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Radiant Weddings

Radiant Weddings

Ria and Joe Hy

To me, a wedding is not only a beautiful event that allows me to exercise every organizational trick that I possess. It is the beginning of a union where new families are formed and a one-of-a-kind love is celebrated. As a recent bride, I got to experience being on the “other side.” My experience as a wedding planner and my husband, Joe’s, experience as a wedding photographer allowed us to have a unique perspective for our own wedding. Now, together, Joe and I want to share what we know and what we've learned with engaged couples who need to know how create their perfect wedding day. My goal is to give every couple the means to have as few “things I’d change if I were to do it over” moments.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Radiant Weddings episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Radiant Weddings for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Radiant Weddings episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Radiant Weddings - Maintaining Relationship During Wedding Planning
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06/04/20 • 36 min

We’ve reached our tenth podcast episode! In this episode we discuss the fact that it’s easy for couples to overlook the maintenance and nurturing of their relationship while wedding planning due to the sheer number of decisions that need to be made. Thankfully, there are some practical ways to ensure that you are planning your wedding together. As always, communication is key to hearing each other’s desires and needs in how the day is planned. We also discuss the need for taking time to just date and have dedicated time away from talking about the wedding or wedding plans.

A few other significant notes from our conversation are:
1:00 Joe's thanks to the "little people" who produce our podcast...namely himself.

We're were on the news! WETM interviewed us about the Covid-19 impact on weddings. We spoke about wedding delays, elopements, and changing plans. I loved the opportunity to represent this industry that I love and talk about the struggles that vendors and couples alike are facing. There was only one little note in the article where they named Joe as co-owner of Radiant Events...a promotion that I didn't approve. Maybe I’ll have to rethink his position :).

4:00 We took Jade camping for the first time and since she loved it so much, Joe believes that we should have her take her naps in the yard.

15:00 Joe learned that chevron is not a fabric but rather that chiffon is. We decided that it's probably good that he's not a wedding planner.

16:20 Joe is sensitive about his food sensitivity. Since he has some dietary restrictions, we had my sister-in-law bake our personal sized wedding cake to accommodate his needs. Although the cake was delicious and not a sacrifice at all, this was one way that we went out of our way to make sure that we both were cared for in our wedding.

17:45 Taste in description....this cake is truly delicious!

mmmm

Thanks for listening!

-Ria & Joe

www.radiantevents.net

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Radiant Weddings - Dealing with Wedding Plans During Covid-19
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05/06/20 • 23 min

Wedding planning is never a complete cake walk is it? In times when the whole world is off it’s normal axis, the difficulty is amplified. We know that many of you are grieving a loss of wedding plans that you’ve spent time and dreaming and money on. Allow yourself to grieve this loss and take some time to evaluate how you want to proceed! Your wedding day is a sacred day because it marks the beginning of your new family.

We have compiled some resources to help you if you are a couple that is currently planning a future wedding or a couple that isn’t able to have your wedding this spring. The following vendors are offering services for making an intimate elopement more beautiful and special as well as remote planning services for couples who are planning future weddings.

The Cakeshop CNY

The Cakeshop CNY is offering:

  • To go tastings coupled with phone and email consultations to discuss the details. and create order via email or phone.
  • Small versions of wedding cakes for intimate ceremonies.
  • A collaboration with She Rents Vintage for adding a small cake to an elopement package with options for furniture, tableware, and ceremony set up.

[email protected]

(315) 685-5349

Ba-Li Cravings

Ba-Li Cravings is offering:

  • Zoom & Google Hangouts for consultations
  • Elopement package-catering, photographer, flowers and a few venue options or drop off of items
  • (607) 229-2214
  • [email protected]

Heart to Heart Bride

Heart to Heart Bride is offering:

Virtual Consultations and Heart to Heart at Home-an at home wedding dress shopping experience. You can find the details at:

www.hearttoheartbride.com/heart-to-heart-at-home

Nostalgic Innovations

Nostalgic Innovations is offering a special videography package for Covid couples who are eloping or having a smaller version of their wedding day. They will shoot, edit, do a prompt online posting of your ceremony so that you can share it with your loved ones who couldn’t be there with you.

