, the presenter and the photographer, the compilation of a list of guests, the distribution of invitations. Machines, wedding cake, ceremonies ... And how can you not get lost in all this variety of wedding services and do not forget about something important? After all, everything must be organized qualitatively, without over payments and to a specific date. Yes, not an easy task. To do this, you really need to be well versed in the wedding services market, know where to start, where to look for it all and by what criteria to choose.
If funds allow, you can contact a special agency that will take care of the lion's share of concerns. The alternative is to prepare and conduct the wedding yourself. In this case, often the burden of burdens lies on the shoulders of the bride and groom, and to the finish, instead of enjoying the happy moments of the holiday in honor of their family's birthday, they begin to resemble a wedding horse, whose head is in flowers, and the croup is in soap. But this will be the first serious test for the future spouses and will help them to even better know each other. 
We hope our special wedding edition will also help you not to get lost and burn as little nerves as possible, preparing for a significant event in your life. Advice to you, love!

Making plans
Having decided to conclude a marriage union, often the bride and groom do not know where to start. It seems that there is still so much time ahead, but the closer the wedding day is, the harder it is to catch everything. Therefore, it is better to plan everything clearly in advance, and we will help you. 

6 months before the wedding
Go to the registry office, select the date of your wedding. 
If you are going on a honeymoon trip, determine its approximate version, it is better to take care of a foreign tour in advance. 
Decide on a wedding budget. 
Make a guest list. 

2-3 months before the wedding
Select the witnesses, get their consent. 
Buy wedding rings. 
The bride needs to choose the style and color of the wedding dress, start searching for it, visiting wedding salons, Internet portals. If you decide to sew a dress, choose a studio.
Think about the suit for the groom. 
Get shoes, wedding accessories. 
Send out wedding invitations. 
Start your search for a suitable restaurant or cafe, book it. 
It's time to think about the toastmaster and entertainment program. 
Choose and order a photographer, videotaping, as well as a wedding walk route. 
Book a hotel room if you decide to spend your first wedding night in it. Think about accommodating guests who come from afar. 
Choose a company to make a wedding cake. 
Make a wedding procession, consider how the cars will be decorated. 
Make a wedding banquet menu. 

2 weeks before the wedding
It is time for the bride to visit a beauty salon, do haircuts and hair dyeing, begin to wear out wedding shoes. 
Make sure all wedding invitations reach the addressees. Count the number of guests who confirmed their presence at the wedding. 
Meet the master of ceremonies, work out a detailed script of the celebration. Order the necessary props. 
Think over the events on the second day of the wedding. 

1 week before the wedding.
Make a list and a guest accommodation plan for the wedding procession cars, at the wedding table. 
Buy everything you need to decorate the place where the first wedding night will take place. 

One day before the wedding
Visit a beautician, make a manicure, pedicure. 
Prepare all the necessary documents and rings.

A few hours before the wedding.
Hairstyle and outfits ready? Everything else too? The main thing - less nervous, you all have time! 
Arrange a snack for the arrival of the groom and guests. 
Cool a few bottles of champagne that you drink with your guests after the official wedding ceremony. 

During the wedding
Accept congratulations and enjoy your holiday, and all other concerns pass on to witnesses, parents and stewards.

Wedding reception . Preparation and conduct

Cocktail - one of the options for a wedding feast. The name comes from the French word "a la buffet", which means "to fork". This is due to the fact that on the buffet table the main working tool is a fork.

In European countries, instead of a wedding banquet in honor of the solemn wedding day, it is customary to invite guests to the buffet table . And we have this trend is beginning to gain popularity.

This is due to several advantages :

Wedding reception is different from the banquet in that its menu does not include the supply of hot dishes . There is an opportunity to significantly reduce costs.

 The duration of the buffet does not exceed three hours . Spending an entire evening at a full event is tiring for the newlyweds and guests.

To organize a reception without taking into account the number of invitees is much easier. After all, seats are not provided.

The buffet table is more diverse , it includes many recipes for appetizers.

At the reception is not required to lead . The atmosphere of the festive event is free, relaxed , friendly, cozy . Guests independently speak toasts, communicate with each other when it is convenient for them , with anyone, and not just with their neighbors. Newlyweds are not required to sit only in their places, like dolls.

