Weddingbee Blog

There were a few decisions in wedding planning that were quite simple for us. The fact that I had worked as a wedding coordinator’s assistant (WCA from here on) for most of 2009 helped in that department. I had already put some thought into what I might one day want in my own wedding, and I had met some pretty awesome vendors. Within the first week of being engaged we had chosen our colors, booked our venue, and chosen our photographers.

First up: Colors

We chose my favorite color (pink), Mr. Ticket’s favorite color (orange), and one to tone the others down a bit (black). We chose our color scheme before booking the date for our wedding and decided to keep it despite everyone telling us it looks “Halloween-y,” given our wedding is in October. With those colors in mind, we forged on with images like this guiding the way:

Top row (left to right): Image via The Knot / Photographed by Paul Versluis Photography, Image via The Knot / Photographed by Colin Lyons Photography / Bridal Bouquet by Richard Remiard Event Design, Image via Weddingbee / Posted by Spool56

Middle row (left to right): Image via Wedding Celebration, Image via The Knot / Photo by Studio Atticus, Image via Weddingbee / Posted by Mrs. Avocado

Bottom row (left to right): Image via The Knot / Photographed by Stephanie Colgan Photography, Image via The Knot / Photographed by Think Photographics, Image via The Knot / Photo by Erin Hearts Court

Next Up: Venue

While I was working as a WCA, I worked a wedding at Crestmore Manor and utterly fell in love with it. The couple was a total joy to work with (they were REALLY in love, which sadly didn’t always seem to be the case with couples we worked with), and the venue staff were awesome. I knew I would one day want to get married there; I had in fact seen the venue once before in pictures from a friend’s wedding and loved it then, too. So the day after we got engaged, I called up Crestmore Manor and made an appointment. Mr. Ticket and I didn’t have a particular date in mind, so we went in with a general time span of three months and figured we would book whatever they had. (They are VERY popular and book up over a year in advance usually.) We knew we really wanted a Saturday due to the fact that more than 60% of our guest list would be OOT guests and we didn’t want them to have to take off any more work than necessary.

So Sister Ticket went with me (Mr. Ticket had to work), and we booked a date—the LAST Saturday they had available in all of 2011. (God took mercy on us because I really didn’t want a LONG engagement.) And with that we started our 11.5-month wait till the wedding.

Image via Dana Grant Boutique Photography

Image via Hannsie Trainor Photographer

Image via Alders Photography

Finally: Photographers

Easiest task yet. I fell in love with the photographers (Carrie James Photography) from the Crestmore Manor wedding I helped plan (it really was a magical wedding), and I had actually already referred Sister Ticket to them for her wedding last year. I called them before we even booked our venue to see if they were available for Saturdays in the time frame we were looking for. (That’s how much I LOVE them.) We chose their eight-hour/two-photographer (they are a husband/wife team) package and added on an engagement session, and we were set!

Want to see some of their amazing work?

Image courtesy Carrie James Photography

Image courtesy Carrie James Photography

Image courtesy Carrie James Photography

Oh, the beautiful bride in those pictures just so happens to be Sister Ticket, by the way. Isn’t she gorgeous? She’s also the best MOH in the world.

Did you find certain aspects of wedding planning to be SUPER easy and fun?