Mindy Weiss – Plan Your Dream Wedding

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Mindy Weiss – Plan Your Dream Wedding

PLAN YOUR DREAM WEDDING
 
Mindy Weiss
Bring your dream wedding to life with celebrity event planner Mindy Weiss. The session will include creating a personalized logistics binder with your budget, venue, menu, apparel, decor, and more.

Your dream wedding binder
Level up your skills with step-by-step guidance on projects to achieve learnings you’re proud of.

Unlock new skills with a structured curriculum

Section 1 Introduction

Section 2 Create a Budget and Guest List

Section 3 Choose Your Venue

Section 4 Hire Your Team

Section 5 Choose Your Attire

Section 6 Send Invitations

Section 7 Plan Your Ceremony

Section 8 Pick Your Menu

Skills you will learn

Prioritize Your Plans

• Calculate a realistic wedding budget
• Choose your ideal venue
• Select your perfect palette and decor
• Create unique wedding invitations
• Develop your wedding website
• Build your entire wedding binder

Pick Your People

• Make your guest list confidently
• Find the right photographer
• Determine your glam team
• Select the right vendors for your vision
• Plan your timeline and entertainment
• Navigate challenging conversations

Prepare to Party

• Share your dress code with guests
• Craft a ceremony that’s uniquely yours
• Build a menu your guests will love
• Create an ideal seating chart
• Choose memorable drinks and desserts
• Write your vows

Explore the full curriculum

My Activities

Introduction
Mindy shares her philosophy for wedding planning and describes how she became a world-renowned celebrity event planner. She introduces the intention of the session: to build a comprehensive, ready-to-execute binder that maps out the logistics of your wedding day.

• Session Overview
  Mindy welcomes you to her session—outlining what you need to know to start planning your dream wedding. She gives an overview of her illustrious career, as well as insight into her event-planning philosophy. Then she shares the ultimate outcome of the session: your comprehensive, ready-to-execute wedding binder.
• Starting Your Wedding Binder  
  Mindy deep dives into her approach for creating a wedding binder, providing ideas on how to make it uniquely yours—just like your big day. Then she helps you determine your top priorities for your wedding day. Doing so ensures that you and your partner begin the planning process on the same page.
• Share Your Top 3 Priorities
  It’s time for your first assignment: Decide on your top three priorities for a dream wedding and share them with the sessions community.

Create a Budget and Guest List
Determine wedding-day priorities by creating a budget and narrowing your guest list. Mindy shares her ABC process so you can decide who gets an invite. You’ll also examine how to cut costs and track your budget.

• Choosing Your Budget
  Every wedding starts with two things: a story and a budget to tell it. In this lesson, Mindy offers foundational tips and best practices for creating a comprehensive wedding budget.
• 10 Ways to Cut Costs
  Mindy shares tried-and-true tips for saving money on your wedding, highlighting the best situations to trim or concede on your ideals. She also breaks down how to avoid hidden costs and fees that may pop up along the way as you plan. Even on a budget, your wedding can be special. When you’re ready, download and print the linked budget spreadsheet template and begin filling it out with your partner. You can also use this template as a guide to create your own budget in Excel, Google Sheets, or another spreadsheet application.
• Crafting Your Guest List
  Mindy introduces one of the most challenging parts of planning a wedding: choosing who gets to come! She provides clarity and reassurance with her ABC process for crafting a guest list, then she offers insight into how to deal with plus-ones and what to consider for a kid-friendly wedding. Check out the link PDF for a Guest List Spreadsheet template.

Choose Your Venue
Finding your wedding venue is one of the biggest pieces of the planning puzzle. Mindy explains how to decide among your options and what to look for in the process. You will craft questions to ask while you’re touring different wedding venues.

• Finding Your Venue
  Mindy explains how your venue can seriously impact your wedding date. She breaks down on-site versus off-site venues, as well as one-stop versus two-stop weddings. Then she provides questions to ask on venue tours.
• Narrowing Down Venue Options
  Mindy helps you narrow down your venue options with the ultimate pro/con comparison. She breaks down what to consider when picking an ideal spot and provides more questions to ask along the way. Once you’ve determined your date and venue, it’s time to start your customized to-do list! Feel free to download an app like WeddingHappy to get you started.

