Amanda Walls's Blog – September 2010 Archive (11)

Many people are worrying more and more about the environment. Many are
buying cars with better gas millage, recycling, buying energy-efficient
appliances and windows, so why not bring this idea into your event?

Read some ideas of how this can be accomplished on my blog: http://bit.ly/cpuXLS

What are some things that you have done?

You are probably extremely excited to start to plan your wedding, the

day that you have been dreaming about your entire life. Before you know

what you can afford, you need to determine a wedding budget. Your first

question may be “How do I do that?”





As stated in my previous blog post “Who Pays For What?” traditionally, the bride’s parents pay for most of the wedding.… Continue

At first you might think that you don’t even know two or three hundred

people that you would be interested in sharing one of the most important

days of your life with, but it is extremely easy for the guest list to

get outrageous. The list usually has to be cut dramatically. This can be

extremely difficult because nobody wants to have their feelings hurt. I

have a couple of tips to help ease the anxiety.



To reads these tips, visit… Continue

Flowers are a usually a major part of a wedding and typically 5% of the
entire wedding budget is spent on flowers. I can show you how to save
and still have it look like a day that you’ll cherish forever.

Read some tips on how to accomplish this here: http://bit.ly/96DQpI

What did you do to save?

When planning a wedding, you have to hire so many people including (but
certainly not limited to) hair stylists, caterers, officiants, DJ,
florist, photographer, bartender and rental companies. Sometimes it is
hard to determine where to splurge and where to save.

To read my tips and advice visit my blog post at http://bit.ly/9Qj0fy

What are your suggestions?

Imagine that it is the day before your big day. You want to look your

best so you decide to get a facial and enjoy some pampering. You go to

bed feeling relaxed and you are looking forward to your big day. You

wake up the next morning and your skin is red and blotchy. You had some

sort of reaction to the facial treatment and you are not sure what to

do. You can help prevent this by planning ahead. Anything that changes

the way that you look or any type of facial or… Continue

There are so many options when choosing a gown and its accessories. It
could be an exciting but overwhelming process. Here, I will take you
step by step through different parts of a gown in order to assist you in
finding the perfect one as well as the accessories to enhance the look.

To learn more see my blog at http://bit.ly/dhIdXU

Do you agree? What did your dress look like?

You are trying to decide on a budget for your wedding and you are not

sure where to start. Every wedding is different when it comes down to

who pays for different parts of the wedding and honeymoon. I will

outline the traditional version of how to divide the different costs,

but there is obviously no “written rule” on how this should be done, so

this list should be adjusted to fit your needs.



To view this list see the original post at… Continue

You may find yourself saying “I can’t afford an event planner” or “I

can just do it myself”. But have you actually researched the benefits of

hiring an event planner?

Think about the last event that you hosted. You ran around the house cleaning and scrubbing everything, trying to hang up decorations and finish up any cooking and putting the food out on the tables. You run

around during the whole night and by the end, you are exhausted and have

to stay up to…

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You have now spent hundreds or thousands of dollars on flowers for
your wedding day. You wouldn’t want all of those beautiful flowers to
die, so why not preserve them and use them around your home?


You can preserve flowers in a couple of different ways.

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What did you do with your flowers or what do you wish that you did? Did you try a DIY project?

You have spent years dreaming about your wedding dress and hours

agonizing over whether your wedding dress is actually “the dress”. Now

that your dream wedding is over, what do you do with the dress?



I will explain four popular options that you may choose from:



Read more at: http://bit.ly/coPDxL



What did you do with yours? What do you wish you did with… Continue