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Featured today on Washingtonian Weddings, this wedding is particularly special to me, because Lauren is my daughter. It was my absolute pleasure and honor to plan Lauren and Nick’s modern black and white wedding filled with pampas grass and fun, personal details. Lauren and Nick met through mutual friends in 2012. Lauren is a nurse […]

A Perfect Match Beth and Dan both moved to Washington during the first Obama administration — she to start a career in healthcare law, he to attend law school while continuing to work in politics. Despite sharing Garden District as their favorite bar, their paths didn’t cross until spring of 2014, when the under-appreciated magic […]

Choosing a venue for your wedding is something that should be done carefully and with thought and planning. The fee’s for venue rental, equipment rentals, food and beverage will comprise a large portion of your wedding budget. If you overspend here it means compromises later. The venue you choose will set the style, and vibe […]

When I ask perspective clients what scares them most about planning a wedding, they often  tell me budget. Some clients have a general idea of what they can spend or what their families have given them to spend, however they don’t know if they can fit everything they need and want into that budget.  As […]

Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic that turned our world upside down this  item was something I never gave a second thought to. In my experience as a wedding planner I had one wedding cancel when the couple could not reconcile their differences. I had NEVER had a wedding postponed for any reason, or a vendor […]

 In the beginning, either before you get engaged or shortly after you get engaged you think wedding planning will be so much fun. You already have 10 or more Pinterest boards with tons of beautiful photos of dresses, flowers, cakes, invitations, cute favors and beautiful table settings. You’ve thought about who you’ll  ask to be […]

I often hear from clients that their top priority is for guests to have a good time. They want guests to be comfortable, to have time mix and mingle and to dance. In the end they want their guests to say “ That was the BEST wedding Ever!”  Below are a few ideas we offer […]

Prior to starting my event planning business I worked as sale associate/event planner  at a large full service catering company servicing the DC market. We regularly received inquiries from engaged couples looking for quotes and proposal for wedding catering. Often times the request was just to get pricing. The couple would ask “How much  would […]