Hey friends!! I must say I had the best of intentions of wishing you a very Merry Christmas and am a few days late so I’ll send along my best wishes for a Happy New Year instead. This year has just absolutely flown by. Especially Christmas. I feel like I didn’t have a chance to enjoy all of our …
2016’s Great Wedding Debate: Uploading vs. Unplugged Weddings
It’s ironic. Two of the hottest 2016 wedding trends are as polar as opposites get. This is the mobile age, where a couple can use apps to communicate with their wedding planner, receive RSVPs, create and manage guest lists, stay on top of wedding to-dos, and even monitor budgets. It shouldn’t shock anyone to find out that on one hand …
How to Choose an Event Planner in Richmond, VA
Finding event planners is easy – but how do you choose? How do you pick the one who is perfect for you? Before you begin contacting, and certainly before you begin meeting with prospective richmond va event planners, sit down and consider your event needs. Ask yourself the following questions: What kind of event am I planning? (Birthday, anniversary, …
Experts Weigh In on Top Wedding Trends of 2017
Our friends over at Eight Ray Music asked us to weigh in with our opinion for Wedding Trends to be on the lookout for in 2017. We try our best to stay current on trends in the Wedding Industry both on a regional and International level. I’ll be going to the TSE conference in Long Beach in January to meet with …
7 Ways to Be a Gracious Host
Weddings are collections of special moments meant to be shared with loved ones and remembered forever. That last part is key if you plan to continue to love and be loved by your family and friends after your vows. If you want to stay on the family Christmas list, take to heart these 7 easy ways to be a gracious …
The Knot: Are You at Risk of Wedding Vendor Fraud?
I love getting to share tidbits to our readers on how to get the most out of your wedding planning. Typically it’s all good news and fun ways to reduce stress but sometimes we have to be educated on the negative. While I’d like to believe that you can make it through wedding planning without any negative experiences, sometimes it …
Personalizing Your Wedding in the Age of Pinterest
You know you’ve not only seen them, but you may well stalk them – picture perfect inspiration boards of seemingly endless ideas for making your wedding worthy of a magazine cover. They are irresistibly and perfectly color-coordinated, and look like they were cropped out of a high-end home furnishing catalog instead of a wedding feature. Ironically, the same boards that …
Wedding Planner vs. Wedding Coordinator
“Most couples are not aware but there is a huge difference between a wedding planner and a venue coordinator. Often their roles overlap but the differences between them are vast. It is easy to get confused about the differences between these two vendors and not hiring a wedding planner in addition to your venue coordinator can often end in headache …
Don’t Forget! How to Beat Wedding Brain
While some of us are excellent at multi-tasking, research shows that most of us aren’t as good as we think we are. Throwing a wedding is the ultimate multi-tasking opportunity with more moving parts thank nearly any other kind of event. How can you be sure that you have everything under control, and that you don’t forget the little things? …