If you recently “Said YES!” to the love of your life, Congratulations!! We really just want to encourage couples to be savvy about planning their wedding festivities from start to the last dance! Step 1, 2 and 3… Hire a planner who you click with. <<MAJOR>> Your planning team is going to be like your unofficial Bride Squad ring leader, and if you’re working with Pink Wasabi, then add style and design consultant to the mix!

Side Note: Month of coordination is great (not to be mistaken with wedding planning – you plan your wedding with “month of” and we would just confirm and manage what YOU planned)

For every bride that reaches out to me (or any other planner) on the verge of a meltdown with 2 items checked off a 100 item wedding check list and 3 months to go, I could only wish that they would have reached out to me sooner. We could have frolicked through the process together, with minimal stress and financial concern for the same exact package price. We could have talked about your dream wedding goals and helped you make smart decisions to accommodate your budget from the start. What’s the use of coulda, shoulda, woulda when it’s all said and done? None of us get to redo your wedding planning and give you better memories after your big day has passed. <<That’s MAJOR.

Your job and other life responsibilities don’t take a break because you’re getting married, that’s why wedding and event planners exist. Our job is to let you carry on with life as usual while enjoying the fun of being a feyoncé, and we do all the leg work. Think of us like an extension of your Maid/Matron of Honor (who also has a life and a job outside of your wedding planning).

We strongly believe that even if your budget is small, if you’re realistic (w/ respect to guest count and other factors), you can have a BEAUTIFUL (and low stress) wedding if you allow us to walk the path to “I Do” alongside you. It will be so much fun! We promise.

• Set a Budget
  • before you reach out to anyone, even me, set your budget
  • find out who’s planning on paying for what and so there’s less stress and confusion later
  • The budget or lack there of is what makes planning the most stressful for couples
  • Be realistic to your market, insisting on a $5000 venue with a $15k budget and 150 guests isn’t realistic. Beautiful weddings can happen at any budget when the couple is realistic!
• Start with Your Color Palette
  • The color scheme actually helps determine so much about the style of your wedding
  • the type of flowers you’ll use, the décor, and wedding party attire will all depend on this. 
• Hire A Planner
  • Getting married is actually supposed to be fun, make sure to budget for a planner if you want to truly enjoy the experience
  • Wedding planning is a full time job, there’s no reason to embark on a new career that you know nothing about while still working your full time job. Working with a planner allows you to maintain your routine and just focus on being engaged. 
  • Spend more time celebrating and avoid having the happiness of your engagement period overshadowed by the stress of planning.
• Be Organized and Communicate
  • If you are working with a set budget, it’s important to communicate how you’re spending along the way with whoever is helping you plan. 
  • Details can add up and cause your budget to go off the rails.
  • keeping track of your wedding spending and communicating with your planning sidekick is KEY
• Start figuring out your Guest List Early
  • you guest list will determine the overall cost of your wedding
  • try your best to keep it to the most important people in your lives, cut the fluff
  • Remember, everyone doesn’t have to be invited to everything. There will be weddings that you won’t be invited to as well and the mature thing to do is wish everyone well and continue to enjoy life. This is a nice way of saying, everyone needs to grow up when it comes to the guest list
• Trust Your Vendors
  • We really have your best interests at heart. 
  • It’s in our best interest to do right by you and your investment as well. 
  • We know what we’re doing and we don’t take your trust lightly
• Don’t procrastinate 
  • you will stress yourself and friends and family out if you wait till the last minute on everything
  • Remember, this is supposed to be fun. It’s not a college assignment you waited until the last min to submit, pace yourself so you can happily two-step down the aisle!