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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

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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

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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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Congratulations! He asked you the question you’ve been waiting for and you enthusiastically said “YES”!! You have called all of your people, posted to social media and now you are overwhelmed with all of the possibilities and to-dos while eating ice cream and watching Gilmore Girls, right? What do you really need to do now? […]

Sweet Beginnings: The First 5 Things To Do When You Get Engaged

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There are few people that I can say always make me smile, no matter my mood or the circumstances. Robyn, from The Modern Lovebird, is one of those people. So, who better to talk to you about some of the unpleasant wedding day possibilities – wonky weather- than her? I promise, she will always find […]

Wedding Day Weather Woes

Sweet Beginnings

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