Posts tagged with advice.

Recommendation Request

Ams, September 23, 2009 at 7:52 PM

This week I was contacted both by our reception vendor and our coordinators. Our reception vendor asked us if we could give a verbal reference to a potential client. After seeing all the written recommendations that they had, I'm not surprised that they would want one. I think a verbal reference is great and I didn't even know it was an option when we were looking for vendors. To be able to call someone else up who has already used a vendor's services is a great opportunity to find out what a person really thinks of the service they were provided with without the vendor there. So to anyone reading this that is planning their wedding or any other event, insist on getting a verbal reference.

Second, our coordinators requested some of our wedding shots from the ceremony and the reception. I don't blame them. It was a beautiful wedding and our ceremony and reception locations were stunning. I'm going to go through the pictures tomorrow and see what I can send them. Have that in mind when you pick a photographer as well. Ask that they take plenty of shots of the decor and the location(s).

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Thank You Cards

Ams, September 7, 2009 at 9:42 PM

So we finally mailed out one batch of our thank you cards. We were waiting on our wedding photos and we only got them printed last week. So sorry for the delay but they should be arriving shortly (unless Canada Post loses more of my mail). Speaking of which, after tidying up a HUGE pile of paperwork I found the cheque that Canada Post had sent me previously. Hooray!

I also have some advice for those who are planning their wedding. Thank you cards are flipping annoying. As soon as the wedding is done you'll want to just drop everything and enjoy the freedom. BUT you're not free yet. Just take an inventory of your gifts, make a list of what you want to say in different types of cards (according to relation, according to type of gift, etc.) and just sit and get it over with. I just sat down and did my batch in two sittings and now I'm done. Jack did his in different sittings and it took him way longer. I find that if you just try to get it done with, it is less painful. 

And a third point about thank you cards: I find it really bothersome that people think it is the woman's job (in a heterosexual marriage) to take care of the thank you cards. Why? The way I see it I should be writing the thank you cards to my guests and Jack should be writing the thank you cards to his. Isn't the point of writing thank you cards to show your sincere gratitude for your guest's presence and their gift? So why would that task be delegated to the partner who technically didn't invite you themself? It is such an idiotic and sexist belief to think the wife should take care of the task.

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