Wedding Tag

January 4, 2017
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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...

March 25, 2016
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Buckle in – this is a long one. I didn’t get into this business because I have Scrooge McDuck dreams of swimming around in a pool of gold coins. As I’ve said on many occasions, there is a difference between the WEDDING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX and small business owners – like myself – who are just trying to run a tight ship, keep their clients happy, and have enough money to pay their bills, raise their families, and take the occasional vaca. And in most cases, my clients come to me with budgets...

January 11, 2014
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A word that strikes fear into the hearts of every business owner.  A word that calls to mind a ritualistic dance of calculators, spreadsheets, legal pads, and tears.  A word that - despite its actual length - is considered a four letter word to my husband. Budget. It's certainly not a word that one would associate with a wedding.  No, when you think of a wedding you think of flowers, cake, candles, fancy clothes, hard partying, and close friends.  But budgeting is the number one thing that clients, potential clients, and engaged...

August 23, 2013
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Thank you so much, Rebecca, for your kind words!  You guys weren't so bad yourselves!  (And to see photos of Rebecca and Chris' lovely wedding at the Horticulture Center, click here.) Natalie was amazing down to every last detail. We used her for coordination and day of services. Throughout the process she made suggestions to cut costs and to make things more personal. What she saved us just by a few suggestions actually negated the cost of hiring her. On the day of the wedding itself, she and her husband/assistant created...

August 6, 2013
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[caption id="attachment_772" align="alignright" width="300"] A still photo of our first dance to "Happy Together" - we killed it. (Photo by the wonderful Matthew Tennison)[/caption] Real talk from a married wedding planner. I am rapidly approaching my two-year anniversary (what?!) and it's made me more introspective than usual.  Planning a wedding is like cutting an onion - layers or something.  It's a difficult simile because it's a complex experience - you deal with all the emotions coming at you from all angles.  Even as you make every effort to keep your wedding "drama...

July 30, 2013
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Sean and Joe called me just 3 weeks before their reception; they needed a pinch hitter to come in and take over so they could just relax and enjoy themselves.  The gentlemen had actually already tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on Cape Cod earlier, so they just wanted to throw a big party for their friends back home (mission accomplished, I'd say!). With catering from one of my favorite brunch joints (Honey's Sit and Eat) and Josh from No Macarena keeping the tunes rolling all night, Sean and Joe's...

July 23, 2013
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[caption id="attachment_857" align="alignright" width="300"] Cake by Whipped Bakeshop; photo by peach plum pear photograhy[/caption] Not everyone is lucky enough to plan a wedding for a writer, but when your bride is the former arts editor of a newspaper, it's really exciting to read what she has to say!  Carolyn was especially kind in her recent review (and take a peek at yesterday's blog post for their wedding photos and details!) My Right Arm    posted 6/8/2013 My newly minted husband and I have nothing but warm, fuzzy feelings toward our appointed Wedding Coordinator/Lifesaver/Right Arm, Natalie...

July 22, 2013
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I am always bragging about how I have the coolest clients (is it bragging if it's true?), but Carolyn and Brian really take the (wedding) cake.  I met this lovely couple before they even started dating - way back in my days in the newspaper biz.  I was the Events Manager (natch), Carolyn was the Arts and Copy Editor, and Brian was a Senior Editor (he later become Editor in Chief - fancy!).  Their mutual love of Philadelphia, homebrew, and being awesome brought them together, until one day they found...

July 19, 2013
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Ever wonder what wedding or party planning advice your favorite fictional characters would give?  Or what advice they should have taken?  As a huge sci fi/fantasy geek and wedding planner, I only wish they could have hired me to plan their affair! Reference Material: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring...

July 12, 2013
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Ever wonder what wedding or party planning advice your favorite fictional characters would give?  Or what advice they should have taken?  As a huge sci fi/fantasy geek and wedding planner, I only wish they could have hired me to plan their affair! Reference Material: Star Trek (Original Series), Season 1, Episode 8...