Setting the Scene with Ceremony Canopies

A great way to frame you and your husband-to-be at your wedding is with a ceremony canopy. Not only will a ceremony canopy ensure all eyes are on you but it's a simple way to add a little decor to your ceremony. The best part of ceremony canopies? You can reuse it in your reception! We've had brides use it over their sweetheart table or even over their wedding cakes. 

Dreamy ceremony canopy with chandeliers designed by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Eye-catching ceremony canopies designed by NFL wedding planner Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings 

Bling crystal ceremony canopy for destination wedding planner Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Photos courtesy of Casey Mackie Photography, Unique Design Studios and Derek Wintermute Photography

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Wedding Talk: Wedding Dress Change

Dress change advice from Dream Design Weddings

This bride had a convertible wedding dress for her reception dress change. 

Sometimes known as the reception dress or simply a dress change, more and more brides are opting to say yes to the dress twice. While we say it's a definite "do," knowing when to change your dress is a must. Brides may want to make an entrance at their reception in their second dress, however, it's just too soon. For the first dance and your father-daughter dance, we suggest our brides keep their original more traditional dress on then make a quick dress change into the second dress for the party-like atmosphere of the reception.

Photos courtesy of Casey Mackie Photography and Unique Design Studios

Real Weddings Round-Up: Pink Details

Hot pink wedding ceremony designed by destination wedding planner Tiffany Cook.

It's no secret that pink is an "it" color in the wedding world. From the demure hue of blush to the vibrant hot pink, our brides are loving this versatile color. Here are some of our favorite pink wedding details designed by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings.

Hot pink centerpieces at destination wedding planned and designed by Tiffany Cook. 

Pink tablescape designed by Tiffany Cook. 

Blush and platinum wedding decor. Wedding planned and designed by NFL wedding planner Tiffany Cook. 

Hot pink reception lighting with custom monogram gobo. 

Hot pink monogram on the dance floor. Design by Tiffany Cook.  

Mix and match light pink bridesmaid dresses with white and pink bouquets. 

Pink lighting illuminates this chiffon canopy. Design by celebrity wedding planner Tiffany Cook.

Photos courtesy of Unique Design Studios, Casey Mackie Photography and Derek Wintermute Photography 

Wedding Review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Wedding review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Amazing! Perfection! These are the 2 words that I would use to describe Tiffany Cook & her Dream Team. She made my wedding dream become a reality. She is so down to earth & so much fun to work with. She walked me through every step from start to finish & made the entire wedding planning process enjoyable! My husband & I are still amazed when we look at pictures from our wedding day. The thing I “LOVE” about Tiffany is her attention to detail. She has an eye for décor that most people don’t have. She walks into an empty room & transforms it in her mind instantly. I would recommend Tiffany to any bride who wants an FABULOUS WEDDING! I gained a dear friend & I will definitely be using her for my baby showers in the near future. My husband & I could never thank Tiffany Cook Events enough for such an AMAZING WEDDING DAY!

XOXO,

Keela & Marion

Tiffany Cook Wedding Talk: Monograms

The easiest way to personalize your wedding is with your monogram. From chairs to lighting to gift bags to your dance floor, your monogram will be seen no matter where you decide to place it.

Monogram vinyl dance floor designed by luxury wedding planner Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Bling monogram for bar designed by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Silver monograms for chair backs at Miami Beach wedding by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Tiffany Cook's Wedding Talk: Picking Your Wedding Shoes

Stunning wedding shoes from Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook bride Jackie Long's wedding

Your wedding dress may be the most talked about statement on your wedding day, but your wedding shoes aren't far behind. Whether you go ultra glam with lots of sparkle or keep it tradition with colored pumps, be sure to let your personality shine through. It helps to pick a pair that's comfortable but Tiffany also suggests that you choose something that you love enough to wear again. After all think of how great putting on your stunning wedding shoes for a special event or date night out, it makes those occasions even more special and momentarily brings you back to your big day! Here are some of our favorite shoe shots from some of our stunning brides.

Wedding shoe shots from Lana Colston's wedding to Jared Cook & Dominique Lee-Fongs wedding to Dawan Landry two of Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook's brides

Wedding shoes worn by Porsha Stewart another Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook bride

2nd pair of Wedding shoes for the after-party worn by Dominique Landry a
Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook bride.

