Tanning before the wedding. Psst or posh?

Tanning techniques and the degrees of spray tanning has become more natural over the years.  Even just a few years ago, getting a spray tan within a few days of your wedding; you ran the risk of looking like a Willy Wonka factory extra.  Point 1; for science!

We strongly suggest that if you have a farmers tan nearing your wedding, that you do get a spray tan. Why? Those funky tan lines will be in your wedding pictures for eternity.  Ten years from now, you don’t want those to be the focal point “ruining” your photos. 

A couple things you want to be aware of.  (1) make sure that your tan is completely dry before touching your dress [especially if using a self spray tanner and be aware that it does have a mist, don’t do it in the same room that your dress is hanging] (2) try to be as natural looking as possible to blend with the rest of your skin tone or it will look weird anyway and (3) do the spray tan a few days before your wedding so that you have time to fix any problem areas.

Jennifer Lane, A Memory Lane Event

www.amemorylaneevent.com 
Event Planning / Wedding Planning / Coordinating / Decor / Invitations

The do’s and don’ts about family reunion planning

Have you ever noticed that many times the reunion is planned by the older generations of the family?  Have you ever just sat back and watch what happens next?  The kids and teens lose interest quickly and make their parents miserable and everyone just can’t wait to leave.  How do you fix that?

Easy

Have the professionals help you out to come up with a theme that would be fun for all of your attendees.  Believe me – its not easy to come up with a theme that works for ages 1-100.  Nor it is easy to come up with games, activities and entertainment that all ages are going to enjoy. 

It can be a costly endeavor too, if you’re footing the bill for your 100 person family.  There are ways to ease the expenses.     

Colorado Family reunions

Do you want to all eat together as a family?  Would you rather break up into smaller family groups?  Do you want to all gather at a grandparents home?  Or would you rather go to a destination – like a large family vacation?  Perhaps the idea of going back to your family roots by taking a trip back across the pond and see where it all began.  There are so many ways to accomplish your dream reunion that will leave your family begging to do it again. The possibilities are endless.  Call us to discuss your desires.  If you’re family is on a tight budget – yes we can help you with that too.  We’ve created a step by step instruction book complete with themes, ideas and entertainment options to get you started and much, much more.  We can guarantee that there is a lot more to planning a reunion than realized when first talking about it with the family.  You deserve the help you need where you want it.

Jennifer Lane, A Memory Lane Event

www.amemorylaneevent.com    
Event Planning / Wedding Planning / Coordinating / Decor / Invitations

 

Vintage Country - veiled, vivacious & in vivid color

A Memory Lane Event's country vintage - custom designed decor

country vintage ceremony

For the last few months country vintage has been a big rage.  Did you know that when your decor involves real vintage items or new items made to look vintage, you're looking at racking up some dough in your decor?  Choosing just a few key items to incorporate into your decor, using items already at the site, and what you already have in your home will help to keep the costs down.

Pintrest has helped thousands of clients to come up with fun creative ideas to incorporate into their occasions.  It can also be a double edged sword.  Why?  Here's what we've been seeing since the site have become majorly popular.

all white country ceremony

ceremony focal point; sweet-heart table

chuppa, cake table display

1. clients see so many great ideas that their vision becomes blurred,
    a. what ends up happening; especially with DIY clients
        i. the finished result many times becomes a haute mess;
        ii. the decor becomes disjointed and instead of a cohesive look, its confusing.
How to fix it, allow your decor designer to take your inspiration pictures and overall theme to co-mingle the look and feel so that the decor matches your theme, vision and makes your decor unique.

2. clients see many variations of similar concepts and do not realize...
     a. what it costs to create that piece, especially to be identical to the pic that show us to create
     b. seems confused as to high high style city looks do not look right with say vintage glam or vintage country.
    c. how tweaking the element in the picture just a little will help to keep the entire decor scheme cohesive so your vision is achieved.  You will be much happier with the results and still love your wedding pictures years later.

Jennifer Lane, A Memory Lane Event

www.amemorylaneevent.com 
Event Planning / Wedding Planning / Coordinating / Decor / Invitations