Planning a bridal shower is one of my favorite parts of the wedding journey. After more than 35 years as a wedding planner, I can tell you that guests love bridal shower games when the prizes are thoughtful, useful, and fun. Unfortunately, many hosts spend money on prizes that end up forgotten in a drawer […]
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Wedding ideas are everywhere. Pinterest, Instagram, wedding blogs, magazines- the options are genuinely overwhelming for couples who are just trying to figure out where to start and what will actually work for their specific wedding. After 35 years of planning weddings, I have watched thousands of couples make the same discovery: the most memorable weddings
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If there is one place I send every couple I work with to find gifts, decor, and personalized details that genuinely stand out, it is Etsy. After 35 years of planning weddings, I have seen numerous mass-produced wedding products that resemble one another so closely that they look identical to every other wedding. Etsy is
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If you are planning a 2027 wedding, you are making color decisions right now. Bridesmaid dress orders need to be placed months in advance. Florists need your palette before they can source materials. Stationery takes time to design and print. The couples booking 2027 weddings who feel the most prepared are the ones who locked
You set your wedding budget and researched your vendors, so you finally felt organized, prepared, and ready. Then the contracts arrived. Suddenly, there were service charges, administrative fees, overtime clauses, gratuity expectations, and line items you never saw coming. Costs you were not quoted. Expenses nobody warned you about. After 35 years of planning weddings,
