Annual Wedding Day Coordination Contest

Bellissimo Weddings & Events is holding our annual wedding coordination contest. We will be giving away a Piccoli Package (month of coordination) to one lucky couple.Please see contest rules below. GOOD LUCK!!!

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How to enter:

Send an email to BellissimoWeddingsNY@gmail.com  with the subject line “Month of Coordination Contest” with the following information:

•Couples Name

•Contact Information (phone and email)

•Wedding Ceremony and Reception Location (s)

•Wedding Date

•Wedding Website (if applicable)

•Additional wedding information such as your vendors, theme, color scheme, etc.

Please tell us your story about how you fell in love, your engagement, details of your wedding and why you should be chosen as the winner.

 

Prize Package:

PICCOLI PACKAGE worth $1,500

Your work is done. Vendors are selected. Flowers are chosen. Favors purchased. It's now time to hand over the responsibility to someone else so that you can spend your time celebrating and absorbing all of the touching, emotional moments that encompass your wedding day. With Bellissimo Weddings & Events, you can rest assured knowing that your wedding professionals are behind the scenes orchestrating the details, managing the vendors, and averting crises before they occur. How nice to know that you have experts devoted to ensuring that your wedding day is perfect!

 

Month of Coordinating Package

Referrals and Advice: Upon hiring Bellissimo Weddings & Events, we are happy to provide you with unlimited venue and vendor referrals, as well as etiquette advice.

Detail Meeting: 4-6 weeks prior to your wedding, we will meet again to develop your wedding day schedule, review vendor contracts, wedding decor, ceremony order, and all other wedding details. Then we will do final site visits at the ceremony and reception sites.

Circulate detailed Schedule of Events to all necessary parties (vendors, wedding party, etc.)

Vendor liaison: Confirm vendors' timing and contractual obligations

Handle all outstanding issues with vendors

Review seating lists to ensure accuracy

Provide maps and directions to locations if needed

Attend and orchestrate the wedding rehearsal

Coordinator to manage wedding day

Direct wedding set-up according to diagrams (chairs, tables, linens, cake table, etc.)

Placement of all personal items provided by client (programs, favors, place cards, guestbook, menus, toasting flutes, photos, etc.)

Guest Liaison: Direct guests to various locations, answer questions, etc.

Pin flowers on family and attendants

Direct and cue all vendors, as well as distributing final payments and gratuities to vendors

Manage the day's events (cuing bridal party, review schedules with vendors, maintain timeline, direct guests, etc...)

Event day troubleshooting

Transfer items from ceremony to reception sites

Orchestrate Bridal send-off, if necessary

Collect all items from ceremony and reception sites for safekeeping until delivered to hotel room or designated friend or family member

Bridal Emergency Kit

 

Rules:

•Entries must include the above information along with a photo of the couple.

•Wedding must take place in the Capitol District/Saratoga region

•Wedding must take place in 2012 or 2013 and is subject to our availability

•Entries must be received by 11:59 EST on February 1, 2012.

•Limit one entry per couple

•The couple must be at least 18 years of age or older

The winners will be selected on February 14, 2012. The selected entrants will be contacted through email or telephone. Three attempts will be made to contact the winning couple, after that which another entry will be chosen. In the event that a selected entrant does not comply with these Contest Rules and Regulations an alternate entrant will be selected from the remaining entries. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received. The prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be redeemed for cash.

The winning couple cannot be contracted with any other wedding planner/coordinator.

Kids at Your Wedding?

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Often couples planning their wedding question whether they should or should not have kids at their wedding. For some, there is no question about it especially if you have close relatives or friends with small children or if you or your fiancé have children of your own. If you or your fiancé have kids it is important to make them feel included in the big day. This wedding will not only be changing your life, but it will also be changing theirs. You want to make sure that they don’t feel replaced or any resentment towards your marriage. There is not a perfect or right way to do this. Every situation and child is different.

If you are planning on having children at your wedding there are a few things to keep in mind. If you are having a late reception kids tend to get cranky, especially those under 10. The parents should know their childs limitations and make a wise decision whether they will keep their kids at the entire reception. If it is in your budget plan on hiring professional nannies to tend to the children while the parents enjoy themselves. If a child is flower girl or ring bearer in your wedding ceremony, expect to invite that child to your reception. It is not fair to the child to get all dressed up and practice their steps only to be told they can't come to the party.

Keeping kids entertained at the wedding is simple. Set up a kids table with crafts (no paint ) for the kids to color, bead or write notes to the bride and groom. Play a few popular kids songs and get the little ones out on the dance floor for some unforgettable photo's and video. Place a few disposable camera's on the kids tables and let the kids capture some memories for you...yes the photos will probably be terrible, but fun to look at!

Make sure to keep the food simple pizza, cheeseburgers and chicken fingers are always popular. Make sure to set snacks out where kids can reach them or pack a cute favor box with some snacks and juice boxes. Below are some fun ideas for kids favors and kids tables, enjoy!

Sources: Martha Stewart Weddings, The Knot & DiBella Weddings

{Inspiration Board} Black, White and Pink

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The internet is full of ideas to create the look for your special day. You can Google just about anything and everything in any color or theme imaginable. A great way to keep all those photos organized is to create an inspiration board, which makes it easy to narrow down the look you want to create for your wedding. Here is a black white and pink inspiration board that was inspired by the amazing cake created by Vincent Pilon, Mandalay Bay’s very own celebrity Chocolatier and Pastry chef.