Time to Inform Your Guests of the Bridal Registrations!

Don't hold back, this is your chance to get everything you need!

wedding guests a great idea of what the bride and groom would like to receive as wedding gifts. The basic concept is to decide on a single store or a few stores, create the registry, select the items from the list, and finally notify the wedding guests.  Here are some points of interest you may want to inform your guests of in your newsletter mentioned in our previous blog.

The Best Places to Register

What Gifts to Register and the Amount

The Best Time to Register

Price Ranges

How to Create an Exciting Wedding Newsletter

Here is the perfect example of a newsletter that would catch your guests' attention!

It’s important to stay in touch with all of the contacts that you plan on inviting to your wedding, and let them know of the list of stores that the bride has registered at. Having trouble catching your guests’ attention? Here are some tips on how to create an effective newsletter to forward to all of your wedding guests, keeping them informed and reminding them about the special memories that are about to come!

Information you might want to include:

· The date, time, and location of your ceremony and reception.

· Travel and hotel accommodations, or the name of a good travel agent who can make arrangements for them.

· Information about local area attractions and restaurants.

· Store registration locations.

· Interesting facts such as where you plan on going for your honeymoon or where you’ll be living after the wedding.

· Wedding plans and any changes that may occur during the planning process.

This newsletter is all about your big wedding day, so be creative! Don’t forget to include pictures! It’s best to send these letters 2-6 months before the wedding, so all guests will be able to receive them and have time to make hotel reservations. Keep you friends and family close while you prepare for the happy days that are ahead!

P.S.: Check out our next exciting blog post, The Essentials of Bridal Gift Registry!

The Ultimate Guide on Registration

Oh, the possibilities!

Your wedding’s on the way, and now it’s finally time to create a registry for your guests!  Creating a memorable wedding registry can be one of the best parts about getting married! Here’s a quick guide and simple list to make the most out of your wedding registry with the least amount of stress:

– Register at a place that’s available for all guests
Understand that not everyone who will send you a gift will live close to you. Keep your long-distance relatives and friends in mind. Choose a store chain to register with that is big enough for them to get to locally, or has an easy to use online registry search.

– Encourage guests to pool their money
If you have several expensive items on your registry, then it makes sense to ask people to pool their money together.  If you need a new or expensive item or want some extra cash for your honeymoon, it’s much easier for everyone to split the cost!

– Minimize your registry
Keep it simple and only put the things you really want, so you won’t end up with assorted items that gather dust and take up space in your future garage. It’s better to register for fewer things that you really want than to have pages and pages of possible gifts for people to sift through when they print your registry.

– Be prepared to return duplicate gifts
If an gift you receive is undesirable, make sure you schedule a day to go around and return things for cash, or store credit whenever possible. If possible, keep the gift giver in the dark about it, they gave the gift out of their love for you, and it’s better not to embarrass them or make them angry over returning a gift.

Above all, remember that registering for practical items will serve you best. The intent behind wedding gifts is that in a way, they help give the new couple the foundation of their future home together. If you register for things that will not help you build your new home into a happy place, then both you and your guests will miss out on this opportunity.

Tim to make some final decisions to perfect your wedding!

How to Decide Which Relatives to Invite to Your Wedding

Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. It’s vital to invite the people that you love and care about the most to share that day. The guest list can be the hardest task you will have to deal with during wedding preparations.

This is the time you have sit down with your parents to make some tough decisions. You also have the added burden of trying to figure out whether or not to invite distant relatives.  Distant relatives are those people within your family that are far away from your actual bloodline, for instance a third cousin would be a distant relative.

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Whether you’re 18, 26, or 52, we all have to move out of our parent’s house eventually.

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Maybe our South Carolina Wedding couple should consolidate their furnishings and take the advice of Airmen 6s model.

6S is a six-step process that stands for safety, sort, straighten, shine, standardize and sustain.

Through the 6S method

Airmen learn to see misplaced materials, equipment and information, and find the optimal setup that reduces waiting time, inefficient handling and waste.

6S is a tool of the Lean initiative being used by the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. Going “lean” is a way to remove waste and save money and time while improving quality.

Many people think this is just about cleaning up their bedroom or kitchen. But it’s really much more than that. It’s about organizing it to be more effective, and keeping it up.

At Travis Air Force Base, Calif., the 615th Contingency Response Wing and 60th Air Mobility Wing share a 3,400-square-foot warehouse. Using the 6S method they were able to remove 40 tons of unused equipment, recycle four truckloads of metal and aluminum, and find new homes for 117 pieces of furniture.

The end result was almost 2,000 square feet of newly available space.

The oldest item found was a picture dated from 1983, and the most interesting item found was a 4-feet-by-8-feet piece of aluminum with B-29 nose-art painted on it, The nose art was delivered to the Travis Museum; they were delighted to have it.

The 6S process got people to get rid of junk,Now the home is more organized which aides the personnel to do jobs more quickly.

Shops around the command purged themselves of unneeded items and moved frequently used office supplies to more central locations to provide quick and easy access for employees.

They even changed floor plans to make employee paths more efficient.

Once full of crowded hallways and supply rooms, underwent the 6S process. What wasn’t removed was labeled and organized into place.

The process also saved time.

It will cut down on the ‘hunting for parts’ that always comes with the inspection and packing of personal belongings.

p.s.: Check out the next blog making a list of which items are not on hand.

There’s no reason to toss all your wedding memorabilia…

Or, put it away where you can’t see it.

Instead reuse all your wedding mementos to decorate your new home with some South Carolina charm with your spouse. Here are some unique ways that you can put your wedding items to good use in your home.

Decorate with Your Wedding Pictures

One of the easiest ways that you can decorate your home with items from your wedding is to frame your favorite wedding pictures and use them as decorations. They can be hung on the walls or they can simply sit on a table or on a fireplace mantle.

Consider blowing up your favorite portrait and hanging it above the fireplace or on a wall in your bedroom. You can even take a few different wedding shots as well as pictures from your honeymoon and make a collage of them to hang on an empty wall and don’t forget to give a little twist of South Carolina charm with a floral decoration, palmetto trees or a mountain landscape.

Make a Shadow Box with Your Wedding Memorabilia

A shadow box is a great way to gather your wedding items create a unique decoration for your home. Some of the wedding mementos that you can use may include your invitation, program, favors, a piece of the wedding dress and dried flowers.

Arrange the items in the shadow box as you please and then hang the box on the wall or place it on a shelf. This decoration can be a great piece for your bedroom to remind you of your wedding everyday.

Decorate With South Carolina Wedding Flowers

If you used real flowers for your wedding dry them out and make potpourri. Place the dried flowers in a decorative basket or vase and add essential oils for a sentimental addition to any room.

If you had fake flowers at your wedding, you have a lot more decorating options. You can simply leave them the way that are and place them in a vase or basket as an instant decoration for the home, or you can alter them a bit.

Take a number of different bouquets from the wedding and make one large flower arrangement, or split them up two slightly smaller ones. These flowers can be placed in just about any room of the house and will instantly add color and brightness to the room.

Best of all you will remember your wonderful wedding day every time you walk by.

ps: Check out the Where Do You Live After the Wedding here!

That long courtship surprisingly ended in marriage.

How did you decide where to live after you are married?

Since the housing market in Lancaster,  South Carolina seems to be getting better and interest rates are still pretty low you have some different options.

Do you want to live on one income and invest the other one?

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In our next post we will discuss the consideration of the rooms in your new home.

ps: Check out the Consider How Many Rooms there will be to furnish here!