Wedding Budget Series: Part 5 – Beauty, Elegance, Sacred Spaces: Hair, Makeup, Church, Musicians

Ohhh — can I say good feedback?!? I am LOVING the conversations we are having about this! Please keep them coming! If you are just seeing this now — we have a conversation going about the wedding budget and so many of the thoughts that went into us making our own budget as well as […]
Wedding Budget Series: Part 4 – Crafting the Atmosphere: Bar, Staff, Siblings, Decorations

Thanks for joining the conversation! I am seeing that all too often wedding budgets are seen as taboo (don’t talk about it!), something to complain about (sometimes with TMI!) or something to be feared (I don’t even want to know what I’ve spent!)….it’s time to normalize this! I mean — getting married isn’t exactly shocking […]
Wedding Budget Series: Part 2 – Delving Deeper into Venue, Catering, DJ, Photographer, and Dessert

Alright — last week we talked about making a wedding budget — and how I categorized our priorities. This week let’s talk a little more in depth on those categories! If you aren’t in the business of weddings — and you haven’t been through the process — you might really be wondering at that list! […]
Table Layout Ideas

Table layouts – super exciting, right? It is something that people wonder about – and I’m here to tell you that it is something that makes a difference – but nothing to stress about! How you layout the room, and the tables and chairs change the atmosphere. So, when you are planning your event, this […]
Is Wedding Day Food Romantic?

I know — it’s not top of your list of fun or romantic — but, lunch can be the heartbeat of your day! Something you’ll hear me say again and again is to remember food the day of your wedding! I know you’ve got your lists (perhaps even lists of lists?!?), but did you remember […]
The Busy Months?

Question is — what months are the busiest and how can our guests plan for them? Hmmm…the short answer is that because we offer such a variety of events – many months have their unique booking challenges! The long answer is a little more involved, lol. So for weddings — I’d say that the peak […]
A Fun Date to Fill

Here is an answer to one of the recent questions I’ve received… Is there a particular date on your calendar that you’d like to fill? Ohhhh — yes! A Christmas wedding and a New Years wedding! We were fortunate to have a January wedding this year and they captured some amazing “winter wonderland” type of […]