philadelphia wedding Tag

January 4, 2017
in Ideas

Hotel. Motel. Holiday Inn.* *This blog post is not meant as an endorsement of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, InterContinental Hotels Group, or any of its subsidiaries. I just really like Rapper’s Delight. So, you wanna book a block of rooms for your upcoming wedding. Piece of (wedding) cake, right? LOLZ. Blocking out a hotel is just one of many way-more-complicated-than-it-should-be indignities of planning a wedding. Unless of course you’re REALLY chill about the whole thing (“My guests are all adults! They can figure out where to stay for themselves!”). But if you’re like many of my...

August 27, 2015
in DIY

For the second installment of DIY IRL, I thought I’d open up about my own wedding (since I DIY’d the crap out of that). I’m a professional, so I only bit off as much as I could chew. I hired a florist who did a lot of the heavy lifting on the actual wedding day, but in the weeks leading up to it? That’s a horse of a different color. Case Study: Me, myself, and I… and my husband, Mike (you can judge for yourself whether my wedding planner *cough* me *cough*...

August 10, 2015
in DIY

Welcome to my new blog feature, DIY IRL (“Do It Yourself, In Real Life” for you newbs out there). It occurs to me that every wedding blog features DIY-this and DIY-that. If you go on Pinterest, you can get step by step instructions on how to make coffee filter flowers. But nobody really covers the financial, logistical, and sometimes emotional toll “DIY”ing can really take on your wedding plans. Now, I L. O. V. E. done-yourself details at a wedding, but I also coach my clients on how to get...

January 9, 2015
in Wedding

I still cannot get over how STUNNING Alli and Dan were on their wedding day. And seriously, how colorful and fun and celebratory was this wedding? (Rhetorical answer: The Most.) I was thrilled to find out that Ruffled had posted this wedding on their site – let the beautiful photos by Shannon Collins speak for themselves! And thank you, also, to Dan for this glowing review! “There are a lot of wedding planners, I’m sure, but Natalie approached working with us with a healthy mix of professionalism and humor that made her stand out. She’s a good...

August 22, 2013
in Uncategorized

Did you know May 25th is National Wine Day?  Neither did we, but that didn't stop Rebecca and Chris from throwing a wine-themed wedding on that day this year!  (Side note - don't you think the purple lanterns look like big, billowing clusters of grapes?  That was totally on purpose.)  I had a blast getting to know this couple (they are hysterical and I'm hoping I can get Rebecca to teach me how to scuba dive!) and am so honored that they included me in their big day. As usual, the...