Spring Special :: DIY Bride's Planning Package

We're welcoming spring with a blooming special! If you're a recently engaged bride just starting out on the wedding planning journey, or if you're a DIY bride and handling the details yourself and want to make sure you have everything thought of and covered, this is the perfect package for you! We make sure you have everything you need and all the information you need to successfully plan your perfect wedding day.

Ends on the last day of spring ~ June 20!!

Schedule a DIY Bride's Planning Package meeting anytime before June 20th for the special rate of $299! (Regular Price: $395)

A 2-3 hour planning meeting where we go over all details front to back! Creating and maintaining the budget, vendor and task checklists, vendor questions and tips, wedding party details, planning tips, design ideas, and we can answer any of your specific questions about the planning process! Feel free to prepare a list to go over during the meeting.

A planning binder for you to keep your wedding documents neat and organized. Includes checklists, budget worksheets, vendor worksheets, planning tips and vendor recommendations.

A thumb drive with all documents above for easy computer access.

A box full of samples, beauty items, gifts, discounts/coupons, marketing materials and other items for the bride!

After your DIY meeting, you might decide that you want to continue along with our services for planning or coordination. If you book us for an additional package, your $299 DIY payment will be credited towards your planning or coordination package!

Contact us to schedule a DIY Bride's Planning Package meeting! Call or text us at (469) 475-7089 or use the easy contact form on our website www.michellevents.com.

Planning Tips :: Wedding Budget Breakdown :: Accessories

In the final installment of our Wedding Budget Breakdown feature, we're covering the final details! Your accessories are the details that go along with your attire to add that special touch...veil, tiara, undergarments, shoes, gloves, garter, handkerchief, jewelry, handbag, or any other detail you want to add to your wedding day ensemble.

Suggested budget for accessories is 1%, so if you have a $20,000 budget you should be spending $200 on your attire accessories. As with any other area of the budget, if you need more in this category you can shift the other areas around. Take a section of the budget you won't be using all of and move the extra to your accessories category.

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Photo by Becky's Photography

"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue..." is a good-luck saying originated in the Victorian era. Brides today often incorporate special items into their wedding attire and accessories according to the rhyme.

"Something Old" symbolizes a link to the bride's family and the past. A family heirloom, such as a piece of antique jewelry or a family member's wedding dress can represent the old object. Or, a bride can sew lace or ribbon into the hem of her dress.

"Something New" represents good fortune and success in the bride's new life. A bride may wear a new string of pearls, or use her wedding gown as the new item.

"Something Borrowed" symbolizes the love and support of family and friends in times of need. A borrowed object can be a token from a happily married friend, such as a lace handkerchief.

"Something Blue" is an object that symbolizes faithfulness and loyalty. Brides commonly choose a blue garter or ribbon. 

-Yahoo

Photo by Leach Photography

Photo by Leach Photography

:: TIPS ::

1. Accessories for your wedding day attire are sometimes passed down by family members or loaned to you by your best girlfriends...take advantage! This option is not only sentimental and sweet, but the extra bonus is that it doesn't cost you anything.

2. The bridal salon where you buy your gown will have accessories as well. Sometimes if you buy them at the same time as the dress, you can get a discount that will help you out. See what's available at the bridal salons when you go looking for your dress.

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#Hashtag Social Media Fun at Weddings

If you're a Millennial bride, tech savvy or a lover of Instagram, a fun way to entertain and collect memories from your wedding is by creating a #hashtag for your guests to use when they snap and post photos. You can even have a live stream of the photos being taken and posted shown on a screen at your wedding! Wedding Hashtag Wall 

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For your #hashtag, come up with something creative, catchy and personal that they will remember to use! If you can't decide then check out this hashtag generator, answer a few questions and check out the suggestions! Wedding Hashtag Generator


After you've decided on the #hashtag for your event, let everyone know about it at the proper times. Share it on your own social media accounts so your guests will see it from the beginning, include it on your save the date's and invitations, use it at pre-wedding functions and parties, and of course use it on wedding day! Create a graphic to share on social media, then print and frame it to post at pre-wedding parties and the wedding. Instagram Printable Wedding Sign Generator 

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Here are some great hashtag tips from WeddingHashtagWall.com:

3 Characteristics of a Great Hashtag

Keep in mind there’s no registration procedure for creating a (wedding) hashtag. Anyone on Instagram or Twitter can just choose one. That is why you want to make sure your hashtag is the only one for your celebration. Obviously you don’t want your collection of Instagram wedding photos mixed with stranger’s photos. This will mess with the intimate, special memories your Instagram hashtag will collect.

Secondly, you want to give your friends and family a hashtag they can easily remember so they can and will use it. What would be worse than having guests use the wrong hashtag for photos never to be found again or only to be found when your guest wonders why their photo is not in your wedding photo album?

Last but not least, your hashtag must encourage attendees to use it. It’s all about making it fun for your guests to post on Instagram. So, your Wedding Hashtag must be unique, encouraging and easy to remember.

Do’s & Don’ts for your Wedding Hashtag

Do’s:

• Be specific so all your guests know which hashtag to use.
• Make it easy to remember so nobody gets it wrong.
• Make it unique: test search for the #hashtag you use and see if others are using it. Double check right before the wedding.
• Be open for some trial and error. Find out a couple used it before? You might wanna rethink your choice.
• Add a “wedding word” like “hitch”, “love”, “weds”, “happilyever” or “newlyweds” to appeal to your guests.
• Make your hashtag funny or a little bit bizarre, this will add to the appealing factor of your hashtag. Time to get creative!

Don’ts:

• Add symbols, dashes or spaces, this will cut the hashtag. A good hashtag only consists of alphabetic characters (a-z, no special accents) and numbers.
• Just use initials and dates. Weddings tend to have these in common.
• #Useaverylonghashtagwithoutcapitalletterstodescribeyourwholewedding, because… You can see why.
• #WOJAAWSID, would you know what that says? No you don’t… It doesn’t make any sense because it’s the abbreviation of Wedding Of John And Amy Who Say I Do.

For the full article and more about the great idea of using a hashtag at your wedding, see WeddingHashtagWall.com.