Most men do not understand how important a wedding is to a woman. But we dream about this day from the time we are 5 years old. After all the headache needless to say in the end everything worked out. After my wedding I began thinking... there is no local wedding magazine for Central Texas. I had been looking at the big national magazines at Barnes and Noble but they were not realistic- coming from a middle class family there was no way we could spend a fortune. These magazines I had been looking at had $50,000 to $100,000 weddings showcased but realistically in this economy who's budget is $100,000? My idea is to publish a wedding magazine that is about LOCAL Brides with ALL budgets and LOCAL small businesses. In Austin, Texas we do not have access to these huge New York designers so why would brides in Texas even want to look at fancy dresses that they can't even try on or afford?
*Design Example of a Local Real Wedding
I want to showcase businesses and have a review section on the magazines website where brides can write reviews about the vendors they use as well.
Another problem I came across was just keeping up with all of the information for each vendor from Phone numbers, deposits paid, delivery times, addresses, websites etc. I plan on creating a side bar in each section where brides can keep all of there information.
*Sidebar (There will be one in all sections One in Decor, Cakes, Catering, Invitations, Gowns, Dj Services and more)
Also, I would like to create a timeline in the back of the magazine for those brides who can not afford a wedding planner and are DIY girls like myself. Speaking of DIY the magazine will also show DIY projects, creative cocktail and dessert recipes and much more!
*Design Ideas
