Getting organized
Suggestions on the resources available to help you plan
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Cape Fear Wedding is the greater Wilmington area's premier wedding planner.
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Please write in your book!
This planning handbook is meant for your
use. Mark it up, use the timetables, planning pages and checklists,
and make notes about your ideas, vendors and other resources.
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Use our online Bridal Planner
Our interactive Planner includes a customized Wedding Day Countdown checklist, Preferred
Vendor list, Bridal Party address book and more. This is the only online wedding planner service that connects you
with the leading vendors in Wilmington and nearby communities. Keep detailed notes about your vendors, your attendants,
and your appointments, and keep track of them with a personalized datebook. This is a free service. Register now and
keep yourself on track and on time.
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Read the articles
In print or on line, Cape Fear Wedding's
detailed articles are full of helpful advice about the thousand-and-one
details you'll need to decide on in the course of your preparations.
This web site has additional material not found in the printed book,
so use it as a supplemental resource along with your Cape Fear
Wedding handbook. Also, unlike some planning publications, we
try hard to make our articles objective. They are meant to help
you, not to plug a particular advertiser's services. Their messages
are in their ads, not in our articles.
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Log in to our database of wedding professionals
Both the print and online editions are sourcebooks
of wedding services. The advertisers here are experts in their field.
They will give you great ideas and take on a big part of the work
and worry. To help you find and deal directly with wedding professionals
in every field, Cape Fear Wedding has created a dynamic referral
system for the bridal couples of Southeastern North Carolina. Use it to request
free information on the specific products and services you need.
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Use the Bridal Forum:
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Share ideas & opinions with other brides
Who knows better than another bride what you're
going through in planning for your wedding? Ask questions, offer feedback,
and share ideas with others who have been there ... or are still going through
the process. Comment on specific topics or join in a general discussion. The
forum is open for any registered bride to join.
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Sign up free, on line
It's free to register, and signing up entitles
you to discounts, special offers and information about the products
and services you need. Once you're registered, you have access to our
online Bridal Planner. Keep your personal profile up to date, check off
planning tasks as you handle them, and keep track of your Preferred Vendors,
appointments and deadlines. Registered brides can also use our online
Bridal Forum to exchange questions, tips and ideas with one another.
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Go to checklist:
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File and use the literature you get
You'll receive brochures and other information
by mail and email. Organize this material into a series of folders,
a notebook or an expandable file according to categories. As each
category comes up on your timetable, re-read the literature from each file, as well
as the articles in Cape Fear Wedding pertaining to that product
or service. This will help you be prepared with appropriate questions.
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About Wedding Show:
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Attend bridal shows
An excellent way to get to know Wilmington's
wedding professionals, evaluate their work, and gather ideas is
to attend one or more of the bridal shows held every year. We offer
tips on how to get the most out of the shows you choose to attend,
as well as a schedule of upcoming shows.
We especially recommend our own Cape Fear
Wedding Show, held in mid-autum in downtown Wilmington, which
features a bridal fashion show, music and dance demonstrations
in the Bride & Groom's lounge, musical entertainment, and of course
exhibits by 120-plus wedding vendors.
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Go to vendor listings
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Talk to vendors
Some vendors
may telephone you, asking if you have contracted yet for their type
of service. If you like what they have to say, make an appointment
to see or discuss their work. These callers should be friendly, yet businesslike
and never intimidating. Make notes about these phone conversations
and file them with your other planning information. It's easy to
forget details when you have so much to think about! For your convenience,
your Cape Fear Wedding timetable has spaces for you to write in
the names, phone numbers and other pertinent data about the vendors
you select.
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Finally, don't panic!
It may seem overwhelming at first, but if
you go about your planning systematically, set a schedule for yourself,
and make full use of the planning tools we offer, you'll get everything
done on time with a minimum of problems. Enjoy the process, let
us know if we can make Cape Fear Wedding more useful to you
in any way, and have a wonderful wedding day.
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