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Picking out a dress, flowers, and a new home can be exciting yet overwhelming. My goal is to make starting your new life together easy. I created this Louisville Wedding Guide to help your big day run smoothly. It's just another service I provide for you, my clients and future clients. When you and your fiancée are ready to buy a house, just call me, and I will take care of you.
- Heidi Amshoff, RE/MAX Action First Realtor

CONTENTS

Budget Planner for your Wedding         - Wedding Budget help
      how much you can afford

Checklist and Timeline
      what to do and when

Find everything in Louisville    
      find florists dresses cakes invitations... caterers reception places churches...

Articles that really help
     relationships to legal papers

Find out more about me in my profile
     www.HeidiAmshoff.com
     or call 502-777-3578 for help

 
TIMELINE

9-12 Months
~Announce the date
~Set a budget
~Start the guest list, find addresses
~Select consultant
~Pick your colors/style
~Find out requirements for ceremony and reception places
~Have an outdoor wedding backup site
~Pick Photographer/ Videographer, Food and Flowers, and music for ceremony and reception
~Shop for dresses and veils
~Pick out Invitations, Napkins, Matches, Thank you notes, Programs
~Scope out honeymoon locations and packages
~Put together maps and directions for invitations
~Call your Realtor (me) so we can keep an eye on the market for your perfect first house together

6 Months
~Wedding Bands
~Register for gifts
~Groom's formal wear and the groomsmen
~Musicians
~Passports
~Birth certificate copies
~Go with your Realtor (me!) to the lender to talk about getting your credit and paperwork in order to get a house for you to move in after the honeymoon

3 Months
~Bridal Showers!
~Invite Rehearsal Dinner Guests
~Plan ceremony with officiant
~Book Bridesmaid Luncheon
~Change name with important companies
~Get transportation in order
~Write a contract on a house or condo with your Realtor (me!)

6 Weeks
~Invitations in mail
~Select flowers
~Rehearsal Dinner details
~Start putting together a real timeline for all those involved at the wedding
~Gifts for groom, parents, bridesmaids, hostesses
~Make sure out of town guests have hotel reservations
~Get the details really worked out for the ceremony

2 Weeks
~Have program printed
~Contact guests who haven't RSVP'd
~Marriage License
~Set up arrangements with hair dresser
~Set up fittings for: Bridesmaids
Veil
Headpiece
Gown

1 Week
~Bachelorette Party!
~Ask someone to return rental items after wedding
~Ask someone to get mail while on honeymoon
~Confirm honeymoon plans
~Make really really sure all details of the big day are in place
~For reception:
  Seating chart
  Table cards
  Guest count for caterer

Wedding Rehearsal
~Spa! Manicure and Pedicure
~Rehearsal Dinner! Give gifts to attendants
~Get Rehearsal things organized
~Have honeymoon luggage together
~Ask someone to bring little things to ceremony
~Pack a goody bag of safety pins, bobby pins etc.
~Take marriage license to officiant
 

Your Wedding Day
~Breakfast with your family
~Hair and makeup
~Make sure the Maid of Honor and Best Man have the rings
~Get to the ceremony site on time to dress
~Remember and cherish this day forever

 Getting started:
Yea! He proposed! You told your parents, you set the date. Now what? Click here for a complete checklist to help get organized.

Your Louisville Wedding

bullet Churches in Louisville and other places to get married
bullet Bridal Stores
bullet Florists
bullet Cakes
bullet Photographers
bullet Wedding gifts for wedding parties
bulletRESTAURANTS for Rehearsal Dinner
bullet Reception Halls
bullet Rings
bulletHOTELS
bullet DJs, Bands Music for weddings
bulletMAPS for guests
bullet Travel! Honeymoon...
bulletBARS for your bachelor/ bachelorette party
bulletLimosines, Horse Carriages Limos for the Bridal Party

CATERERS
    Celebrations Catering   7200 Woodhaven Rd  491-4148
    Divinity Fine Caterering  2054 Frankfort Ave  893-7069
    Dining Elegance Caterers   243-1848
    Upper Crust Inc 4433-D Kiln Ct   456-4144

RECEPTION SITES  for the Highlands St. Matthews and East End
    Blair's Ballroom 9321-B New La Grange Rd 425-7355
    The Olmstead 3701 Frankfort Ave 899-7670
    Farmington Carriage House 3033 Bardstown Rd 451-1710
    The German-American Club 1840 Lincoln Ave  451-3100
    Ferd Grisanti Restaurant  10212 Taylorsville Rd 267-0119
    The Star of Louisville 151 W River Rd 589-7827 and Star Harbor Event Facility
    Pat's Steak House 2437 Brownsboro Rd 893-2062
    Pinecrest Cottage and Gardens on Newburg Rd 454-3800
    Claudia Sanders Dinner House  3202 Shelbyville Rd  Shelbyville Ky 502-633-0088
    Water Tower - Louisville Visual Art Association  3005 River Rd   896-2146
    Whitehall 3110 Lexington Rd  897-2944 

