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You’ve heard us say it before – those last few weeks of wedding planning are the most detail intensive of the entire planning process. Tensions are stressing, budget is straining, and then Wham! You realize all of a sudden you haven’t allotted any gratuities for your wedding vendors or budgeted for any vendor meals. We’ve […]

LOCAL VENDOR GUIDE, WEDDING PLANNING RESOURCES

Wedding Vendor Etiquette Tips You Need to Know

Despite the similarity in terms, your venue coordinator and wedding coordinator are actually two very different vendor roles. Both are similar in that your venue coordinator and your wedding coordinator are there to best assist and support you on such an important day— We’re all there making sure you leave completely and blissfully happy at the end of the night! But there are several key differences between these two vendor categories that couples often overlook or confuse. 

WEDDING PLANNING RESOURCES

Don’t Expect These Things From Your Venue Coordinator!

Kansas City Wedding Planner Zipping Bride in Wedding Dress

Weddings have come a long way in recent years! What once was a standard wedding template – where colors and style had little variation – has evolved into the amazing celebrations you see today. Your wedding is a unique and personal reflection of your love story, from colors and textures to foods and experience, no two […]

WEDDING PLANNING RESOURCES

The Ultimate Wedding Decor Checklist

If you’re anything like me, you hear the word *photos* and instantly clam up. Y’all, there’s a reason you see so little of my face around here….I am a straight cheese when that camera comes out! But with photography being such a core piece of the wedding planning process, we want to make sure you are best prepared for when your photographer says “Smile!”

So today, we’re sitting down with our friend Kymberly Janelle Photography to give us the low-down on engagement photos. So Kymmy, tell us all the things! What they are, what they’re for, and how can our couples make them uniquely ‘theirs’?

ETIQUETTE + ADVICE, KANSAS CITY, LOCAL VENDOR GUIDE

The Complete Guide to Engagement Photos

Data brokers scour the internet in search of personal information they can resell, and your wedding website could be subject to this threat. Other cyber scammers pursue vendor fraud– posing as fake photographers, florists, or DJs and tricking couples out of their money. While online wedding planning is advantageous, it’s crucial to know and avoid the risks of online vendor fraud. To make sure your wedding day goes off without a hitch, keep reading to learn the do’s and don’ts of wedding websites!

ETIQUETTE + ADVICE, VIRTUAL PLANNING

The Do’s and Don’ts of Wedding Websites

Wedding Website Tips

A few weeks ago I posted a question on Insta stories asking what the worst wedding advice you’ve ever heard was, and your answers had me ROLLING. I swear, every time I think we’ve heard it all another new gem surfaces! There’s a lot of bad advice out there on the interwebs, babe. That’s why […]

ETIQUETTE + ADVICE

Don’t Make These Wedding Planning Mistakes!

Today we’re taking a little break from wedding planning to help you plan something equally fun and exciting – your honeymoon! It doesn’t matter if you’re going on a 4-day road-trip or a 2-week European adventure, planning your honeymoon can be overwhelming. And since it’s likely to be a much more expensive trip than your […]

HONEYMOON, KANSAS CITY, LOCAL VENDOR GUIDE

4 Reasons to Hire a Travel Agent for Your Honeymoon

It’s been a year, amirite? Wedding planning has dragged on forever (thanks 2020!) and a honeymoon vacation seemed near impossible. But no more! With restrictions being lifted and some semblance of normalcy returning, maybe it’s time to take a break from the wedding planning and focus on a fun task— the honeymoon! Whether it’s a […]

HONEYMOON

Honeymoon Planning: 7 Tips to Create the Perfect Getaway

Pop the champs and pour some bubbly because we’re about to share all the industry secrets for choosing the best wines for your wedding reception. From how to pair wines with your meal or wedding theme to how much alcohol you’ll need for your wedding and how many bottles of champagne you’ll need for toasts, […]

FOOD + DRINK

The Best Wines to Serve at Your Wedding – According to Experts

Pouring Wine into Glass

Let’s be real, the first thing that comes to mind when you start wedding planning isn’t budgets, spreadsheets, and seating charts – it’s the style and vibe of your day. And for most couples, that desired vibe influences all other planning decisions, from vendor choices right down to the guest count. As you start developing […]

INSPIRATION + TRENDS

How to Create a Wedding Vision + Inspiration Board

“I just breezed through my wedding day while they took care of literally everything, Rach and Nikki did so much more than I ever expected!”

-Jordan M

“Your words of encouragement and help have made the world of difference in how Carly has handled stresses within the planning process. Thank you for all your hard work!

- Parents of the bride