So regardless if you are thinking Valentino, Adriano Diamante, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Louboutin, Giuseppe Zanotti or anything in between choose something that makes you feel sexy and gorgeous! After all it is one of the few days you can indulge in this guilty pleasure minus the guilt, in fact it is expected!


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Wedding Review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Wedding review for Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Where do I even begin to explain how valuable of an asset Tiffany Nieves-Cook was for our special 4 day affair? With a huge guest list and a groom who wanted to go big, there was no way I could even think about doing this without a professional team. Tiffany’s years of experience, professionalism, attention to detail, ability to relate, innovative style, and creative ideas were invaluable. On top of all of these wonderful attributes, she has a great sense of humor and is so much fun to be around. Since planning our wedding, she has become one of my close, dear friends that I will cherish always.

We had some pretty outrageous and weird requests, and Tiffany never bat an eye and made our every wish come true. Nothing was out of her reach to accomplish and she gave us the wedding of our dreams. One of the things that I loved most about working with the Tiffany and her Dream Team was what I like to call the “Tiffany Treatment”.

We always felt like a top priority and we were always in control. We were a part of every decision and she respected our budgetary requests and was willing to work personally with every vendor to make sure everything was perfect for us. If an issue ever came up in the planning processes with a vendor, it was immediately addressed and corrected. I loved that Tiffany had the strength of character and personality to make things right when something went wrong to fix a mistake before it even happened.

Tiffany didn’t just plan our wedding, she planned a four day weekend that included an intimate family dinner, a welcome dinner, a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception, and a farewell brunch. My groom was highly involved and opinionated and I have a tendency to nit-pick and Tiffany made us feel completely at ease throughout the planning process. John Cook, the groom’s concierge, was also a huge asset to have because he took care of all of the guys and especially my groom on the wedding day! Seriously, every need that we had was anticipated and taken care of. All of our friends and family said it was the wedding of a lifetime and the best time they’ve ever had. No one had ever seen an event like this! Tiffany made dreams I didn’t even know I had come true!!!

We know with 100% certainty that using Tiffany Nieves-Cook was the best decision we could have made for our wedding, second only to marrying the loves of our lives.

Jackie & Jake Long

The After-Party

Tiffany Cook from Dream Design Weddings shares after party tips 

Today, more brides and grooms are opting to have after-parties. So many guests have traveled in for the wedding celebration that they (and the newlyweds) just don't want the evening to come to an end. Simply put an after-party is an informal post-reception gathering that's all about continuing to celebrate into the wee hours of the morning--it's also a great time for a dress change! How a couple chooses to host an after-party differs but here are some things to remember:

When it comes to where be sure to stay close to the reception location-it makes for the best and easiest transition. You may even want to think about finding a venue that has an additional room you can move the party in to after the reception or even divide your space with some draping and open it up when the time is right. 

For decor, you can match your reception or pull a 180 and go with another color scheme you had in mind during wedding planning. As for seating, we're obsessed with lounge furniture. It's a great way to relax and take a break from dancing and watch others on the dance floor. 

Our favorite part of the after-party may just be the food. The after-party is a great place to bring in small bites from your ethnicities or foods that you just love. Another idea is to have action stations with foods you tend to crave after drinking like funnel cakes or burgers on the grill. As for drinks, be consistent. If you have an open bar keep or if you were only serving signature drinks, keep it that way. The only change be suggest is having coffee served. 

For more on how to acheive the perfect after-party, click here. 

Wedding Review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Wedding review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Tiffany Cook and her Dream Team are hands down amazing!

I had so many things going on and there was no way that I could plan our wedding alone. So I reached out to Tiffany about 3 months before our wedding and that was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. When I say Tiffany and her team made my dreams come true, I mean I still feel like I’m dreaming!!

Every time I look at pictures of our wedding tears come to my eyes because it was so beautiful. Words can’t express how much I appreciate and admire Tiffany. She is extremely professional and pays attention to detail like no one I’ve ever met. I have a semi type A personality and it was extremely hard for me to allow someone to plan our special day for us…but Tiffany understood me and my vision and went above and beyond. She included me in every decision and made me feel like I planned our day when Lord knows she did all the hard work!

For Tiffany and her team to be able to pull off my dream wedding in such a short period of time shows how amazing she is. It feels weird not talking to Tiffany everyday because I really feel like she was not only my planner but a great friend. She’s such a sweet, understanding, caring, thoughtful person. I really feel like anyone who doesn’t hire Tiffany and her Dream Team are selling themselves short. She made every single one of my dreams come true and then some. I still get calls and texts about how beautiful my wedding was and how they have never seen a wedding as amazing as mine not even on TV.

