Prescott Wedding Guide

When you start planning a wedding you will get a lot of input from everyone that thinks they should have an opinion on how your day should go.  The best you can hope for is that the bride is allowed to pick her helpers. Then if someone is called on to help out then they help out without putting up a fight.

But sometimes some people have some pretty good wedding ideas and it may not be a bad idea to take some of these wedding ideas and incorporate them into your wedding.  It also helps if you have actually been to a couple of weddings to see how things work.  Of course, if you never get the chance to get to a wedding before you start planning your own, then you are on your own, but there is help out there.

Honestly, the best wedding ideas come from the people that get paid a huge sum of money to come up with great wedding ideas.  There is a reason that wedding planners get paid a lot of money and those reasons are that they come up with some great ideas and then it is their job to make sure the ideas get executed perfectly.  If the wedding planner’s wedding ideas do not get executed perfectly then, for what you pay the wedding planner, you can then execute the wedding planner.  But usually they have some incredible wedding ideas and the weddings planned by wedding planners do not go horribly wrong like they do in the movies.

Thinking Outside The Box

Remember that any far-out wedding ideas you get have to be pulled off. Before you start insisting that the head table at the reception be made totally out of frosting, you may want to consult some people who know about that stuff and see if this is practical and possible.  There is no such thing as a bad idea when you are brainstorming; there is only the bad decision to put a bad idea into action.  So be sure to check all the angles on your idea before you start pulling any triggers to get it off the ground.  Yes it is your special day but the laws of common sense and physics cannot be suspended just for you.

The indication that you are on to a bad wedding idea is if enough people that know what they are doing tell you that it is simply impossible to pull off your idea.  You have a wedding to plan and if you spend months obsessing on how to get a fountain that uses ice cream and keeps the ice cream cold all night long then you miss out on the other important stuff you have to plan.  Pace yourself and make sure you get enough expert advice.

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Dancing is an essential component at most Prescott wedding receptions. We look forward to the couple’s “first dance” and the bride’s special dance with her father. It’s also a place to get loose and funky, if you’re a guest or a member of the wedding party.

But what if the wedding planners decided to add some fun and surprise to the dance floor by adding fun activities there? This doesn’t mean a rousing version of the “Bunny Hop”, which, while maybe essential, is hardly unique.

There are, however, many fun games and activities you can add to your dance floor activities that are sure to be a hit.

Try a fun game of the “chicken dance”. Ok, so that doesn’t sound too original. But if most of your guests are just sitting at their tables, watching a few brave couples dancing, or just finishing their meals, you might want to get everyone up and having fun. Try this game.

The DJ announces a number. Everyone looks under his or her chair, where there is a number. Depending on the number of guests at the wedding, there might be only numbers “1″ and “2″ or more, up to 5.

So, say the DJ announces number “4″. Each person checks under their chair to see what their number is. These numbers can be written simply on a piece of masking tape and affixed to the underside of the chairs when the reception is being set up. Each “4″ in this scenario will head to the dance floor to do the chicken dance with the other “4s”. Not only does this get people out of their chairs and on to the dance floor, they get to know other wedding reception guests they might not otherwise know.

One dance floor activity that’s gaining popularity is to bring in a dance teacher for the wedding reception. As a kind of pre-dance activity, the teacher will quickly walk people through their paces on the dance floor, perhaps teaching a bit of the waltz or, for something completely different, a little bit of the tango, before the music officially begins and dancing commences.

Having a dance teacher do a bit of teaching not only livens up the reception right from the start, but it gets people out on the dance floor who might otherwise be too self-conscious normally to get out there and let it all hang out. And practically speaking, it will likely make the wedding guests feel more confident in their skills before the “official” dancing begins.

Another fun activity to get everyone on the dance floor, including even the most reticent, is something you can refer to as the “snowball” dance. This is a good way to jumpstart the dancing at the beginning of the evening.

Here’s how the “snowball” dance works. The wedding party, bride and groom included, will head to the dance floor for a fun dance. The music for this dance should be fast, something with a disco beat or a fast song that most people have at least a passing familiarity with. After a bit of wedding party dancing, the music stops. The female members of the wedding party move into the crowd and bring back one male each. The male members of the wedding party do the same, but they bring in female guests. The dancing then begins again. This is repeated until all the guests are dancing. It’s truly a snowball effect!

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Whether you are in the midst of wedding planning now, or were happily wedded years ago, what tips, ideas or advice can you share with other brides? What do you wish you had done differently, or what are you glad you did? What unique, personal touches did you include in your own wedding? Do you have any cool ideas on: party favors, wedding party gifts, bridesmaids attire, invitations/programs, child attendants, showers/bachelor(ette) parties, the ceremony/vows/etc, wedding cake, photography/videography, the honeymoon? (These are just 'prompts' to spark your memory - you don't have to answer them all!!) I am finishing my wedding planner/workbook and would like to include tips from real-life brides. Your input and ideas would be a huge help!!

First off, congratulations on your upcoming marriage! May you have a healthy, happy union.

After being very happily married for 18+ years, my advise is this: You don't want the wedding to overshadow the marriage. A wedding is just for 1 day, but your marriage should last your lifetime. Rule number 1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number 2: It's all small stuff. Don't get so wrapped up in the knitty gritty of wedding planning that you forget the most important reason which is why you're there in the first place. Good luck and best wishes to you both!

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You may have been dreaming about what you want your wedding to be since you were a little girl. Not all girls give this much thought until they have to, but many think the idea of getting married is romantic, and it is something they giggle about with girlfriends when they are growing up. Your dreams probably included a lot of things that, in reality, you probably can’t afford when you find yourself planning your real wedding. You should never let that get you down, as inexpensive weddings can be just as wonderful as any fairy-tale you could dream up.

When you think about your Prescott wedding, there are two things that are essential, and the rest is nothing but fluff. The couple getting married needs to be there, and there must be someone to marry them. Other than that, nothing really matters. There are many who have had inexpensive weddings without much more than that, and they have gone on to have long and loving marriages. The key is remembering the wedding is just one day, but a lifetime comes after. Weddings are fun, but your future is what is important.

Your inexpensive weddings don’t have to be that bare bones, but you can think of ways to save money when you have to watch your budget. You should know that having an unlimited budget for a wedding is something that few can afford, and that doesn’t mean their wedding is any better than yours. If anything, the true meaning of the day is somewhat lost amongst all of the trappings that money can buy. Inexpensive weddings are just as wonderful as any other type because the love in the air is what makes the day special, not the designer cake.

If an inexpensive wedding is in your future, you should be just as excited as the bride with the unlimited budget. What you should do is take the time to find all of the things you can do to save money without giving up the things that mean the most to you. You can search for items and tips about inexpensive weddings online, and you can take hints from what others have done. I had one of those inexpensive weddings, and I can tell you that it was every bit as beautiful as the next, and the best part was that I wasn’t in debt for ten years trying to pay it off.

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