10 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Planner

Check out this great article about choosing a wedding planner!  



Question 10 is going to help you to have a successful relationship with any professional you hire. You want the professionals you hire to relate to you and understand your vision and it starts with communication.

Especially note of question number 1.  This question is so important!  It’s suggested for brides as an “ask your-self” question, but don't be afraid to answer this question directly if you don't feel it was thoroughly covered during the interview or consultation. 

Enjoy!

"Feeling overwhelmed with all the work that goes into planning your wedding? Consider hiring a wedding planner to help with the preparations so you can relax and enjoy your big day. You can choose from planners who handle last-minute tasks leading up to the wedding, or those who take charge of every detail of your event, from the rehearsal dinner to the honeymoon and everything in between. The right planner not only keeps things organized and on schedule, but also advises you on where to find the perfect venue, dress, cake and bouquet. For many couples, wedding planners are so important to the event's success that the best planners are booked more than a year in advance.

These 10 questions won't just help you find the perfect wedding planner -- they'll also help you maintain your budget (and your sanity) leading up to the big day. Consider this your cheat sheet for interviewing prospective wedding planners..."

Read the full article right here…

Article citation:   Turner, Bambi. "10 Questions to Ask Your Wedding Planner" 20 April 2010. HowStuffWorks.com. 22 June 2011

Happy Anniversary to ME!

TODAY is anniversary number 16 for Pete and I!  There is no "traditional" 16th wedding anniversary gift which I find rather annoying - and someday I'll research the dissing of anniversaries with no traditional gift category!  Anyway, although I love the "modern" gift version: Silver Holloware - I'm just not feeling it right now.  There's just not a metal bowl that I'm dying to have.

So I've made up my own personalized albeit hodge podge gift collection featuring a few of our favorite and most memorable things that we've shared through the years. 

So here's what I've put together for Pete and I to enjoy:

Cake!  I am a cake person. Wedding cakes are a particular obsession. I bake a pretty great cake if I may say so myself! And Pete loves my cakes. But since it feels like 900 degrees outside  I ordered an anniversary cake from the bakery that made our wedding cake ...in the same flavors!  We have done this a few times before and it always brings back fond memories of June 24, 1995!   Capital Y - Yum!!  Thank you Edible Art of Charlotte!  See you this afternoon to pick it up!

Tea! In the summer we take it ICED with lemon thank you, but we are hot tea lovers from the north and if it's remotely cool outside, I can expect around 9:30pm to hear "hey, wanna cup of tea?" and I promptly hear the kettle whistling.  So I stopped in Teavana in South Park Mall the other day and picked up some Chai something or other teas to mix or use individually (they guy at Teavana will love that I don't remember what these are called I'm sure), some German rock sugar and since these teas were loose leaves and herbs and whatnot, I picked up a nifty tea steeping contraption that is sort of like a reverse French press but uses gravity instead of pressing. It's going to be a fun new kitchen toy!

Hawaii!  No, we're not actually going :(  ... but we had a supercalifragilistic trip to Maui a few years ago.  I have ordered pineapples from the plantation we toured and this will be just like bringing a little bit of Hawaii here! Maui Gold -the best pineapple ever! They arrived on Thursday afternoon and I can hardly wait to dig in!

Here's what RIPE -DELISHIOUS Pineapple looks like ~

PERFECT PINEAPPLES!

SO YUMMY!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

I'm off to enjoy my pineapples... and my anniversary!