I have been meaning to write about this for quite some time now. It seems as though, there will always be that bridesmaid who sucks at her job. Whether, she gives the bride a hard time, doesn’t participate in pre-wedding … Continue reading
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Photo Via Bridal Party Tees Lets face it! Planning a wedding is stressful on many levels. If you are not stressed, even if you are planning a very small wedding you are lying! I don’t care if your budget is $400 … Continue reading
Hello, my friends it has been a while, well more like a month or so..or…maybe more that I haven’t posted an update. Shame ON ME! It is really hard to find time to blog when you have a million things … Continue reading
Hello my fellow brides!! If you haven’t already done so, the most important purchase you will make for your BIG DAY will be your wedding dress!! Soo many choices, soo many styles. I can guarantee that you have been through tons of … Continue reading
Hello you guys!! Its been a couple of weeks since I have posted but I have been extremely busy wedding planning!! Yay!! About a week or so ago I had my first consultation with one of my brides. I had … Continue reading
Well hello!! Hope you guys had a great weekend. Well as you know I attended my first bridal show on Sunday. I was excited to meet tons of vendors and really get acquainted with people in the industry. Lets just … Continue reading
Hello friends! I am extremely excited to announce that I have officially enrolled for my Certified Wedding Planner course. After spending tons of hours on the web researching different programs, I decided to enroll in The Wedding Planning Institute for their Certified Event and Wedding Planner course. After reading several forums about different courses I began to get a bit worried. Everyone had a different opinion, some positive, some negative…..it must have been around 50 pages or so of comments in one forum I went to, and I must say, it was getting annoying because I began to second guess myself.
All of these thoughts began racing through my head!! And boy was I getting frustrated. I literally had like 6 tabs opened with the different courses offered comparing their outlines,and frankly, I was driving myself insane. So, I went with my gut choice, which was the course I originally settled on.
I guess as I go through the course, the questions above will slowly be answered. They state that the course is designed to be completed between 8-10 weeks but I’m going to shoot for 6. What do you think?
I want to thank all of you for the support it really does make a difference. I know that I wont be planning 20 weddings a year just yet, but I’m keeping a positive attitude.
Happy Saturday!
Thanks for reading
Oh yeah, I officially have my first bride for this year!! I’ll keep you guys posted!
-Veronica Rivera-
Happy Monday! Hope all of you guys had a great weekend. Congrats to last night’s big winner at the Grammys, Adele (yaaaay!!) who took home a whopping 6 awards. Great job girl! I love her. (Who doesn’t?). Her performance was awesome. Overall it was a good show this year. 
This month I will begin to attend bridal shows to get to know vendors in my area as well as trunk shows to keep up with the latest on designer bridal gown collections. I’m hoping that these shows have great vendor turnouts so that I can get tons of business cards and really get to work. Not to mention, that there will lots of brides (I hope). I will keep you guys posted and will be posting pics of the events I attend. Lets see how good these shows are for business.
These are some of the upcoming events for this month which I plan to attend, most of which are very low-cost if not, FREE.
2/19/2012 1:00pm-4:00pm
Courtyard Marriott Coral Gables
2051 S. Le Jeune Rd Miami, FL
Price: Free if pre-registered /$5 at the door
2/19/2012 1:00pm-4:00pm
Coral Gables Country Club
997 North Greenway Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Price: 7 pre-registered/ $10 at the door
Anna Barge Trunk Show @ Chic Parisen
2/23/-2/25/12 10:00am-5:00pm
3308 Ponce De Leon
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Price: None/Call for appt 305-448-5756.
I’m not a ball gown kinda girl, but I must say I love this dress and its only $350.10 via 9lover.com!! I will be writing on online gown shopping soon. So please check back for that. If you have bought your gown online I would love to hear from you. Please comment below.
Hello my friends. I’m pleased to say that I am slowly but surely reaching out to vendors in the business and I have to say, I have gotten great feed back. Putting yourself out there is a pretty hard task especially, because you have no idea what these experts are going to think. In my case, since I lack the experience I feel that they might be turned off by that. But, much to my surprise, there are people out there who are willing to help you start out. In my case I want to be able to build a great selection of vendors. They will be the ones that will take my vision to the next level, so it is important to me that my vendors are up to par. The last thing I want is a shabby vendor to screw up my brides special day. Which in turn will not get me the best word of mouth referrals I’m looking for.
As I mentioned in my very first post, I helped my friend with her wedding so I told her that I was looking into really taking this seriously, and immediately she let several of her friends know that I was wedding planning…and voilà! I instantly have two prospect brides for this year!!! Sooo excited to get my feet wet and show you guys how these turn out. With that said, word of mouth is definitely the most important marketing tool as I am learning in this business. As soon as I as have my first consultation with one of them I will let you guys know how it went.
I started thinking of themes and color combinations I would like to work with and I really like the Black, Blush and Ivory for a French Ooh La La themed wedding. I think its super chic! So these are a few things I had in mind for this type of wedding.
Here in Miami a great venue for this type of theme would have to be beautiful Viscaya overlooking the bay. This venue can resemble Venice as seen in the other image. 
I would go for blush peonies, anemones and ivory roses. This lovely bouquet has Ooh La La written all over it. Via Martha Stewart Weddings .
I love these candle holders with kissing balls via Design By Aubrey, these could be great centerpieces. (I would incorporate the blush peony as well for this theme)
Use can use these Eiffel tower place card holders to keep your french theme throughout your big day. I found these on beaucoup for ($1.40 each) Aren’t they super cute?
Check out these hanging place card holders! They are actually little pockets with the fabulous damask design card inside. How clever!
This cake is simply to die for! Definitely for a large affair at 5 tiers, but this look can be scaled down for the intimate wedding as well. Via onewed.com
Take a look at this little number for your bridesmaids by Alfred Sung.
To go with this theme I love this mermaid, Matthew Christopher gown with a sweetheart neckline. Stunning!
Thanks for reading
-Veronica-
Well hello you guys. Even though there is nothing romantic about this rainy and humid Miami weather today, a Valentine’s theme wedding is. With Valentine’s day around the corner I wanted to share some ruby-red inspiration for those extra romantic brides.
For the bold bride a red gown like this one can truly make a statement.
Today’s gown of the day is a gorgeous Spanish style ruffled organza gown by Aire Barcelona. What do you think ?
If you have a favorite gown that you would like to see on “The Gown of the Day” please comment below. Thanks for reading.
-Veronica-
