Why You Actually Need These Cocktail Cards Okay so wedding bar menus are one of those things that seems super optional until you’re standing there three weeks before the wedding and the bartender is texting you asking what cocktails to prep and your guests keep DMing about whether there’ll be vodka options and you’re like… […]
Setting Up Your Guest List Spreadsheet (Because You Actually Need This) Okay so first thing – open Excel or Google Sheets, whatever you have. I’m gonna walk you through this because honestly a good guest list template saved my sanity during spring 2023 when I had THREE brides all getting married within the same month […]
Okay So Rehearsal Dinner Menus Are Actually More Important Than You Think Look, I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I had this couple who just completely winged their rehearsal dinner menu situation and half their guests ended up confused about what they were ordering because the restaurant just verbally listed […]
Okay so wedding budget sheets are literally the first thing you need Like before you pick a venue, before you start that Pinterest board that’s gonna consume your life, you need a budget sheet. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I had a couple who planned literally everything—and I mean […]
Okay So Wedding Timeline Templates Are Actually Essential Look, I’ve been doing this for almost 15 years now and the number of couples who try to wing their wedding day without a proper timeline is… honestly it drives me crazy. Like you wouldn’t show up to build a house without blueprints right? Same thing here […]
Getting Your Email Invitation Format Right Okay so email invitations are basically everywhere now and honestly I fought this trend for YEARS because I’m a stationery person at heart, but after dealing with a client in spring 2023 who needed invites out in like 48 hours because their venue had a last-minute opening, I had […]
Okay So Wedding Ceremony Programs Look, I’m just gonna jump right in because ceremony programs are one of those things couples either completely forget about until two weeks before the wedding or they obsess over for months. There’s like no in-between and honestly both approaches kinda stress me out. The basic order of service template […]
Okay So Free Invitation Templates Are Actually Pretty Solid If You Know Where to Look Look, I’m gonna be honest with you—back in spring 2023 I had this bride who spent literally three weeks agonizing over custom invitation designs that would’ve cost her like $1,200, and then she found a free Canva template that was […]
Setting Up Your Wedding Budget Spreadsheet The Right Way So the first thing you gotta do is actually open a spreadsheet and I know that sounds obvious but I’ve had brides tell me they’ve been “planning to start tracking” for like three months while deposits are flying out of their bank accounts. Just open Google […]
Marriage Certificate Template Downloads – What You Actually Need to Know Okay so here’s the thing about marriage certificate templates that nobody really tells you until you’re knee-deep in planning – there’s a huge difference between the actual legal marriage certificate you get from the government and those decorative certificate templates people download for keepsakes […]