Wedding Inspiration to brighten your spring wedding

Check out these beautiful images for wedding inspiration from The Style Co. wedding blog. All photos from Docuvitae.

Our sister website

For a while now, we have been running www.thestyleco.com.au - our wedding styling and wedding planning service!

Please visit us there for all your wedding planning needs as well as our custom stationery design.

Looking for talent!

Sorry for the delay in posts, A Piece of Paris are going through some big changes to please stay tuned!

We are currently on the lookout for young talent to join the team. We are looking for wedding planners, event managers, stylists, graphic, interior decorators, invitation production team (people who love to work with paper).

A Piece of Paris is growing to be one of Australia's freshest talents in the wedding industry and would love to work with people who share the same passion.

If you're interested or know of anyone, please email us at info@apieceofparis.com.au and include the following:

• A quick message to describe yourself and your background
  
• Your resume
  
• A collage of wedding inspiration photos that reflect your style
  
• Dont forget to be as creative as possible!
  

Do you really need a wedding planner?

In the past, wedding planners were thought of as a luxury, and were only used by brides that could afford it. Today a wedding planner has become a necessity! Many couples are so busy with work and their social life that it would be advisable to have an expert help them orgainse the biggest day of their life. Many brides forget that you only have the day once and you cant not afford to have a wedding planner. Speaking from experience, you would rather pay out a little extra for the ease of mind - and stress free experience of the wedding day.

Many bride to be's are not sure what a wedding planner does, what their official duties are, and assume they cost an arm or a leg! A wedding planner can do as much or as little as you want. They can design and setup a candy buffet to stepping through each process with you from the concept to the execution and bump out of the day!

Here are just a few of those reasons on why you may consider having a wedding planner:

• Direct the rehearsal and provide advise and expertise on the ceremony events. Its all in the details and unless you have done it before you may not consider them, including knowing what the exact duties of all the vendors and your bridal party.
  
• Chase up, call and confirm all your vendors the week before the wedding making sure that all details are ironed out.
  
• Be the main point of contact for all the vendors rather than the bride! It has happened when the bride spends the whole morning trying to run her own event, rather than preparing for the day itself. Its the last thing you need!
  
• Create a running schedule for all parties involved in the wedding and making sure that they are all on the same page. Not sure if you would leave this up to your auntie or your cousins best friend's sister - you get the point :)
  
• Bridal party: organise all the makeup, hair, styling and times they need to be dressed by. Especially the groomsmen, after a few drinks they can lose time really fast
  
• Organise with the band, the official dances and make sure that they have adequate power, backup microphones etc.
  
• Keep a copy of the seating chart and be in constant contact with the reception coordiator.
  
• Make sure that the photographer gets photos of all the must have spots and with the must have people. One wedding, the bride and groom were having so much fun in their wedding they forgot to have photos with their own family!
  

As you can see, these are just some of the duties a wedding planner has on the day. A wedding planner can do as much as above or as little. Don't lose sight that the wedding planner can save you plenty of time, stress and money by getting them involved from the start, even if it was just a few hours consultation. Planning a wedding can take over a year at times, so consider it an investment as you will save money, time and stress by getting a wedding planner involved from the get go!

Wedding Establishment 30th September 2009

A Piece of Paris will be showcasing at the Wedding Establishment on 30th September 2009.

It will be situated at 7 Alfred Place, Comme is one of Melbourne’s most highly regarded dining and event venues.

See you then!

Welcome to a Piece of Paris

Hi,

Welcome to our first A Piece of Paris gossip post for friends and family.

For those in shock because there are no pretty pictures, don’t worry, there will be a ‘better looking’ update in the form of a blog, so I’ll keep this one brief.

Not a huge lot going on but still very busy...

BRIDAL EXPO – 8th & 9th of August
Its at the Royal Exhibition Buliding, Carlton Gardens. We have booked two stands there, if you would like to come, let me know so I can put aside a pass for you :)
*Helpers wanted, please call me if you know anyone.

THE WEDDING ESTABLISHMENT – 30th September www.weddingestablishment.com.au
A showcase event for luxury weddings unlike any other. “The Wedding Establishment gathers the very finest ideas and inspirations in luxury weddings. We bring to you the crème de la crème of Australia’s Bridal Industry suppliers, ensuring the planning of, and your wedding day itself will be a beautiful, stress free celebration.”

WEDDING STYLE SERVICE
There’s going to be a big push of our Wedding Style Service where we offer to look after the entire event styling from concept to execution.

The service can also extend out to Bridal fashion styling for both the guys and gals. More to come on the website.

OUR NEW LOOK LOGO
The branding looks great, thanks to Annie, our new resident graphic designer. We love it!

APIECEOFPARIS.COM.AU
The new website will be released in the next week or two, keep an eye out for it, we’re ready and willing to take on your feedback once it comes out to send them through to the resident husband and IT guru, Dave,– dave@apieceofparis.com.au

THE MEDIA
We have 3 products featured in the latest Wedding Style Guide Magazine.
Pages 34, 92 and 105 ...yay! I will put some images of this in my next post.

YOU, OUR ADVOCATES
We have had heaps of support from our friends and family since the business started up.

Thanks so much for everything, and keep those referrals coming :)

A Piece of Paris loves you!