Are you wondering what the best ways are to find an event planner in Richmond, Virginia? These are some tried and true suggestions to help you in your search: Trust a friend. Have you attended a great event recently or know someone who consistently throws the best events? Make a quick call or send a text and ask for the …
How To Get the Most Out of a Destination Wedding Planner
Having a destination wedding has exploded in popularity and it’s not hard to understand why. Between the lure of saying “I Do” in a remote and romantic location and the convenience and often affordability of an intimate wedding, there is much to love. Destination wedding planners can be critical to the success of a wedding away. Once you’ve found one you …
Top 10 Event Venues in Richmond, Virginia
We are so fortunate in Richmond, Virginia, to have a comprehensive list of fabulous even venues from which we can choose when hosting an event. Take even a quick glance and you will find everything from intimate spaces to full-scale convention centers. There is truly something for everyone. It’s not at all easy to narrow down all of the great …
From a Wedding Planner: Great Poolside Recipe
I am constantly thinking of new ways of entertaining. I guess its the wedding planner in me. I love to host dinner parties, make cocktails and scroll through websites for new recipes. It’s a bonus when those recipes are delicious and easy to make! I tried a recipe for a new dip this weekend when we had some friends …
Southern Weddings Heirloom Inspired Shoot
I had a conversation with another vendor recently that really sent sparks flying and had all my synapses firing. She asked me how I come around to a concept for a wedding. She wanted to know how I match a client with a design and vice versa. We got to talking about how I get to know my clients on …
Advice from the Planner: Hosting Winter Weddings
On this hot summer day with 3-digit temperatures and very little motivation to leave the comfort of my air conditioning, I can’t help cooling down a bit by thinking forward to upcoming winter weddings. As part of our ongoing series covering different seasonal wedding considerations, I have included here some information you might keep in mind when thinking about hosting …
Wedding Trends We Love: Illuminated Monograms
Maybe it’s the kid in this wedding planner, but I have a guilty love of one of today’s rather unique, and maybe a little over-the-top, wedding lighting trends: giant illuminated letters. The very retro-feel letters and symbols are 3-dimensional casings holding classic light bulbs and they come in a rainbow of wedding-perfect shades. There are smaller, table-appropriate letters, of course, …
Check us OUT!! We’re taking over the AllSeated blog today!
We are so stinking excited to be taking over the AllSeated blog today!!! They were so gracious to let us write a post for their blog on how to finalize your guest list. We use AllSeated to create amazing floor plans for our clients. They offer 2-D and 3-D options. It’s such a great tool to gain a visual of what …
Say Hey Y’all!
Hey Y’all! I’ve been using Instagram for both personal and business although I’m usually behind the iphone so I thought it would be a great idea to introduce myself to those of you who don’t know me personally! I’m a Wedding Planner and Mama to two girls (who are 10 years apart) and a Corgi named Buster!! My husband is …
Behind the Scenes… My office
Here is a little behind the scenes for you this morning. I typically work best in the morning…when no one else is awake, the house is quiet and the sun is shining in through the office windows. Today however I am just getting in the groove at noonish after a late night out with my husband. I totally turned into …