I cant say it enough TIFFANY IS AMAZING!!

Lana & Jared Cook

Tiffany Cook Wedding Talk: Photo Must Have's

A must-have photo on this Tiffany Cook Events bride's list was of her daughter and her wedding dress.

One of the most important things about your wedding may just be your wedding photos. So this wedding talk may be one of the most important ones: make a list of photos you want to have--we call it the "photo must have list." 

You may think, 'No, my photographer will get what I need. They know what they're doing" but then they don't get that photo of you in the gorgeous window or your stunning sparkler grand exit and you're kicking yourself when you finally get the photos. 

So whether you choose to go on Pinterest, The Knot, or a wedding blog, be sure to make a list (and include those gorgeous photos) and sent it to your photographer AND planner to make sure that by the end of the day, every item on your list will be there in your proofs.  

To get you going, here is a list of some "forgotten" moments of a wedding:

1. Wedding day details – the venue, detail shots of centerpieces, any signage you have
2. Your (and his) accessories- cuff links, jewels, bridesmaid's dresses, garter 
3. Vows (if applicable) 
4. Shoe shots
5. Wedding rings
6. Invite close-ups
7. Maybe you and your husband standing in traffic at Times Square
8. Photos involving the family pets
9. Your DIYS-hey, you spent a lot of time making that mirror program!
10. Anything out of the ordinary that you may have seen or envisioned
11. Last but extremely important - a list of parents and bridal party by title and name. This will enable your photog can call peoples names and titles out during formal photos and will ensure this takes much less time to get done. No one wants to be taking formal shots for an hour 

In the end, your photographer is a professional but they can't read your mind, it’s better to be prepared than not, and just think, it’s one more thing off your list.

Photo courtesy Casey Mackie Photography

Wedding Review for Dream Design Weddings and Tiffany Cook

Wedding review for Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

When I think about the planning experience and of my wedding night, I am genuinely at a loss for words. I pride myself on being a practical, non-romantic, type of girl yet somehow when I scan my mind for the best descriptors for this night, the most accurate account would be that this was a literal fairytale, filled with all the merriment and fanciful delight typically associated.

It more than met my standards and expectations, it met my dreams. To step out of the limo and to be enveloped by the love of those closest to us in a space as beautiful as this, to walk down a rose covered aisle to the love of my life awaiting me with a huge smile, to stand under the flowers, stars, and…chandeliers pledging our vows of love and lifetime to each other and the Lord was everything I could ever hope for.

Tiffany’s design of the reception space was equally astounding and beyond what I could have personally imagined. The intricacy of the details and the perfection of the design made us feel not only special but heard, which I think from a client standpoint is what I appreciated most. This did not feel like a cookie cutter wedding, this felt like us- a wonderful representation of our love and years of partnership.

As one guest asked us to get married every year because this was “the best night of his life” and another mentioning he walked into our wedding and felt like “he made it”, our stomach ached from laughter and our hearts smiled with joy. I too echoed their sentiments, “we made it to the best night of our lives.” As I reflect on and relive this night, I am just so thankful for all the work of Tiffany Nieves-Cook and her Dream team and am honored to have been a client.

Dominique & Dawan Landry

Tiffany Cook Real Wedding: Kristin & Eddy

Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook stunning ceremony setting

Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook stunning ceremony for Kristen & Eddy

Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook sweet heart table design, decor, flowers & back drop

Reception design Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook

 Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook purple tablescape

Ceremony Aisle Decor by Dream Design Weddings by Tiffany Cook

Create a ceremony aisle worthy of your entrance with some of these gorgeous ideas.  

 Perfect for a wedding on the beach are these mirrored vessels with bling aisle runner designed by Tiffany Cook. The reflection of the sky is just stunning. 

You really don't need much to decorate an outdoor wedding ceremony but the addition of simple flowers like white hydrangea, crystal globes, and a bling aisle runner really make your aisle stand out. Design by Tiffany Cook.

White petals and candles create a romantic aisle for the bride's entrance. The dreamy canopy at the end of the aisle creates a beautiful finish to your walk down the aisle. Design by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

At the entrance of the ceremony aisle or lined along it, make a statement with these tall mirrored vessels with floral arrangements.

Wedding planning and design by Tiffany Cook of Dream Design Weddings

Photos courtesy Unique Design Studios