315-761-1632

[email protected]

Pistil & Pollen

Pistil & Pollen is teaming up with The North Farm and Lindsay Stephany Photography to offer curated elopement packages for couples being affected by COVID and just for all couples in general! They are also teaming up with Rachel Liz Photography for outdoor elopements.

[email protected]

(585) 944-9723

In Bloom

Rachel with In Bloom Florals currently offering video or phone consultations along with contact free pick up and deliveries.

[email protected]

{607} 426 2123

Black Tie Entertainment

Black Tie Entertainment is offering all forms of video consultations: FaceTime, Skype, Zoom. They can also still remotely produce any video or music editing that anyone might need.

[email protected]

315.492.7985

Radiant Weddings

We are offering an elopement package with photography, planning assistance for those who are rescheduling or planning a future wedding, and coaching!

315-719-7120

[email protected]

Marriage License

You can now apply for your marriage license online in NY.

Moral Support

Join us over on our Radiant Weddings Facebook Group for moral support and helpful tips!

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Radiant Weddings - How to Save and Spend Money on Your Wedding Day
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12/27/19 • 35 min

How to save, spend and budget your money for your wedding. Ria and Joe Hy share their experience and expertise on how best to manage your money when creating your wedding day.
www.radiantevents.net
www.joehy.com

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Radiant Weddings - Wedding Vendor Analysis Paralysis
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10/01/20 • 41 min

Sit down with us for a Scotch as we discuss practical steps for hiring your wedding vendors! We've found that much of the wedding planning advice that is found out in the wild doesn't provide actionable steps for successfully processing through vendor options and coming to the point of knowing who you want to hire. Here we start with sourcing your initial list of vendors, how to cull the list down, and questions to ask as you interview your top picks.

Step #1: Compile list of vendors servicing your wedding region.
You can create this list from Google searches, The Knot searches, or any vendors that you've already hired. Make a list of 15-20 vendors to start.

Step #2: Cull your list. Go through each vendor's website, checking out visual representation of their work. Check out their reviews and look for any red flags regarding communication or customer service. Don't check pricing! Remove any vendors who you aren't excited about. Your goal is to trim each category down to 3-5 vendors.

Step #3: Email your top contenders. Introduce your story briefly and ask the vendor about their availability for your wedding date (or season if your date isn't chosen yet). Provide the vendor with a few times that you have available for a phone call with the best number to reach you. This step also gives you the chance to further filter vendors based on the speed and clarity of their response.

Step #4: Talk with any remaining vendors on the phone. This conversation mainly will be serving the purpose of acquainting you with the vendor and assessing how comfortable you feel with them. At the end of the conversation talk about pricing and how to fit the budget pieces together.

Step #5: Confirm with your vendor choices that you are indeed hiring them and take the necessary steps to sign the contract and pay the deposit. Courtesy tip: send a quick email to the other vendors who you won't be hiring to thank them for their time and inform them that you're passing on their services.

Extra tips:
Hire your highest priority wedding vendors first to prioritize allocating your budget to areas that you're most willing to spend. Check with your venue before hiring further vendors to ensure that you aren't looking at vendors who are not allowed to work on premises.

Have fun with this process!

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Ria Hy (Wedding Planner)
Website - www.radiantevents.net
Facebook - Radiant Events
Instagram - @radiantevents_flx

Joe Hy (Photographer)
Website - www.joehy.com
Facebook - Joe Hy Photography
Instagram - @joehyphotography

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Radiant Weddings - Wedding Traditions That Should Die
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09/07/22 • 45 min

Wedding trends come and go, with a few that have the staying power of becoming a “tradition.” We compiled a list of wedding traditions & trends that we’re happy to see are on their way out or that we’d love to see on their way out. In no particular order, they are:

  1. Receiving Lines

Why don’t we love receiving lines? Simply put, they don’t provide you a valuable use of your precious time on the wedding day. A better option is to provide yourself with ample cocktail hour/reception time to greet your guests and mingle.

  1. Dollar Dances

Tacky. Besides the fact that this would need to be adjusted for inflation, doing any game on your wedding day to “ask” for money is tacky.

  1. Garter & Bouquet Tosses

As a culture, we’re starting to admit the cringe factor that is involved with this tradition. Whether you cringe because you think it’s sexist or you cringe just because it’s outright awkward, let’s let this one go.

