WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce A Time 4 Memories llc. has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for wedding planning and coordination! 

 

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, A Time 4 Memories llc. was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients. 

A Time 4 Memories llc. is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year. 

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate A TIme 4 Memories llc. for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that A Time 4 Memories llc. is one of the very best wedding planner and coordinator within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012. 

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If you read bridal magazines or blogs you know that every year, every season for that matter wedding trends change. 2012 will be no different bringing fun new trends with it.

 

The Royal Wedding:

Hello to old world glamour!! From hats and facinators to white bridesmaids dresses 2012 brings the regal wedding back in style. There have been multiple reports that sleeves and lace are highly desired in dresses for next year. Ivory and cream in floral will carry the sophisticated old world glamour style through out the ceremony and reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pets:

They are part of your family, why should they be left out of your wedding? You can incorporate your furry 4 legged friend into your wedding in lots of different ways. They could be the ring bearer, flower dog, part of the wedding part or just an honored guest. (A word of advice: make sure your pet is well behaved and just as with children in the wedding know before hand that things might not go as planned. Have someone who the animal know and is comfortable with that can take control if needed.)

 

 

Specialty Tasting stations:

Tasting stations will be all the rage! Best part about this is it can be completely tailored to your wedding style/theme. Liquor tasting stations, wine and cheese sampling, a coffee bar, build your own ice cream sandwich bar, the options are limitless!! Along with tasting stations, liquid catering (or alcohol catering) will be in high demand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessert buffets:

For a while we have seen trends moving away from the traditional 3 tier wedding cake with the introduction of cupcakes and candy buffets. While those trends will still be popular the new trend leans towards dessert buffets. What a great way to give your guests variety. From miniature desserts to cupcakes  to flambe stations your guests will be thrilled to feed their sweet tooth with a variety of offerings.

 

Grooms cakes:

This trend has come and gone over the years but it will be hot in 2012. Such a great way to bring your grooms personality to the reception and get him involved.

 

Dresses:

Wedding dress trends for 2012 are ultra-romantic and dramatic compared to past years. There are lots of oversized flowers, extravagant beeding and large tiered skirts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Themes:

Themes will be HUGE in 2012 and we are not talking just a simple color palette. They will be full scale incorporating everything from the save the dates, to the flowers and desserts. This is a great way to weave your personality as a couple, have fun with it and make your wedding your own.

 

 

Love and happiness,

Morgan

For more inspiration, tips and advice find us on Facebook or Google+ and visit us at http://www.atime4memories.com/

 

 

Its that time of year again. Pantone has released the color of the year for 2012.... Tangerine Tango! Pantone calls it “a spirited reddish orange, that continues to provide the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward."

 

Executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, Leatrice Eiseman said it is “Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to. Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.”

 

Color forecasting influences fashion and make up to home decor and Pantone has become the leader in the industry for finding the hot new colors. The Dessy group offers Pantone Wedding, where you can experiment with color combos, create inspiration boards, and order chiplette color swatches. They even have a place where you can make your own 'will you be my bridesmaid?' cards in any pantone color.

 

For the first time Sephora is partnering with Pantone to introduce the first Color of the Year beauty collection. The limited edition collection features a variety of products including eye shadow, lipstick, lip gloss, nail polish and accessories, and will be available in Sephora Americas beginning March 2012.

 

The top 10 Pantone spring color line is as follows:

 

As you can see 2012 is going to be full of fun, vibrant colors. I LOVE IT!!! Here is a little bit of color inspiration for incorporating Tangerine Tango color into your wedding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wish trees started as a Dutch custom where wedding guests were given a piece of paper to write a wish for the bride and groom. The wishes were then hung on a tree and later collected for the bride and groom to read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is becoming a very popular way to replace the traditional guest book. Guests can write best wishes, advice, and dreams for the newleyweds. After the wedding you can make a scrapbook with the cards and for a fun touch add photos of your guests at the reception.

 

 

 

 

 

A wish tree is a great centerpiece for your guests as they enter the ceremony. You can completely personalize it to fit your style and wedding color scheme, make one yourself, purchase one online or use a living tree that can be planted at your home after the wedding.

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of venues offer an on-site coordinator. I have had a lot of brides ask me how that differs from an independent wedding coordinator and if you need to hire a coordinator if your venue offers an on-site coordinator.

 

An on-site coordinator is employed by the venue. Their first responsibility is to the venue and to make sure nothing goes wrong with the venue or venue staff. Sometimes when you are touring venues it is the on-site coordinator who will show you around and tell you about what is offered. If you have questions about the venue after you have booked this is generally the person you will talk to and you may meet with  them one or two  times before your wedding. On your wedding day they will be there to open the venue, make sure it is set up properly, and  to direct the venue staff. You will not generally see them to much during the wedding day as they are making sure the venue staff is doing what they are supposed to and set up is complete. The on-site coordinator will work with you to set up a time line for the wedding day in regards to the venues roles and responsibilities. They can also be a great resource for vendor referrals as they see first hand how vendors perform during a wedding.

 

An independent wedding coordinator (or wedding planner) is not employed by a venue, we are employed by the bride and groom.  We work closely with the bride and groom during your engagement to make sure all details are taken care of. Like an on-site coordinator a wedding coordinator is a great resource for vendor referrals as we also see how vendors perform during a wedding. A wedding coordinator works with the bride and groom on all aspects of the wedding, not just the location aspect. We will work with the bride and groom to set a time line for all the days events and coordinate this with all your vendors, including the on-site coordinator. We know what time you are having hair and make up done, when your photographer needs to arrive, and what time your cake and flowers are being delivered.

 

A wedding coordinator knows the big picture and all the small details. We know how many tables are supposed to be set up and what the centerpieces look like. We will make sure you look perfect in your dress before you walk down the aisle. We know what your first dance song is, what family members are supposed to be in pictures and who is going to take the gifts home at the end of the evening. Often with out a coordinator as the point of contact all your vendors have separate time lines that may not match up; your DJ has his, your on site coordinator has one, the photographer has their own, the cake baker doesn’t know when to set up, the florist doesn’t know what time to deliver the flowers, etc. With a wedding coordinator involved all vendors go by the same time line that includes all details they need. The making of this time line can be somewhat of collaboration of all your vendors and usually the wedding coordinator will ask for the vendors input ahead of time to make sure they’re successful with the time line provided. If the wedding gets behind, which can happen, the coordinator makes changes and updates all you vendors to make sure we are all successful in our roles.

 

I love working at venues that have an on-site coordinator. They have detailed knowledge of the grounds and  facility. They have seen hundreds of weddings done in hundreds of different ways and can offer advise on what works best in the space. Yes there is some overlap as to what an on-site coordinator and wedding coordinator do but as you can see the roles are completely different. An on-site coordinator will help you with on-site catering and venue logistics and a wedding coordinator will help you with your every aspect of your wedding. They can compliment each other nicely and work together to make your wedding day perfect, but one can not and should not replace the other.