Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Month of Coordination vs. Day of Coordination

Hi, my name is Hillary and I am a horrible blogger. I really do have an excuse though! Her name is Miss Kennedy Viola Louise Smith! Isn't she adorable? She is the best baby ever and sleeps through the night like a champ!


So recently I have been receiving several inquiries from brides regarding a "day of coordinator" and wanting to reduce my month of package. I thought I should take a few moments and address why I offer month of versus day of coordination.

 When I first started planning, I offered day of coordination/planning to my clients. I would meet with them one time other than their initial consultation, create their timeline, and then show up for the rehearsal. I experienced a couple of weddings where I felt like I did not know what was going on and that I should have in order to serve my clients better, after all the wedding industry is all about being in a service to clients. 
    From that point on, I knew that I needed to re-evaluate my business model and just exactly what I was doing and not doing for the brides who were trusting me with their wedding day. I began researching other markets besides Nashville to see what was being offered. I then learned of month of coordination and how it offered brides more than 2 meetings (initial and timeline creation) and offered more like 3 or 4! Yes!!! This was just what I needed. With the creation of month of, I started being able to create relationships with my clients and their vendors! Ever since creating my month of package versus day of, weddings have run super smooth. 



So that's it! Month of coordination provides the same thing as day of coordination, it just provides me with a better opportunity to create relationships with your vendors as well as get to know your wedding better which in turn allows me to ensure that your wedding day runs as perfect as you have envisioned it.

In the next couple weeks, I plan to blog some weddings that have not received blog attention yet as well as some details from ours (I know almost 2 years later oops).
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Wedding Recap: The First Look Part 2

         When we left off, James and I had finished getting ready and were ready to begin our pictures with Mark and Noelle. We decided on taking all our pictures beforehand because as a planner, I realize how important it is to not keep your guests waiting. Some of my more traditional family had a problem with this in the beginning, but looking back at our wedding day, I am very thankful that we did take all of our portraits beforehand. I must also add, brides: Make sure you have a shot list for your photographers before your wedding. This is one thing that I regret everyday because the pictures of my mom and I and my dad and I are limited. I blame myself for not being more proactive and doing this, but rather trusting myself that I would remember all of these on the wedding day.
























Wedding Vendors:
Photography: McCoy Made
Flowers: Patricia Capes
Videography: 2Duce2 Videography
Lighting: Nashville Audio Visual



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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

WEDDING RECAP- Getting Ready

FINALLY!! I am finding the time to get to our wedding recaps! I have been trying to find a good way to present these to you and I am so excited that I have finally done so!
  Our wedding was an absolute gorgeous day and we have many people to thank for that. The first, is our ever so talented photographers, Mark and Noelle McCoy of McCoy Made. As you will see below, they are stunning at what they do and we are so thankful they took on our wedding. Also, 2duce2Video for our wedding video, which I am going to try and get our teaser on here soon!

At this point on the wedding day, I had been running around like a mad woman trying to tie up loose ends with my Bridesmaid, Aspen. After finishing our details, we decided it was time for us to get serious and get me ready for my first look with James. On our video, you can hear constant laughter from us throughout the entire day!

Look for our next recap where we look at our first look!
I knew for a while I wanted some colored shoes under my dress, but due to my unusual shoe size, I actually had to order special shoes and have them dyed.











(My hair dresser pictured above, Jenny, told me when I went in for my trial a few weeks before, that if I did not bleed in my scalp on my  wedding day, she had not done her job. Needless to say, she did!)





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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Real Nashville Wedding: Jennifer and Drew- Mt. Juliet, TN

Yes!I am alive and kicking over here in Weddingland! I am so excited to FINALLY be able to be blogging some of our weddings from the fall!

First on the list in Jennifer and Drew's Gorgeous October 9 wedding at Cedar Creek Yacht Club in Mt. Juliet, TN. Jennifer is the Wedding Designer for Scott Graham Florals out of Lebanon, so you can bet there were LOTS of details!

Jennifer and Drew: It was an absolute joy to work with you on making your dream day run smoothly.

Vendors:

Month of Coordinator: Your Day of Fairy Tales
Photographer: Chris and Adrienne Scott
Flowers: Scott Graham Flowers
Dress: Faccio Bridal
Venue, Catering and Linens: Cedar Creek Yacht Club
Cake: Signature Cakes by Vicki
Paper: Designs in Paper








Jennifer and Drew worked on the road 9 months out of the year while they were planning and they were able to find this jewel of a guest book while out on the road.










Coming up next: Mia and Rafael's spiritual vow renewal!

Have a great week!



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