Hire Your Team
Creating a dream wedding starts with a dream team. Mindy shares an overview of who, what, and how to hire for your big day—including glam pros, photographers, and entertainment. You will be given strategic questions to ask potential vendors during interviews.

• Picking Your Vendors
  Mindy gives an overview of who, what, and how to hire for your big day.
• Picking Photographers and Videographers
  You’ll want to capture every magical moment from your wedding on camera. Mindy goes over your options for hiring photographers and videographers, providing insight into how to interview them, judge their style, and review their portfolio.
• Hiring Bands and Entertainment
  When it comes to music, what’s your priority? Will you hire a DJ or a live band? Mindy offers insight into how to curate the perfect soundtrack for your ceremony and reception.
• Gathering Your Glam Team
  How you look reflects how you feel on your big day. In this lesson, Mindy helps you navigate the best way to find a makeup artist, hair stylist, inspiration for your wedding look, and strategies for scheduling a strong trial run.
• Exploring Wedding Planners
  You’re already on your way to planning your own wedding—but you still may want to enlist the help of a professional! Mindy breaks down the different types of planners available for pre- and day-of planning, and provides questions you can leverage to evaluate potential vendors effectively.

Choose Your Attire
Next up is another big step: deciding on a dress code and planning your own fantastic attire! In this section, Mindy details all of your options and helps you decide which route to take. Then, you’ll use an attire checklist to keep all the snazzy details in order.

• Decoding the Dress Code
  Stay ahead of all the dress code questions. In this lesson, Mindy provides the necessary considerations for establishing what you, your party, and your guests will wear, depending on the season, weather, and preferred level of formality.
• Selecting Wedding Dresses and Suits
  Selecting your wedding attire is one of the biggest (and most fun) decisions you will make. Her tips and tricks will ensure that you feel comfortable and special at your event.
• Selecting Wedding Party Attire
  In this lesson, Mindy lays out all the options when it comes to choosing your wedding party attire. Make use of Mindy’s dress code checklist to confirm that all of your plans for the wedding attire are in good shape—and that your outfits will be ready on time.

Send Invitations
Any correspondence you send will be your guests’ first impression of your wedding—so make it great. Mindy discusses how to make your save the dates, invitations, and website as beautiful and informative as possible. You’ll begin the process with all the info you need.

• Creating Save the Dates and Building Your Wedding Website
  Mindy shows you how to apply her ABC guest list process to communicate valuable information on save the dates and wedding websites. She’ll go over the specific content, timeline, and wording you can reference. Then you’ll set up your website and start filling in the details.
• Select Your Save the Dates and Set Up Your Website
  Using the resources mentioned in Mindy’s previous lesson, start setting up your wedding website and choose your save the dates. You can continue building on the ones you have if you’ve already begun the process.
• Writing Your Invitations
  For many couples, the invitation is a personal message to friends and family. In this lesson, Mindy goes over different styles and standards for wedding invites and encourages you to start designing your own. Once you’ve considered Mindy’s tips, you’ll begin to write your own invitation.
• Ordering and Sending Your Wedding Invitations
  Not only are wedding invitations a vital source of information, they’re also a memorable keepsake. Mindy walks you through the best practices and timelines surrounding printing, ordering, and sending your invitations.
• Select Your Wedding Invitations
  Use Mindy’s expertise to choose your invitations. You can use these resources to select the design and format for your announcement.

Plan Your Ceremony
The moment that matters most? The moment you say, “I do.” In this section, Mindy covers each part of a typical ceremony and helps you to reimagine your own. You’ll map out your ceremony diagram, prepare your rehearsal, and begin to work on vows.

• Assigning Your Wedding Party Roles
  Planning a wedding is like conducting an orchestra. In this lesson, Mindy discusses the roles involved in a traditional wedding ceremony, and provides the tools you need to choose an officiant with whom you can collaborate.
• Writing Your Vows
  According to Mindy, your vows are the validation of why you’re getting married. But you don’t have to be a wordsmith to speak from the heart. In this lesson, she provides guidance for personalizing your vows so that nothing is left unsaid.
• Rehearsing for the Big Day
  Think of the rehearsal as the precursor to the big day. Mindy teaches you how to conduct a seamless rehearsal, and shares the important information you need to relay to the wedding party before you walk down the aisle.
• Share Your Ceremony Diagram
  Now that you know what you’ll need for an effective rehearsal, it’s time to map out the exact positioning of your ceremony.

