The Wedding Session

Today it's all about PRESENTATION! Our long time team member and our friend Lola joins us on the podcast today. Lola not only is an essential part of the Say Events team, but she has an extensive background in catering, food and beverage and service.

We focus on why it is important to hire a caterer that is a wedding caterer and how small details can really make or break your day. We talk about some of our past learning experiences and why presenting your catered wedding food is just as important as any other element of...

We welcome back Coach RD (Aka Ryan Miske) and new business partner Chris Menzies, co-owners of Lifestyle Transformations.
 
It's January and you're thinking about your wedding coming up this year, and you want to get in shape and look your best! We dive into the importance of becoming the best version of yourself, how use the right tools and adapting to the right mindset to get you there. We debunk fad diets and the coaches break down why you have to look at everything when starting a fitness and weight loss journey. Using a holistic approach addressing n...

On this episode, we talk with the uber talented Aileen Choi of Aileen Choi photography, and touch on topics like what one thing couples should ask for when booking a wedding photography, and when is the best time to book their photography. We also get into a more intimate conversation on how her perspective as a photographer has changed now that she's experienced the fun of being a Bride, and how to navigate those feelings of anxiety to ensure you have the best day with your loved ones!

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Hey Folks!

We're back with a new face-ish, definitely a new voice, but always the same vibe and love for our wedding couples. In this episode, we reintroduce ourselves, and share our origin story, as well why we're qualified to give you advice while you plan your wedding!

In this episode, we ask one crucial question that you as a couple should consider during your planning journey - what are you most looking forward to on your wedding day! Listen in as we explain why this is such an important question to ask and why...

Hey all! This week we talk about 5 ways to qualify your vendors! Now that you're in the beginning stages of your planning, and you're looking to book your wedding vendors, here are some things to think about when in the researching/booking/working part of your journey.

5 Ways to Qualify Your Vendors:

Join us as we discuss some of the things to think about when finding (and securing) your wedding venue.

Now that you're in the beginning stages of planning your wedding, one of the first things you're going to need is a venue! Where the heckin' is all the fun happening! Is this place going to host all aspects of the Wedding (ceremony, cocktails, reception)? Is it close to home or destination?Below are some things to remember when planning in your wedding, in no particular order...

7 Tips on Selecting your Wedding Venue:

So! You're in the beginning stages of planning your wedding, and you're trying to figure out what kind of reception you would like to have for your wedding. Cocktails, Dinner, Breakfast? Do you want to have a rager of a party, do you want something super chill, do you just want to hang with your family and friends. 

Join us as we go over things to think about when planning your reception and tips to have the reception you want. 

Ho Ho HOOO 

Planning your Winter Wedding:

So you want a different kind of wedding reception, and you like the idea of a Cocktail-style reception! On today's episode, we talk about what is and why it might be the right kind of vibe for you! 

We talk about:

So. Funny Story. 2023 whooshed right past us, as we continue to build our business and our families. We talk about life updates, favourites wedding from the season and what to expect from us as we roll into 2024! Thanks for listening to us "mom-preneurs" as we balance it all! 

Below are our recent favs, take a re-listen to these gems:

Don't be a grumpy bear on your wedding day! We give you the tools you need to as feel happy as a clam!

You can't photo shop a smile! 

Some days we come across our couples and see they are in a fowl mood. Cold, hungry, tired, stress, we get it. All these things can happen on your wedding day! 

We give you sound advice on how to prevent this from happening. During the planning process and on the day itself. 

Our main item, get some comfy shoes and just accept a w...

SO MANY THINGS have changed since we've last graced the air with our internal thoughts and advice 

Mainly, we have added a new member, Monsieur Maxime! Kelly welcomed her son and she talks about how being a wedding planner and tackling motherhood. We also bring our team member Shannon, Kellys sister and now Auntie to Mighty Max, on how she had to take on more responsibilities this year and has become a permanent member of the Say planning, decor and admin team. 

We go on and share some stories and insight from 2022, but we are he...

How to plan for your wedding based on your favourite theme?! We're here to help, as we begin another series where we discuss different wedding themes and how to design your wedding around them. 

This week, we talk about a super popular wedding theme: The Boho wedding!! The theme is supposed to be to feel effortless, eclectic and thrown together.

Consider some of these tips:

It's the morning of the BIG DAY!!!! When all the fun begins, but this is probably THE MOST important part of the day. In this case, we're talking about the getting ready part and how this can impact the rest of the day. 

