Wedding Tips + Tricks | Tackling the Wedding Registry

One of the funniest aspects of preparing for your wedding is the creating the wedding registry. This can be a great bonding time with you and you fiance finding the best products to compliment your home and to start off your married life together. For men, its the power of the registry scanner and for women its picking out your own gifts. The key to a successful registry experience is to register together since this is for the both of you; and to make a whole day out of it by going out to lunch or dinner afterward. Remember the process can take anymore from one to three hours so make sure that you are not under any time constraints.

Here are some helpful hints for registering:

1. Determine what store(s) you want to register at and what are your needs for the household. Make sure that you register at stores you frequent and if you are going to register for a speciality store make sure that you register for a nationwide department store to accommodate all of your guests.

2. Register in person rather than online. This is best since you can touch and feel out the products and then after completing your registry you can always go online to change or add a product.

3. Register for items to fit every kind of budget. With the current state of our economy make sure to register for a wide variety of products with price points. But don't shy away from registering for big ticket items such as a luggage set since a new trend is for wedding guests to pool their money to purchase one large gift.

4. Do your research on household products. Before you register figure out what your needs are. Don't register for something just to register. Stick to one brand for linens, towels, stemware, luggage and china. This will avoid receiving several items from different product lines.

5. Before your wedding, find a reliable friend or family member to gather all of your gifts at the church and/or reception venue to bring to your residence.

Real Wedding: Brittany + Bo

Wedding Planner: Elegant Affairs  //  Photographer: Erin Perkins Photography  //  Venue: Olson Mansion  //  Caterer: Gallucci’s  //  Florist: Flower Faye’s  //  DJ: Mystik Music

I first met Brittany two years ago when she became my new lash artist and I just fell in love with her and loved hearing stories about her and her Bo. So when they asked me to be their wedding planner I was so excited.

For their January wedding, these two wanted to embrace winter (even hoping for snow, which sadly didn’t happen) for its rich and bold colors.

What we loved most about their wedding was their incredible ceremony set-up with the beautiful arching branches and floral arrangements on wine barrels to the emotional ceremony performed by the bride’s grandfather.

The best part is these two just celebrated the birth of their daughter Bradleigh. I could not be any happier for this new family of three.