How to Make Everyone Happy

One question that often comes up when discussing planning a wedding with couples is "How do we make everyone happy". First lets start by saying trying to make everyone involved in your wedding happy will be close to impossible. By beginning your planning by starting with this premise your wedding planning will be made easier.

Once you are engaged it is important to sit down as a couple and discuss exactly what each of you invision for your wedding day. This should include an extensive conversation between the two of you including your budget (exactly what the two of you are willing to spend in out of pocket funds), number of guests who will be invited to the big day and the components of your wedding day that are important to you. This is the time to start compromising for the rest of your life together. Take your partners view into serious consideration and try to work together to come up with a wedding plan that will work for both of you. It amazes me how many couples get engaged and never have this conversation. One person and it is normally the bride just starts running with the planning until one day it becomes obvious to the groom that he is getting involved in an event that was not exactly what he had in mind...talk and talk now!!!

Next get together with each of your parents. Don't bring all the parents together for one meeting. Make sure to have parents over or out for dinner separately so they are comforable with expressing their views. Let them know what you have decided as a couple you are planning for your wedding day. Do this soon after you are engaged. At this time ask parents their views on your vision. Now is the time to compromise with parents. One of the biggest issues will be number of people invited to the wedding. Parents may want to invite guests you never imagined at your wedding. Now is the time to discuss the number of guests you would like to keep the invitiation list to. It will cause less grief later. Parents will often let you know at this time what they are willing to financially help you out with. Consider this is the rest of your wedding planning budget.

Finally many in your wedding party will have their vision of what your wedding day should be like. Remember especially when chosing dresses that this is one area that the bride should consider her attendants opinions. You don't want a group of unhappy ladies standing up for you because you made them wear a purple dress with pink polka dots that is your favorite colour but look horrible on everyone in your wedding party. Brides make some compromises here and make sure your bridesmaids all feel comfortable and are happy with their dresses. One great way of doing this is by choosing a colour and let the bride choose the style that best suits her figure.

Finally remember that this is one day for is the start of the rest of your life together. How you get through this wedding planning stage will likely have a direct impact on how you get through other milestones in your life together. Beginning to work together as a couple will have a beneficial effect on your relationship for many years to come...happy planning and remember the easist way to plan your wedding together is at the Wedding Extravaganza '09 Show at the Caboto Club of Windsor on Saturday January 17th and Sunday Janaury 18th. This is a great place to bring your parents along so they feel part of your big day!!

Welcome to the Wedding Lady Blog

Welcome to the Wedding Lady Blog an extension of the Weddingshows.com webpage. This blog has been developed to help give you news flashes, tips and tidbits in the planning of your wedding. I hope you will find it helpful humorous and a useful tool in planning your wedding. The Wedding Lady is always open to your suggestions on content too so please let me know what you’d like to chat about and I’ll do my best to cover all topics!!

My first blog report will tell you a little bit about what you should get ready for at this year’s Wedding Extravaganza Show. As Christmas nears many couples will find that they are newly engaged and will want to be out planning their wedding in the New Year. If you live in the Windsor/Detroit Essex or Chatham/Kent Counties you can count yourself as lucky. The Wedding Extravaganza Show held annually at the Caboto Club is one of the longest established Wedding Shows in Canada and is also one of the largest wedding shows in Ontario. This is the 22nd year of showcasing what Windsor and area has to offer the bride and groom and boy do we have a lot!!! Windsor is known for great weddings.

This year’s show will showcase what’s new and trendy in the wedding market. The Wedding Extravaganza Show may now be the wedding show your parents planned their wedding at and although we carry on some old traditions we always are on top of what’s new and exciting and stay in tune with what today’s brides and grooms are looking for and where they are finding the most useful places to plan their wedding. We know the internet is now the main tool for researching and planning your wedding and The Wedding Lady Blog is our “new” way to stay in tuned with you.

So here is the scoop…book Saturday January 17th and Sunday January 18th on your calendar to attend “THE BIG ONE” The 22nd annual Wedding Extravaganza Show. It’s at the Caboto Club and the new show hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. The fashion shows take place at 12:30 and 3:00 each day and they are a don’t miss item for entertainment value even if you already have your dress. I guarantee you that these fashions show will put you in the mood for love!!! 200 Exhibitors,$25,000.00 in prices, free Magazines including the New Show directory which is Windsor’s best resource for this area’s Wedding Businesses, and of course the WeddingBells Magazine as well as a bottle of Jamieson Vitamins to keep you healthy during the planning process. All this and still more, enter to win 13 aisle prizes valued at $400 or more each, a honeymoon vacation and a Brides Stagette Party, and there is still more.

This year the all “new” Grooms Room will be the place for men to hang out once they have seen enough of the show. This special room will feature a 56” flat screen with the weekend’s big sports games on it, a black jack table with lots of prizes, spirit sampling and a gift bag for each guy hanging out.

Show admission is only $7 and there are lots of $2 off coupons at our participating stores. Check out the Ticket section of weddingshows.com to see some of our coupon distribution locations.
Many of our visitors to this show like to come back for the second day. You can pick up a weekend pass for $10 on Saturday at the door.

On December 15th we start with the real icing…I’ll blog about how to keep everyone happy when planning your wedding…or not!!! New blog potsings will be posted each Monday…until then happy planning!!!