FLORISTS
    Blossom Shop Florist 2218 Bardstown Rd 454-0421
    Bouquet Flowers by Rev 3928 Bardstown Rd 499-0760
    Creative Design Florist 2716 Frankfort Ave, Crescent Hill, 899-1215
    Freda's Fancy Florists 11517 Old Shelbyville Rd 245-3174
    Korfhage Landscape and Designs 9611 Taylorsville Rd 267-0541
    Tam's Original's Florist 10125 Taylorsville Rd. 267-1149
    Nanz and Kraft Florists 141 Breckinridge Ln 897-6551 and 4980 US Hwy 42 426-9911

CEREMONY SITES
    Catholic Churches links to Archdiocese of Louisville Churches and Addresses
    Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Caldwell Chapel 1044 Alta Vista Rd 895-3411
    Breckinridge Chapel 239 Breckinridge Ln, St. Matthews, 895-8815
    Highland United Methodist Church 1140 Cherokee Rd, Highlands 451-3838
    Suburban Christian Church 7515 Westport Rd 425-2266
    Southeast Christian Church Blankenbaker Pkwy 253-8000
    Crescent Hill Baptist Church, St. Matthews 2800 Frankfort Ave 896-4425
    Deer Park Baptist Church, Highlands 1733 Bardstown Rd 451-7220
    St. Mark's Episcopal Church 895-2429
    Grace and Glory Lutheran Church, Prospect Ky 13400 W.Hwy 42  228-0650
    Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church 4936 Brownsboro Rd. Louisville 425-6943
    Duncan Memorial Chapel 5600 Old Floydsburg Rd 502-241-8392
    Keneseth Israel Synagogue 2531 Taylorsville Rd 459-2780
    Non-church wedding sites links to article listing places to get married outside of a church

PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEOGRAPHY
    Stephen Photography  244-3753
    Trina Hensley, Artfully Done Photography  387-1716 www.artfullydonephoto.com
    Video Kitchen 2323 Bardstown Rd  458-4411
    Wettig Photography and Videography 896-9683
    Todd Pellowe Wedding Photography 721-6057  www.tpellowe.com

MUSICIANS AND WEDDING SINGERS
    Highland Chamber Players Harp and String Quartet 895-1714
    Tolson Entertainment 254-1080
    DJ Service - Sound Traxx 456-4868
    Emily Fields 314-3402

RINGS - Engagement Rings, Bridal Rings, Jewelry for the Bridesmaids
    Shane Company 2100 South Hurstbourne Pkwy 491-9222
    Davis Jewelers Off North Hurstbourne Pkwy about a mile north of Shelbyville Rd 212-0420 212-0420
    Seng Jewelers in the Starks Building 453 S 4th St Downtown 585-5109 ask for Barb Hill

TRAVEL LINKS
    Travelocity
    Expedia
    Yahoo
    Hotwire
    Travelzoo

WEDDING CAKES
   Plehn's Bakery St. Matthews 3940 Shelbyville Rd. 896-4438
   Visions Weddings and Special Events 368-7888
   Lil' Slice of Heaven  125 N. Bardstown Rd.  Mt. Washington, Ky 40047  (502) 538-3512
   Conway's Cake and Candy Supplies 12220 Shelbyville Rd  245-1010

WEDDING DRESS and BRIDAL SHOPS 
    Bridal Warehouse   1848 S Hurstbourne Pkwy
    Classic Veils by Carol 491-3058
    Patrecia's for Brides 108 Fairfax Ave Louisville 897-5000 also Patricia for Brides

WEDDING INVITATIONS and STATIONERY
    I.Q. Copies and Printing, South Hurstbourne Pkwy, 491-0222

CANDLES
   Candleman at Mall St. Matthews 894-8435
   Wicks'n'Sticks at Oxmoor Center 425-4252

GIFTS Things Remembered at Mall St. Matthews

LIMOUSINES Cosmopolitan Limousine Service 966-5466 Limos, cars, wedding transportation
    Louisville Horse Trams Inc White carriages, white horses 581-0100 wedding surries
   
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Budget!

The average  wedding costs $19,000... hope you're saving!
Click here to see the average wedding costs
and for a tool  to help keep
your personal budget in balance.
"I DO!"... or did you? Follow the Laws:
Marriage License
Changing your name
Documents to file
 


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Last minute beauty tips:

Do NOT get a chemical peel thinking it will help you last minute. That goes for tanning beds too. Have him get his hair cut a week in advance. For zits (completely stress related!) I use Oil of Olay face cloths personally, but just don't use anything strong enough to spur an allergic reaction. Also, schedule a trial-run with your hair dresser before the big event to know what to expect. Read the Bride Book for tips from other Brides who've been there.

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Note* I am not a professional wedding planner. I am a professional Realtor. I have put together these links as a service to you and I think you will find them helpful. Please call me when you are ready to buy a house.

Heidi Amshoff is a Realtor with RE/MAX Action First in Louisville Ky. She is a proud member of the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors.

Email me at heidi@heidiamshoff.com for a list of my sources for information

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