When I married my husband nine years ago, I hired a wedding planner. We had a big wedding. I worked full time and was trying to make wedding plans with 90 miles separating me from the groom AND the place where our wedding and reception was being held. It was the smartest thing I ever did.
Crista Tharp's Book
So whether a bride that works with J. Love Photography hires a wedding planner or not, I have been thinking that I would really like to provide a special gift to help make the entire process of planning a wedding easier. I began searching for a book that I could give the bride and talked to a few wedding planners I know and trust.
To my surprise, so many of the books out there are painfully out of date not addressing so many of today’s bride’s needs (multiple sets of parents, outdated traditions and how to update them, stepchildren, etc.). I also got tired of the ‘weddings on a shoestring’ mentality. We all like to save money and get as much bang for our buck as possible, but creating a wedding on a shoestring budget is NOT the only kind of wedding. After all, this is the biggest day of our new lives together!
Today’s couples are very busy, holding down jobs, going to school, sometimes already raising children, etc. They don’t have time or the interest in making paper flowers for the tables and research, buy, and then MAKE all the invitations either! There had to be a happy medium. And I think I found it…
In my research, I came upon a wonderful wedding planning guide for brides called Blissfully Simple: Wedding Planning for Real Couples with Real Budgets. It is written by a savvy wedding planner named Crista Tharp to help brides; whether they have a wedding planner or don’t! It’s a functional, three-ring binder system filled with tips, forms, lists, and problem-solving guides! It retails for $24.95. But any bride that books their wedding with J. Love Photography receives this planner absolutely FREE! So if you are bride getting married in the Dexter, Ann Arbor, or Metro Detroit area, or even considering a destination wedding, give us a call and see why hiring J. Love Photography as your wedding photographer will be one of the smartest decisions you make.