Tag: wedding design

Saturday Roundup

Posted on by Emee Pumarega

We are starting something new on the blog today: A Saturday Roundup!  In the Roundup, we'll recap the best of what we've seen in Portland weddings, wedding planning and wedding style this week, so you don't have to scroll all over creation (or Alltop) to find your goodies.

First things first: 50% off sale at Shoefly.com until Sunday. Heard about this from the PortlandPicks.com gals — thanks!

gold pumps sandal shoe, wedding shoe

Next, we have Ethical Wedding's review of The Green Bride Guide:

ethical weddings, green bride guide review 

Next, a topic near and dear to us Portlanders: Rain at the wedding, from Santa Barbara Wedding Chic. (I thought it didn't rain much in lovely Santa Barbara!) Photo below by Laura Novak.

Laura Novak Photography, rain wedding 

Our compatriots to the north (Seattle, that is) at What Junebug Loves have posted a Holiday Gift Guide.  Usually the term "holiday gift guide" is kinda ho-hum to me, but this one had: Bacon-of-the-Month!  Now you're talking!

Junebug's holiday gift guide, wedding planning, portland wedding

Finally, a pink idea for wedding toasts, holiday celebrations, or just to go with french fries:

Piper-Heidsieck Rose Sauvage (another tip from PortlandPicks–if you aren't a subscriber, you need to be!)

piper heidieck, champagne, wedding toast 

That's it for Saturday Roundup!  Have a great rest of the weekend, and if you have thoughts or feedback about anything you saw today, please do feel free to post them here!

Allison & Michael’s wedding at Kruger Farm, photos by Evrim Icoz

Posted on by Emee Pumarega

Evrim Icoz, a Portland-based photographer, just sent us a few wonderful photos of a wedding we coordinated this past September at Kruger Farm on Sauvie Island.  Here are a couple of our favorites:

View the entire blog post over at Evrim's blog here.

Who’s watching the timeline?

Posted on by Emee Pumarega

NoveltytimefliesSometimes we meet with clients interested in wedding day coordination, and then don’t hear from them again.  We always wonder if they decided to work with a coordinator and how their weddings went. Most of the time we never find out, but recently we were talking with a caterer friend of ours who mentioned a bride’s name we recognized.

When we asked how the wedding went, they began with a weary, “Well….” and proceeded to tell the tale of a timeline gone way off track.  After the ceremony, the bride and groom were taken for several hours of photographs, while the guests ate and drank.  The bride and groom stopped to cut their cake and dance at 9pm, then departed.  The guests basically never saw them during the wedding.

It seems impossible, and yet it happened because no one was watching the timeline.  When I asked the caterer if any guests said anything, she said, “Oh, of course!  The guests were very upset to have traveled all that way for nothing.  But I was just responsible for the food.”  Evidently, the photographer had no vested interest in making sure the timeline moved along, as that person was concentrating on taking lots of pictures.  As long as they got their shot of the cake and the dance, they were happy.  But the guests were not, and surely when the bride and groom look back years from now, they won’t be happy either.

So who’s watching your timeline? The caterer? The photographer? The guests? Make sure you have a designated party who knows how you would like the day to flow, and who isn’t just focused on their one aspect of the wedding — someone who wants the entire day to go well, just like you.

accessibility

Posted on by Emee Pumarega

 

A couple takes a selfie at a party while surrounded by friends.
Photo by Elevate on Unsplash

Is accessibility on your site selection checklist?  It’s not always something that you as the bride and groom may be thinking about.  Often, high on the site “gotta haves” are things like a gorgeous view, good chairs, and a good selection of caterers.

However, with so many people of varied ages and needs in most families, perhaps some thought should be given to the accessibility of your wedding event sites.  And that’s not just limited to the ceremony and reception — think also of your rehearsal dinner, bridal luncheon, goodbye brunch, or any other events to which you might have guests attending with accessibility issues.

The most common issues are older folks — think Grandma and Grandpa, your Auntie coming from abroad; anyone who might have trouble with a flight of stairs, a steep stone path, or uneven walkways.  Think about any of your family or guests who have recently had surgery or medical treatment that might make walking or longer distances between sites a potential problem.

Putting a little bit of forethought into the accessibility of your chosen site can help a great deal in making sure all of your guests, including those with physical challenges, feel welcome and comfortable at your wedding.

Where do you get such wonderful things?

Posted on by Emee Pumarega

I just got back from returning a red aisle runner to our dear friend Mike Piper at An Affair to Remember.  Not only is he a great wedding coordinator, he is also an amazing florist and has a huge selection of unique props that I love to raid.  The red rose petal aisle runner that you see in the last blog post is one of those things!  Apparently his mother sewed all of those rose petals on by hand?!?  (Don’t forget, Sunday is Mother’s Day!)  It just reminds me how important in this business it is to make contacts and build relationships, because you never know what wonderful things your colleagues have in their warehouses.