Month: January 2025

Spring is a wonderful time of year to get married! Nature’s colors are at their most vibrant, the weather is perfect, and love is in the air. “Wedding Seasons” are usually in the Spring months – March, April, and May, and the Fall months – September, October and November. This is due to the weather being perfect for guests to enjoy indoor and outdoor weddings!

With every wedding season, there are some things you’ll want to prepare for. The phrase, “April showers bring May flowers” can be true, but it also can be really misleading. We have some tips for you to make sure your Spring wedding goes just as planned, even if you need to implement Plan B.

Check the Forecast

While it’s never going to be a sure bet what the weather is like on your wedding day, you can often look well in advance at what the weather may be like based on weather patterns in years past, and any weather showing up on radar so far. This can help you determine if you need to have a backup plan in place, although, you probably always should anyway! You can look this up on websites like The Farmers Almanac.

Spring Wedding Dress Code

It’s always a good idea to let your guests know in advance what they should consider wearing to your soiree. You may want to suggest bringing a sweater or umbrella depending on the weather. It’s also important to consider any weather that may affect footwear. You don’t want your guests’ stilettos to be falling through the lawn in muddy conditions.

Consider the Date for your Spring Wedding

Spring is great, and you’ll likely get more yeses from your guests as it is not the holiday season, and you will not conflict with planned summer vacations. However, there are some holidays you will want to avoid coinciding with. Some of these days include Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Easter, Passover, Palm Sunday, Father’s Day, and Ramadan. Luckily most of these fall on Sundays and Mondays, not usually bringing conflicts for your guests!

Create a Plan B

If you are planning to have any part of your wedding outdoors, it’s crucial to consider rain. While rain rarely becomes an issue, having a plan is the best way to work around unwanted weather. If a light storm comes about, waiting 30-45 minutes for the storm to pass is generally okay to have the beautiful ceremony of your dreams, as long as your guests have a dry spot to wait. It’s also a good idea to plan for the worst. Speak with your venue about what would happen if rain won’t let up – will they set up indoors? Is there a way to cover the ceremony site? Planning ahead is the best way to avoid any stress on the big day.

Spring weddings are popular because the weather is usually great. While it’s best to prepare for the worst, you likely have nothing to worry about and will remember your wedding being on a bright and beautiful day!

Sammond Events is located in the Central Savannah River Area near Augusta, GA and happy to serve you with helping you plan your Spring Wedding. Contact us today for your free consultation!

During your engagement, visiting a bridal expo or two will be a great way to get ahead in your planning. What is a bridal expo exactly? A bridal expo, or bridal show is essentially a convention, filled with the area’s best wedding experts! You will get to meet with potential vendors, try delicious samples of food and cake, watch a fashion show, and enjoy some live music! While not every expo is free to attend, many have a very affordable entry fee, and you will get your money’s worth in free swag and samples!

Why Go to a Bridal Expo?

Bridal expos aren’t only for the fun and food. Bridal expos present you with the opportunity to meet and low-key interview many wedding vendors at the same time in the same place. Rather than browsing through websites, you get to meet vendors in person. This allows you to experience if you’ll click well (which is very important!) and see what they have to offer. When you leave, hopefully you’ll have some clarity on a vendor or two that you’d like to hire.

You shouldn’t go into a bridal expo without a plan. Here is what you need to know and how to prepare to get the most out of your experience at the bridal show.

Don’t Go Alone

Bridal Expos are generally going to be very busy and you will be processing a lot of information in a short amount of time. Bringing someone with you is a sure way to make sure you are leaving with the important information you need and not missing a beat. You can bring your partner, a family member, or a friend. It doesn’t matter who you bring, just make sure it is someone that will be focused on helping you execute your plan, keeping an eye out for anything you can’t miss, and will ask all of the right questions you may forget in the moment.

Show Up with a Plan

Before the day of the bridal expo, sit down and think about where you are in your wedding planning process and what you’d like to accomplish that day. Perhaps you are newly engaged and have no clue where to start – it may be a good idea to speak with some wedding planners and find one that understands where you’re at and can help you get you off the ground running. Or maybe you are well into planning and just need some final touches like a DJ that can work the crowd. Of course, stop and try the delicious slices of wedding cake, but also know what your mission is and make sure you focus on that before you walk out of the expo.

Show Up to the Bridal Expo Early

To get the best experience of your bridal expo, make sure you show up at the beginning of the show. Most expos have raffles and you must be present to enter and win. You don’t want to miss out on a free wedding cake or engagement photography shoot. Raffle drawings will usually happen once every 30-60 minutes, so you’ll want to be there for as much of the expo as you possibly can!

It’s also a good idea to show up early to get the best out of vendors. You may find a vendor whose booth is completely packed with brides at the moment and decide to come back to them later when the crowd dies down. If you show up early, you’ll be making sure you have time to come back. If you come towards the end, there is also a chance that some vendors will start packing up early if there aren’t enough clients still walking around – which means you may miss out on meeting the perfect vendor!

Bridal Expo Attire

You will be walking around a lot. Make sure you are wearing comfortable shoes! You want to be dressed comfortable, but with it being your once in a lifetime experience of wedding planning, you of course want to dress for the occasion! Something like a sundress or cute top will be perfect.

Pre-Made Address Labels

There will be a lot of raffles and drawings you will be entering at the bridal expo. Not only does the expo hold raffles, but often times, businesses will be holding their own at their booths, or you may want to give them your information to follow up with you. Showing up with pre-made address labels will save you so much time filling out forms!

Make a Wedding Email Address

After you attend a bridal expo, you are going to receive a ton of emails from vendors. The thing is, after the wedding, you may not want to click “unsubscribe” for every single vendor’s emails. A quick and simple solution is to create an email address specifically for your wedding. After the wedding, you’ll never have to look at it again.

Bring a Bag

You will be receiving so many souvenirs, samples and literature to go through at home. The problem is, you will not have anywhere to carry it! Bring a backpack or large tote to carry your giveaways so that you can keep your hands free. If you’re coming to a bridal expo that Sammond Events is exhibiting in, stop by our booth for a free tote!

Bridal expos are a fun and productive tool for your wedding planning journey! With some preparation, you can set yourself up for success in checking off a few boxes of your to-do list. Now all that’s left is to find some expos to attend!

Check out Sammond Events at these upcoming events:

• Hello Beautiful Bridal Expo – January 26th, 2025 at the Julian Smith Casino