Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Planning Tip #1: Post your wedding planning process on Facebook

This seems like a total no-no for those of us who hate people over-posting things about their relationship, their workouts, or their cats on Facebook. And of course, I'm not saying that you need to post what you're doing for your wedding planning every day -- if you do that, everyone in your life is going to get sick of it really quickly since they're probably hearing it from you in person as well.

My advice is to post statuses about different types of things you are working on. If you do this, you may get suggestions, advice, or even offers to help from family and friends that have experience (or experienced friends) in that area, helping you save money and time.

For example, when I bought my wedding dress, I posted that on Facebook. I mean, it's kind of a big deal. A month later, when I saw one of my aunts at a family party, she said, "I saw you got your wedding dress. Will it need any alterations? I used to work at a bridal salon, so just let me know." Well how cool is that? Simply by posting that one little status on my Facebook, I found out something about my aunt that I didn't know, but can help me save a lot of money in the long run.

Another example of this came when I was doing my crazy flower research a few weeks ago. I simply posted a fun little status about how I can never spell "boutonniere" without spell check helping me out, even after typing it a hundred times while doing research. Later that day,  I got on Facebook and had a message from another aunt, who offered the name of a neighbor who does wedding flowers, and is currently helping prepare some flowers for a wedding at my university. 

There are so many resources that we have that we don't even know about! Although sometimes just asking around will get you what you need, I advise you to just try this little step every once in a while throughout your wedding planning process, and see what comes up. :-)

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