Your Portfolio Website Needs to Actually Work So your wedding vendor website is basically your storefront and if it sucks nobody’s gonna hire you no matter how talented you are. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I lost three potential clients in one week because my portfolio platform was loading […]
What An Elopement Planner Actually Does So you’re thinking about becoming an elopement planner or you need to hire one and honestly, it’s such a different beast from traditional wedding planning. I learned this the hard way in spring 2023 when I took on what I thought was a simple elopement and ended up coordinating […]
Okay so first things first – not all printing services are created equal The biggest mistake I see couples make is assuming their local print shop can handle wedding invitations the same way they handle business cards. Nah. Wedding stationery has totally different requirements and honestly, I learned this the hard way back in spring […]
What Professional Wedding Coordination Actually Means So professional wedding coordination is basically when you hire someone to handle all the moving pieces of your wedding day so you don’t lose your mind. I’ve been doing this for almost 15 years now and honestly the number of people who think they can just “wing it” on […]
What Budget Wedding Coordinators Actually Do So budget wedding planners aren’t gonna give you the same service as those $8,000 full-service coordinators, and honestly that’s completely fine. What you’re typically getting is someone who handles the day-of coordination or maybe a month-of package. They’ll create your timeline, wrangle your vendors on the actual wedding day, […]
Wedding Printing Services: What You Actually Need to Know So wedding printing is basically this massive category that couples don’t really understand until they’re neck-deep in it, and then suddenly they’re texting me at 9pm asking if letterpress is worth the extra $800. The short answer is sometimes yes, sometimes absolutely not, but let me […]
Okay so custom wedding invitation printing is basically where you need to start Look, I’m gonna be straight with you – most couples have NO idea what they’re getting into when they decide they want custom invitations. They see something gorgeous on Pinterest and they’re like “we want that but with our colors” and I […]
Finding the Right Wedding Stationery Printer So you’re looking for a professional printer for your wedding stationery and honestly, this is where SO many couples get overwhelmed because there are like a million options and they all sound the same until you actually start working with them. I learned this the hard way back in […]
Okay so you need vendors and you’re probably already overwhelmed The vendor directory thing is honestly one of those tasks that seems straightforward until you’re sitting there at 11pm with 47 browser tabs open wondering if you really need a calligrapher or if your cousin’s decent handwriting will work. I’ve been planning weddings for like […]
What Actually Makes a Wedding Planner Worth Hiring So you’re trying to figure out if you need a wedding planner and which one won’t waste your money. Good question because I’ve seen couples drop serious cash on planners who basically just showed up on wedding day with a clipboard and… honestly I’m still not sure […]