Nancy Curtis - Author
Nancy Curtis is a Certified Wedding Planner, Wedding Expert and author of her new book Get Wedding Ready – 6 Simple Steps to Get You Down the Aisle & Keep You Sane.
With nearly 3 decades of wedding planning and helping 100‘s of couples get down the aisle, Nancy has a uniquely humourous way of sharing her knowledge and expertise that cuts through the clutter of wedding planning.
She owns Plan it Perfectly Weddings, has been featured in many local publications and television interviews and a recipient of several volunteer awards. Until recently, she ran one of the area’s largest wedding shows. Before owning her own business, she worked in a number of sectors including mental health, tourism/hospitality and politics. But helping a bride solve a problem is her ultimate high.
How to Get Through the Ups and Downs of Wedding Planning
Hey, I heard you got engaged. That’s terrific news! Bask in that moment and make it last as long as you can. It’s not going to be all sunshine and lollipops as you get ready to walk up that aisle. It’s going to be bit (or a lot) like a rollercoaster ride. But that’s ok. It’s an emotional time. You’re marrying the one you love and there are tons of decisions to be made.
Embrace the ups and downs!
My wedding – my life
The Problem: Not only is it taking up a lot of your time (which is normal) but you maybe subconsciously pinning, clipping, downloading - all things wedding.
The Solution: Take an hour this week and sort through and delete any and all things that you will not realistically have at your wedding. Make way for the real wedding!
The Problem: talking about your wedding causes your anxiety level to go up, to burst into tears or just don’t see the point in it all any more.
The Solution – take a break. A weekend away and no wedding talk. You’ll come back refreshed and get much more work done with a clear head.
The Problem: They told you to make lists and now you have a list of lists. There is so much to do and there seems to be not enough time to get it all done.
The solution: things do have to get done, so if you are having an un-wedding feeling day, do some of the smaller tasks or fun ones. And don’t forget, there are 2 of you in this journey. Enlist your better half and/or your bridal party. Many hands make light work!
The Problem: the groom seems a little too relaxed and not participating as expected. Ladies, the one thing I have learned from planning hundreds of weddings and being a wife, men work at a different speed and time table than we do. They see and do things differently.
The Solution: Accept that he will get done what you have asked him to do but it will be on his time schedule. If that is hard for you to accept, give him a deadline to get it done (and expect it to be the last day before it gets done). If that bothers you, let him know – calmly – that this wedding is stressing you out and you would like him to not add to that. He’ll step up and help.
The Problem: your besties seemed to have all vanished - oh, did you maybe OD on the wedding updates the last 3 times you got together? So now you’ve realized your mistake and have backed off and now they are calling to see if you are ok.
The Solution: This may be your dream wedding but remember it’s not theirs. They are excited for you and want to know what’s going on, but keep the information to the Reader’s Digest/Coles Notes version. Don’t forget to ask how they are doing.
Happy Planning~~~
