The best things in life are free, but you can leave it to the birds and the bees…I want money,” so goes the song many of us remember and it came to mind this morning when a lovely coordinator we work with – Kelley Cannon – emailed to ask about tips. She wanted to know [...]
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The Best Things in Life Are Free – ‘Tip’ to Reduce Wedding Day Stress
Posted in Dolce Studio Films, Editorial Column: Musings on Weddings & Film, How to Reduce Stress on Your Wedding Day, Questions Answered, tagged amount to tip, birds and the bees, feed your vendors, hearts and souls, hot meal, how to reduce stress on your wedding day, how to tip, how to tip on your wedding day, Kelley Cannon, one-take environment, parking spot, Pink Pineapple Events, reduce wedding day stress, the best things in life are free, tip, tipping in DC, tipping wedding vendors, valet parking, vendor meals, Wedding Gratuities Guide, wedding tips, who to tip on September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Why It’s Easier to Film a Wedding With a Coordinator in Charge
Posted in How to Reduce Stress on Your Wedding Day, tagged capture on film, coordinators, less stress, less stress on your wedding day, merits of a coordinator, merits of a planner, none the wiser, out of her own pocket, planners, problems solved, under wraps, wedding coordinator, wedding planner on March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While there are plenty of articles out there that will tout the merits of a planner or coordinator, I can attest from personal experience that those weddings with an organized, friendly, calm coordinator at the helm are much easier to capture on film. A calm person in charge keeps everyone focused on their own role, [...]
The Less Stress Binder
Posted in How to Reduce Stress on Your Wedding Day, tagged battle axe, cake, florist, flowers, less stress on your wedding day, place cards, reduce stress on wedding day, stationary, stress, The Less Stress Binder, vendor category, wedding day, wedding disaster, wedding fiasco on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As you plan your wedding day, you’re probably starting to gather all your correspondences, ripped out magazine pages and contracts with vendors in a pile somewhere, hoping to keep your ideas and plans together in one place. While you may not have a problem finding that one important piece of information YET, I recommend reducing [...]
Less Stress Planning & Pleasing
Posted in How to Reduce Stress on Your Wedding Day, tagged brides, dream wedding, enjoy your wedding day, how to enjoy your wedding day, how to relax, less stress, pleasing others, relaxed brides, stress, stressed bride, wedding day stress on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I once heard someone say that the most relaxed brides before the wedding end up being the most stressed brides on the day of the wedding. Their argument was that those brides hadn’t really finalized a lot of their decisions before the Big Day, so a battery of vendors positing a barrage of questions requiring [...]










