Hey all..so that title might have caught your attention.  Well today is a little tough love in the blog.  The brutally, honest truth is that no one owes you a wedding or reception.  Your parents don't have to pay for some grande affair, nor do they have to pay for a more budget friendly affair.  In fact, there is no rule that says that they have to pay for a wedding at all.

Now you are all thinking, "she is a wedding planner, right"  Yes, I am and No, I have not lost my mind.  What I am doing is trying to inject some reality and honesty into the wedding conversation.

Just because Pinterest, Say Yes to the Dress, and a bazillion wedding blogs say you need all this wedding "stuff" does not mean that you are automatically entitled to a wedding and it all entails.

Let's face it...the most important thing is the ceremony.  The act of getting married, committing your lives to each through good times and bad.  Isn't that what it's all about?!  

Now, I like a great party and celebration more than anyone.  Getting to create magic for a couple on their special day;  there is nothing like that feeling.  When it all comes together and everyone is having fun and dancing the night away, that is pure heaven. But remember, we are celebrating marriage.

It all goes back to really setting a budget and knowing what you can afford.  Then you can plan accordingly.  If you have champagne taste on a beer budget, then you are going to have to make compromises.  

Remember, you are marrying your soulmate.  Your friends and family are there to celebrate with you.  Just keep that in mind when you are on pinterest overload and have just binge watched Say Yes to the Dress all day.

Hi All!  As part of the re-launch of our blog we have chosen to feature our weddings and events throughout the year.  So get ready for some gorgeous-ness overload in 2016.

We met Abbie and Brian in February 2015 and instantly knew that they were fun, totally in love with each other and that their wedding was going to be EPIC.  On December 12 major epic-ness happened. From the getting ready, to the first look, to the ceremony, reception and after party no detail was left untouched.  

Enjoy Abbie and Brian's love story!

None of this would have been possible without the most amazing team of wedding vendors! Thank you!

Maggie Stolzberg Photography

The W Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach

Karla Lola Make Up

South Florida's Heatwave Band

Lexoria Wedding Films

Dalsimer Atlas Floral and Event Design

Eventz PhotoBooth

Drum Cafe Southeast

Ana Paz Cakes

Cheers!

The Fabuluxe Team

Hi everyone!  To our friends in the Northeast, we hope that things are returning to normal for you.  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with you all.  

Are you struggling with finding the right words for your ceremony or your programs or your favors?  We thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite quotes on love and marriage with all of you.  There are infinite ways to incorporate these words into your wedding.

1.  A Marriage is a gift.  It should be opened up and enjoyed.   Greg Evans

2.  If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my arms forever.  Mandy Hampton

3.  Love’s pure silver flame gives each innermost spirit invisible warmth.  Haiku Verse

4.  Love must be as much a light as it is a flame.  Henry David Thoreau

5.  Love is a frienship caught on fire.  Northern Exposure

6.  Love is always in the mood of believing in miracles.  J.C. Powys

7.  Love is the seed of all hope.  It is the enticement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on.   Gloria Gaither

8.  As we grow older together,  As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change…I will always keep falling in love with you.  Karen Clodfelder

9.  Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.  William Shakespeare

10.  Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.   Robert Browning

11.  Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.  Friedrich Halm

12.  Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.  Rose Franken

13.  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.  Germaine Greer

14.   If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.  A.A. Milne from Winnie the Pooh

15.  When you start to realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.   Nora Ephron – When Harry Met Sally

16.  I love you,

Not only for what you are,

But for what I am,

When I am with you.

I love you,

Not only for what

You have made of yourself,

But for what you are making of me.

I love you

For the part of me

That you bring out.    Roy Croft

So now my parents can feel better that my English Literature degree was not a waste.    Language is such a beautiful thing and appreciating these beautiful words gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. 

Enjoy these words of love and please share your favorite words of love and marriage in our comments section.  We love to hear from you!

Have a wonderful day.

Jen, Mandi, Amelia
www.fabuluxeevents.com
jennifer@fabuluxeevents.com
561-254-2041