DIY Bride **CONTEST**

DIY Bride -Learn to Delegate

Whether you are a DIY bride because you love the home-good cuteness or your trying to stay within a budget, learning to delegate tasks is the only way to go for a successful event.


There are some ways and even some fun ways to delegate tasks for your DIY wedding.

1. Break up the tasks into pieces of paper, put them into a container and have your bridesmaids pull from the container, whatever they choose is their task, give them a deadline to finish!
2. Create craft projects or come up with a crafty game for your wedding shower, bridesmaid shower, bachelorette party etc.
3. Create a sleep over wine and craft night! Offer to cook dinner and pick up wine, they just bring their crafty-selfs :)
4. Have your maid of honor stay on top of all the people who are helping with the DIY tasks at hand, so you are not the one calling, texting, emailing, and showing up to their house unannounced (haha).
5. Thank your maid of honor for keeping it together by giving her something very special to you! Maybe even something you’ve made!

We would love to see your DIY wedding! Send us some photos of your favorite DIY wedding craft and a little bit about how you did it and you could *win a free tanning session*!

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How to decrease Anxiety: Be prepared

What is anxiety really?

By definition “anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.”

You have something very special coming up in your life, your wedding day, something you probably have dreamt about for most of your life. You have put a lot of ideals on this day, as a result you are afraid that the outcome will not meet your expectations, resulting in this uneasy feeling of the unknown. But if you make a list and check it twice :) you will see that the uneasy feeling that your having will dissipate, it will start to flow away from your mind. 

Some easy steps to being prepared for your wedding day

Keep a to do list in the same booklet, don’t make lists and then put them down all over the house. This will keep your mind foggy { I know this first hand! }
Once you create a list and finish a task don’t erase the task, put a check mark next to it so you see how much you have accomplished.
If your to do list is too big for your wedding day, think about hiring a planner and or breaking up your list to people you trust.
• Make sure that you are getting plenty of water and exercise, remember that constantly drinking caffeine will make you anxious. 

Being prepared by keeping lists of everything you want done will eventually make the heavy anxiety go away. You may still feel anxious because of the excitement of the whole thing. The last step, exercise, water, no caffeine, getting plenty of sleep, trusting your planner or family will ensure you have a fun time at your wedding and not stress or feel anxious!

Have a great week brides! Hope to see you stress free by this weekend's festivities! 

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5 Easy tips to relieving stress!

Hi Brides! 

Its Thursday and many of you are getting married this weekend! 

Congrats! Are you stressed out? Are you calm?  Please comment and share your tips!

                                        Here are 5 easy steps to relieving stress from us!

1. Its the last few days leading up to the big wedding day, most of the planning, what color scheme or theme, venue, decor, cakes, bridesmaid’s dresses, wedding dress, photography etc is already DONE. So take a deep breath, everything should be set and run perfectly!

2. One of the most important things to remember is getting plenty of water, healthy food and sleep!

3. Have someone near by you trust, whether it is your wedding planner, maid of honor or mother. If anything is to slip up make sure they know to take care of it, so you don’t have to stress over the small things.

4. Treat yourself to a mani, pedi and massage the day before your wedding day!

5. This is your wedding day, you are celebrating the joining of families and the love you have for one another on this day. The most important thing to remember is just to have fun, if something small is out of place take a deep breath and let it go. Remember this is just about you and your future husband. Have Fun! Enjoy! Smile!

Can't wait to see all of our brides this weekend! Thanks for choosing Exquisite Reflections on your most memorable day! We are so lucky to have you!

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Give your fiance the gift of intimacy, wait what?!

It's tradition to exchange a gift with your soon to be husband and wife, but what does he really want? 

Brides are looking for new creative ways to give something interesting and life long to their fiance and they are looking more into boudoir photography.
Well what exactly is it and would you feel comfortable doing this for your future husband?

Boudoir is a french word that means a women’s private bedroom, sitting room or dressing room. 

So, boudoir photography is a photo shoot that is tasteful but with a bit of sexiness; you can choose to do whatever is right to you, clothed, little to none or none at all. For most boudoir photo shoots primarily you will get down to lingerie, so you need to feel comfortable with the photographer as well, not just his/her style of shooting. Spend some time researching different boudoir photographers, and then set up a meeting at their studio, take a look through their portfolio before to see if you like their style of shooting and editing.
Make it more unique and do a theme boudoir shoot, if your fiance is in the military, if he is more retro, if your theme for the wedding is say, a nautical theme then add that into the photo shoot. The whole idea of exchanging gifts is to give something personal, something thought through, so adding a trinket that has some meaning or you reading his favorite book with sexy spectacles will be a perfect touch!
The key to a successful photo shoot is to not feel stressed with so many obligations, so hire your makeup and hair artists for the photo shoot! If you are doing a theme photo shoot and are stuck on what to wear then hire a stylist to help.         JUST HAVE FUN! 

     

  {The above image is from Silver Image Photography} 

      {Makeup & Hair stylists-Allison}

  {clothes courtesy of Designer Jerri Moore}

Recommended photographer for boudoir shoots, depending on your taste, is:

    Silver Image Photography: www.silver-image-photo.com

    Warwick Boudoir:  http://www.warwickboudoir.com/

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5 Reasons to Hire a Pro!

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5 Reasons to book a professional for your wedding day look!

1. We have all heard of the horror stories of brides not booking a professional for their big day and have "fixed" more than few after they got it done somewhere else.
2. Yes your bridesmaid or friends may always have pretty makeup on her face but you don’t know if she is capable of completing your whole wedding party on time and with out any stress like the pro’s do. Not to mention, it will not cause a strain on your relationship in the event that you do not like something.
3. If you do book a professional for your wedding day make sure you have a trial prior to your wedding day. You will have to pay for the trial but you shouldn’t have to put money down for the actual wedding day. Be ware of the ones that want everything up front.
4. If you book a professional you have read and reviewed, you are more likely to be excited and not worry about the time and money you are spending because you are confident it's a great investment!
5. BE PAMPERED its your day!

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