5 Tips On How To Get Started Planning Your Dream Wedding Day!

Recently Engaged? What's Next? 5 Tips On How To Get Started Planning
Your Dream Wedding Day!So your fiance has recently proposed, you said
"yes" and now you're gearing up to start your wedding planning. What's
a girl to do next?Many women are excited and slightly overwhelmed when
it comes to getting started with planning their weddings. They really
aren't sure where to start. This is completely normal so don't panic.
If your car broke down and needed repaired you wouldn't fix it
yourself you'd bring your car to a mechanic a trained expert in
repairing cars, right? So why would you take one of the most important
days in your life, a huge investment of money (average wedding is
$25,000) at a very overwhelming time in your life to plan your wedding
all on your own? You deserve to have a little help from a professional
wedding planner (like me) to get you started on the right direction to
help you get on the right track, get organized, spend your time
wisely, help you find the best location and wedding professionals for
your day and then ensure everything is well organized so that you can
really enjoy every moment of the day.Well I'm here to help you get
started with planning your amazing dream wedding. Here are my 5 tips
to get you started and put you on the right track to your dream
wedding day!1. You're Engaged! Celebrate!This is such a special time
in your lives so make sure you celebrate it! If someone offers to host
an engagement party then don't turn them down. This is your time to
feel beautiful and get used to becoming a glowing bride to be. Enjoy
every moment of your engagement because before you know it; it will be
over.2. Decide what kind of wedding do you wantIt's important before
you do anything else you really need to sit down and figure out what
your dream wedding day looks like. A lot of couples skip this step
entirely and what ends up happening is they don't have the wedding day
of their dreams and afterwards they can't stop thinking about it. If
you talk to a lot of married couples many brides will tell you that
they didn't have the wedding day of their dreams. They might make up
excuses about not having enough money or time to plan it. But what
they were really missing was a process and an expert in weddings to
help them make decisions, see it from another perspective and making
the impossible actually possible! But what they did was plan to get it
all done and get through their day hoping that everything would go
right. That's a lot of stress! But what if I told you that's not what
your wedding day should be about. It should be about an exciting
milestone in your life about the two of you coming together to become
husband and wife. Once you say "I do" then you give your guests an
amazing experience (your vision) to celebrate with you.3. Decide how
much you want to invest in your dream wedding day?Wedding budgets
don't have to be scary unless you want them to be. Come up with a
figure and make sure that it's realistic with the number of guests you
will be having at your wedding. Where will those funds be coming from?
Keep in mind when parents are helping contribute to the wedding they
often will start dictating what you can and can't have. Some couples
have no choice they are paying for their wedding themselves and
perhaps a student loan, and a new home on top of it. Make sure it's an
amount you are comfortable with and sometimes you may have to
sacrifice in certain areas to have your dream day. But I know it's
possible I've helped couples achieve their dream weddings on budgets
between $15,000-$70,000.4. Start researching ceremony and reception
venuesOnce you've set a date you really need to secure your DREAM
venue as soon as possible. Where do you see yourself getting married
outside, inside, in a church, in a garden, by the falls, on a farm, in
a rustic setting, in a banquet hall... the possibilities are
endless!5. Get Some Support From A Professional Wedding Planner (for
FREE)I remember what it was like starting to plan my wedding. I sort
of felt like "a deer in headlights" not having a clue as to where to
begin. I knew what I wanted for my wedding, but it wasn't possible to
achieve (Or was it? Not with that attitude). I spent hours and hours
Googling stuff and asking around about vendors and venues from friends
and family. I thought back to where other weddings had taken place
that I attended and graded the hall. But did I really want someone
else's wedding? No! But I was taking the easiest way out because
planning was just too time consuming and stressful. It was a full time
job all on its own. And I barely saw Steve while I was planning our
wedding all by myself. And even worse... although our wedding was
amazing and our guests still talk about it. I listened to everyone
else. And I didn't have my DREAM wedding and now after 2 years I still
think about it. I wish I had known about what a wedding planner could
have offered me.As a wife and now an experienced wedding planner I've
been there and done that (over 25 times to be exact). I don't just
plan weddings I help brides (and grooms) through a very overwhelming
and often stressful time in their lives. I'm here to hold your hand
and guide you through the emotional rollercoaster that is wedding
planning. Nothing means more to me than making sure you have the
wedding day of YOUR dreams, to get the things that you want for YOUR
dream wedding. To make it a personal day that reflects who the two of
you are. I want to ensure you stay on target with your budget, match
you to the best vendors and venue that would be best for you and then
give you the tools to ensure that you can actually SHINE like the star
you are and not be doing anything else but enjoying every moment of
your day! That's why I offer lots of tips and advice to hundreds of
brides and grooms, because it's so overwhelming and you need someone
to help you through the process.If you'd like more of my help with
designing your dream wedding then you can start here with my Designer
Secrets Revealed F*REE Special Report "7 Easy Ways To Get Wedding WOW
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e-magazine "Wedding Wishes By Stephanie Thompson" with more great
wedding planning tips and tricks.Well beautiful bride to be I hope
this helps get you pointed on the right direction to planning your
dream wedding. Congratulations and enjoy this amazing time in your
lives!Every moment matters,Stephanie Thompson WPICC
Wedding Wish
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