Apr
21
Jacky & Ronald’s Modern Wedding at The Fairway Hotel
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
Wedding Decor and Styling: Splendid Affairs
Stationery: Chrystalace Stationery
Photography: Christiaan David Photography
Venue: The Fairway Hotel
Apr
03
Reality Check – all about damages and breakages
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
Every wedding is all about celebrating, being merry and having fun. Yet all good things come to an end and the morning after it is all about taking stock and summing up the damage. Breakages vary- at some weddings nothing goes missing or gets broken and at other weddings breakages are extensive.
Every wedding requires hiring of decor, linen and at times crockery and cutlery. When you are hosting guest you need to supply 3 sets of plates, 3 sets of glasses, 5 pieces of cutlery (and that’s just a basic) Wedding decor is expensive to hire and it is even more expensive (and in some cases impossible) to replace. Hiring companies require refundable damages deposit to be paid and sometimes the deposit gets forfeited due to breakages. As a bride, you want to minimize your breakages as much as possible. Here are a few simple tips to avoid a high breakage invoice:
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27
Choosing Your Wedding Suppliers
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
When it comes to planning a successful wedding, much depends on your chosen wedding service providers. The Star newspaper broke a story about brides accusing wedding planner Alfred Muntz of conning them out of money, of theft, and of not providing the service promised (Read article here).
At any wedding, you will probably have around 9 service providers – a Minister, Wedding Planner, Decor and Flower Designer, DJ, Cake Specialist, Stationer, Photographer, Videographer, Make-up Artist, Hair Stylist, etc.
Each service provider must match your personal style, able to share your vision and have similar work ethic and communication style. Choosing your suppliers is very important. If you put together the right team for you, then everything in your wedding planning process will be smooth sailing. However, how do you place your trust and your money to somebody your don’t know?
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27
Trend Alert – Wedding Expo Bag
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
Imagine having the coolest and most practical wedding planning bag of the season? Well, thanks to the Wedding Expo’s reduce, reuse and recycle initiative you can own a truly green bag. The organizers of the wedding Expo collected all the canvas material from advertising billboards from pervious marketing campaigns and made bags out of them.
You can fit all your wedding magazines, file, ribbon samples and other wedding planning related literature or materials into this super sturdy bag. It is conveniently wide with very strong straps, because as a bride there are a lot of details to consider and wedding planning can get, literally, heavy!
Each bag is truly unique, one of a kind and made out of 100% recycled material. These bags will be on sale at The Wedding Expo this weekend (stand E8) for only R30. Stocks are limited so hurry to get your bag as soon as you get to the Wedding Expo so you have a great bag to fill up with exciting goodies!
Mar
19
A Splendid Deal
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
If you are looking for a fabulous deal of the year, then look no further! Splendid Affairs is giving away a bridal bouquet to the value of R650 to the bride who books us for her wedding during March, April, May 2012 on the presentation of Autumn edition of Wedding Inspiration Magazine.
Mar
19
Wedding Inspirations Magazine Bridal Bouquet Feature
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
Splendid Affairs had a privilege of styling the wedding bouquet feature for the latest issue of Wedding Inspirations Magazine. Get you copy of this gorgeous edition and flip to page 126 to see different styles of local bouquets.
Photography by Custo Photo
Mar
16
Honesty and Trust
Posted by Evegenia Poplett
On Wednesday, a group of wedding planners and venue coordinators met at Morrells Boutique Venue for a forum in which general wedding industry related matters were discussed.
One very hot issue encountered by everyone in the industry is honesty and trust between a supplier and a client. Everyone agreed that honesty and trust are magical ingredients that make wedding planning processes smooth and successful. However, it is very difficult for clients to trust suppliers. After all, the paradox of planning a wedding often boils down to the fact that suppliers are asking bride to trust that her wedding day is going to work out and be perfect, even though she has no reference of what it is like to experience a perfect wedding day.
We identified some factors that are important in order to build trust between the couple planning a wedding and suppliers:
1. Cost transparency – suppliers need to be open about all costs involved
2. Honesty – suppliers need to understand any delicate family situations, or other vital information (finances are a big one)
3. Respect for fees charged – each supplier earns a living from providing services. Is it not best to know what exactly how much your supplier costs for working on your wedding as opposed to guessing just how much of their fee is worked into each item?
4. Respect for experience
5. General friendliness – everyone at the forum agreed that if the client treats supplier with respect, the more likely supplier to go, not an extra mile, but extra 100 miles for the client
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