It’s true! Event professionals have their own special language. Acronyms and special words that mean something to us. It’s just like any other industry. We try to use normal language when clients so they aren’t confused. So if you’ve heard a few of these words or abbreviations, here it goes: BEO Stands for: Banquet Event Order. Your …
So you’re going to get married! Congratulations! This is a special time in your life, planning your celebration and yes, dealing with some stress that goes along with it. It’s a big monetary investment! When you begin your quest to plan your awesome day to share with family and friends, you’ll begin the process of interviewing your …
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Your wedding is one of the most important days you’ll remember. And let’s face it, it is an expensive day. Even with meticulous planning, situations may occur (okay, go wrong) and it is directly because of one of your wedding vendors. If you read this blog, you know, we keep it real here. When these things happen, …
There are a few words that I really can’t stand hearing or using. Mucus, moist and perfect. I hate the word “perfect” when it comes to describing events and well, life in general. (Don’t quit reading, I won’t say the first two gross words again. Promise). let’s explore the definition of the word “perfect” Merriam-Webster …
This blog post should have entitled, “TRYING to meet your wedding vendors during the holidays”. Because that’s really the way it is. We understand, holidays is when you are off work or when you have a scheduled vacation/visit in town. Makes sense that you would like to try to knock out some meetings and get …
Everyone (no matter how much money they have) has a budget or total investment in mind when it comes to planning their wedding. Perhaps it’s a total dollar amount and for some people it’s a dollar figure by vendor category (photographer, planner, catering, et al). Your choices on how much to invest in each area …
There is often confusion in what duties a venue coordinator performs and what duties a wedding planner will perform for you. Brides and grooms sometimes perceive that they may be double paying. A valid point, but perception is not the reality in this case. This is why. what are the differences? 1. Your venue coordinator …
I wanted to take a moment to truly thank all of our clients that we served in 2012. You cannot imagine how grateful we are that you chose US to help you with your wedding, corporate party, private party, design and more. These are important investments in your lives and we were part of building …
On behalf of my associate, Kerry Sensenbrenner and her new husband, Chris Sensenbrenner, we would like to thank all of the wonderful vendors that worked really hard on her wedding day. This was a special occasion for our team and many months of planning went into their wedding. The most important thing was that we …
Continuing our series of the last week of wedding planning for our very OWN, Kerry Devine. It’s now THE WEDDING DAY !!! The Finale … ps We’ll be posting a wrap up with the highlight photos of the day, the stuff that went wrong and the amazing vendors that made it all happen. featured photo credit: …
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This post has been brewing in me for a little while now. It is NOT directed to any one person or situation in particular. But a accumulation of occurrences. As wedding engineers (er, planners), we get a plethora of wedding vendors that contact us requesting to be on our referred vendor list. Facebook messages, emails, …
I’ve got a bee in my bonnet. (and apparently I’m a 150 years old by using that phrase). Surfing the Internets I found this (ahem) gem of a post (by an author, I can only assume is NOT a wedding professional) suggesting to brides to LIE to their vendors to get better deals on their …
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