Bridal Couture of the Palm Beaches

When you get a large group of people together for an event, there's bound to be some drama. Weddings are a time when some family members haven't seen each other in years, often times by their own decision. Families bicker, it's just human nature, but you don't want them to bring that drama to your wedding. Keep reading for a few tips on dealing with family drama from your favorite South Florida bridal salon . 1. Reconstructed Families.  Parents that are divorced, and often remarried, create a tricky situation when it comes to planning a wedding. While your divorced parents may be able to be civil around each other, others may not be so lucky. Hopefully your parents will put you first on your special day, but it doesn't hurt you to remind them to be polite to each other. If you have a seating chart for the reception, you might consider putting them at different tables just in case drama begins to ensue. 2. Interfering Parents.  One of the biggest causes of w...

You're engaged! Congratulations! Let the wedding planning begin! Once you've chosen a location and a date, how do you announce to everyone your upcoming wedding? Today's blog from your favorite bridal boutique in the Palm Beaches  discusses the differences between "Save the Dates" and "Wedding Invitations." Save the Dates A "Save the Date" is a pre-invitation that officially announces your wedding date, and lets your guests know what date to "save" on the calendar. In other words, "don't plan anything else for this day because it's my special day and I want you to be there!" As a general rule, its best to send your save the dates out around 6-8 months prior to the ceremony. If you're planning a destination wedding or something on a holiday weekend, you might want to bump that time frame up to around a year. This gives people plenty of time to ask off work and make their travel plans. Giving people plenty of ...

The biggest day of your life is finally here, and of course you want it to go off without a hitch. Creating a wedding day timeline is an important step in the wedding planning process. Having a good estimate about when certain aspects of the ceremony and reception should happen will help keep the day organized. A wedding planner or at least an event coordinator the day of can help you keep to your wedding day timeline.  Keep reading for some tips from your favorite bridal store in South Florida on creating the perfect timeline for your wedding day! 1. Create a Timeline from Scratch.  Sure, you can Google wedding day timelines and come up with plenty of options. However, your wedding day is a unique situation, created just for you. Instead of trying to copy someone else's timeline and make changes, you should start your wedding day timeline from scratch. Use your ceremony time for a starting point, then add in events and tasks that need to be completed prior to that ...

Happy National Wedding Month! As engagement season (Thanksgiving through Valentine's Day) draws to a close, it's time for the lucky brides-to-be to buckle down and begin planning their big days. If you were one of the thousands of couples to get engaged this year, Bridal Couture of the Palm Beaches is here to help you plan the wedding of your dreams. These techniques can help you get started on the right track. 7 Tried-And-True Wedding Planning Tips 1. Get Organized While you may not have a lot to keep track of just yet, it won't be long before your notebook is filled with countless phone numbers, vendor names, availability dates, and tons of other details. Before you begin planning in earnest, determine your organization strategy. Designating a special wedding binder is a popular choice. 2. Identify Your Budget Every engaged couple will have a wedding budget. It could range anywhere from $1,000 to $30,000 (or more), but it will be a budget nonetheless. Before yo...