MISTAKES MY COUPLES WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT

Skipping The Hair/Makeup Trial Run

It’s SO important to make sure you’re in love with how your hair and makeup looks ON CAMERA before the big day. Doing a trial run gives your stylist the opportunity to learn and make tweaks before the big day. Maybe those curls weren’t quite how you wanted them so now your stylist knows to go up 1/2 inch on the curler on the big day. Without that trial run, you’d never know! Then you will forever be immortalized on your partner’s work desk photo with the wrong size curls! *Le Gasp!* That means Jerry from accounting is going to judge you if your curls aren’t right! 

In all seriousness, it’s important that YOU are happy with these things! It’s only a bonus if Jerry from accounting approves. 

One of my brides had such a fun and beautiful day. Unfortunately she never did a trial run on her makeup and while she liked her makeup in person- she was unhappy with how it looked in her photos. As her photographer, I did everything I could to help her love her photos but at the end of the day, your photographer can’t change your makeup after the fact. 

Please, please, please do a trial run , take lots of photos, and then look at them a few days later with a fresh perspective and make sure you’re still in love with it! This goes a long way toward easing your mind on your wedding day! 

going a little too DIY

I had a couple that had all of the CUTEST do it yourself decorations. They spent an entire year leading up to their wedding lovingly and meticulously piecing together aisle decorations, centerpieces, reception decor, bouquets and so much more. 

Then came their wedding day, and you know what happened? They spent almost their entire wedding day installing, moving, and re-arranging box after box of decorations. Yes, their decorations were absolutely breathtaking. Unfortunately my couple hardly got to enjoy their day. They didn’t get to bond and spend time with their bridal party. Their wedding day was a rush of setting up decor and breaking down decor. It broke my heart for them.

I absolutely love when couples pour themselves into their weddings and put custom personal touches on everything. However, make sure you have a good balance and ask yourself “who is going to be taking care of this stuff on the wedding day?” (This is also why I HIGHLY encourage every single one of my couples to hire a day-of coordinator.) I have some great ones I absolutely adore that I’ll share with you!

not assigning that special task to someone specific

Your wedding day will be a bit of a blur and some things are going to be missed or forgotten. You can reduce the chance of that happening by assigning those “special tasks” to specific people. This also helps that person feel special and more involved in your wedding day than the other guests! 

Real life example: Kristin and Chris personally created their reception centerpieces with teacups full of succulents. (*Collective awwwwwws*) Their intention was for each guest to have a new little friend to take home as a favor. Unfortunately, none of the guests ~knew~ that and all of the tea cups and plants were left behind! 

This sad situation could have been avoided if the couple had pulled a guest aside prior to the wedding and put them in charge of this! An example of how to ask for this would be , “Hey Friend! Could you do me a huge favor? During the reception could you please go to each table and let people know that the teacups are meant to be taken home at the end of the night? It’s really important to us that people know it’s a gift from us and I’m worried I’ll forget to let everyone know!” 

Another option is to hire a day-of wedding coordinator!