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Wedding Stationery: What is it and Why it Matters

How to Pick a Wedding Date

Feb 4, 2020
3 min

How to Pick a Wedding Date

Picking a date for your wedding is an essential part of the process. Perhaps you're deciding based on an anniversary date. I've had some clients pick a date because it will be easy to remember. Before you can pick a venue, you should have at least some idea of when you'd like to have your wedding. If you don't really care, you may be open to deciding based on when your ideal venue is available. Even if you have a particular date in mind, it's good to keep in mind the advantag

Wedding Stationery: The Suite Life

Mar 12, 2019
4 min

Wedding Stationery: The Suite Life

Marriage is one is of the biggest events in a person’s life. Regardless of whether you want a quiet low-key affair or a huge wedding with all the traditional bell and whistles, you’re going to want to let others know. Selecting wedding stationary is an exciting and fun part of wedding planning and it sets the tone for the events of your special day. Pre-Wedding Stationary Engagement Announcement – He popped the question! You said yes! Capture the moment and broadcast it to y

Working With Your Vendors: Stationery and Calligraphy

Aug 9, 2018
4 min

Working With Your Vendors: Stationery and Calligraphy

Imagine if you will that you’ve done what you think is all the heavy lifting for your wedding: you’ve picked a date, found your venue, and selected all your vendors! Now that all that work is out of the way, you are definitely in the clear to relax and go party, right? Well, not exactly. The big rocks may be out of the way, but there’s a lot of detail to cover to make your wedding day truly a success. Each vendor will have a list of things that need to be done before the wedd

Hey, Mister DJ

Mar 19, 2018
3 min

Hey, Mister DJ

A few weeks ago, we discussed special considerations when hiring a band for your weeding reception. Some of that advice applies to DJ’s, as well, but let’s review a few important points. Experience and performance are just as important for a DJ/Entertainment company as it is for a band. While anyone can play songs, and experiences DJ will understand the flow of your event, appropriate volume control, and pacing the song selection. However, there are some specific issues to

Wedding Etiquette

Feb 5, 2018
4 min

Wedding Etiquette

This week’s topic is a complicated one. It is subjective and always changing, but necessary if you don’t want to appear insensitive or clueless. Now we will never be royals, but weddings by tradition are a formal gathering where two people unite in the presence of loved ones to profess their love, commit their lives, and celebrate together. With this formal gathering come certain rules and expectations from the wedding party, the couple and the guests. Wedding Etiquette is

Seasonal Weddings

Dec 25, 2017
3 min

Seasonal Weddings

As the year comes to end and we get ready for another 365 days to plan, we want to suggest seasonal weddings to you. Most seasons have their down sides, and we are aware that some things can’t be controlled (mother nature being one of them). We would like to help you turn some of those cons into pros to make your wedding day just as magical whether it’s in the winter, spring, summer or fall. A winter wedding was the last option for many years because of the time around it. I

Taking Stock – Pre, During and Post Wedding Stationary