You have spent months and months planning and prepping for the biggest day of your life, and it’s almost HERE! To do lists are falling out of every notebook you own, the days on your countdown are getting smaller and smaller and you are just SO ready for it to finally arrive! Let me tell you something that might sound a bit overwhelming and scary. The morning of your wedding day truly sets the tone for the rest of the day and this part of the planning gets overlooked VERY often! You’re thinking […]
Read moreCreating Your Custom Wedding Day Timeline
Want to know, what I think at least, is the #1 most important thing you can do while you are planning your wedding day? Making a detailed, thought out, customized wedding day timeline. Not only is this crucial for your wedding photographer, for every single vendor that is involved on the big day, but also for all of your guests! One of the jobs I have on a wedding day is making sure everything is running smooth according to the timeline. You are going to be WAY too busy soaking in every single moment of that day with your bridesmaids, your family, your HUSBAND, you shouldn’t have to be the […]
Read moreWedding Invitations 101: Featuring Basic Invite
From the moment you get engaged, all of the fun planning ideas start popping up in your head and you can't wait to get on Pinterest and make your wedding board! There are so many ways that you can personalize each and every element of your wedding and one of my absolute favorite details is very often overlooked-- the invitations. This piece of paper is the very first thing your guests […]
Read moreHow To Make Your Family Formals Go Quickly and Smoothly
One of the things I hear the most from brides that they are "dreading" or "nervous" about on their wedding day is the Family Formals. I totally hear you. You might have a big family and just thinking about gathering everyone together makes your head spin. I get it! This area of the day can easily become the most stressful part. But why should it be that way? This is the biggest day of your life and […]
Read moreBridal Details Checklist For Your Wedding Day
Imagine this... you're in your bridal suite the morning of your wedding day. You are looking in the mirror one last time before you head out the door to go see your groom for your first look. You start to cry because your WEDDING DAY is finally here and you can't believe how beautiful you look right now (well, of course you can believe it! But it's finally sinking in) ! You are the most gorgeous bride! Every piece that you are wearing right now, every element that you put time and thought into putting together so create this dreamy bridal image today- those items
Read moreYou're ENGAGED! 10 Things You Should Do After Saying YES!
This is the moment you've been waiting for! Holy moley, you have an engagement ring and you're getting MARRIED! It's so surreal and like it or not, the days, weeks and months following that proposal are guaranteed to be a whirlwind. While the average engagement lasts a year to a year-and-a-half, (or shorter! mine was only 9 months long!) there are certain things you'll want to [...]
Read moreDifferent Ways of Staying Organized While Planning For Your Wedding Day
Ever since I was a little girl, I was always planning something. If we were getting ready for our annual 4th of July camping trip, I was making a list of all the things (or toys I should say) that I wanted to bring. When Halloween would come around, I was planning out my costume and how I wanted to make it. I also made costumes for my stuffed animals. Birthday parties came, and I had to think long and hard what I wanted the theme to be, and all the decorations and favors that came along with it! Years and years of planning [...]
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