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CLARKSVILLEBRIDES.COM
Get Fit Before
the Big Day
TIPS FOR YOU AND YOUR FIANCÉ TO
GET IN SHAPE TOGETHER!
How Do You
Pay for a
Wedding?
FOLLOW THIS GUIDE TO SAVE BIG AND
SMALL FOR YOUR WEDDING!
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Weddings
IN DEPTH LOOK AT HOW OUR VENDORS
PULL OFF YOUR DREAM WEDDING!
2020 EDITION
Letter from the Publisher
W e are very pleased that you have
found this copy of the Annual
Magazine. Planning a wedding can be
equal parts exciting and stressful for
everyone involved. We hope the features
in our magazine will provide inspiration,
motivation, and connections during this
process.
Our company believes in the area’s
wedding professionals and works to create
a connected culture in the Clarksville/
Hopkinsville areas. We welcome new
professionals and hold semi annual
gatherings for networking.
From our team to you we wish you a
wonderful 2020 full of all the planning
without the stress!
-Michael and Ellen Emrick
Clarksville Brides LLC Owners and
Operators
Cover photo credit: Liz Courtney Photography
Articles in this magazine are from TheKnot.com and not original work of
Clarksville Brides.
Train Together, Remain Together: Rachel Torgerson
Wedding Budgets: Rachel Torgerson
Honeymoon: Amy Levin-Epstein
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YOUR WEDDING IN ONE PLACE
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Contents Vendors Clarksville Parks & Rec Inside Covers Freedom Point Wilma Rudolph Event Center Beachaven Winery 15 Bruce Convention Center 26 Courtesy Limo 34 Discovery Park of America 37 Liz Courtney Photography 21 McKenzie & Smiley 6 Rocking Horse Meadows 14 Ruffled Willow 22 The Silo 25 Wedding Belles 19 We Bring the Party Events 9 & 29 Valor Hall 20 Wedding Highlights Bruce Convention Center 35 Ruffled Willow 17 The Silo 7 Valor Hall 27 Wedding Tips Train Together 10 Wedding Budgets 30 6 Honeymoon Tips 23
Our wedding day was a dream. Both
our ceremony and reception were held
at The Silo Event Center on November
23rd, 2019. We chose their two day
event package so that we could have
the rehearsal dinner on-site the night
before, and also use their beautiful
Bridal House to get ready on the day of
the wedding.
It was truly incredible and flawless.
The highlight of our wedding was the
The
Stevenson
moment we walked into the Silo and
saw how absolutely beautiful everything
looked from the floral design to the
table decor. The Silo has so many
Wedding
centerpiece options, and helped put
together beautiful tablescapes. It was
just breathtaking!
It was such a wonderful venue, and
we cannot thank their staff enough for
impeccable day-of coordinating that
made our day so easy and flawless.
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TRAIN TOGETHER REMAIN TOGETHER AWESOME WEDDING WORKOUTS TO DO WITH YOUR FIANCÉ! 10
F inding motivation to work out can be hard enough without the pressure of fitting into a dress or a tux, but having a partner usually makes it bearable—and who better to join you in your workouts than your fiance? We spoke to some of our favorite instructors and personal trainers to find the most creative and effective couple’s workouts. Below, you’ll find the best ways to sweat with your significant other, from simple body weight resistance moves to intricate circuits. Use Medicine Balls and Resistance Bands Weighted medicine balls and resistance bands are an easy way to incorporate a partner into your workout, and there are endless ways to use them. For a great ab exercise, sit back-to-back and pass a medicine ball back and forth, twisting to each side to catch the ball—see how fast you can go! You can also throw a medicine ball back and forth while you stand and face each other for a great arm sculpter. Want to tone your biceps? Have one partner perform a wall-sit, holding the middle of a resistance band while the other partner grabs each end of the band and does bicep curls. Use Your Body Weight Don’t want to buy any equipment? No problem! You can use each others’ body weight as an effective resistance tool. Just have your partner push back at you while you try to tone legs and arms: While you’re curling your biceps or triceps, your partner will hold your hands and push back the opposite direction gently, or while you’re lying down for leg lifts, your partner can place their hands on your feet to resist you. Adding a bit of extra weight or resistance can make your workout much more effective, so you get more out of each move. Take a Class Together If you’re both in need of motivation, take a class together or hire a personal trainer to work both of you out. Take advantage of one another’s diverse fitness likes and attend a class that you wouldn’t normally take. “I love seeing couples getting out of their comfort zones and going to their fiance’s preferred workout, even if