Parental Planning 101

When your younger and have the honor of having your parents pay for your amazing wedding  there can be much friction unless open honest communication is put into place at the very beginning of the planning process. You start out dreaming about the day that you will get married, dreaming about whom your significant other will be and the details of what you will want on your big day. When that day arrives the excitement is overflowing and you are the spotlight of the room, until someone else bursts that bubble. This can happen more often than I would like, thus why I am writing about it.

      If you, the bride and groom have one thought of a wedding theme and your parents another, then you need to sit down and talk. The first thing that you must do is figure out your budget! Do not leave it to your parents to say, "this is the budget have fun with it".  What may and usually will happen is you will plan one thing and they will be expecting and or planning something completely different. Therefore, when you both have an exact amount and are on the same wave length of budget move onto style, decor, theme, vendors, and most of all working as a team to make your dream wedding happen!

    What happens when this does not happen?  A whirlwind of unhappiness everywhere, brides become unhappy as they are not getting what they want and parents become disgruntled with vendors because they are only trying to please the bride and groom and get stuck in the middle trying to find common ground of merging everyone together. If no one is communicating that, "this is what we have all agreed upon and what we all love" - they key word here is all and we then it might take a while for your wedding to take form. So before planning your wedding with your amazing parents who have raised you, loved you, fed and clothed you- remember that while they are paying for this event and need to be respected, this too is your one big day so you as well need the same amount of respect, thus communicate everything even the smallest of details. 

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Signature Series Collection

     1.      The Vermont Enchanted Wedding:

T      The Vermont Enchanted Wedding is our favorite event as it is steeped with Vermont tradition from our rustic New England charm to the beautiful area historic venues that you can choose from.  This wedding will light the way for your guests using different elements of candles, lanterns, and color tones that represent you and what Vermont is all about. We will work with your favorite colors of Vermont and create patterns that can range from subtle to bold and interactive.  We take your wedding journey and merge it with the journey of Vermont’s heritage from the food to your floral arrangements, and create a wedding that will unfold a story for your guests that says Vermont is an amazing place to be married in!

2.  The Fusion - a celebration of toasting and taste  

T     This event is for the smaller made weddings or the weddings that do not want the sit down style reception. With an upscale take on a new look, we bring in a cocktail soiree of sorts to you with lots of high top tables and bar back chairs, lounge furniture for guests to get comfy on and warm and earthy colors that symbolize who you are your special someone is. The lighting will be low tones that are relaxed liked a coffee club just waiting for a great drink and app to follow. The music will be pumping through the night while your wait staff passes apps to your guests! Be prepared to sit back or just dance the night away as this night is all about living it up in cocktails and decadence.

3. They Elegant Affair:

     Make room Vermont for the citified look. Bring your favorite metropolitan that you love into your venue to make this your signature event. They Elegant Affair features lighting that is bold, colors that speak volumes about who you are as a couple and the city you love, floral center pieces that have their own sparkle, a lounge area, and classic elements of the city brought to life in a Vermont atmosphere! This is event is all about the WOW factor!

4.   Fairy tale's told by you:

H     Have you ever just sat down and read one story like Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella and said that’s my favorite book! Well here at VT Enchanted Events Signature Series Collection we take the fairy tale's right from the books you love and make the reality!  Will it be horse drawn carriages for your arrival? Or bright beautiful colors that speak volumes about the story and you as a couple?! We see that no detail to big or small is missed and incorporate your own fair tail come to life!

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