Lessons Learned: Silverware
Confirm with your caterer that you are getting a salad fork, salad knife, dinner fork and dinner knife (if you are serving a salad and entree seated, of course.) Using two salad forks and two salad knives is a silly
Real At Home Wedding: Courtney & Cameron
I was so excited to be hired by Courtney's parents to help with Courtney and Cameron's wedding! We had about 4 months to do everything, and all we had was the date and the location - Courtney's parents' home in
Lessons Learned: Transportation and parking
When picking a spot for your first look or for group portraits, make sure there is parking available if you will be arriving by a limo. There is nothing like a stretch limo stopping in the middle of a busy
Shrine Mont Wedding: Mary Beth and Chris
When I worked on Mary Beth's older sister Kate's wedding I immediately fell in love with their whole family. I could not wait for Mary Beth to start planning her wedding (P.S. she was single at the time.) Mother of
Lessons Learned: Buffet dinner plates
When you have a buffet meal at your wedding, you need to order 125-150% of your guest count for dinner plates. Otherwise you caterer be washing plates in the middle of dinner and guests will be annoyed. Photo by Michelle Lindsay Lessons Learned is
Happy Anniversary to Ron and Jon!
This fabulous Decatur House wedding in Washington DC was just two short years ago - it feels like yesterday.This was a truly joyful day. I loved every minute of this wedding weekend (including the dapper rehearsal dinner at the Hay-Adams
Real Wedding at the Ronald Reagan Building: D & J
Today I am super excited to share Deborah and Jason's fall wedding at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC. Deborah and Jason live in Texas but Deborah's grandmother lives in the DC area so they decided to celebrate close
Happy Fourth Anniversary, P&B!
Happy happy fourth anniversary to one of my favorite couples, Pippa and Brian. I tell the story of their ceremony quite often, because I basically made their guests walk through a {perfectly dry} ceremony set up under the tent at Woodend to sit
Lessons Learned: Pinspot lighting
Just because a venue has directional lighting doesn't mean it will have the same effect as professional pinspot lighting. Investigate this ahead of time before being disappointed on the day of the event when all your gorgeous centerpieces are in