Pick Your Menu
Mindy promises to never leave your guests unsatisfied. In this section, she’ll provide tried-and-true insight into bar basics, reception meals, cake, and alternative desserts. Then you’ll use a questionnaire to set up your entire menu.

• Hosting Your Wedding Cocktail Hour
  For many guests, cocktail hour is their favorite hour. Mindy walks you through the basic foundation for any full cocktail hour—hors d’oeuvres, liquor options, theme, and the benefits of an open, closed, or soft bar.
• Share Your Signature Cocktail
  If all this talk of mixology has you inspired, come up with a signature cocktail you’d like to serve at your wedding. Then share your recipe on the community page.
• Curating Your Reception Menu
  You’re going out of your way to make things special—and food is no exception. This lesson covers Mindy’s tips for choosing a balanced, crowd-pleasing menu. She runs you through the different courses and budget-friendly options for both plated and buffet-style menus.
• Deciding on Dessert
  Treat your guests to your dream wedding cake. Mindy shows you how to find a cake maker, get the most out of tastings, and leverage faux cake tricks. She also offers ideas for alternative options. Then you’ll finalize your wedding menu by completing a questionnaire.

Design Your Day
Mindy shares the fun of styling your wedding. With three incredible table demos, she presents color, decor, and texture options for a variety of budgets. A focused questionnaire will help you choose a color palette and table decor for your big day.

• Developing Your Color Palette
  Color lets you reflect your personality, inspire energy, and set the stage for a memorable day. Mindy helps you choose complementary and compatible color palettes—including your main and accent colors. From florals to ribbons, you’ll learn how to apply them throughout your wedding motif.
• Share Your Color Palette
  Can’t stop thinking about all the colors of the rainbow? Now’s the time to develop your color palette and inspire others by sharing your choices with the community.
• Designing Your Floral and Candle Motif
  Flowers and candles can enhance the romantic vibrations of any space. Mindy gives tactical advice on finding inspiration and choosing floral arrangements that won’t break the bank. She also highlights factors to consider such as season, sensory overload, and your overall priorities.
• Incorporating Linens and Texture
  When it comes to making your wedding shine, it’s all in the details. From napkins to linens, Mindy goes over everything you need to consider—including color, texture, and style—when creating your table settings.
• Styling Your Table: Classic White and Green
  In this lesson, Mindy helps you imagine your table design by showcasing a standard style: the classic white and green table. She explains how each element informs the overall aesthetic, and encourages you to start thinking about your own ideal table design.
• Styling Your Table: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful
  Mindy takes you through another design demonstration: the bright, bold, and beautiful table. She explains how to get the most color on your table without breaking the bank.
• Styling Your Table: Rustic DIY
  In this final demonstration, Mindy highlights a glamorous style that doesn’t require a bounty of bouquets: the rustic DIY table. Her money-saving tips include creating your own table decor. Once you’re familiar with all three types of table decor, take the questionnaire to determine your style.

Draft Your Floor Plan
Now that you’ve determined all the lovely details of your dream wedding, it’s time to record them into your schedule and floor plan. In this section, Mindy guides you in creating a seating chart and itinerary.

• Drafting Your Wedding Floor Plan
  Seating your guests can be a challenge—you want to keep everyone happy and the energy flowing. Mindy makes it easy with tips on planning your seating chart, choosing tables, and leaning on venues and rental companies for expertise.
• Share Your Floor Plan and Seating Chart
  Finally, it’s time to map out every element of your big day. Start by drawing your reception floor plan and developing your seating chart. Then upload both plans to the community page and see how other couples are bringing their dream weddings to life. Please share your plans as .jpg or .png image files. The file size limit is 10 MB.

Meet your instructor
Mindy Weiss started out creating custom invitations—ultimately becoming a highly coveted wedding planner. After nearly 30 years and three bestselling books, she has mastered her craft. Her warmth and creativity have earned her clients such as Justin and Hailey Bieber, Nina and Russell Westbrook, Paris Hilton, and the Kardashians.

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