Hi friends! “Engagement season” is here (Yes, we have a term for it), and I don’t know about you, but my socials are filled with engagement announcements! There is so much love and excitement that surrounds a newly engaged couple, and I just absolutely love it! But soon after that excitement wears off, you’re hit […]
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[Editor’s note: If you haven’t noticed by now, wedding cost is something that I talk about a lot here in the wedding planning information on ELD. Part of the reason for this is because I was absolutely unaware of the true cost of weddings when I was planning my own wedding. The other reason is that […]
Read MoreDid you start your wedding planning process by googling “Do I need to hire a wedding planner?” Or maybe you searched for details on how to book your favorite local venue, or just how to plan a wedding in general. Well, before you knew it, you fell down the rabbit hole of googling and clicking, […]
Read MoreHaving been a wedding planner in my “past life”, I often think back to the last wedding that I “officially” planned. It was a super amazing wedding, for a super amazing couple. I always say that if I had continued to plan weddings, they and my second-to-last couple were my absolute “ideal couple”. They had […]
Read More[Editor’s note: Please note that this post was written in direct response to items presented within an article about how to negotiate with wedding vendors on another wedding website. That article has since been removed from the website, no doubt due to the inaccurate information it presented. I have since written a follow-up to this […]
Read MoreOne thing that we’ve found couples don’t always recognize is that there are different types of weddings. Which is why one of the first questions that we always want to ask is this: When you’re envisioning your wedding, what comes to mind? We’re asking this not to help you to explore where you will splurge […]
Read MorePantone’s 2020 Color of the Year is Classic Blue! Wondering how to incorporate Pantone’s 2020 Classic Blue into your wedding day? We have rounded up various different ways to incorporate this shade of blue into your wedding day. Concerned about how classic blue will come across for your wedding day? Don’t be! You can easily […]
Read MoreHi friends! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about things that you need to know when you’re newly engaged- like setting a budget, choosing your wedding date, and finding wedding vendors. (If you missed any of these, hop on over to our recent wedding planning posts to catch up.) Today we’re moving on to expectations and […]
Read MoreToday we’re answering a question about something that is close to my heart: “Do I need a wedding planner?” Yes my friends- you NEED a wedding planner, you DESERVE a wedding planner, and you should have a wedding planner. Every engaged couple NEEDS a wedding planner. Planning a wedding is stressful, and no one should have to have any additional amount of […]
Read MoreOkay, so I have a confession to make… it takes everything I have when a friend/acquaintance of mine gets engaged to NOT send them a message/email listing what they should do first, give them a full timeline of when to do everything, warn them about what not to do, and tell them to hire a […]
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