Jennifer Lane Events's Blog (9)

 

Keep your main décor choices leaning towards the classic.  Why?  Trendy becomes passé very quickly and you don’t want your wedding to look dated before you even get your wedding photo album.  Then adding in your trendy and or elaborate wow factor in touches will make it more timeless and impactful while at the same time still blowing away your guests.  In addition, WOW FACTOR is just that, touches of over the top sprinkled through out your wedding ceremony and…

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Planning packages have been put together by the planner because it’s the natural procession for a majority of weddings.  It’s easier for you and takes less time for the planner to do a series of some elements and have them in place for you once you make decisions, than it is for them to do the first couple steps, wait for you to do step 3 and then they come back in to do steps 4 and 5.  As a result they’ve packaged them together and charged a smaller fee for them to do all of the elements…

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Get the help you need at a price you can afford!

Newly engaged and overwhelmed?

Have ton’s of time and really want to plan your wedding on your own while no being taken advantage of. Would you like a planner but don’t think you can afford it?…

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There’s ton’s of reasons you would want a professional planner and not a hobbyist, or a weekend warrior wedding planner.  We’re just going to cover the main one’s.  I strongly believe that more information is far better than not enough, however at the same time, there is such a thing as too much info and overwhelmed with the amount of it.

 

Here’s the biggest reasons you want a full fledged wedding professional. …

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Event & Wedding Planners & Coordinators can charge for their services in a number of different ways.



1. Fixed fee, which should be given as a quote when you first agree exactly what services will be provided, or as a percentage of the total budget (usually 10-15%). As your Planner and Coordinator for you event of the year or amazing wedding will be in a position to negotiate discounts with your venue and suppliers, it is quite common for the Coordinators fee to be less than… Continue

Gift giving for a wedding is not always easy. Especially when many couples are now marring later in life, having been on their own for a few years and have an established home at the time of the marriage, or are combining households when they get married. The traditional wedding gifts at this stage no longer apply. In this case we suggest locating a gift registry that will allow people to put a percentage or a monetary amount towards a gift, effectively combining their purchasing power on… Continue

This is a story of what the average Day of Coordinator goes through for the 48 hours previous to and during your wedding day. There is some slight exaggerating to keep it fun. Happy reading.



It’s 4 am on Friday, the day before your wedding. As the Wedding coordinator, I look over the 14 page Time line to ensure that everything that I need to have done has been handled. I’ll start the day off by ensuring that all of the vendors have their time line, the directions, know what time they… Continue

Ask for recommendations from your professional event/wedding coordinator such as A Memory Lane Event. Recommended vendors from your professional event/wedding coordinator will be tried & true. They trust the vendor & have worked with

them several times…

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Some of A Memory Lane Events favorite locations to work with are listed below, however, there are so many fantastic locations that all do an amazing job that it’s hard to narrow it down to just a few.



Ellis Ranch,

Holiday Inn & Suites Airport

McCreery House in Loveland, CO

Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch

Grant Ave. Community Center in the heart of Denver

Holiday Inn Lakewood

The University Club in the heart of Denver

Crowne Plaza Denver

Baldpate… Continue