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Jillian
Jillian

Niagara Falls, Ontario · From December 2017

Happily married 🎉

September 24, 2022

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Minted discount better than 25%
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On April 5, 2021 at 13:04

Does minted ever have a better discount than 25% off?

Anickanoppe, friday 29-Sep-23 9 149
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Tips for Travelling with wedding dress on airplane
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On July 20, 2022 at 23:10

Any tips or tricks on travelling on a plane (aircanada specifically) with a wedding dress as a carry on? I’ve read some planes will have closets available. I’ve been researching actual garment carry...

Pat, wednesday 12-Jul-23 5 300 1
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Website for Quality Thank You Cards
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On October 18, 2022 at 10:26

Any recommendations on where to order thank you cards that are good quality and not a grainy photo? Thanks!

MaeganthoroON, friday 4-Nov-22 7 113
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Timeline opinion and question
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On February 10, 2022 at 07:45

Opinions please.. first off who did you get to review and approve your timeline? Venue, photographer and day of coordinator? Also, do I really need to put my ceremony time 30 mins before the actual...

Julie, monday 8-Aug-22 10 168 3
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Shuttle advice please
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On July 12, 2022 at 16:07

How long is too long to be on a shuttle to the ceremony?? We have two hotel blocks (one we have a rooming list and the other we don’t cuz the hotel didn’t mention they don’t keep track - the guests...

Stephanie, friday 15-Jul-22 5 96
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Signage-do you really need
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On June 27, 2022 at 17:12

Do you really need a sign for cards, sign for guestbook and sign for favours?

Stephanie, thursday 14-Jul-22 18 161 1
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Seating chart
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On April 25, 2022 at 08:57

Do you put the names of people sitting at your head table on your seating chart? And do you put your vendors on the seating chart too when they have an assigned vendor table?

Danielle, thursday 12-May-22 9 172
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Golden hour photos
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On January 3, 2022 at 12:38

If the sunsets at 7:10pm at our location, one hour before that, 6:10pm is the golden hour, but when do you take pictures? At 6:10pm or a bit before, say 6:00pm-6:15pmish? Trying to work it into our...

Vinod, saturday 12-Feb-22 7 98
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Thoughts on Dancing before dinner?
Jillian of Wedding reception, On January 8, 2022 at 15:43

Has anyone been to a wedding where there was 30 mins of dancing before dinner? I heard it on the betches bride podcast and has me wondering if we could pull it off. Some of their reasons for it doing...

Vinod, saturday 5-Feb-22 10 352
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Can you import a guest list with full address
Jillian of Tech support, On December 11, 2018 at 11:31

I see you can import guests, but it only has their names, emails and postal code. Is there a way to import the full address--if not, what a pain.

Andrew, tuesday 28-Sep-21 4 420
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Zazzle greater discount than 50%??
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On August 30, 2021 at 16:45

Has anyone seen a zazzle coupon that is more than 50%?

Vinod, tuesday 31-Aug-21 1 73
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Sending Save the date for 2022
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On April 7, 2021 at 15:56

Anyone else feel silly for sending save the dates for 2022 with all the provinces currently in different lock down restrictions? Ours is a destination wedding two provinces away which is why I want to...

Laura, sunday 18-Apr-21 8 217
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Advice for two dresses
Jillian of Wedding fashion, On February 28, 2021 at 21:58

Are you doing two dresses? Is your 2nd dress more comfy, and/or sexier than your ceremony dress? What’s the difference between the two. I’m looking for suggestions on when to change into my 2nd dress....

Jillian, monday 1-Mar-21 11 168
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Best site for the best quality for photocards
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On January 11, 2021 at 18:48

Would like to have our save our new dates as a photo. Best website to use? I’ve looked at shutterfly, vista print, zazzle and paperlust wondering about comparing quality between these four and any...

Abbie, wednesday 13-Jan-21 7 82
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rsvp date May 15-46 guests still pending
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On May 13, 2020 at 23:23

Our rsvp date is 2 days away. And still waiting for 46 guests to reply. We haven’t post poned yet, our wedding is sept 19 2020 and 2 provinces away. I know canada post is slow right now and I know...

Ashley, monday 18-May-20 14 271
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Any September 2020 brides post-poning due to Covid19?
Jillian of WeddingWire, On March 29, 2020 at 16:01

Wondering if any couples for Sept 2020 have post-poned their wedding yet or when are you waiting until to decide? We have about half our guests that are travelling and flying in for our wedding.