it’s not their first choice. For example, seeing guys in a barre or Pilates class, and girls in a boxing gym,” says Emily Susen, fitness instructor at Recycle Studio and Barry’s Bootcamp in Boston. You’ll work muscles that you normally don’t work and have a fun, new experience to bond over with your other half. You can also hire a personal trainer or get a private dual sweat session at many gyms and studios around the country if you’re motivation-starved or class-averse. These instructors will whip you into shape in no time flat. Go For a Run, Bike or Hike Together Go on an active adventure with your significant other, like a run, bike ride or hike. It doesn’t cost any money, and you two can take it as fast or slow as you want (even turn it into a romantic date by choosing a cozy setting as a destination and setting up a picnic at the finish line). “The most popular workout I see couples doing together is running—you can do it anywhere, in your hometown or on weekend getaways, and it’s a good chance to catch up and also clear your head while getting a good sweat in,” says Susen. 12
Work Together or Compete
Work toward personal goals by having your partner encourage you. Sometimes
all you need is someone to say, “You can do it!” to finish that last pushup or final
mile. If you’re the fiercely competitive type, try to out-do each other in pushup
competitions, crunches or personal-best running times to get your blood pumping.
Practice Tabata
Incorporate Tabata workouts (high intensity bursts of exercise for 20 seconds with
10 seconds of rest between each session, for eight rounds). Tabata can take many
forms and target many areas—do non-stop squats or pushups for 20 seconds, then
switch to planks, burpees or jumping jacks and keep going for as long as you want.
“Tabata is easily digestable for anyone, because the most work you’re doing is for
20 seconds, then you get a break,” explains Erica Robertellio, personal trainer
and owner of The Living Room Brooklyn, a training facility in New York City.
“Doing a Tabata exercise for 15 minutes is more effective than doing a traditional
strength training workout for 30 minutes. People who do Tabata-based exercises
loose more weight than people who do traditional strength-based exercise.” Plus,
you can get free Tabata timer apps on your smartphone that will count down the
seconds for you.
Do Circuit Workouts
Just like Tabata, circuits take advantage of every moment of an exercise, so that
even when you’re resting, you’re being active and burning calories. “Circuit-
formatted workouts take less time and are really effective,” says Greg Doyle,
creator of the Wedding Gym and author of Fit for a Bride. “Circuits keep your
heart rate elevated throughout the entire exercise.”
For each of the workouts below, you perform the first half of the circuit while your
partner does the second, then you’ll switch. You’ll need dumbbells and a jump rope.
Circuit 1: Circuit 2:
30 seconds of mountain climbers 30 second stationary plank hold
30 seconds of dumbbell thrusters 30 second dumbbell goblet squat
Switch. Switch.
30 Seconds of jumping rope 30 seconds of high knees
30 seconds of pushups 30 seconds of bent over dumbbell rows
Switch. Once you’ve finished both Switch. Once you’ve finished both
exercises, rest for 30 seconds, then exercises, rest for 30 seconds, repeat
repeat the whole thing two times before the entire circuit two more times, then
switching to circuit 2. you’re done!
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You’ll forget to plan it
Let’s say you’re planning a normal vacation. You’d probably takes months reading
up on the destination, researching flights and hotels, and creating your itinerary.
But this no ordinary time in your life—this is your “wedding planning life,” and you
are busy. But set aside some time to orchestrate your honeymoon, because once you
finally pick your head up from planning, you’ll be so glad there’s a relaxing trip on
the other side.
It will be incredibly special
Even if you swear all those clichés of couples cuddling at the airport or holding
hands while checking into their hotel is so not you two, don’t be surprised if all
of a sudden you find yourselves acting just like those other happy couples. You’re
celebrating a very big, very happy event—not to mention, you no longer have the
stress of planning on your shoulders. Enjoy it!
You might not feel relaxed until a day or two in
If you expect that it will only take an hour or two of sun and a strong cocktail for you
to feel rejuvenated and focused on each other, you may be surprised. You’ll have so
much adrenaline pushing you through the wedding that you may be exhausted or
just feel kind of out of it for the first day or so. Prepare to go with the flow, be kind to
yourselves and maybe push that adventurous scuba excursion or hiking to the top
of the volcano until later in the week.
