Let’s talk rain plans - ugh - I get it. I wish we could all have sunshine and bluebonnets on our wedding days, but the weather is just one of those super fickle friends. When we start planning, we all come together for this vision of what your wedding will look like. In almost [...]
Okay, so you’ve read through some of the items to keep in mind when shopping for a venue, and you’re ready to get started, but how? These steps sound simple, but I realize there’s so much more to this than a couple of bullet points. For the sake of attention span, I’ve narrowed it down [...]
Personally, I think venue shopping is one of the most difficult parts of wedding planning with the highest stakes (other than choosing to get married, of course). Okay, so why is this so hard given that I’ve worked at 50+ venues all around Austin? The short of it is that apples-to-apples comparison doesn’t exist [...]
Photo by Lindsey Thorne Seating assignments - how am I going to let my guests know where they sit? We get this question all the time! Sometimes this task can be daunting if you are doing it on your own, but we can break it down into just a few ways to [...]
We already know the "day of" package doesn't really exist and starts well before the day of, so let's talk about everything that a coordinator helps with on the special day. Preparation Before I ever walk out the door, I run through several preparation steps. From printing my copy of the agenda (plus several extras), [...]
I actually get this question a lot. "What does a wedding coordinator do?" While I can't exactly speak for all the coordinators across the world, but I can shine some light on what I do for my clients that you may not think about whenever you first consider a coordinator or you hear that your [...]
Photo by: Rachel Ledbetter Okay, so you’re ready to start looking at venues. How exciting! But how do you narrow down from all the hundreds (or maybe thousands) of wedding venues in the Austin and surrounding areas? Well, here are some basic questions to ask yourself to help narrow down what you’re looking for [...]
Planning a wedding can be an overwhelming experience. This is one of the only times where everyone is a first timer and it’s rare that you might plan more than one or two events of this magnitude in a lifetime. So where to start? This is a practical approach to getting the planning underway! Your [...]
Guest Seating Basics: Bride’s side vs groom’s side I have a lot of couples ask me about traditional and non-traditional seating. They ask: does it really matter anymore who sits on the bride’s or groom's side? A lot of times one side of the aisle is bigger than the other since one partner has a [...]
If cake isn’t your favorite thing, there’s no reason you have to have one at your wedding. Weddings are shifting towards a more personal approach, rather than having a specific item because it’s tradition. This means that alternatives to long-standing traditional must-haves are popping up all over the place. Here are a few of my [...]