{"id":990,"date":"2017-04-19T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/?p=990"},"modified":"2024-07-31T00:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T00:49:32","slug":"youre-engaged-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/inspiration\/youre-engaged-now\/","title":{"rendered":"you&#8217;re engaged, now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-991\" src=\"https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender.jpg 750w, https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender-270x266.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>celebrate + enjoy just the two of you!\n<ul>\n<li>Pop some champagne! The next few hours \/ days are going to be a stream of phone calls, texts, and social media comments. Take some time to savor\u00a0the moment with your newly minted fianc\u00e9! You both will be feeling such a high, whether you knew it was coming or not &#8212; you&#8217;ll remember this moment and those feelings for a long time to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>share the news\n<ul>\n<li>Chances are you will be on an emotional high, not sure if you should laugh or cry, and certainly won&#8217;t be able to stop smiling. Time to share the news with loved ones &#8211; pick up the phone and call (or Facetime) parents, siblings, other family members, and friends before posting anything to social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>think big picture\n<ul>\n<li>I can bet when you share your engagement news, people will inevitably ask &#8220;when&#8217;s the wedding?!&#8221;. While they may be jumping the gun on setting a date, you and your fianc\u00e9 should begin to think big picture &#8211;\u00a0what visions do you both have? What are your current tastes, dreams, and interests? At the end of the day, your wedding should reflect both your personalities, look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/purpleorchid12\/\">Pinterest<\/a> for inspiration, but don&#8217;t\u00a0lose yourselves or personal style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>set a budget\n<ul>\n<li>While not the most glamorous part of wedding planning, it&#8217;s a big factor that needs to be addressed before you can start with the fun stuff &#8211; a venue, flowers, food, etc. You and your\u00a0fianc\u00e9 will need to figure out how much the two of you plan to contribute, as well as any parents and\/or other family members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>draft a guest list\n<ul>\n<li>While\u00a0thinking big picture &#8211; do you envision your wedding day to be &#8220;small&#8221;, &#8220;medium&#8221;, &#8220;big&#8221;? What do those words even mean? What does 100 people even look like? Start by drafting a list &#8211; a good starting point is to create a Google Doc with three tabs &#8211; one for each family and another for friends. This is by no mean your final list &#8211; but get an idea of what your numbers look like &#8211;\u00a0you&#8217;ll need this when you begin to look at venues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>hire a wedding planner\n<ul>\n<li>When it comes to the planning process, people will range from what the heck am I doing to maybe wedding planning is my calling &#8211; whatever camp you are in a <a href=\"https:\/\/purpleorchidevents.biz\/stage\/\">wedding planner<\/a> can help in a multitude of ways. One of the most important being &#8211;\u00a0we will do whatever we can to make this process as stress-free as possible. Your wedding is the biggest day of your life, it should also be the most memorable and we are here to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>real talk with meli:\u00a0Thinking back to that day, I can still remember every emotion I felt &#8212; mainly not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and not being able to stop doing either. I can attest that numerous people will ask you when the wedding is, craft a generic response &#8211; that you&#8217;re thinking next spring or the following year.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>celebrate + enjoy just the two of you! Pop some champagne! The next few hours \/ days are going to be a stream of phone calls, texts, and social media comments. Take some time to savor\u00a0the moment with your newly minted fianc\u00e9! 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