It won’t always feel like a romantic fantasy
After you’ve packed the fancy lingerie you got at your bachelorette party and pre-
ordered the expensive champagne for your hotel room, you imagine romance will
be in the air all day every day. But sometimes, too much sun, surf or sightseeing
can really take its toll, and you can bet that at least one night you’ll just want to do
something sort of lame, like watching a TV show in a foreign language (and trying to
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decipher the plotline) while eating some room service.
Mishaps might happen
On a related note, be prepared for unexpected—and unwelcome—events. Your hotel
room might not be as lovely as it looked in the photos, you might miss a connecting
THINGS NO ONE flight or you might even get sick, but if you roll with the punches when things go
wrong, you’ll be able to enjoy all the amazing things that go right. And keep in mind
that most hotels have doctors on call to help and medicine in the gift shop, but pack
TELLS YOU ABOUT a few Imodium and Advil in your suitcase just in case (it’ll be way cheaper than
buying it there).
YOUR HONEYMOON You won’t want to come home
Whether you’ve already been on tons of vacations as a couple or this is your first
Just because it’s supposed to be perfect doesn’t big one together, coming back from your honeymoon is a quick trip back to reality
mean it always will be. (sorry!) and everything you’ve been neglecting while you were planning your
wedding, like a stack of work, your taxes or cleaning the bathroom. Planning your
next trip can ease the pain a little, as can scheduling a fun date night for the weekend
after you’re back.
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How?
COMMON SENSE TIPS TO HELP YOU
AFFORD YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
30Y our wedding is probably the priciest party you’ll ever throw in your life. It’s
easy to say you’ll stick to a budget, or have tons of fabulous DIY details, but at
the end of the day, your venue and catering bill could amount to way more than
cutting out nonessential monthly costs.
We’re not talking about your health plan
or your life insurance—those things
you imagined. It’s important to understand how your budget will be broken down. are non-negotiable. But for things like
Saving up for the wedding isn’t an insurmountable task—we promise. Here’s how cable, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Birchbox
to save up and pay for your wedding by spending smartly and cutting back a little and Spotify—anything that debits you
along the way. on a monthly basis—the time has come
to really consider if these are must-
Use this simple math equation. haves you truly need, or if you can
If you have a big budget goal that seems daunting, divide it into smaller chunks that sacrifice them for a bit in favor of a
are easier to digest. The simple math trick that makes it all work? Take the sum of larger wedding budget—and that fancy
your desired budget and divide it by the number of months you have to save up. cake you have your eye on.
Getting married in a year with a budget of $20,000? Divide $20,000 by 12 (which
equals about $1,700 per month). If that amount seems like too much per month, Stop little spending habits that
add more time or try cutting back on a few of your big-ticket monthly expenses add up.
to help you save. “That’s literally how simple planning [financially] for a wedding Scale down your shopping during the
can be,” says David Bach, founder and chairman of FinishRich Media and author months you’re saving or only buy lunch
of Smart Couples Finish Rich, about this relatively simple math. Where should this out one day a week. You’ll begin to see
money go? Into a newly created “wedding account,” of course. Throughout your life, a little wiggle room for your wedding
having a savings account dedicated to something more exciting than a retirement account in no time. “I call this ‘the latte
plan, like travel, a wedding or another big event, is a good idea and will help make factor’—the way we spend money on a
saving more fun. Obviously, the amount of time you’ll need to save up for a wedding lot of little things without thinking about
depends on your current income and expenses. For example, if you can only save it,” Bach says. “It could be your coffee,
$800 a month, but your dream wedding looks like it will cost somewhere in the bottled water, eating out for lunch and
$50,000 range, you’ll be saving for over five years. When you’re thinking of your dinner, or having drinks. It could even
budget, work within realistic parameters and don’t set unattainable goals. For some be taking a cab instead of taking the
couples, more drastic sacrifices will be required, while other to-be-weds will be subway, or parking your car closer to
splitting the cost with relatives to help lighten the load. Think about what’s best for your office and therefore paying a higher
you and your partner and what makes the sense. Be practical about your limits. The parking fee.” A dollar here, three dollars
amount of time it takes you to save will depend entirely on your own circumstances. there—it adds up over days and weeks.
