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 …
Out of Control Budget: What You Should Do
“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?
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 …
4 Added Benefits of Planning a Honeymoon in the Internet Age
Sometimes you just have to wonder how anyone did it – how did couples plan amazing exotic adventures for their honeymoon without the benefit of Google and the vast assortment of cheap travel websites now available to consumers? Those of us who remember those days admit it was a dark time, and the rest of us can live blissfully unfamiliar …
Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties – A Guide for To-Be-Weds
When you think of bachelor or bachelorette parties, you might conjure up an image of sash-wearing bridesmaids sticking out of the sunroof of a limousine, or raucous groomsmen with dollar bills in hand at an infamous sort of bar. True, those kinds of parties do still happen, but more and more couples are engaging in less colorful, but no less …
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 …
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 …
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? …
Virginia Wedding Planner meets New York, Aisle Society Style
Whoa! Did you see those temps this morning! Winter has arrived folks! I feel still can’t believe we are staring December in the face. Fall is always the busiest time of year for us wedding planner types. October has officially replaced June at the most requested month for weddings… and for good reason. The weather is wonderful, the leaves are …
An Attendant’s Guide to a Bachelor or Bachelorette Party
You’ve been selected to act as an attendant at a friend’s wedding. Congratulations! Whether you are an honor attendant such as a Best Man or Maid of Honor, or are playing a different role, it is definitely an honor to have been asked! Once the initial flattery has worn off, you might start thinking about all of the things that …
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