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Plan Your Way to a Stress-Free Wedding Day: Four Ways to Avoid Last-Minute Nightmares

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The last thing any bride or groom wants to be doing after a wedding rehearsal is pulling an all-night seating chart planning session, or hand-lettering 200 place cards. This often happens when one or both pushes off important tasks until the last-minute, not realizing that when it comes down to the wire, no matter how tired you are, or how …

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Complete Packing List: Reception + Honeymoon

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Complete Packing List: Reception Escort cards, place cards and/or seating chart/list Copy of guest seating assignments sorted by last name (to help lost guests find their reception homes) Copy of guest seating assignments sorted by table (to determine who is missing, or who (gasp) moved!) Copy of the guest list by meal selection, if applicable (for the benefit of the …

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Out of Control Budget: What You Should Do

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“Dear Make it Posh. My fiancé and I set a strict budget for our wedding shortly after we became engaged. As the wedding gets closer, I’m starting to get really nervous because everything is more expensive that we expected. We really can’t stretch the budget any farther, but we still have months to go before the big day. What should …

Why Do I Need a Wedding Planner?

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When you’re planning a wedding, the one thing you are guaranteed is an amusing amount of unsolicited advice. Everyone is the expert on what you need most in the world. More than one person you trust may be telling you that you should hire a planner ASAP. We don’t blame you at all for asking yourself, “Why do I need …

Preparing for Your Vendor Interviews and Consultations: Catering

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When to schedule: as soon as you have determined your date and your venue. Many popular catering companies book popular weekends more than a year in advance, so don’t wait too long once the major details are in place. What to expect: You may encounter prospective caterers at wedding expos or “bridal” shows. At these events, you may have a …

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Preparing for Your Vendor Interviews and Consultations: Florist

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When to Meet: Most florists can service multiple weddings in a single day. Unless your wedding is exceedingly complex and over-the-top, you will rarely find that a florist is fully booked if you are searching in advance. Beginning to consult with florists somewhere around 6 months is a good plan if you mainly need the basics (personal flowers and ceremony …

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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 …

2016’s Great Wedding Debate: Uploading vs. Unplugged Weddings

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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 …

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7 Ways to Be a Gracious Host

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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 …

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Don’t Forget! How to Beat Wedding Brain

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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? …