Ted’s Tips – Weekly wedding insights from Westin’s wedding planner Ted Daniels…

“You are an invited guest by the parents of the bride, so you do not want to in any way upstage either the mother or the bride. Wear a style that you feel most comfortable in and wear a plain color. ”

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Whether your needs are for a major national recording artist or a local live and exciting band, Entertainment Specialists have what you need. Representing only the best entertainers, Entertainment Specialists treat each event, whether wedding or social event, with the special attention and care it deserves. Entertainment Specialists offers the full range of entertainment services, including DJs, live bands, dancers, comedy and novel acts, and associated services. With offices in Boston, New York, Newport and Miami they truly are Entertainment Specialists.

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Ted’s Tips – Weekly wedding insights from Westin’s wedding planner Ted Daniels…

“The mother should pick her dress fairly early in the planning stages to ensure the grooms mother has time to find and select her dress. Pick a style and color you fell best in and that looks good on you. You are the hostess of the wedding so all eyes will be on you as well. ”

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Madison floral is a premier floral design company founded in 2000. Madison is known for their floral wedding planning expertise, knowledge of Bostonian wedding venues, and of course, for their arrangements. If you’re trying to figure out how to pick the flowers for your wedding, Madison is one of the best companies around to help you decide. Madison Floral has been characterized as creative, dependable, and organized with one-of-a-kind arrangements.

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Ted’s Tips – Weekly wedding insights from Westin’s wedding planner Ted Daniels…

“Once you have picked out your dress, some things to keep in mind:

The Dress – Does your dress have a detachable train?  If so, it allows for a more enjoyable reception without all of the extra material hanging from your dress, making it easier to sit down, move around and dance. If you do not have a detachable train, make sure when the dress is bustled that none of the train is on the ground. This will ensure that no one will step on the dress and break the bustle; if the train hits the ground you will have to use safety pins to fix the bustle or carry the train around for the remainder of the evening.

The Shoes – Wear comfortable shoes all day, it is best not to change shoes unless they are the same heel height, as your dress will now drag on the floor for the remainder of the evening. While you may want to wear the beautiful, yet horribly uncomfortable, shoes for the wedding, make sure you have something with the same heel height for the reception.

The Veil – As for the veil, if you have a cathedral length veil on for the ceremony, you should remove that once pictures are complete so as not to have it stepped on, for a fingertip veil think about removing it after your first dance, making for great pictures.

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Ted’s Tips – Weekly wedding insights from Westin’s wedding planner Ted Daniels…

“First things first – for the bridesmaids’ dresses, think fun!!

The current trend is for knee length or tea length dresses. Long, formal dresses are out of style and can be cumbersome.

Shorter length dresses allow your gals to have more fun and to not worry about stepping on their dress or about picking up the dress when going up stairs, not to mention if the weather is inclement.  Plus, if the day is warm, your girls would be thrilled to have their legs breathe  fresh air.

While picking out your bridesmaids’ dress may be fun, I have also seen the bride choose a specific fabric, but leave the style of the dress up to each bridesmaid. Also, allowing them to pick a dress of their choice, while not straying from a certain color palate, allows them to feel comfortable, look good (not as good as the bride) and to be able to wear the dress again.

Let the girls have fun with the shoes – tell the bridesmaids the color and let them decide if they want to wear sandals or pumps.  As a great gift idea shoes or jewelry could be given by the bride for being in the wedding.”

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Music Management is an entertainment agency for wedding and corporate entertainment in New England. It has been recognized as the most successful business in the industry for 25 years. The agency sponsors musicians across a spectrum of styles including experts in classical, jazz, and world music. Music Management guarantees the best wedding bands, disc jockeys, and dance bands – whichever fits you best.  After your first meeting with a member of the agency’s sales team, MM will have a customized promotional package mailed to you with recordings and information about the selection of wedding bands, dance bands, and disc jockeys in the New England Area for you to chose the band that will make your special day perfect.

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Sarah’s Garden is a private floral studio located in Newton, Massachusetts. Sarah Burkstein, the designer and owner of the business, focuses on exclusivity, creativity, and imagination. The studio possesses a variety of the freshest aromatic flowers with the most distinct color palettes. Sarah’s Garden is dedicated to providing personal services by appointment. These personal services will give you the chance to work with Sarah Burkstein to unite your sense of style with her artistic expertise – at a price that will fit your budget and schedule. Moreover, Sarah’s Garden will assist you in matching vendors such as chair and linen rentals in order to craft the perfect event.

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Ted’s Tips – Weekly wedding insights from Westin’s wedding planner Ted Daniels…

“I think that black suits instead of tuxedos are a great way to go for several reasons.

Every gentleman needs a black suit, they will have had it will be fitted to them and they will have it to wear again.

Wearing suits in warm weather is a plus as most suits are made with light weight fabric compared to a tuxedo, allowing the gentleman to be more comfortable and perhaps even keep there jackets on through dinner.

The men can wear their own dress shoes which will go well with a suit and will be comfortably broken in, rather than wearing an uncomfortable pair of rented shoes with a tuxedo.

A great gift idea for the groomsmen is a white shirt and color coordinated tie to match or to compliment the colors of the wedding. They can wear the shirt and tie with their suit.  I have found that grooms are always lost as to what to get groomsmen and from experience gifts are often not used. Giving them the combination shirt and tie will ensure that the groom’s gifts are used, and that the groomsmen look great.”

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Miller Studio is an innovative, creative, and classy photography agency in Massachusetts (one studio is located in Boston, the other in Quincy). Sheryl Percy, president at Miller Studio in Boston, focuses on combining a client’s proposals and the studio’s professional skills in order to build a well-schemed event or project. The studio has been acknowledged for its expertise in weddings, portraiture, and photography in “the public eye”.

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