October 4th, 2008 Movie Trailer

Mary Ellen and Robert's Movie Trailer!

Photography by John Heyn Photography

ADVICE: Bride's Guide

You spent the last 6, 12, 18 or even 24+ months planning and preparing for your wedding day and it's almost here! Congratulations on surviving the planning of your wedding. It's no small task!

The Brides Guide is designed to help you understand what to expect on the day of your wedding while trying to save you money at the same time. Included in every wedding is our beautiful Bridal Elegance Film. We film you, your family and your friends preparing for the wedding day. When you are getting ready in the morning, everything will feel as if it is flying by. Anything you can do to make the day go smoother will help. One of our favorite bits of advice is handing your cellphone to your maid/matron of honor and have them answer any questions that come up or be your secretary for the day! It helps!!

To help you prepare for your big day, we suggest you have the following items out and available when we arrive. Your photographer and videographer will thank you for having these items available to them early so they don't have to ask you while you are busy.

Things You Should Have Available Are:

- The Bride's Dress (Hung Up on Display)
- Your Wedding Invitation
- Wedding Jewelry
- Bridal Shoes
- Bridal Veil
- Any Special Memorable Items
- Family Heirloom's

Don't forget your something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue too!

This is your wedding day and these are your memories that you will have for a lifetime. Your photographer and videographer are there to capture and preserve every detail possible. I hope you enjoyed the suggestions. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Michelle DiChiaro

ADVICE: Brides Guide Part One

Michael and I have filmed a lot of weddings over the years. Bride's don't usually think to ask their videographer for wedding day advice either. For all the wonderful weddings we have been privileged to be a part of, we have also seen the many mistakes couples make in preparing for the day. We were married last year ourselves and went through the same planning process too. We made many mistakes on our own even knowing what to expect!

We are starting a new blog column entitled ADVICE: Brides Guide. This being our first in a series of advice columns to help you plan your wedding day to perfection. We'll start with the Brides Survival Kit.

Michael and I begin our day filming the bride, her family, bridesmaids and friends preparing for the wedding day. We make a beautiful film called Bridal Elegance. This time of the day is always very exciting and filled with anticipation. Everyone is nervous and they tend to forget things easily. The same theme of questions from either the bride, the moms, or the bridal party comes up often. Fortunately, we are there to help them answer as many questions as possible.

I wanted to share some of the common questions we answer during this part of the day and also show you some ways to cut costs. Let's face it, getting married is something that almost every girl has dreamed about when she was growing up. Even your parents have dreamed of this day. You spend your time and money finding the very best vendors to guide you through your day so there is no reason to buy something that you may not need. Hopefully this guide will help you with your planning and save you money at the same time.

Our Favorite is the Brides Survival Kit.......

** There is NO need to "BUY" a Brides Survival kit. I know they are online and seem to have everything you need, and it does have EVERYTHING. But I think it has way too much in it. The essentials we see often are:

**Double sided tape**
It will save you and your bridesmaids a lot of stress. After all the fittings that you have, you would expect that your bridesmaid dresses will fit perfectly. However, they don't! I carry this tape in my bag during weddings to help out the girls often!

** Tissues

** Hair Spray

** Clear Nail polish

** Straws
No bride should be having a drink without a straw it will ruin her lipstick

** Tide stick for your bridesmaids

** Spray deodorant

** Advil or Tylenol

The things that are listed above are the most important items from these kits! Some people try to over pack but these are the necessities and what I see that we need every time we do a wedding. This will also save you some money because a Survival kit is between $50-$60 and you don't even need half of the stuff in there.

I hope this helps!! Part two coming soon. If you need anything you can always feel free to ask us.

Michelle

New Referral Page

We have worked with MANY great wedding vendors over the past 10 years. With our new website now up and running, we took the time to post all the trusted vendors we have worked with or have found to be top notch in their wedding services. Each listed company is a trusted vendor that has been pleasing clients for many many years. We have personally worked with these companies too. We hope our recomendations are helpful for planning your wedding. Feel free to contact us for more information on our services or other vendors!

Jessica & Ryan's Coming Soon Movie Trailer (10/3/2008 Wedding)

Jessica and Ryan had a beautiful day fit for a king and queen! View our newest coming soon movie trailer today!

Buzz Marketing For Wedding Planners

Buzz marketing is a great tool for any business. It is especially useful in the wedding planning industry because word of mouth is the best advertising. So how do you create good buzz marketing for your wedding planning business? You ask for it! Ask your past clients to review your services, post comments, and even make a commercial for you.

Wedding Planner Buzz Marketing - Videos

With more and more internet users having broadband access, web videos are becoming more and more popular. Take advantage of this, if you have a website for your wedding planning business (which you should), think about some video footage you could add to it.

A simple idea is to get some video footage of the bride and groom explain how great of a wedding planner you are. Think of this as your own little endorsement. Ask the wedding videographer if they would mind recording it for you. This is a good idea because, if you let them know what you will be doing with the video footage, they can format it for you. This will save you time and headaches. In return for the footage, suggest they add there logo and website at the end of the clip. Let them know that you will also add their company website to your links page.

If there isn't a videographer at the wedding, you can always record your own messages. Be sure to use a digital video camera, it will make editing the footage much easier.

Another idea is to create a montage video with footage of various weddings you planned. See if you can contact videographers from past wedding and ask for footage.

The last and most novel idea is to make your self into a reality star. There are loads of wedding planner shows on TV now, why not make your own? Hire a videographer to create a documentary of one of your weddings. It may be a little pricey, but could be well worth it. You could also work some deal out with the videographer such making them your recommended videographer for all you weddings.

Contact Creative Video Editing for more information.