While you're on the hunt for the perfect wedding color palette for your seaside destination wedding, keep one crucial new piece of research findings in mind — the world's ugliest color. Normally wedding colors should complement a venue or invoke some sort of joy in guests, but if you add this sneaky hue into your..
Thank you to Plan The Day for inviting me on their Blab Show to share a few tips on Expectations for Your Wedding Planner: Price vs. Value. Let me start off by saying that every bride deserves to be a princess on her wedding day. The type of wedding you are having should reflect on..
Tip 28: Ventilation in old homes and buildings I once did a wedding in a beautiful, old, historic home that looked great, but in the heat of summer didn’t feel so great. I asked the bride about ventilation, and she said she was going to watch the weather and get a few fans. During the..
As we celebrated Independence Day this month, I want to celebrate the freedom of being an entrepreneur. Being in Nashville, I love running my business from one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S.! Start off the second half of the year like a firework with these tips to master being a leader as..
Tip 27: Do your research when planning destination events While doing my first destination wedding, the bride booked it during hurricane and earthquake season. The day before the wedding, we were on the beach and felt the earth shake under our feet as glass shattered from the bar. The lessons I learned about destination weddings..
Tip 26: You Can't Control Everything On May 3, 2010, Nashville flooded. I was at my desk when calls, texts and pictures were pouring in on my phone from vendors who were stuck at the same venue. It was for a bride who interviewed me but didn’t end up hiring a planner. In hindsight, I..
June is National Safety Month, and when it comes to events, the only thing more important than quality is safety! So here's some of the best tips I've gleaned from over a decade of event planning. 1. Use the buddy system with walk in freezers. During one event I was working on, the caterer walked..
Photo: The Life Lens It happens to the best of us. You say “yes to the dress,” cry happy tears, pose for photos and go out to toast your big decision. But then days (maybe even hours) later indecision sets in. Did I make the right decision? How will I know I will still love..
Tip 25: Always Know Where To Get A Generator One summer, I was doing an indoor wedding at a well known church in town. A storm came through the night before, and the venue contact called me with the bad news that the power was completely cut off at the church. I had to scramble..
Photo: The Collection Photography It's one of the most well-known wedding traditions out there: A bride must wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue on her wedding day for good luck! The trope comes from an English rhyme dated to 1898, which also adds that a bride should also have a sixpence..