Here are some things to remember!

We'll offer you tips for the...

Ok. You’re getting married, you’ve done the research and found your vendors. We’re approaching game day. What do you do…..Well, for starters, leave it us and trust the professionals!! You’ve hired a kick ass team of pros to help you have the wedding of your dreams. We’re all here to make that happen. 

Why would you hire a professional:

Why is it important to trus...

You're engaged! And the you're families are both over the moon excited for you both. To the point that they're 'volun-telling' you advice or throwing out traditional 'expectations' at you that makes you go *record scratch*...not for us!! 

Remember, a wedding is just about the family as it is about the couple. And the best way to honour them is include them, but it might be on your own terms. Listen in as we breakdown some ways you can elegantly incorporate your family in the planning process.

Things to think about:

Sustainable weddings. It's something many of our clients ask for, and strive to incorporate in their special day! In an unofficial PART II from our Sustainable Wedding Episode, we go a bit deeper into sustainable weddings and ideas for your wedding.

Sarah began the Wildlife-friendly Wedding Guide, while she was planning her own wedding, and she breaks down different things she considered while in the overall planning process.

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It's an instagrammers dream - an tented wedding! We love outdoor weddings, and boy, have we be doing a heck of a lot of them lately! So it made sense to break down some things to think about when planning your outdoor wedding. 

First off! Why do you think it's an awesome idea!

This weeks episode we're featuring Kelly's sister Shannon! 
We take a trip down memory lane and get a non-planners perspective on some of the weddings we've done. Shannon is on track to be one of our main designers and we can't wait to get her more involved in weddings! 

Shannon is a Reiki Practitioner with Guiding Light Reiki. Get in touch with her at info@guildinglightreikiandco.com or find her on Instagram @guidinglightreiki

The Little Mermaid. Not the first thing you think about when it comes to a destination wedding. Yet, there are some very interesting things to think about in the wedding scene that might pertain to your day!

While we dive deep into the Mermaid wedding in the movie, there are some logistics to think about for your Human wedding! 

Now, let's breakdown the Pros' and Cons' of a local "Destination" Wedding:

Pros - 

Here we are! With part 2 of our chat with Young Hip & Married and how they're so awesome at celebrating love. This time, we chat with Jackie-Deane Cowell, who is the first point of contact when you inquire with YHM. She breaks down all the processes on what you can expect when you inquire, and how each step on the booking process is curated to you as a couple.

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Ep 71: Part I with Shawn Miller of YHM
Ep: 55 All about Vibes!

We are so excited to welcome our friend, Shawn Miller, of Young Hip & Married  as we chat about why they love LOVE, and why it's so important to frickin' love the person your marrying.

Young Hip and Married exists for two reasons: to help couples get married and stay married.  Beginning in 2004, Shawn and his wife Erica started YHM in Vancouver, and have since grown to over eight locations in Canada and the USA.

We dive into why he started YHM, what the difference between a Commissioner and an Officiant is, and why he's asks a...

Welcome back, and we're joined by our friend, JM Brown of iDJ Services where we talk about MC duties and why you should consider hiring someone instead of wrangling a family member to do it. We discuss his journey to becoming a DJ, and how that naturally included filling the MC role at a wedding, and many other nuggets of inspiration!

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So you've decided to do a first look - where you see your person for the first time, before the ceremony - but now, you're wondering HOW do you do it. What do I do with my hands!? Where am I looking!? Ack! 

Todays episode breaks down a few different ways you and your person can have a first look. Some are cuter, some are romantic, all of them are meaningful in their own way. 

While there are many different ways you can do it, here are the ones we touch on:

Tis the Season!! For, wedding shows.

It's the new year, many of you are newly engaged and looking for guidance, inspiration and a fun Sunday out with the gal pals. And we all love a good wedding show! In this episode we talk about what a wedding show, why they're great for the beginning stages of planning, but also why they might not be the best source of information.

Here are just some of the Positives!
The convenience of Everyone In One Place!!!!
You can meet them, and see if you've got a...

I think we can agree, sustainability is a trend...that is here to stay. And we're super ok with this! Especially since events contribute to a lot of waste. In this episode, we break down what a sustainable wedding is, and ways you can incorporate sustainable practises to your wedding. 

Here are two of the bigger elements of sustainability:

And some tips to help you in your planning process:

Happy New Year + Welcome Back everyone! We've missed you all!

