Wedding Plan : Wedding Budget

A wedding budget is absolutely essential to planning your wedding. In fact I think setting your wedding budget is one of the very first things you should do. Use this handy wedding budget worksheet to plan out what you'll need to pay for, and how much you should plan to spend on each thing. (Use a calculator to figure out the percentages.) I recommend you copy this wedding budget worksheet and put it in your planning notebook so it will be handy whenever you are out shopping or talking to a vendor.

Your Wedding Budget Worksheet

(as guided by NINA CALLAWAY)

My Total Budget ___________

Expenses	% of total budget	Your estimate	What you actually spent
Ceremony Location fee, officiant fee, marriage license, musician's fees, ring pillows	3%	______	______
Reception Reception Site, Food, Drinks, Rentals, Cake, Favors	48%	______	______
Attire Dress, Headpiece/veil, undergarments and hosiery, shoes, accessories, jewelry, hair and makeup, Groom's Tuxedo or Suit, shoes, bow tie, cuff links, studs, suspenders	10%	______	______
Rings His and her rings, engraving	3%	______	______
Flowers Ceremony, bride's bouquet, maid-of-honor and bridesmaid bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres, centerpieces, flower-girl basket	8%	______	______
Music Ceremony Musicians, Band and/or DJ, cocktail hour musicians, sound system rental	8%	______	______
Photography Photographer and Videographer's fees, albums, additional prints, disposable cameras for candids	12%	______	______
Transportation Transportation for wedding party, guest shuttle and/or parking attendants	2%	______	______
Stationery Invitations, response cards, thank you notes, postage, calligraphy, guest book	3%	______	______
Gifts Bridesmaid and groomsmen, parents, welcome baskets for out-of-town guests.	3%	______	______

Wedding Plan : Lighting, Location & Love

I didn't write this - I found it in the in the net awhile ago ;) So here it goes.. The basic elements for planning your wedding reception and reception decorations will be determined by the location you select. Some of the reception decorations will also be based on the type of food and serving you choose. Planning the reception decorations is all a part of the details of planning the wedding reception. Wedding receptions have six basic elements in their planning:

• Location
• Physical Comforts
• Reception decorations
• Catering
• Music
• Dancing

These elements come into play based on the reception location, especially if you are planning a wedding in a place where it’s a blank slate. Some locations already have their environmental décor that will play a part in the reception decorations and you need to take that into account with your planning. There are many ways to take care of your decorations including rentals. Renting some of the accessories can save you money. The ambience of your reception decorations includes your:

• Lighting
• Place settings
• Drapes
• Flowers
• Balloons

The lighting choices can be as simple as twinkle lights and votive candles. Your place settings can be simple or elaborate. The drapes can be made of tulle, gossamer or silk. Your flowers can match those at the wedding or be individual to the reception itself. Balloons offer a fanciful touch to the decorations. There are so many options that you can explore with your reception decorations that the list could be endless. Decide on a venue, decide on a theme and then let that help you choose the overall look and feel you are going for with your reception decorations. You can add shallow bowls of water with candles floating in them. You can mix and match your wine goblets. You can transform candles with wrapped ribbons. Go crazy when you plan your reception decorations and create the perfect venue to celebrate your first few hours as newlyweds.

Accessories 101

Here´s the bare minimum for what brides should consider when planning their accessories for the wedding:

• headpiece/veil/tiara
• gloves
• wrap/shawl
• shoes
• necklace
• earrings
• engagement ring/wedding rings
• bracelet

5 Myths & Reality of Marriage

Some may thought or believe that after marriage, life will be special than before. Marriage is all about love, commitment, trust and needs from both husband & wife.

Myth 1: Marriage will end our loneliness Reality: There is some couples who still felt lonely even they are married Myth 2: Marriage will make you perfect Reality: Husband & wife complete each other but not making each other perfect Myth 3: Couple who love each other will not get into trouble / problems Reality: Almost every marriage has it owns ups & downs, which some may close the door of feeling romantic towards each other Myth 4: Marriage will make someone feel happy / joyful Reality: You cant just depend on your partner to make you happy, to cherish your life.. But actually true happiness comes from within you Myth 5: You must know each other's feeling / needs without saying it out Reality: Just because you are husband & wife, it doesn't mean that you guys can read each other's mind

WedDing s0nGs

Since my last post that I talked about weddings.. Here is some of the vids of wedding songs that u might like.. ;) will post out again some other songs soon.. Cheers & Enjoy..