New Wedding Applications

Yes, there's an app for that!
The Wedding Caddy Team has several phone applications to help you plan for your big day!

There's an app for your Wedding To Do list! Be aware that some lists are extensive and have items that will not relate to you, these can be overwhelming!

No app needed for our Ever After brides, who receive monthly reminders from us that are specific to where they are in the planning process.

Plan your  Wedding Budget with an app.

Get a Wedding Day Countdown

Get help with your Wedding Day Time Line


Wedding planning in 2011, get the app!
Planner Girl:)

Diary of a Bride: Shauna

Shauna and Arthur
April 30, 2011

Q: How did you meet?
A: I met Arthur several years ago when he was teaching the singles Sunday school class. A couple of years passed and I was on Facebook on Memorial Day weekend 2008 and I came across his page. I took a chance and emailed him to see if he would like to meet for coffee sometime and catch up. He wrote me back and said yes, so on that Sunday evening, we met at church and after the service we went to eat at Bravos. From that night on we have been together.

Q: How he proposed?
A: We went to Jackson to visit his family one weekend in May 2010. While we were there we decided to go to Memphis for the Memphis in May Bar-B-Que Festival. At the time his sister Frances was living in Memphis so we stopped to get her and all went to the festival together. We ate lunch on Beale Street. After we took Frances home, Arthur started driving around town showing me all the places he had grown up when he was a child. He pulled into First Baptist Church of Memphis. The parking lot was empty and he was determined to go inside. I finally got out of the car and we went to the front of the church. Of course the doors were locked because it was a Saturday. I was ready to get back into the car in the air conditioning because it was extremely hot that day. He started talking about how he was saved at that church and how special that church was to him. Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was very surprised. We hugged and of course I said yes. We drove back to his parent’s house and had a great dinner with his family.

Q: The best part about planning a wedding?
A: Getting back in touch with a friend I had lost contact with. I always knew that Leigh, my best friend from 6th grade on would be my maid of honor. We had lost touch over the past several years but I couldn't imagine my wedding without her standing beside me. I was able to get in touch with her and she is my maid of honor and her daughter Caroline is going to be one of my flower girls. We have had fun talking and picking out dresses together. She was with my mom and me when I found my dress. She is actually the one who picked it out for me to try on.

Q: The worst part about planning a wedding?
A: I had no idea how much detail went into planning a wedding. I always thought it would be so simple. Little did I know!!!! The cost of things really surprised me too. If it wasn't for Kristie, I would have lost my mind along time ago. She has saved me and my mom a lot of worry. I know she is the best.

Photos provided by Rosewood Photography

We love our brides! 
Planner Girl:)

Diary of a Bride: Heidi

Heidi and Daniel

June 4, 2011

Q: How did you meet?

A: Well, I met Daniel through his best friend. Daniel and I became friends long distance through Facebook and it just grew from there.



Q: How did he propose?
A: Daniel proposed on skype while he was on his Coast Guard Cutter in the middle of the ocean, somewhere near South America.

Q: What’s the best thing about planning?
A: It's fun to plan a big party! However, there are so many choices and I never feel like I can pick just one. I'm always afraid I'm not going to pick the best one for me. I love the thought of all of our friends and family coming together to celebrate.

Q: What’s the worst thing about planning?
A: The money. I never knew how expensive it would all be. And having to drop something you always wanted because you can't afford it.

Q: Any other thoughts?
A: I've just learned that I can't get everything that I want and I'm ok with that, but that in the end, everything will be beautiful and all that matters is that I'm marrying the best man in the world for me!


We love our brides!
Thanks Heidi,
Planner Girl:)

Diary of a Bride: Heather

Heather and Shawn

June, 18, 2011

Q: How did you meet?
A: Shawn and I were informed about one another through my cousin and Shawn's friend. Shawn found my Myspace page and it went on from there.

Our first date was very fun. Since we are both dog lovers, we broke the ice by going for a dog walk. We then went to dinner, played at the arcade, and went to see the movie 21.

