The Victorian House is holding its monthly 'Save the Bride' event today and the theme is "What Could Go Wrong?" After close to 650 weddings, I've seen miscues and mistakes galore, and for the most part, it hasn't mattered a bit. When you bring together the various ideas, vendors, and people that a wedding combines, you are bound to have some things that don't go to plan. But that can be a beautiful thing! You want your day to be unique- to almost have a life of its own. If you prepare for the big things that my go wrong and don't sweat the little ones that do, your day will be like no other wedding day, as unique and memorable as the love that you and your future husband or bride have for each other!
Samantha Duran of The Grove at Southcreek wrote down the following possible issues and advice to alleviate them, and it is great advice from a coordinator who deals with things like these week in and out:
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The little things: Hair out of place; minor spills? Solution:
These problems are easily manageable when your maid of honor, mother,
groomsmen or wedding coordinator provides an EMERGENCY WEDDING KIT. Having bobby pins, tide bleach sticks,
matches, tissues, deodorant, Tylenol, tape, bottled water, band-aids, etc handy
could save a “bridezilla” moment…or two J
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Bride feeling faint: Brides need to remember to EAT in the
morning. Of course feeling too full or
bloated is never good before trying to slip into a wedding dress, but plain,
nutritional food is essential in getting through a long day of hair, makeup,
photos and dancing (and of course, that whole marriage thing!). Examples: smoothies, light breakfast foods,
salad, and WATER.
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Décor disasters:
When the bridal party is spending all day getting ready, it is easy to
miss the vendor deliveries if there is not a wedding coordinator present or
someone at the venue to greet them and double check that everything is ok. Sometimes, even if incorrect orders are
caught, it is too late to change anything.
If a cake turns out more blue that it should, or the caliliies end up
being daisies, this could be a potential disaster. Preparing ahead of time by triple checking
orders when made, having a point of contact handle the deliveries with ample
time to fix a problem should it arise are a few ways to steer clear of
disaster.
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Weather, oh weather: The solution to the outdoor ceremony fear of
bad weather is always PLAN B. Can the
ceremony be moved to an inside location?
Can a tent be rented in enough time as the forecast predicts?
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The overall riding solution to what could go
wrong is to have the attitude that NOTHING IS PERFECT. Weddings should be, and are, perfectly imperfect. Someone sneezes during toasts, Uncle Bob had
one too many martinis, or the flower girl cries the whole way down the
aisle. At the end of the day, all that
matters is that vows are exchanged and that a new life together was created; no
matter the surrounding circumstances.
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