The Knot Budget Tool Is Actually Pretty Solid But Here’s What You Need to Know So The Knot’s budget tool is probably gonna be one of the first things you see when you start planning, and honestly? It’s not terrible. I’ve had maybe 30+ couples use it over the years and the feedback is pretty […]
So You Got The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner Okay so The Knot planner is basically this massive binder situation that every wedding planner either swears by or completely ignores, and honestly I’ve been in both camps depending on the year. When I first started using it back in like 2018, I thought it was gonna […]
Okay So Canva Has Free Wedding Templates and Here’s What You Need to Know Look, I’m gonna be straight with you about Canva wedding templates because I’ve been down this road so many times with clients and honestly some of them are amazing and some are… well, we’ll get to that. But first, if you’re […]
Setting Up Your Professional Wedding Planning Services So you’re gonna need a service menu that actually makes sense to clients, not just sounds fancy. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a bride called me sobbing because she’d hired a planner who listed “comprehensive coordination” but apparently that didn’t include… coordinating […]
Hobby Lobby Wedding Invitations Are Actually Pretty Decent Okay so Hobby Lobby isn’t the first place most people think of for wedding invitations but honestly they’ve got some surprisingly good options if you’re working with a tight budget or you want something you can customize yourself. I started paying attention to their invitation section back […]
Okay So Canva for Weddings Is Actually Pretty Decent Now Look, I resisted Canva for literally years because I thought it was gonna cheapen my brand as a wedding planner and stationery consultant. Like, I spent all this time learning proper design principles and then here comes this drag-and-drop platform that anyone with a laptop […]
Setting Up Your Wedding Planning Business the Right Way So you’re thinking about becoming a professional wedding planner or you’ve already started taking clients and now you need to figure out the business side of things. I’ve been doing this for almost two decades now and honestly the business structure part is what nobody tells […]
So You’re Trying to Figure Out The Knot Planner Okay look, The Knot Planner is basically the professional services side of The Knot and if you’re a wedding vendor who isn’t using it you’re kinda leaving money on the table. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I had THREE inquiries […]
What Actually Happens When You Buy a Barnes and Noble Wedding Planner So you walked into Barnes and Noble, saw their wedding planner section, and grabbed one of those beautiful hardcover planners thinking it’ll solve all your organizational problems. I get it—I did the same thing back in spring 2019 when I was still figuring […]
Greetings Island Is Actually Pretty Solid for DIY Invites So Greetings Island – if you haven’t stumbled across it yet, it’s this online platform where you can customize wedding invitations and then either download them as PDFs or order printed versions. I started recommending it to budget-conscious couples around 2019 maybe? And honestly it’s become […]