Our Wedding Planning Contest Winners!

Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC is pleased to announce the winners of our Summer Wedding Planning Contest! Drum roll please...........





Meet Zoe and Tino. We loved their story and you will too! Stay tuned to our blog over the next couple of months for more details about their journey to the alter.

Wedding Card Box

There are so many little details involved in planning your wedding day. But a very important detail to remember is your wedding card box. Here's why. A lot of your guest will buy you a wonderful wedding gift, but many will simply give you and your new husband a card with a monetary gift inside to help you start your new life.
So you have the choice of a traditional white satin covered box or a colorful tiered card box in your matching wedding colors. Toady's bride has the choice to kick it up a notch!



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Ways to Cut Wedding Costs (Tip # 1)

Let me start by saying that your wedding planner can give you wonderful tips on how to save money on your wedding. That being said, I will share with you a great way to save a ton of money on your wedding. Cut down on your guest list!
Between your list of people you want to invite, your fiance's list, and both sets of parent's lists, before you know it your guest list is huge. What you can do is separate the guests into two lists. List A can be the people you absolutely have to invite. List B can be the list of people you want to invite if you can.
A great way to look at your guest list is to consider what inviting each person includes. For every person that you invite it means an invitation, a program, a meal, a few drinks, a slice of cake, a rented chair for the ceremony, a rented chair for the reception, and a guest favor at the very least. If you cut your guest list by 8-10 people, you just saved yourself a rented table, 8-10 rental chairs, rented linen for that table, a centerpiece, food and beverage for 8-10 people, invitations, programs, and favors for them!
Cutting your guest list may also allow you to rent a smaller less expensive reception room and cut down on the staff needed to be hired. So even though your mom may want you to invite your second cousin, if you have not seen or heard from them in several years, think about the cost vs. the savings of inviting them. Happy planning!

Our Wedding Planning Contest Last Chance!

Only one week to the end of our fantastic Summer Wedding Planning Contest ends. So far, we have read some great stories, but it's not over yet. You still have time to enter. If you want our Champagne and Strawberries Package services free of charge enter to win! Click here for details.

Bellini

A Bellini is an extremely popular drink in Italy. It is a delicious blend of champagne and peach. Although you can make this drink with only two ingredients, you have options. You can use champagne such as Veuve Clicquot or a sparkling wine such as Prosecco. For the peach side of the drink, you can use Peach Schnapps or pureed peach. Whatever version you select is up to you, but for the best results use: 1 part peach and 3 parts champagne in a chilled champagne flute.

Photo courtesy of Raphael Derkson

Photo Booth Anyone?

A fantastic trend this year is having a photo booth at your wedding reception. We all remember the excitement of entering a photo booth with our friends and having a great time posing and making silly faces. Then waiting a few minutes to see how great you looked. I guess we never got over that excitement.
Today, photo booths are still a big hit. Not only can a booth be a fun activity for you and your guests, but your guest can take home pictures as their wedding favor as well as leave pictures for a scrapbook of lasting memories for you. So why not let your wedding guests enjoy a photo booth at your wedding? We won't tell them that you really got it so you could make funny faces in it with your new spouse!

Our Summer Wedding Planning Contest

Your Champagne Wishes Events, LLC wants to celebrate the beginning of summer with a fantastic contest! We want to hear your love story. Tell us how you met, how you got engaged, your plans for the future in 500 words or less, with a photo of the two of you.

The lucky winner will win our Champagne and Strawberries Package free of charge! This is our partial planning services that starts at $1,500. Our contest begins June 21ST and ends July 12Th at 11:59 PM. Eligible couples must be 18 years of age or older, legal residents of Georgia and their wedding must take place in 2009 or 2010. Email your contest entry to info@YourChampagneWishesEvents.com. Make sure that you include your names, a phone number and email address in your submission so that we can contact you if you win.

Please visit our website for more information about our services at YourChampagneWishesEvents.com. The winner will be announced on Friday July 17TH. Good luck everyone!