Q: When did he propose?

A: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Q: How did you get engaged?

A: Shawn and I had been discussing marriage for a couple months before the actual proposal. When we decided that we were going to do it, Shawn took me to pick out my engagement ring.

I went to work just like any other day, and Shawn was on vacation during the week of the proposal. When I came home that night, Shawn had a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a meal with all of my favorite dishes made. There was only one problem. Shawn used a grill that he had just purchased a couple of days before to make the meal, and the grill caught on fire. The food was a bit burnt, but the night was still perfect.

Before we ate, Shawn got down on one knee and popped the question. (He said that if my answer is yes, Radar (the ring bearing dog) would get a steak of his own. So, couldn't say no!)

Of course, I said yes!

Q: What's been the best part of planning?

A: I would have to say that the best part of planning is finding the dress and the jewelry. I have also had a lot of fun going over some of the wedding details with close friends and family.

Q: What's been the worst part of planning?

A: For me, the worse part of planning would be making sure no one gets their feelings hurt when doing some of the planning. It is sometimes hard to get all of the main people together to go for the dress fitting and other important details like that.

Q: Is there anything else you want to share?

A: When I started the planning process, I thought that I would not have any problems planning the wedding with just the help of my family and friends. I found very quickly that there are so many small details to be taken care of. The process begin to become more work than fun. When I hired my planner, Kristie Wright, she took over all of the things that would have taken me hours upon hours to research and decide on. She had so many great ideas and so many wonderful contacts, the planning process became fun again. I am so happy that I hired my planner :)

Thanks for the shout out Heather!
We love our brides!
Planner Girl:)

How to work a bridal show!

Once you get engaged, it's a must that you attend bridal shows!
Both small and large bridal shows are beneficial to you.

Whether you're newly engaged, or the wedding is a month away, you can use a good bridal show!
Photo from a bridal show I attended in Alabama last May.

Small bridal shows:

Small shows are often sponsored by businesses (venues, bridal shops, etc). They often limit the number of vendors allowed to participate. Which is good, it means they were hand selected! These shows are great for getting to know vendors one on one. You have the time to chat with each of them to see what they have to offer. Small shows often ask vendors to provide give aways to brides. This is great for you! The fewer brides that attend, the more likely you are to win a prize!

Large bridal shows:

Large shows can bring hundreds of brides and many, many vendors! These shows are known for elaborate set ups in tents, lighting, fashion shows, food displays, etc.  Large shows are meant to connect brides to vendors! Many brides see the hot pink lanyard around their neck as a target. They breeze by booths and go straight for the food! Who can blame them- the chocolate groom's cake is yummy! But, remember you're there to collect information, stop and chat it up with the vendors!

There may be 100+ booths, so pace yourself!
Wear good shoes, come hungry and be ready to chat it up with folks. Interview them to see what they can do for you. Get their cards even if you're not sure if you need them.

Many vendors will have give aways. You will get hand cramps after signing your information ten dozen times. Here's a tip! Print out on sticky labels the following information: your name, wedding date, phone number, and email. Then just stick them to the slip of paper and enter the drawing with ease!

Also, you will receive a ton of emails following the show. Set up an email just for wedding stuff. Be sure to check it a couple of times a week- there may be some great deals in there! Then, after the wedding you can get rid of the account and not have them clog your personal or work emails! Premier bride has an email system that you can set up for free (bridemail.com). Check it out on their website!

When you get home you will have a bag full of cards, samples, etc. Don't procrastinate. Pick a day that week to look through the bag and follow up with web searches, phone calls, etc. It will be fresh on your brain and the bag will not sit for weeks on your 'to do' list!

UPCOMING SHOWS
Premier Bride

Sunday, January 9, 2011
11:00-4:00 at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Your Reflections
Sunday, January 16 , 2011
2:00- 5:00 at Twin Cedar Farms

Work it Girl!

Planner Girl:)