Advice from a Wedding Director

Working for the Omaha Event Group as a wedding manager for the last few years has been a joy-filled ride. Finalizing floor plans is so satisfying, grand entrances are exhilarating, helping behind the bar is a blast, and the first dance still brings a tear to my eye. It has taught me so much about how to culminate a great event.

My clients, over the years. have asked me many questions: DJ or Band? Who is the best florist in town? What kind of head table should I do? Do people even do cake cutting anymore?

While all these questions are important and need to be answered, I have finally found the perfect piece of advice I'd like to offer to anyone getting married:

Do what best describes you as a couple, not what traditions have taught you you should do.

If you and your SO hate cake, then have a pie. If you hate contemporary music, have a band play the oldies. If you want to do your ceremony on top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps, then for goodness sake, do it! You will never regret having an amazing night filled with unique touches that only a couple like you would create.

I say this from my professional experience as well as personal. For my wedding, ten years ago, I did everything I had been told I was supposed to. I invited all the guests from my parent's lists, even the ones I barely knew. I had the music that I thought the crowd might like and not what my husband and I would have wanted. While it was a beautiful day and I am so glad I married the man I did, none of it was 'us'. I wish that someone would have come to me while planning my wedding and asked "Is that three-tiered white cake really what you want?" I hate white cake, I wish I had had a giant pile of brownies instead... dripping with fudge a chocolate fountain.

So, from a wedding planner at the best company in Omaha to you... do it your way. Do it in a way that if someone walked into your wedding, they would know it was your wedding because of your unique couple touches. A taco truck out front, a signature drink with your dog's name, and maybe even a pile of brownies.