Melissa, monday 11-May-20 48 2,526
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Advice on following up on pending rsvps
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On April 26, 2020 at 18:13

Our RSVPs are due for our out of town guests that need to fly for May 15 for our Sept 19 2020 wedding. We sent our out of town guests invites before covid really hit at the start of March. I won’t...

Ashley, monday 4-May-20 9 131
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Have you told anyone what your plan b will be?
Jillian of WeddingWire, On April 10, 2020 at 09:34

We decided on our plan b last night. We gave ourselves a date to make a decision and if we will elope and then do reception later. We haven’t reached out to any vendors to reschedule/post pone but we...

Heather, monday 20-Apr-20 10 194
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Bridesmaid dresses
Jillian of Wedding fashion, On March 28, 2020 at 21:03

Are there any other sites than azazie where u can try at home before ordering the actual dress?

Jillian, thursday 2-Apr-20 4 92 1
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Rehearsal Dinner Transportation-thoughts
Jillian of Before the wedding, On March 12, 2020 at 11:17

Are you providing transportation for your guests attending the rehearsal dinner? I know as hosts we are legally responsible everyone gets a safe ride home. Our rehearsal dinner is at a winery, and we...

Vinod, monday 16-Mar-20 7 79
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Curious to know what you consider your "budget" includes
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On February 19, 2020 at 09:38

Talking with my fiance, we are indifferent on what we consider our budget includes. So just curious to know what others consider. I consider our budget to include everything from venue, food, drinks,...

BunnyBride, sunday 15-Mar-20 17 188
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Bridesmaid timeline
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On March 6, 2020 at 09:57

Is 6 months to short of notice to ask someone to be a bridesmaid? Long story short, my very good friend said her and her husband wouldn't be able to make it our destination wedding (2 provinces away)...

Francesca, thursday 12-Mar-20 7 100
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Please proof read for me!!:)
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On February 7, 2020 at 10:40

I am already aware that reserved is spelt wrong on the details card lol!!

Liga, tuesday 11-Feb-20 15 151
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Updated!! Please proof read again for me
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On February 9, 2020 at 10:24

I appreciate the feedback and suggestions I got! Please proof read 1 more time

Jillian, monday 10-Feb-20 5 108
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Marriage Licence- Residents of Saskatchewan getting married in Ontario
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On January 10, 2020 at 12:13

Just wondering if anyone else is from Saskatchewan but getting married in Ontario, do you apply in Ontario or do you apply in Saskatchewan for the marriage licence. Does any of this affect the...

Ashley, tuesday 14-Jan-20 5 90
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LED Candles
Jillian of DIY, On November 12, 2019 at 14:55

Anyone have luck finding a place that sells bulk LED candles? The tall ones. Everyplace I have researched has a set of that has 3 sizes, but there about $25+ each. We need about 100 of them I...

Ashley, friday 15-Nov-19 6 92
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Timelines for Destination Invites, Rehearsal Invites, Extra Event Invites
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On October 15, 2019 at 17:02

We sent out our Save the Dates 1.5 years in advance and will be sending out the ones who are travelling invites 6 months in advance. We are also planning wedding events that not all guests are invited...

Sinéad, friday 18-Oct-19 2 66
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Tastings
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On September 12, 2019 at 13:48

How soon before your wedding did you do tastings? And was that the first time you met with the venue coordinator at that time?

Vanessa, wednesday 18-Sep-19 17 220
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Bridesmaids gifts
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On August 20, 2019 at 18:13

For those paying for your bridesmaids hair and make up, how much are you paying, and are you also doing a smaller gift and how much are you spending on that?

Danielle, sunday 15-Sep-19 14 278
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No show floral consult
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On May 31, 2019 at 20:35

So we are in the process of getting quotes for florals and since we live 2 provinces away we have been setting up phone consults. We had one scheduled with 1 and she cancelled half hour before our...

Ashley, wednesday 21-Aug-19 18 261
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Destination wedding and wedding events
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On August 15, 2019 at 12:27

Please read the long post Has anyone had a destination wedding and also had a few events either before or after the wedding for people to attend? Did you personally let them know of the events and...

Vinod, friday 16-Aug-19 6 111
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Inviting or sending invites to vendors for the reception
Jillian of Plan a wedding, On July 4, 2019 at 16:51

When(timeframe) and how do you invite vendors to the reception? We want to invite the officiant for the cocktail hour and reception, do you send them an invite? Or contact them directly to ask? Do you...

Shannon, tuesday 30-Jul-19 11 185

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