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Timelines and logistics can make or break your wonderful celebration! It doesn’t have to be a stressful process to create your event timeline, with or without a wedding planner. I have 4 wedding timeline tips that will help you be prepared early on to make your celebration run as smoothly as possible! As planners, we […]

4 Wedding Timeline Tips

For Brides, Sweet Beginnings

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There will come a season in your life when you are blessed to attend many weddings for you dear ones. You will learn what you like and don’t like and vow that you’ll never do [insert “that thing”] at your wedding! When it comes time to plan your celebration, you want to be sure to […]

5 Tips for Creating a Wonderful Wedding Guest Experience

For Brides, Sweet Beginnings

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Over the years since I started planning and designing weddings, I hear one comment louder than any others when it comes to hiring planners. “My family and friends will help. I don’t need to spend on a planner. It’s a waste of money.” While I can understand that perspective, I also want to offer something […]

The Dollars & Sense of Hiring a Wedding Planner

For Brides, Sweet Beginnings

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You hire a wedding planner and designer for your big day. You trust them explicitly and love talking to them about the fun details of your day. They have fantastic ideas, but you have a hard time visualizing all of it. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they had some kind of tool or service that […]

How a Design Book benefits you as a Bride

Sweet Beginnings

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While the design and planning services we offer are what most people see with HHE, our couples’ marriage days are not the end of our relationship. Our couples and their families truly become part of our family. I love nothing more than to get texts, emails and snail mail from our couples years beyond their […]

Newlywed Series | The Brumms

Lifestyle

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