Weddings & Social Media this Bridal Season

Social media has been embraced by just about everyone in daily life and wedding

celebrations are no exception!

Weddings/ Social Media

Weddings/Social Media

With the excitement of their engagement, brides are setting up personal wedding websites  to share engagement pictures; their beautiful new ring and in some cases, it serves as an introduction of her fiancé to friends and family from afar. It is an effective icebreaker for the wedding party to interact and get to know one another online, prior to meeting for the first time.

Emily Post manners recently released a statement that said,  ”all the old rules that are stuffy can be tossed out!”

While social media is still relatively new to weddings, this generation of couples are internet babies and they want to embrace technology in as many ways as they can. And what better time than on their special day.

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Social Media is hot at weddings this season!


One cardinal rule,  that is a definite no-no, is using your mobile device during the ceremony. The bride can appoint one Chief Tweeter to quietly sit in a remote area of the venue to capture the vow-taking.  Attach a hash tag to the event and those who couldn’t make it can still be in the loop and follow the day’s proceedings.

At the reception, brides are setting up a computer station, where guests can post their well wishes and upload wedding day pictures they have captured. Other friends who couldn’t attend  can post and have their comments read much like the telegram of days gone by.

Webcasting is growing as weddings are broadcast on a live stream feed. If there are elderly relatives or guests who are unable to be with the couple at their location, they can still see the day live from the comfort of their homes.

It’s the 21st century and brides will wow their guests with this emerging trend, and many other special touches that make their wedding distinctive while shining a spotlight on their unique personalties!

April 17th, 2011

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October 24th, 2010

Wedding Workshop a Success! The Wedding Guide Sponsors 3rd Consecutive Year

As a sponsor of the 3rd annual Wedding Workshop at St.  Clair Centre on  Thursday, October 21, we tip our hats to the organizers, A Perfect Day Wedding  and Event Planners, Cristina and Richelle, who skillfully put on this  SWEET evening-as SWEET as these cupcakes!!! Thank you for your efforts in bringing  this forum to Windsor/Essex County brides and grooms.

This was a new location this year and a great move to accommodate more  brides-to-be. St. Clair Centre, with its gorgeous view was a great place to showcase wedding professionals and make the event feel very special; like a wedding!

My role besides being a  valued sponsor (thank you ladies!) was to talk to the assembled audience of brides, grooms, moms and maid of honours, about emerging wedding trends that I’m spotting for 2011.  The audience was fixed on the conversation and they made a point to come up to me after the speeches to discuss my findings.

It is always terrific to hear the feedback immediately and I want to thank everyone, who took the time to ask their important questions, discuss their upcoming weddings and compliment The Wedding Guide and the very important role that it plays in bridal planning in this region.

The Wedding Guide has proudly been serving area brides for over 19 years and, we provide all the answers to the questions that are asked every t ime a wedding is hosted.

We endeavour  to address all the elements of weddings including this website which is Windsor/Essex County’s wedding web portal. We had our first website in 1998 and have upgraded to this cutting-edge site that can brides can login to with Facebook. WE are the only socially integrated bridal website in this area.

Questions? Contact us anytime as we’re the wedding experts and our service is complimentary. We know you have your dream day in your mind and we can assist you in making it happen.

We wish you all the best and may your future be bright and sunny and your wedding planning stress-free!

Yours sincerely,

Sheryl Davies

Publisher

The Wedding Guide Windsor/Essex County

Brides Chose Us 1st!

October 23rd, 2010

Perfect Wedding Planning in Print & Socially Online!

Proudly serving local and area brides since 1992, The Wedding Guide, Windsor/Essex County salutes our network of Wedding Professionals, who help Canada South Brides achieve their dream wedding! Be sure to tell them you heard about them from The Wedding Guide. We’re the brides’ #1 choice for perfect wedding planning; answering the questions that are asked every time a wedding is hosted.

