To get your skin in shape for your wedding day, don’t forget to start six months prior to your wedding and practice make-up techniques.

Do consider having your entire wedding at a full service hotel. The convenience of having the ceremony, reception and guest lodging in one place incomparable, especially for a complicated event.

Here is a cake that was done for a 70th birthday in Laconia.

Do remember that the hour of the ceremony is an indicator of the formality of the reception.

When discussing photo packages, don’t forget black and white and sepia tones. This classic style of photography continues to gain in popularity.

“To physically print a sepia toned photograph, a photographer develops the print normally and then bleaches the paper to remove the silver from it. Next the paper is rinsed, and then soaked in a sepia bath, before being washed again and dried. The result is a photograph with a myriad of lush brown tones, and experienced photographers can play with the levels of development to achieve a specific look.

When a photograph is printed in sepia, it tends to look softer than it would in grayscale. The warm brown and gold tones of a sepia photograph also feel more alive to some viewers. Photographers before the advent of color photography often used a sepia bath for their photographs, especially portraits, to capture softer lines and appearance. Modern photographers use sepia to make a photograph look and feel older, or as a stylistic choice. In the modern era, sepia tends to be used more for landscapes than portraits.”

http://www.hinkleyphoto.com/  These are some fun people to work with and they have a really fresh look.

Do consider decorating chairs in a new way such as black, silver, white, or traditional gold. Transform an ordinary room or site into a ballroom. Chair covers completely change the look of your reception.

Castle cake are fun but pricey. A lot of work goes into making these types of cakes!

Looking for a gift for your wedding party? Do consider a monogrammed piece of estate silver, such as a flask for the groomsmen or make-up compacts for the maids.

Here are two pictures from a wedding I did on Lake Winnipesauke. The colorful one was designed by the bride for the rehearsal dinner and the mother choose the white one for the wedding day.

Do consider table visits during your reception. It is a grand display of appreciation and respect when the bride and groom spend a few moments visiting their guests at each table.