Services
Crafting memories love to work with couples and families who have unique stories to tell.
We want to meet you (along with the family too) to get to know each other through the planning process so that when the big day finally draws in, we want to be your friend who designed and created your beautiful event and not just the hired help.
As friends, let’s get together and visualise character, color and creative goals for the wedding ceremony and bring them all to fruition. We truly believe that marriages are made in heaven – with a little help from us.
CLIENTS WE LOVE
Couples looking for us are...
- Seeking peace of mind while coordinating themes, venues, wedding cake et al between both families
- Not sure how to work out a wedding budget and need help to keep within one
- Wondering what's the latest wedding design & decor and need an insider who knows it all
- Short of time and need support to coordinate between different vendors
- Overwhelmed with the idea of managing guests and entertaining them on their wedding day
- Looking for a friend who will be there, goes the extra mile, and ensures you have the perfect day
If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place. Let the team of Crafting Memories take the lead to make your destination wedding dreams come true.
WHAT WE DO BEST
Wedding services we offer
location solutions
Offering you a wide range of destination wedding locations and comfortable accommodation options that is home away from home.
We take into consideration the comfort of your family, friends and guests. Since we are located in Goa, we have easy access to various venue and accommodation options. Choose from 5-star hotels for close family, or affordable villas and quaint bungalows for friends. If you are looking for offbeat stay options, we can show you charming cottages by the river or overlooking the beach (Ideal during the
peak season).
Once the wedding venue is selected, the next step is discussing design theme and decor components, and creating the blueprint of the layout plan. Here is where we incorporate signifcant elements of your love journey in the colors, flower arrangements, and design a charming wedding setup. You’ll be a gushing bride, even months later, with all the wedding talk never ending!
EVENT SOLUTIONS
Catering to every service requirement from designing invitations, to hiring Russian dancers to dolling up your lady friends.
Our creative team strives to create a WOW effect throughout the wedding celebration journey, even in the way your guests are invited. Impress them with an unconventional e-invite with graphic effects and animation that incorporates your theme and colors. A complete itinerary of the wedding functions is also highlighted to advise guests of various ceremonies on different days.
Enthrall and entertain your wedding guests with fire jugglers, Russian dancers, magicians and much more. We also collaborate with some of Goa’s best live
bands and DJs to raise the tempo of your wedding function. Let us know what mood you wish to set and leave it to us to have your guests enraptured.
We want you to be the radiant bride making a grand entrance into the wedding functions and reception. Get glamourous with some of Goa’s leading bridal makeup artists, Mehendi experts and grooming stylists that use high-quality products and tools. Your lady guests too, may need these services, and needn’t have to worry about finding them in Goa. The men need to look good too, and we take care of their grooming requirements as well.
Your destination wedding cannot go by without capturing every beautiful moment on camera and video. Our empanelled team of photographers provides candid and traditional images that cover your sangeet, Mehendi, Haldi, Phera and reception events. The final images are sent to you in high resolution + your selection is designed into a Karisma Album. The
videographer provides a 3-minute trailer video and a 25-minute cinametic video.
ON-SITE SERVICES SOLUTIONS
Creating a delightful experience for your guests from the moment they arrive in Goa till it’s time to say adios.
Your family is our family, and that’s how we feel about them. On arrival to Goa, look out for our welcome placard. Our team member will organise porter services, and take your family safely to the accommodation. Our hospitality desk is set up there, so they needn’t worry about heading to the local market for any last- minute purchases. We’re a family, and whatever you need, consider it done.
Our travel team ensures that convenient and timely transport is provided between the accommodation and destination wedding location. Intimate or large groups, our team will ensure that they reach their destination comfortably and by the fastest means. Let us know what services you need, and we will make the necessary arrangements.
