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Last Login: 9/29/2008 1:37:10 AM
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| I'm newly engaged, and haven't really started planning yet... My girlfriend just got married, so I think I'll use her photographer and videographer, but I have no idea about the rest! It's all so overwhelming, where should I start?
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We started with the venue and the church. Because then we were able to build everything else around that. Once you know exactly where and when the ceremony and reception will take place, it is easy to build off that.
~November 1st, 2008: I married my high school sweetheart and best friend! ~
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| If you feel you are completely overwhelmed and don't know where to start, attend one of the many bridal shows held in the GTA. You can get free wedding planner books, which help you along the way. I have two books that i am selling if you interested, that helped me immensely. "How to Plan a Wedding" and "The Wedding Planner" I only paid for the first one, the other was a free mail in. I'm asking $10.00 for the first, the second is free. Correna
Married on: August 31st 2008First Baby Due: May 16th 2009
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Last Login: 10/17/2008 11:27:36 AM
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| I agree. Start looking and booking early that way you are not stressed out closer to the date. I booked the big things first, the church and the hall, then the rest. We are here to answer any questions. We are all in the same boat! 
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| What I have been doing is searching every wedding blog in existance at random (what do you think I do at work all day :-). I did this for two-three months - there is like a billion cool ideas out there, but they 're all scattered. None of the blogs are really complete. No logic - just keep readin. Slowly ideas start crystalising in your head. I tried theKnot, but I find the content too.. commercial - not for real people, you know? And you can not do anything without an account - very annoying. Then I clicked just about every listing in the biggest wedding directory I could find to see what's actually out there. Then I started reading this forum every day. I actually have a subscription in my newsfeeder - so it tells me all the new postings every day. I get them on "My Yahoo" homepage - very automated :-) I tried wedding bells forum too, but it is ridiculously slow. I mean quite pathetic actually Booking has been a pain in the a.. Those companies are slow to respond, they don't like to give quotes - they want to meet with you and sell you all sorts of "up-sells". Using wedding request helped a bit, but again, most of their answers are evasive.. Magazines have been disappointing - no good ideas, just ads.. The only good one (if you're in Vancouver like me) is Real Weddings. Awesome publication, filled with good real stories. Where are you located?
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| Budget first. what you are going to spend will greatly guide your search. then a rough estimate of how many people you want there. for us our close friends and family is 85 people, so that affeced us in our search of places. Decide on the time of year you want to marry. you get discounts most places for winter (varrys from december - march, depending on the place) but if your afraid of snow, or have your heart set on spring, this will guid you in your feeling and theme, and your venues. (if you are going fo spring, you need to book good and early). for inspiration i like www.theknot.com, magazines (dont go overboard with them, i did. i find Wedding Bells and Canadian Bride to be good ones, and though I love martha stewart her wedding magazine is not very informative, though it is pretty), and the inspiration board here. Dont start ANYTHING untill you have decided on a theme, and colours for sure and booked your venue. I had my inspriation early on, and though my vision has not changed i cant get a place that fits my budget, and my # of people, AND my vision. so i have to change the vision to not really having one. my vintage wedding is gone, and now im just having a wedding on the cheaper side. luckily the things i have done will work with the venue and the colours are fine. You can get some books and an organization. THE BEST thing i have is a 20+ portable file system. got it at staples, its got like 20 some odd tabs, a latch that keeps it closed and a handle on top, top that flips over to keep it closed. and its pretty.  like this but much prettier, and a handle.
I also got "The Ultimate Wedding: Workbook and planner" and i have used it a bit but not much since i have a wedding planner. i plan on using it to keep a perminant record of everthing i do. most books i find just arent sturdy enough. i have hardly used the book, opened it a dozen times, carried it around and its binding isnt keeping together well, and it has an expandable file on it but its no where near detailed or large enough. I am a HUGE fan of wedding planners. mine is costing 10% of the budget (things she helps me with not thigns i do on my own) with a minimum of $1000. she is getting me discounts on MANY things, (venue, cakes, & rentals for sure) and has a list of other vendors for me to meet with that give her good pricing, often i am getting at least 10% off so the discounts she gets me pays for her fees, and in exchange she handles all my worries, needs, wants, concerns, and headaches. i just email her with a request, she contacts the venues and bugs them to get what i want to know then gets back to me.
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