Okay so flower design on invitations is literally one of those things that can make or break your whole aesthetic The first thing you gotta understand is that floral designs aren’t just pretty pictures you slap onto cardstock. They’re actually doing specific work in your invitation suite. Like, they’re setting the tone, they’re telegraphing your […]
Okay So Floral Design on Wedding Invitations The biggest mistake I see is people treating florals like they’re just decoration when they’re actually doing SO much heavy lifting in terms of setting the vibe for your whole wedding. Like back in spring 2023 I had this bride who wanted “just some flowers” on her invite […]
Formal Traditional Wedding Invitations So the classic formal invite is still what most of my clients go for honestly, especially if their parents are helping pay for the wedding. You’re gonna want the full names spelled out, no nicknames, and this very specific wording that honestly took me forever to memorize when I first started […]
Okay So You Need Vow Examples For Him Look, writing vows for your groom is one of those things that sounds super romantic until you’re sitting there with a blank document at 11pm wondering what the hell you’re supposed to say. I’ve been planning weddings since 2009 and I gotta tell you, the number of […]
Personal Vows That Actually Sound Like You Okay so personal vows are probably the thing I get asked about most besides seating charts and nobody tells you how weird it feels to write them until you’re sitting there at 11pm with a blank Google doc staring back at you. I had this couple in spring […]
Formal Wedding Invitations Okay so formal wedding invitations are probably what you’re gonna use if you’re having a traditional church wedding or like a black-tie event at a fancy venue. I had this client back in spring 2023 who absolutely insisted on the most formal wording possible and then got mad when her younger cousins […]
Okay So Ceremony Structure Basics Look, the biggest thing people get wrong is thinking every ceremony has to follow the exact same formula. Like there’s this one “right” way to do things and honestly that drives me crazy because I’ve planned over 300 weddings at this point and literally no two have been identical. You’re […]
Okay So You Need to Write a Bride Speech Right so bride speeches are becoming way more common and honestly it’s about time because why should the groom get all the talking time at the reception? I’ve been planning weddings for almost two decades now and I gotta say, the shift toward brides speaking has […]
Okay So Thank You Speeches Are Actually Not That Scary Right so you’re freaking out about your thank you speech and I totally get it because honestly like 60% of the couples I work with put this off until the literal week before the wedding. Which drives me kinda nuts because it’s actually one of […]
The Basic Structure That Actually Works Okay so best man speeches terrify people but honestly they follow like three basic patterns and once you see them you can’t unsee them. I had this groom in spring 2023 who was SO stressed about his best man potentially bombing the speech and kept asking me if I […]