Cutting back on a few (or a lot) of these
Cut back on monthly expenses. expenditures can result in saving up to
Do you belong to a gym, club or subscription service that takes a monthly sum out $10, maybe $20, per day—that’s $300
of your account? Cutting back on these types of expenses can have some of the to $600 per month. But don’t worry—
quickest effects on your account balance. Turning off your cable could save you $100 cutting out these expenses isn’t going to
a month, and ending a gym membership could put an extra $75 in your account each change your whole life for the next year.
month. You’re not going to give up your cell phone, but you might be able to change Trust us, time flies when you’re wedding
the data plans or forgo on-demand movies for a year. You should make a habit of planning.
reaching out to your cell phone and cable companies annually and negotiating a
better deal. Sometimes, just by asking, you can get a price cut on your bills. Even Make bigger sacrifices, if
$20 off a monthly bill can save you $240 over the course of a year. Nowadays, it’s you’re willing.
so expensive for a company to acquire a new customer that most will lower their Looking for any possible way to cut costs
fees just to keep you around. And if your attempts at negotiation fail, consider or find extra money to help pay for your 32wedding? There are some more drastic measures you can take as well. You could move in with your parents to save on rent for the year (or move in together if you haven’t already). If you both own a car, consider selling one of them—that itself could save you more than $5,000 in expenses like gas, tune-ups and insurance. “The expenses from that car could pay for a third of the wedding,” Bach says. Use your credit cards—realistically. If you’re in the process of saving up for the wedding while you’re making deposits to reserve your venue and other vendors, you’re likely going to have to use credit cards. That shouldn’t worry you as long as you’re using them correctly (read: paying them off in full in a timely manner). Credit cards can actually protect you from fraud and make transactions easier, so we don’t suggest avoiding them entirely as long as you’ve saved up enough, or will have saved up enough to pay them off before interest sets in. But one big thing to keep in mind: Don’t start your marriage off in debt—it’s never a good idea—and don’t consider paying for things with money you don’t have and won’t have for a long time. You also shouldn’t take out a loan to cover costs. “Going into marriage with debt for a one-day party is a huge mistake,” Bach says. “People start their lives in these huge financial holes and it’s just a shame. It’s smart to create a specific wedding account to put money into and then simply reverse the math to come up with your savings plan.” Bottom line: Don’t spend more than you can afford. Think of creative ways to make more cash and save. Have you considered selling items you don’t need anymore online? What about starting an Etsy shop or doing freelance work? This can be a great way to supplement your wedding fund. Once you have a plan in place to actually pay for your wedding, start a wedding budget. It’s also worth looking into expensive wedding dates to avoid and checking out some planning advice to get a handle on the whole process. 33 34
Goodwin Wedding
The Bride chose rose gold, burgundy and navy to make
her reception the most memorable in the Bruce’s
newest additions- the Grand Hall and Ballrooms.
An assortment of golden manzanita trees and fresh
flowers including hydrangeas, roses and greenery
were used throughout the room. White chair covers
with rose gold ties were used to give a finished look.
Soft lighting was interspersed to accent the room
as well as a backdrop behind the Bride and Groom’s
table. The Bruce’s culinary staff provided a selection of
light hors d’oeuvres followed by heavy hors d’oeuvres
throughout the evening.
The wedding day went by flawlessly due to the
professional attention from the Bruce’s staff with the
help of Danielle with Ruffled Willows, Cassie with
Soirées Events and Michael with We Bring the Party
DJ Services.
From the Bride
“I got married a week and a half ago and I used The
Bruce’s new ballroom for my reception. I worked with
Ann Erps and let me start off by saying she is one of
the kindest women that I have ever met. So polite,
knowledgeable, and professional. She made my dreams
come true for my reception. She was in charge of set
up, tear down, decorations, the delivery of florals,
cakes, and the setup of the DJ the day prior. The food
at The Bruce was incredible as well. Ann worked with
me to ensure that I got everything that I wanted while
staying within my budget. She was incredible as was
the rest of The Bruce team and I am so thankful that I
chose them for our wedding reception venue. If you are
in the market for a reception venue Ann Erps through
The Bruce convention center is the way to go!”
Goodwins
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