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It all started with this Fort Myer wedding celebration and continued with Erin and Brian, who also had a Fort Myer wedding. Today is their 6th wedding anniversary! I've told you before about how I worked on a few General's

Hello! I'm Janice, a DC-based wedding planner (since 2006) and I am thrilled that you found my blog. I write about a lot of different things, such as the real weddings we plan, gift guides, wedding planning advice, sample wedding

Looking back on a favorite Alexandria, Virginia  wedding. Yesterday these two sweet people celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary. And I have to tell you, their 2 kids are positively adorable! You can see where they would get it from, right? Thanks

Jackie and Marc had a stunning wedding reception at the American Visionary Arts Museum. Click to see my post with their AVAM wedding ceremony photos. They had a chuppah that fir the quirky museum setting perfectly. We used copper sequined linens

I am so super excited to wish this awesome couple a Happy First Anniversary today and to share their AVAM wedding photos with you! I LOVE the AVAM! But more on that later. Today I'm sharing their pre-ceremony and ceremony

Today is Priya & Ryan's first wedding anniversary! I am so very happy for this sweet couple. On Friday, they had a religious ceremony at a local temple. Then, on Saturday, they had an interfaith wedding ceremony at the Barns

S & C were one of the first couples to have a Riverside on the Potomac wedding. When we toured the property the winter before their summer wedding, the floor in the big barn was full of holes and there

M & J had such a fun and personalized Chesapeake Bay Beach Club wedding. We really had a blast planning their wedding. I hope they have an even better time celebrating their anniversary today! The Chesapeake Bay Beach Club impressed me

Happy Father's Day! I've been lucky enough to work with some really sweet dads - and a few of them more than once! Today I'm sharing the stories of 4 dads who I've been able to work with at least

I'm excited to share more photos of brides and dads in honor of Father's Day tomorrow! Did you see all the father/daughter dances that I posted yesterday? If not, check it out. Today I'm sharing a wide variety of photos

In honor of Father's Day, I'm sharing some of my favorite photos of "my dads" - the fathers of "my brides" (and some grooms too!) Sometimes I work with the dad all throughout the engagement, and sometimes I meet him

L & P weren't sure that they should have a first look with their photographers before their Washington DC wedding. I may have talked them into it, because they had a lot of group photos that they wanted to take

There was so much to love about the personalities of these two people, and it all shone through in their beautiful wedding day at The Alexandrian Hotel. Happy anniversary C & D! Check out all their Alexandrian Hotel wedding photos by

Have you considered Rocklands Farm for your wedding? If you are looking for a picturesque, bucolic setting, this venue is for you.  Sending my best wishes to Colorado today for this sweet couple, who married at Rocklands Farm 2 years ago!

This is my 7th time wishing Jessica and Jim a happy happy wedding anniversary! Their summer Washington DC wedding ceremony was at Holy Rosary Church, to which I'm finally getting to work at again after all these years next month

I am super excited to revisit this Virginia home wedding with this wedding film from Shutter & Sound! I do recommend that every engaged couple book a videographer, or filmmaker or at least a content creator for their wedding. Wedding