Being late for a banquet or leaving it is not as noticeable as at a banquet.

Wedding reception has its disadvantages :

Suitable buffet for small events.

No serving hot meals.

If the buffet is held in the open air, there are many nuances that should be considered.

The unusual and unconventional form of holding can confuse the older generation, for example, grandparents, parents.
 

 Dishes included in the menu of the wedding buffet

The wedding buffet menu has no limitations. Guests are usually treated to cold and hot snacks, which are conveniently arranged on plates. For example, rolls, canapés, fish, chicken in batter, olives, cheese, sausages, fresh vegetables, etc. It is recommended to give preference to light rather than complex salads. Special attention is paid to sweets: candies, cakes, cupcakes.

Dishes should be cut , or divided into smaller portions. This is done so that guests can comfortably treat themselves by putting different foods in a separate plate. The menu necessarily includes not only alcoholic, but also non-alcoholic beverages (water, cocktails, juice, lemonade).

There are many ways to beautifully decorate snacks.

 Salads, sweet treats should be served in martini glasses, ice-cream bowls, tartlets, bowls.

 Small cold snacks, sauces are laid out in glasses.

 For the convenience of shifting food into an individual plate, use small ceramic spoons.

The main condition is that all portions be small, as they say, “for two bites”.

A special feature of serving buffet table is its division into zones of dishes . Separately have cold appetizers, then hot dishes, then drinks. For desserts and sweet treats, wedding cake is recommended to provide a separate table.

When organizing a wedding reception, you should consider some of the nuances:

Ware should be more than the guests themselves, because during the event no one watches where they left their plate.

For newlyweds, it is not forbidden to arrange a separate table so that they can rest after a photo session and walk, and then join the guests.

Tables should be so arranged that it was convenient to approach treats from all sides. They can be round, rectangular.

The optimal amount of food per person is 500 g.

Buffet reception implies self-service, but it is not forbidden to order a waiter who helps guests with dishes and drinks.

 Original decorating ideas for the table at the wedding reception

We offer to decorate the table with an unusual dish - a chocolate fountain . The treat will be loved by children. The composition of the dessert includes ingredients: marmalade figures, marshmallows, finely chopped pieces of fruit. All components should be put on skewers and watered with chocolate. Guests will be surprised by the original supply of champagne in the form of a fountain: in order to fill a glass, you need to go to a beautiful foam stream.

Often buffet table served glasses in the form of a pyramid. Without a specialist in this matter can not do. Glasses for drinks are lined up in a high pyramid. Champagne is poured into the uppermost of them, and it is gradually poured along the chain, filling the remaining glasses. Liquid smoke will help add to the experience.

One of the popular fashion trends is to invite a girl dressed in a bright suit with a fluffy skirt . Lady - reception - is both a "table" for snacks and drinks.

 Design options for wedding reception table

Organizing a wedding reception for guests on the street is considered an ideal option. Since the probability of rain, wind, bright sun is not excluded, it is recommended to take care of the awning, canopy in advance. Convenient to spend a holiday on the veranda.

Seats on the wedding reception are not provided, so the table cloth should be as long as possible, it is desirable to close its legs. Additional decoration with ribbons, draperies, various details of the decor will make the table elegant and graceful.

How to entertain guests at the wedding reception

Before coming to the feast, the guests ( as well as the newlyweds ) carefully think out the outfit and hairstyle. They will welcome a special area for a photo shoot . It is easy to make yourself.

Great idea to set a wish tree . Let the invitees leave as many warm words and wishes as possible to the spouses.

It is not customary to sit at the buffet table, but separate sofas and a seating area should be envisaged. Here, guests can drink coffee, smoke a hookah, or just relax. Recreation area is required if the relatives of the older generation are invited to the wedding.

As background music suitable live music. Some prefer to invite a DJ.

Traditionally, every hour after the reception a bright event is planned , for example, the launch of lanterns, wedding dance, bouquet tossing, musical pauses, contests.

Wedding reception is a great idea for a holiday, especially if the invited guests are young people