On today's episode, we're breaking down some tips and suggestions on how to get started on planning your 2022 wedding. I think we can agree, everything kind of comes to a halt during the holidays, we're here to share how to re-inspire yourself and get excited to plan!

Tip #1 - Make a List
Tip #2 - Reach out to your Planner
Tip #3 - Work the large details
Tip #4 - Site Visit
Tip #5 - Secure you're dress + suit
Tip #6 - Invitations

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Part II of our nostalgic look back on our first weddings. This time, Kelly takes us way back to her first wedding as a Planner and why it's important to have a great team behind you.

We're going super nostalgic today, and bringing it back old school to our first weddings. Tarina kicks this episode off with detail so her first wedding and all the things she's learned to become a better wedding planner. 

Emcee Duties. How to select them and what the expectation is.

We get this question all the time - do we need one!? Over the weddings we've done, we've found that while there is no standard formula for them, they always accomplish the same thing. They tell the guests what they need to know! Especially when you're Wedding planner can't. 

What the heck is an Emcee? Have you ever been to a wedding where you have no idea what's going on? Emcee's are the 'host' of the wedding, and are there to let people know w...

While our wedding season, was rather unconventional, we were still able to enjoy some truly amazing moments with our couples during their weddings.

Listen in, as we share some of our favourites!

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Welcome to our friends, Kelsey + Morgan MacLean, from The MacLeans. A local wedding photographer and videographer/husband and wife duo who we had the personal pleasure of working with this season. We met while working on our couples covid-wedding, and what a ride it was!

We dive into how they started as wedding photographer + videographer's (with a huge detour talking about traveling!!!), what it's like to work with your significant other and why having a real life couple (as your photography team) on your wedding is a good thing!!

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As we're booking Clients for the upcoming season, we were starting to notice a few common themes in what they were looking for. And we thought for today's episode, that we would dive into the wedding trends we think will be super popular in 2022. 

What do you think?:

"Where do I stand"? 
"How do I hold the bouquet?"
"I just don't want to mess it up for the Bride!!"

We've heard every one of these, and there are many more reasons why it's important to have a Rehearsal for your wedding Ceremony. To put simply, the Rehearsal is done so everyone knows where they need to be, what they do and when they need to do it! It reassures you, the Couple!, and the rest of the Bridal party on how the Ceremony will flow. 

Listen in as we share some ti...

I think we can all agree, that your wedding day is usually...a pretty long day! Starting in the morning with hair and makeup, making your way to the Ceremony, then photos and cocktail hour, then maybe more photos. All before dinner. It's safe to say, you're probably wilting or least losing steam by this point. And no one wants a hangry bride, or groom (poor fella's). 

Here are some of the top reasons why you need snacks:

In Part 2 of our conversation of serving Wine at your Wedding, we discuss the logistical side of getting the wine to your glass! 

As former Caterers, our Clients used to ask us all the time about how to serve the wine at the tables, listen in as we talk about wine service versus table service and what might be the best method for your reception!

We'd be lying if we didn't say this is a favourite topic of ours. Mostly, we just love wine. And how it can absolutely enhance your experience in the best way, at a wedding. 

Listen in as we go into detail, some of the things you should consider when it comes to Wine at your wedding. How the time of year impacts your choices, what your menu is and how you can pair your wines, consider the demographic of the group (who likes wine, who doesn't), the differences with a Venue versus hosting your event at an o...

After a small summer hiatus, we're back to say we're sorry and we miss you. 

Now, back to what you want to hear, us talk about weddings! 

We go over our Summer season, but dive right back into giving you advice. VIBE, and why it's so important. At the start, if you hire your vendors based on energy, vibe and overall feeling, you're going to have that energy at your wedding. You want that vibe conveyed to everyone. 

Not only should you vibe with your vendors you've selected, but the experience is so muc...

At least you know, we're out there in the trenches, getting some real world wedding experience for you all! And since wedding has been whoppin' our butts this month, we thought we'd bring back one our favourite and most downloaded episodes - "How to Fire a Wedding Vendor". 

We'll talk about some reasons you might want to select someone else, but here are some things to remember if you feel like you need to fire your vendor:

Listen in as we discuss another hot topic - whether you and your partner have a first look, or you wait until you see each other for the first time as you walk down the aisle. 

Let's break down what the difference is! 
         A first look is when you and your partner see each other privately before the ceremony. 

         A traditional ceremony reveal is exactly how it sounds, you see each other walking down the aisle for the first time. 

Maybe you're still stuck on what to do, here are some reasons why yo...