Everyone loves gift hampers, and our hampers are especially unique, fun and with a little touch of Goa as well. Let us know your ideas too, and we can create a beautiful goodie basket that will keep your guests thanking you for being so thoughtful and creative.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS
Our Process
Putting together a wedding celebration is no easy task, but when you choose to work with us, we present to you a simple and stress-free process. All you need to do is show up and have a blast on your wedding day.
COMPLIMENTARY DISCUSSION
This discussion covers, your wedding day goals, how we can achieve them, your wedding day budget, event details like headcount, types of ceremonies, etc.
PROPOSAL & PLANNING
We create a custom proposal through mood boards and layout options that suggest colors, themes and elements keeping in mind your requirement.
PRODUCTION & WEDDING DAY!
We prepare the blueprint for our internal teams and external vendors. We overlook every step of the production process to ensure all elements come together perfectly. On the wedding day, you enjoy. Cheers!
GOT QUESTIONS?
Frequently Asked Questions
A wedding planner is truly your best friend when planning your wedding. A planner will hear you out, share unique ideas that support your dream wedding, and finally take charge of it end-to-end so that you don’t need to worry about the small or even big details. Imagine saving your time going back and forth with the wedding card printers, or convincing your new family members about colors, location venue, cake design, flower arrangements… and the list can go on. It can be quite exhausting, time consuming, and causes unnecessary tension and stress. Not only your time but what about saving a ton of money in the bank? A wedding planner knows how to get the best deals, negotiate a good price, and is your cost monitor to make sure that you stick to your budget and not go overboard.
The best decision a newly engaged couple could make is to consult with a professional wedding planning service as soon after the engagement as possible. Not to toot our own horn, but we tend to get booked pretty quick, and we highly recommend putting your wedding date in our diary as early as possible. An increasing number of couples are recently considering destination weddings in Goa, and we want to make sure we have the best locations booked for your wedding dates.
Based on your needs, you should identify a wedding planner who can offer you a wide range of services and is flexible to handle as much or as little as you wish them to. We suggest keeping a 6-point checklist in mind before making a choice
#1 A wedding planner should be able to state instances when they had to attend to unplanned situations, and how they turned them around. You want a planner who can think on their feet and can be resourceful in the nick of time.
#2 Do a little research about wedding planners online. However, this may be a done thing, make sure that they are trustworthy and have good reviews from working with other couples. It’s best to look for someone else if your shortlisted wedding planner barely has any online presence.
#3 Meet up with your wedding planner in person, if possible. That’s because you want to to make sure you are working with someone who believes in your vision and can bring it to reality.
#4 Ask great questions. Make sure you don’t ask hypothetical questions, but more in line with actual experiences so that they can relate to a situation that has already taken place.
#5 Read the small print of the contract. Make sure you understand the do’s and dont’s of the wedding planner, and what exactly you are paying for. Every additional service you ask for over and above the contract, is chargeable.
#6 Ensure that your personalities mesh. You need someone you are comfortable with to discuss intimate details of your relationship or just someone you can freely approach when you need a friend to talk to. You can find a friend and a true professional with Crafting Memories’ team.
Planning a wedding can be stressful, especially
when the people doing it are involved emotionally. Family and friends want everything to be perfect for you, or what they think is perfect for you, this could lead to potential conflicts and hurt feelings.
Even though friends and family members have the best intentions in mind, they deserve to be part of your wedding day celebration and not work on the day.
Crafting Memories offers to work for you behind the scenes, and allows everyone you dearly love to be part of your special wedding day.
A venue coordinator works for the venue, and they will only be helpful with any concerns relating to the venue. Their job does not include all the other details that go into planning your wedding.
On the other hand, a wedding planner is involved from the very beginning of the planning process. Your wedding planner will handle each detail of your wedding from start to finish – everything from finding a venue and the external vendors to actually being there on your wedding day to make sure everything runs smoothly and on schedule.
Having a wedding planner reduces the inherent stress of planning a wedding, and we at Crafting Memories make it our endevour to create a joyous, stress-free wedding experience.
Not a problem at all! Many of our clients are based out of Goa. They are either located in other parts of India or overseas, and meeting often may not be an option.