  1. Send offs and other activities that require the participation of all wedding guests.

The difficulty of coordinating all of your guests into an organized activity is a stress that you can easily remove from your wedding day. Along with this point, most weddings are missing some guests already by the end of the night which can mean an anticlimactic send off.

  1. Sparklers & alcohol

Somewhat on the same note as send offs, planning a sparkler send off is problematic, especially because the guests have been drinking. It’s not only difficult to coordinate, it’s also risky.

  1. Best man first looks

A little because it’s cringy, a little because it could indeed be a disappointment for the groom.

  1. Cheesy signage

I take issue with signage that errs on the “cutesy” side rather than the elegant side. Personal opinion :).

  1. Cake smashes

Not the best way to begin a happy marriage. Preserve that makeup right up to the end of the night and savor the cake instead.

  1. Advice to run from marriage
  2. “Yes dear” comments

These last two are basically in the same category. Negative comments about marriage are not life giving in any context, but they are especially inappropriate at a wedding. Culturally, we’ve allowed ourselves to promote a lot of negativity about the partnership & commitment of marriage. It’s time to start making life giving, encouraging comments about marriage again!

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Radiant Weddings - Planning a Minimalist Wedding Without Being Cheap
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04/03/20 • 21 min

Budgets are a popular and important topic in wedding planning but too often I see them become the deciding factor for the majority of wedding decisions. This leads to couples choosing vendors that really aren't a great fit for them and frustration when "cheap" choices don't deliver. Many times a so called cheap choice will prove to be more expensive when they don't come through and need to be replaced.

Minimalism in wedding planning is both a style as well as being very intentional about every dollar that you spend. You will ensure that the vendors and the design decisions that you make are what you really want instead of just looking at the dollar amount that you're spending. When you choose minimalism, you remove the obligation to spend on elements of a typical wedding day that aren't important to you. For example, you may choose to eliminate the wedding cake if you really aren't into cake. Minimalism emphasizes the individual quality of your choices. Being "cheap" means that you're spreading your money thin instead of giving it focus on your priorities.

As a style, minimalism focuses on clean lines and uncluttered spaces. For more inspiration go here.
Find us at Radiant Events and Joe Hy Photography

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Radiant Weddings - Should You Elope?

Should You Elope?

Radiant Weddings

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03/27/20 • 30 min

In light of current events of the quarantine due to Covid-19, we are discussing the other options of getting married besides having a large gathering of your friends and family. An elopement is typically a ceremony where only the two of you are present with the officiant and witnesses. Another option is an intimate ceremony with immediate family and maybe a few close friends. These options both can be made just as special and beautiful as a full wedding with a crowd.

A full wedding where you celebrate with those you love is a wonderful event but it isn't necessary to beginning your marriage. Your marriage is the moment where you officially commit your lives to each other in the presence of someone licensed to perform a marriage. A wedding is a celebration of your marriage. An elopement is an excellent option for not delaying the marriage until you are logistically and financially able to have a wedding. You can even choose to include your loved ones by live streaming the moment for them to see remotely.

If you were to plan an elopement, where would you choose to elope?

Find us at Radiant Events and Joe Hy Photography

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Radiant Weddings - How to Avoid Stress in Your Wedding
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12/28/19 • 24 min

How to handle opinionated family and friends and how to avoid stress on your wedding day and throughout the planning process.

What wedding topics would you like to hear discussed? Contact us through our sites.
radiantevents.net
joehy.com

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FAQ

How many episodes does Radiant Weddings have?

Radiant Weddings currently has 15 episodes available.

What topics does Radiant Weddings cover?

The podcast is about Wedding, Design, How To, Podcasts, Education and Planning.

What is the most popular episode on Radiant Weddings?

The episode title 'Maintaining Relationship During Wedding Planning' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Radiant Weddings?

The average episode length on Radiant Weddings is 31 minutes.

How often are episodes of Radiant Weddings released?

Episodes of Radiant Weddings are typically released every 16 days, 19 hours.

When was the first episode of Radiant Weddings?

The first episode of Radiant Weddings was released on Dec 21, 2019.

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