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It’s all about creating the perfect, most memorable wedding for your special bride and groom. This last article will provide a one stop shop for the tips and direction found in this series with an important goal…to see you through to the start of something new — a new life together kicked off by special memories. I decided to start this series to help others, since as a bookworm, I was thrown into a difficult situation when the books didn’t work for me.

During the course of planning a wedding, you’ll probably have to deal with one uninvited guest on a regular basis — stress. This article provides tips on alleviating it for a healthier you.

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When planning the perfect wedding, the date will make all the difference in the world with availability and cost. Check out what to look for… .

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Finding just the right D.J. is key to a great wedding. This may not be an easy task, at least it wasn’t for me, but thankfully I found a phenomenal one! If you’re in the front range area, you can’t go wrong with Gary Liebowitz at Sound Junction. He is phenomenal as he kept the wedding party dancing and moving. If you’re not, this article has tips on finding one.

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The word “wedding” added to anything tends to increase the cost at least by double if not more, but there are reasonable vendors available available. If you’re in the front range area and are interested in making beautiful memories, I highly recommend:

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Jackson Dorfman – Jackson.dorfman@colorado.edu 970-306-2775

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The wedding decorations could be a daunting task. You can pay an expert if it’s in your budget, or rely on your very talented friends, as I did.

The perfect wedding cake doesn’t have to cost any where near $1000. Find out how to keep the cost less than a quarter of the cost.

Jacqueline & Elizabeth — Beautiful Bridesmaids — Courtesy of Laura Grace Photography

You’ll want your beautiful bridesmaids dressed to perfection in a dress they can afford and could perhaps use again.

Despite your best efforts, more than likely at least one aspect won’t go as planned, but no one needs to know. In my case, a miscount snowballed… .

Delicious and safe food is a key ingredient for a great wedding. This article gives you key pointers to look for.

Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed to Perfection — The Wedding Party at the Head Table — Courtesy of Laura Grace Photography

The Music — A Requirement for Every Wedding Ceremony, but it’s not as easy as you’d think.

The Wedding Celebrant — Who Do You Want to Marry You? Do you have someone in particular in mind? We did, Father Mbala, and there are no words to describe what he added and the inspiration he instilled in all of us.

The Rehearsal & Dinner Kicks Off the Wedding Events.

Historic hotels can provide an exciting venue in more ways than one. Check out why.

If your ceremony and/or reception will take place at an historic hotel, there are important factors to take into consideration. Check them out at: The Wedding Hotel Accommodations — Historic vs. Contemporary.

Choose the right hotel for a comfortable and affordable stay for those celebrating with you. The Right Hotel for Your Wedding Guests provides guidelines and a checklist to help you find just the right hotel.

Most of all, have fun and dance the night away, even if things didn’t turn out exactly as planned. Most likely, you’ll be the only one to know. This will most likely be the last article on the Wedding Planner Series; the bride graduates medical school Sunday and will shortly start her residency in Neurosurgery. Congratulations to my beautiful daughter!

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That perfect wedding cake should be beautiful, delicious, a photo opportunity, and memorable. But just like everything, when you mention the word “wedding,” prices at a minimum are doubled, and in some cases quadrupled. When it came to the cake, the same was particularly true.

Quotes

When quotes came in around $950, I knew that was not going to work. Now I understand there is work and creative talent involved in decorating a wedding cake, but the same is true for a birthday cake, graduation cake, and other cakes, although not to the same level. Typically, a wedding cake is tiered and the more people you need to serve, the more difficult it is to create. But there are alternatives, and the wedding planner from the Stanley suggested a perfect one.

Alternatives

The alternative to a large wedding cake that serves every guest, is a 2-tiered cake for the festivities and keepsake, with a sheet cake served up for the guests. The sheet cake is the same cake and icing as the wedding cake, and it’s already plated when served. The best part is, both cakes together were about a tenth of the cost.

Risky Business

There were only a few bakeries that handled wedding cakes in Estes Park, and I didn’t want to risk transporting it from down the mountain the day before the wedding. The church’s original wedding planner recommended the bakery of a local grocery store her grandson used. Since my daughter wanted a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing, I was able to buy cupcakes made exactly the way she wanted her wedding cake to test them. They were delicious.

The wedding cake decorator was great to work with, and when I told her that I wanted the top to include the hand-blown bells from my wedding cake, she left space at the top, decorating around what should have been the bells (notice the word “should”). The only catch was that they didn’t deliver. Since they were located just around the corner from the Stanley, I didn’t see this as a problem, until… I forgot the cake.

Where’s the cake?

I didn’t just forget the cake, I forgot the bells that were to go on the cake and didn’t realize I did either until the lovely intern from France knelt beside me and said, “It’s time to cut the cake. Do you know where it is?” My eyes filled with tears and panic set it, “Oh no! I forgot the cake!”

The good part about using the bakery within the local grocery store was that it was still open. My brother-in-law volunteered to pick it up and was met with a perplexed employee who mentioned that this was the first time someone didn’t come to pick up a wedding cake.

The baker did a beautiful job decorating the cake and did exactly as I asked — left room for the bells, which I also managed to leave behind. Now I had a wedding cake with a rather obvious blank space for the missing bells. Fortunately, my husband’s quick thinking sister, Theresa, came to the rescue. She spied the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, and borrowed some ornaments to decorate the cake. She moved so quickly and did such a beautiful job that no one even noticed.

Punting became my end game… Stay tuned next week for the lemonade that was made from more lemons.

I’m probably not the only one who has forgotten a critical piece for an event. What have you forgotten?

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