Wedding planners share their secrets
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Laura Weatherly, founder of Washington wedding planning company Engaging Affairs, dishes with associates Sara Muchnick and Amy Guthridge about tying the knot in style.
How can a couple stick to a tight budget without sacrificing style?
LW: “Have a Friday wedding, or pick an off-season date. Don’t pick a Saturday night in June. And look for deals.”
SM: “Try a dessert and hors d’oeuvres selection instead of a traditional sit-down dinner.” She adds that brides should look for venues with historic details or interesting design elements: “The more character your venue has, the less decorating you have to do. All you have to do is highlight the decor, not create it.”
What’s the No. 1 secret to planning a successful wedding?
LW: “If budget is an issue, realize that you have to make choices — you can have a very simple wedding for all your family and your 70 friends, or you can have the wedding you REALY want for 50 people.”
What’s the most important detail not to overlook?
LW: “Photography, without a doubt.” She adds that some photographers let brides defer ordering an album, which helps spread out the expense.
AG: “I have my grandparents’ wedding album from 53 years ago, and I still look at it. So not only will you have it, but also your kids and grandkids.”
For the ultimate stressed-out bride, what’s your best advice?
SM: “Get on a timeline. If you know what you’re doing and when it needs to be done, you’ll be able to calm yourself when you wake up in a cold sweat. You have things you need to accomplish each day, each week, just like a work schedule.”
LW: “Break down the big things, like choosing a band — break it into smaller tasks, such as ‘get proposals from bands,’ etc.” And remember not to get lost in the planning. I had clients that did ‘No-Wedding Wednesdays,’ where they had to go out and do something fun and NOT talk about the wedding, not even once. It’s easy to get lost in the planning and miss the point of getting married.”
source: detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090302/LIFESTYLE/903020307
Gisele Bundchen all covered in lace for fairy tale wedding to Tom Brady
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LOS ANGELES - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen was the picture of tradition at her hush-hush Catholic wedding to football phenom Tom Brady, sources told the Daily News.
The Brazilian bombshell - famous for modeling barely-there bikinis and Victoria’s Secret lingerie - wore a flowing fairy-tale veil over a long, ivory lace dress by Italian luxury designer Dolce & Gabbana.
Grainy footage of Bundchen walking outside St.Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica - featured in the 1944 film “Going My Way” - was posted Friday on the celebrity news Web site TMZ.com.
Bundchen, 28, and Brady, 31, had no immediate comment on reports of the intimate Thursday night nuptials.
The ceremony was so secret guests didn’t realize they were attending a wedding until they arrived. Instead, they “thought they were going to a christening at a church,” an unnamed source told celeb TV show “The Insider.”
The bicoastal newlyweds holed up in their Brentwood manse Friday, celebrating with friends, reported People.com.
The genetically gifted couple shelled out a reported $11 million for the California house to be near Brady’s 18-month-old son with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.
source: nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/02/28/2009-02-28_gisele_bundchen_all_covered_in_lace_for_.html