“Here’s to the bride and groom-
May their joys be as bright as the morning,
and their sorrows but shadows
that fade in the sunlight of love.”
Anonymous

Welcome and congratulations. Your wedding is an event that marks the beginning of an important    time for you and your fiancé. Our publication, The Wedding Guide contains great information and  ideas in an extensive resource that will assist you in planning each and every detail of your  wedding day. Our smaller, digest size format makes it convenient to carry The Wedding Guide in    your briefcase or purse. It is a valuable companion, practical and specific for your community. It  contains check lists , an interactive budget calculator, advice, timetables and information on  products and services to help keep your wedding plans organized and you, stress-free. We will help  you to plan a wedding, big or small in Windsor/Essex County.

We’ve designed this new socially integrated wedding website, Bridal Talk, that integrates with  Facebook, Twitter, My Space, Likedin and 50+ others, to give you a sample of great wedding  information.

Our Photo Gallery, with yummy wedding pictures shows Real Wedding Inspiration for  you to  sample. Blogs about Healthy Brides’ Tips, Savvy Brides Blogging and editorials by the  Publisher answer every question that is asked when a wedding is hosted. Our Facebook Page shares  Wedding Tip of the Day, Wedding Trends from around the world and loads of great surprises like Money-Saving Offers, totalling $1,000′s of dollars.

Wedding Guide Bridal Network, (WGBN) is our high definition, video player that features news and the Wedding Pros, with more to come. Because we know your wedding is near and dear to you; we want you to have all the tools that you could possibly need to help you plan yours!

Our bridal planner is complimentary and you may obtain your copy at leading bridal salons on our website, bridaltalk.theweddingguide.ca.

It is our belief that products and services originate from people who have ongoing professional interest in the wedding market, and we are blessed with many talented professionals in Canada South.

The Wedding Guide has been developed to help you make the correct choices, and to enjoy your engagement; a time that should be filled with joy, hopes and dreams- not stress. Our advertisers understand a bride’s needs and will be there to help you handle the protocol and details.

Best wishes with your wedding day planning and for a happy life together. Please feel free to email us with any questions you may have regarding weddings in Windsor/Essex County.

Sheryl Davies
Publisher
[email protected]

August 19th, 2010

Counting Down the Weeks- Savvy brides blogging from The Wedding Guide

Well, we’ve been to two weddings this summer; both very different and I am somewhat relieved that they don’t resemble what Donald and I have been planning. We have managed to stay to our budget- we used the interactive budget planner in the Planning Section on theweddingguide.ca website.

Our wedding is around the corner, in September. We are holding our breath that the weather doesn’t turn as swampy and humid as these last couple of  months have been.

Poor, Marlene;  she was wed two weekends ago and she looked beautiful but certainly warm, as she and Bruce smiled their way down the aisle, and then danced the Samba with their friends later in the evening. The temperature registered over 95 degrees, from mid-afternoon to late in the evening.

So back to our last two weeks. We are finalizing our guest list and of course, reviewing all the last minute details that we need to attend to. The caterer wants to have our final numbers and the photographer called to discuss the “secret” location that he wanted to whisk us away to, to shoot some wedding party images after the ceremony. We loved his suggestion but I can’t share it because, after all-it’s a secluded spot, reserved just for our photographs.

My mom and grandma are getting all emotional and also wondering why I opted to have a cupcake tower, instead of a wedding cake with a bride and groom atop it. They are loving the idea of a webcam to broadcast to all who cannot make it to the ceremony. The technology makes us all  so happy that our close friends and family will see us married, live- via the internet. Wow… And, then, we can post it on Facebook, so others can see it at the end of the day. How cool is that?

It’s going to be a busy week and I’m getting so excited to be a Mrs! Now, on to organizing the Rehearsal Dinner details.

I’m going to miss using The Wedding Guide- it’s been my saviour in many a situations and gave me the answers to a lot of the planning that I had no previous experiences with.

August 9th, 2010
 
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