Picking Your Attendants Too Early

Your bridesmaids should be your closest friends. Period. They can 
also be your sisters, cousins, aunts and even your mom, but they have to be people you'd trust to be there when you most need them. You don't know new friends well enough yet to be sure they'll support you in tough situations (every bride encounters one at some point), and picking people because a family member demands it or so you and your man will have an even number of attendants are also decisions you'll likely regret.

Micromanaging Your Vendors

You're choosing talented pros who understand your vision, so let them do their jobs! We know it's tempting to control every detail so you're guaranteed to love the results, but you won't have the time, and you certainly don't have the experience your vendors do. After your initial meetings, trust the pros to get it right.

This is your once-in-a-lifetime day! Let a professional bridal consultant handle the details with you. It's your big day: make certain it turns out perfectly and enjoy your wedding!

A professional consultant, working with you, can handle the details, allowing you the freedom to do what you want to do. With today's hectic lifestyle, many bridal couples and their families do not have the time for the detailed planning and work a beautiful wedding requires.

So relax and have faith that your vendor or consultant will handle everything for you and yes they do want your input, after all it is your special day. 

Sending Out Save-The-Dates Too Soon

It may be tempting to tell everyone about your wedding date 
as soon as possible but don't send those save-the-date cards out until you've finalized the guest list. Friends you're close with when you get engaged may be mere acquaintances by the time you get hitched. Reserve save-the-dates only for those guests you know will be invited, like your families.

Planning Mistake: Getting Attached to Specific Flower Types

When you book your florist a year before your wedding day, he can only guess which blooms will be available for your wedding. Choose backups to your main blooms and add them to your contract. Think in terms of colors and shapes instead of specific flowers.


Popular flowers for your special day: 

Roses

Peonies

Orchids

Daisies

Hydrangeas

Calla Lilies

Planning Mistake #1 The Dress

Planning Mistake: Blowing Your Fashion Budget On Just the Dress

Maybe you have $1,500 set aside for your look. That doesn't mean you can buy a $1,500 gown! Tack on tax, and if you're not buying off the rack, you could get charged for shipping. You might need alterations too. Consider your undergarments, shoes, hair accessories and jewelry when budgeting as well.

Princess Diana's dress was as beautiful as it was. Was over the top expensive dress. 
The 250-yard lace, tulle and ivory silk taffeta gown, with over 10,000 pearls and sequins covering its layers upon layers of fabric and an equally grand 25-foot-long train to boot, garnered plenty of attention during its world tour last year. Even though poufy sleeves went out with shoulder pads decades ago, the dramatic gown is as enchanting today as it was back in the '80s -- and you can't put a price tag on that sort of timeless appeal. So here are our calculations: Runway-worthy fabric: $43,000. A modern-day remake of an iconic princess gown: $400,000. A diamond-doused showstopper: $12 million.

Up and going

Well, this adventure is moving forward. So up and going is what we are. Ready or not. LOL! 

I've gotten our website and Facebook page up and going. Thanks to a site that was easy enough that anyone can do, it only took me a couple of days to get the website up and running. I was blessed to have found something that was reasonable in price for the website but the domain to go live its going to cost a little. That's neither here nor there type a deal, it maybe a couple of weeks before I get that so we can searched by Google. That right there will help us out more. 

If anyone would like here are the sites:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MagicalWeddingsandEvents

Web site: http://magicalweddingsandev.wix.com/abilenetx

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeddingsAbilene

How to choose a cake

Choosing a cake is it really that hard to do? Just go to a bakery and pick one out. Not that easy for a bride or a person who is wanting their event perfect. You want your cake to be as special and look just as fantastic as everything else you worked so hard for for your special day.

Not only do you have to decided what flavour you want your cake or even if want a grooms cake,but you need to decide how big you need for the number of guest that are invited.


Ever wonder how many slices will this cake make? Well, with this neat little diagram this will answer all your questions you may have about it. Hope this helps everyone out. The site on the picture has some really good ideas and some great recipes and goody ideas. Check them out. WWW.icedjems.com