How to Plan a Virtual Bridal Shower
Ideas on how to plan, host, attend and give gifts for a virtual wedding shower
What should my wedding insurance policy cover?
I am not an insurance professional. I know a little bit about what can be offered, and that is what I am discussing here. But I am making no warranties about what your policy does cover. You must ask your
Five Ways to Propose At Home
It occurs to me that many of my clients got engaged while traveling - either domestically or internationally. It also occurs to me that travel is going to be stifled in the next 2- 6 months, so maybe your planned
Wedding Tasks You Can Do From Home During Coronavirus
What a crazy year. The Governor of Virginia yesterday (March 30, 2020) laid down a stay home order for the next seventy days. So if you are at home, and you probably should be, here are some wedding tasks you
Decatur House Wedding Cost: How Much Should I Budget? – Updated 2024
I got a request to write a budget post for this DC wedding venue, which was a huge honor! Incidentally, when I was last at the Decatur House, setting up for my clients' wedding this past October, there was another
2019: Epic Wedding Portraits
Today I am showing what I consider to be the epic wedding portraits from our 2019 weddings, for my very last 2019 round up post. Yesterday I showed off our epic wedding decor photos, please check that out. Over the
2019: Epic Wedding Decor
Introducing: epic wedding decor round up. In past two years, I started sharing photos I considered epic, or are just my favorite photos that didn't really fit into any of the other round up categories. So you can click to
2019: Wedding Receptions
Continuing our round up of all our 2019 weddings, today we are showing off the beautiful wedding receptions. As a bonus, I've added ALL the floor plans for the featured wedding reception. You will notice that I frequently use All
2019: Wedding Ceremonies
Continuing our look back at all our 2019 weddings, today we are showing off the beautiful wedding ceremonies. You can look back at our other 2019 posts about head tables, wedding stationery, the jewelry, the bridesmaid attire, men’s attire, shoes, cakes, bouquets and a data-driven analysis. Spring Wedding
2019 Weddings: Tablescapes
Designing the tablescape is one of the most fun things about wedding planning - for me, at least. Yes, catering and cake tastings are enjoyable, and floral meetings are sweet. But playing with the glassware and linens and base plates
2019 Weddings: Invitation Flat Lays
Over the past few years, the concept of the "flat lay" has exploded in the wedding world. These stylized photos can be used to capture anything from your wedding stationery, your jewelry, shoes and even flowers from your wedding day.
2019 Wedding Jewelry
Who doesn't love a good wedding jewelry round up post?! Not a lot to say here, just a bunch of pretty photos to look at. I've got more wedding bling for you, if you're interested: 2018 wedding rings, 2017 wedding
2019 Weddings: Bridesmaid Dresses
Eli Turner Studios First up, (above) not bridesmaid dresses, but rather a couple who opted to not have a wedding party, but did a FABULOUS job coordinating their family's attire for the wedding portraits. How chic does this group look? I'm
2019 Weddings: Men’s Attire
Only last year did I realize that I was being sexist by only writing round ups of the bridesmaids' attire, so 2018 was the first year I wrote about men's wedding attire. I like last year's post and I love
2019 Weddings: Real Shoes
Matt Schmachtenberg 2019 was really all about the white wedding shoe. Kind of a bummer for someone color-obsessed, like me, but I do totally get it - my clients are generally very classic. You really like looking at wedding shoes? Do
2019 Weddings: Real Cakes
Earlier I posted all my 2019 wedding bouquets. Now I'm back with 2019 wedding cakes. It wasn't until I saw all these photos in one place did I realize the overwhelming white buttercream wedding cake trend of 2019. Not that
2019 Weddings: Real Bouquets
Time to begin my annual round up of wedding details from the last year. Today we look at almost all of the bouquets (including bride and bridesmaid bouquets) from our 2019 real weddings. If you like this kind of thing,
