So You Need Professional Invitation Printing Okay so the biggest thing people get wrong is thinking all printers are the same and honestly that mistake cost me a massive headache in summer 2021 when a client’s letterpress invitations came back completely washed out because we went with a budget printer who clearly didn’t understand specialty […]
What Wedding Planning Companies Actually Do So wedding planning companies are basically professional service firms that exist to save couples from losing their minds during what’s supposed to be the happiest time of their lives. And honestly, after working in this industry for like fifteen years, I can tell you that most couples have no […]
What Wedding Planning Services Actually Look Like So you’re thinking about what professional wedding planners actually do or maybe you’re trying to figure out if you need one or honestly you might be trying to become one yourself, and look, the whole industry is kinda confusing from the outside because people think we just show […]
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 […]