#1 - They update their budget EVERY time they spend money or sign a contract

Nothing can make you feel overwhelmed or stressed out quicker than finances can. While planning a wedding you will be making a lot of purchases and paying many different companies. Falling behind in tracking what you...

When you think about a wedding, you immediately picture the flowers - from the bridal bouquets to the centerpieces, florals are a huge part of every wedding’s decor. From the start, you want to set yourself up for success in selecting and working with a florist. The best way to do this is...

3 Truth Statements to Maintain Confidence with Every Decision

In any normal situation, making decisions can be hard. Now add the pressure that you only have one chance to create the most important day of your life. Yikes?!?! Making decisions while planning a wedding can be incredibly hard because...

Escort Cards vs. Place Cards - What is the difference?

One important, and often time consuming task, when planning your wedding is to assign each guest to their reception table. You spend hours grouping the right individuals together, making sure each table’s vibe is perfect. Now, you will...

The WONDERFUL news is that you do not have to design your wedding alone! Designing a wedding is truly an evolution and done in collaboration with your team of trusted wedding professionals (your vendors). So how do you work with your vendors to create an original design?! 

First - Know your...

Brides spend hours looking at dresses on the internet, searching for ones they love and what style might reflect their personality and wedding aesthetic. There are countless articles to help prepare, covering fabric, fit, neckline, appointments, etc. -  and while these articles are extremely...

Wedding planning can be tricky enough without a parent or soon to be in law that is particularly anxious. Or, even harder, one that wants to be involved but won’t tell you directly how or with what. This is a situation that comes up with almost every couple! 

Parents, especially in...

Building your wedding vendor dream team is an exciting process, and throughout the course of planning your wedding, you will most likely hire anywhere from 8 to 18 wedding vendors. These professionals will share their insight and their passion with you so that your wedding becomes everything you...

Wedding favors have a long history dating back to the 16th century. They can be sweet and fun, but every couple asks, “Do I really need to have favors?” And my answer 100% of the time: Absolutely not! Can you have them? Sure, but let’s dig down a little deeper to see if they are...

When you open your master wedding “to-do” list, or what I call my Action Log, there can be so many tasks that it makes your head spin and have you running for the hills. Or worse, being faced with so many steps to take, it can cause you to take no steps at all. There is one sanity...

Everyone dreams of having a wedding that is stunning and unique, but taking the first steps in developing your unique wedding vision can be daunting. It can be easy to go down the rabbit hole of endless pinterest images, and pretty soon you have pinned 100 images yet still not closer to...

Pinterest is undoubtedly one of the best tools for building and sharing your wedding aesthetic and vision! But, I think we have all gone down the Pinterset rabbit hole of hours of pinning and boards that are diluted with images. Here are the top two tricks for using Pinterest in a way that is a...