Preparing for Your Vendor Interviews and Consultations: Rental Company

Jennifer Nodjak Etiquette, Make it Posh, Vendor Love Leave a Comment

When to Meet: The extent of your rental needs will dictate when you should plan to meet with prospective companies. If your list is long and includes large items like tents, generators, restrooms, staging, power distribution and the like, you’ll want to contact the rental company well in advance. As soon as the venue is secured, you should begin evaluating …

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Five Top Catering Trends for Your Fall Wedding

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Okay, just writing about the best wedding ideas for perfect fall events makes my mouth water! After some truly out-of-this world tastings and client catering consultations, I can’t wait until another fall rolls around and wedding planning turns into delicious reality! We searched far and wide for the best and latest trends so we can give our clients the very …

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How to Choose an Event Planner in Richmond, VA

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  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, …

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Experts Weigh In on Top Wedding Trends of 2017

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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 …

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The Knot: Are You at Risk of Wedding Vendor Fraud?

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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 …

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Personalizing Your Wedding in the Age of Pinterest

Jennifer Nodjak Just for Fun, Make it Posh, Weddings Leave a Comment

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 …

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Wedding Planner vs. Wedding Coordinator

Sarah Education, Weddings 1 Comment

“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 …

Wedding Packing List Survival Kit

Packing List: Wedding Day

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  We hope you don’t have any emergencies on your wedding day, but it’s always better to be prepared! Don’t forget any of the items on this Packing List as a just-in-case backup plan! Packing List: Marriage license (if not turned in at the rehearsal) The rings! Gown, tux or wedding suit with accessories Shoes Comfortable shoes Full size mirror …

Engagement: Surviving Wedding Planning 

Jennifer Nodjak Make it Posh, Richmond Wedding Planner, Weddings 1 Comment

Congratulations! You’re engaged! How many times have you heard those words since that magical moment that changed your lives and propelled you down a new path and on a real journey of a lifetime? Enough to make you feel like royalty? Or, enough to drive you to the edge of an anxiety attack? Now is the perfect time for a …

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What Does a Wedding Planner Do?

Jennifer Nodjak Events, Make it Posh, Richmond Wedding Planner, Weddings 3 Comments

Wedding planners enjoy a kind of humorous notoriety, thanks largely to the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Martin Short and their over-the-top movie portrayals. There are all kinds of fun misconceptions about wedding planners, including the favorite “they just go to parties and eat cake every weekend!” In reality, wedding planning is pretty complex, involving event experience, skilled management of …