Therfore, we make the best use of popular technologies like Whatsapp for voice/text/video communication which is the quickest way to get messages across. We are constantly checking our mobiles (like everyone else!) and will respond ASAP if we have an immediate answer. However, if we need to do some research, allow us a time frame of 24 to 48 hours to come back to you
with the appropriate and relevant sol
In Goa, the law of marriage is considered as a Civil Contract, solemnized between two persons or different sex, with the purpose of legitimately constituting a family. A person who has previously married and the marriage is not dissolved, cannot marry again. In Goa, marriage is compulsorily registerable. A Civil registration of marriages is accepted as
evidence of the marriage in Goa.
The following documents are required at the time of Civil registration in Goa.
In every taluka, there are offices of the Civil Registrar, where the marriages are to be registered. Those who desire to marry have to declare their desire before the Officer of the Taluka chosen, along with:
1) A certificate of domicile of residence
2) The certificates of birth.
Registered of Marriage: Since, without registration, a marriage is not legally recognized in Goa. (Exception: a Roman Catholic marriage with prior clearance by the
Civil Registrar.
Normal Procedure For Registration Of A Marriage:
PHASE I :
Filing the declaration of Marriage in the Office
(a) Presence of the Bridegroom and the bride including parents if Bride below 21 years.
(b) Birth Certificate of Bride groom
(c) Birth Certificate of Bride
(d) Domicile / residence Cert. (Continuous residence) issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch of Taluka/Village
(e) Fee Rs. 50/- only – (Please chk the registrar office)
Documents Requirements:
BETWEEN STAGE I AND II THERE IS A STATUTORY WAITING PERIOD OF 10 DAYS INCLUDING 2 SUNDAYS FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES.
(CAUTION:- Waiver of the waiting period could be obtained in deserving cases from the Delegado (A.P.P). This may be resorted to only in unavoidable circumstances since the parties stand to lose the easy option of desisting from proceeding with the registration in case bad antecedents of the groom/bride come to notice after the marriage registration).
PHASE II:
Actual Registration of a Marriage Necessary:-
Only the presence of the Bride-groom, Bride and 2 witnesses. (PLUS Parents, additional witnesses or Interpreter, etc., if advised at the Declaration Stage).
PS: (Roman Catholics opting for Canonical Marriage in the church need to come only once. It would be in their interest to verify personally that their marriage papers actually reached the Civil Registration Office after their religious marriage).
Absolutely! Based on your religious faith, we can schedule to have a pandit or priest be present to conduct a specific religious ceremony or perform a special ritual.
Once you are ready to book our services, we accept full payment either through cash or direct bank transfer.
Ready to plan your dream wedding? Book a
complimentary call with us today.
Reviews from a Happy Bride
Mark’s the man! He and his team are frickin unbelievably good and such amazing people!
It was so much fun just planning the wedding because Mark clearly loves what he does and he’s brilliant at it.
I’m sure there are others who do gorgeous decor but I don’t think there are many
others who will go out of their way to make it so special. Like I was giving changes on the creatives till the last minute and he still got them done. It RAINED unexpectedly on both days and they still managed to get everything sorted within an hour incl getting replacement LED lights from another venue.
They managed to salvage the mandap and ensured we had the prettiest looking venue.
He surprised us with stuff that he thought we would enjoy like a beer pong table and it was such a huge hit. He seamlessly coordinated with the pandit for fireworks, the band, mehendi artists, DJ etc. all we had to do was try to look as Good as our venue lol.
It’s been a month now and believe it or not the guests are still talking about the fab decor!
SHEETAL VANWARI
When you choose to work with us, prepare to become:
- The cool and calm couple that pulled off their dream wedding stress-free
- The spotlight of praise and appreciation from family and guests for organising the most beautiful and exciting wedding celebration
- Excited about your honeymoon, since you'll be saving a ton of cash to spend on the trip!