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Ruby Red Shoes Weddings & Events

Your Dream Event!

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Detailed Services

  • A customized planning timeline developed and maintained by your planner.
  • Maintaining the timeline to help you stay on track in the decision making process.
  • A customized spending plan to realistically establish how much you want to spend in each area of the wedding & reception.
  • Maintaining the spending plan, updating it as contracts are signed.
  • Assistance with selection of your perfect ceremony and reception venue.
  • Scheduling your venue site visits.
  • Assistance with choosing the best vendors that suite your style and your spending plan.
  • Scheduling appointments to meet and select your amazing vendors.
  • Contract review of all venues and vendors.

You’ve selected the venues and vendors – now what? This becomes our task list and we are here for assistance.

  • A comprehensive event planning checklist to include: décor, food and beverage arrangements, stationary, floral, lighting, rentals, photography, videography, entertainment, and audio-visual. This is where we decide exactly what you want from your Wedding Team.
  • Assist with development of wedding theme, colors, decorations, etc.
  • Advice on etiquette and traditions.
  • Guest list and table seating assistance.
  • Assisting with selection of favors, table numbers and place cards.
  • Coordinating hotels for out-of-town guests.
  • Rehearsal Dinner Location.
  • Assembling and delivering hospitality gifts for out-of-town guests.
  • Developing a wedding day timeline for the wedding couple.
  • Creating a wedding timeline for all vendors.
  • Confirming vendors’ arrival time & coordinating their set-up.
  • Coordinating wedding rehearsal (assistance with processional and recessional).

Duties at Rehearsal – What we do!

  • Introduce ourselves to officiant, parents, and wedding party.
  • Position wedding party on standing at ceremony location; be it a church altar, under a tent, in a gazebo or on the sand.
  • Direct proper holding of bouquets, groomsmen’s hands, no gum.
  • Explain to ushers their responsibilities.
  • Direct family on procession & where to sit.
  • Work with officiant on elements of ceremony, processional to recessional.
  • Offer advice on etiquette and procedures.
  • Keep everyone focused on task and on time.
  • Pass out timelines for Wedding Day to Family & Wedding Party.
  • Go over details of the ceremony set-up with you.

Duties at Ceremony – What we do!

  • Set-up elements of ceremony-unity candle, sand ceremony, guest book.
  • Assist wedding couple in anyway throughout their whole day.
  • Assist vendors with set-up- florist, musicians, photographer, etc.
  • Make sure wedding couple looks GREAT!
  • Assist ushers in seating direction.
  • Assist with ceremony doors for guests and bride to enter.
  • Help family with direction.
  • Cue music for processional.
  • Line-up and cue wedding party and family throughout ceremony.
  • Fluff train before you walk down the aisle.
  • Assist in directing wedding party and guests after ceremony.
  • Gather wedding party belongings and decorations from ceremony site.
  • Direct family and wedding party to photos.
  • Have wedding emergency kit on hand Advil, mints, sewing kit etc.

Duties at Reception – What we do!

  • Communicate with venue manager on set-up.
  • Ensure proper placement of table numbers, seating cards, place cards, wedding favors.
  • Ensure proper set-up of centerpieces, candles, etc.
  • Make sure lighting is done as per instructions.
  • Place cake cutting set at cake table with napkins and plates.
  • Check all tables for proper place settings and table elements.
  • Ensure cake, toss bouquet, champagne glasses, etc are in proper place.
  • Check with DJ/Band that music is ready and your timeline is followed.
  • Ensure venue has snacks and drinks ready for wedding party when they arrive.
  • Assist with bustling of gown when you arrive.
  • Line-up wedding party for grand entrance.
  • Assist couple with cake cutting.
  • Make sure parents and grandparents are taken care of during the reception.
  • Assist guest with seating cards and to find their tables.
  • Make sure all event activities happen on time, (first dance, cake cutting).
  • Keeping in contact with the couple to let you know what’s next on the timeline.
  • Collect and secure all gifts and cards.
  • Answer guests questions.
  • Act as a liaison between you and all vendors.
  • Keep reception running smoothly behind the scenes.
  • Distribute final payments/tips to vendors.
  • Have wedding emergency kit on hand (sewing kit, mints, Advil etc).

    Ensure anything else you want done, is done your way! If it sounds like a lot – it is!
    But with our Ruby Red Shoes team there, no one is bothering you with questions, again we want you to feel like Guests!

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