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Let's Plan Your Dream Wedding in West Michigan!
The holiday season is meant to feel warm, cozy, and full of memory-making — but when you’re also planning a wedding, December can quickly turn into a juggling act of gift shopping, family gatherings, and vendor emails. If you’re feeling stretched between planning your big day and enjoying the holidays,...
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How to Apply New Year’s Resolutions to Wedding Planning
The holiday season is meant to feel warm, cozy, and full of memory-making — but when you’re also planning a wedding, December can quickly turn into a juggling act of gift shopping, family gatherings, and vendor emails. If you’re feeling stretched between planning your big day and enjoying the holidays,...
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How to Enjoy the Holidays and Still Plan Your Wedding
The holiday season is meant to feel warm, cozy, and full of memory-making — but when you’re also planning a wedding, December can quickly turn into a juggling act of gift shopping, family gatherings, and vendor emails. If you’re feeling stretched between planning your big day and enjoying the holidays,...
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Top 10 West Michigan Wedding Venues
My Favorite West Michigan Wedding Venues As a wedding coordinator who works at venues all over West Michigan, there are Top 10 West Michigan Wedding Venues that have stood out time and time again. These are spaces where timelines run smoothly, photos turn out beautifully, and couples walk away genuinely...
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Venue3Two Wedding: Kylee & Brett
There are weddings that are beautiful, and then there are weddings that etch themselves into your memory forever. Kylee and Brett’s Venue3Two wedding in Grand Rapids was absolutely the latter. From the moment we started planning with this incredible couple, we knew their day would be special. What...
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10 Small Details That Make a Big Difference in Photos
When the last song plays, the sparklers fade, and you finally kick off those dancing shoes, what’s left from your wedding day (besides the happy memories, of course)? Your photos. They’re the one thing you get to take with you forever—the little time capsules that let you relive every moment again and...
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How to Pick a Wedding Dress Code You Like and Your Guests Understand
One of the most fun parts of wedding planning, in my opinion, is thinking about what your whole day will look like together. The overall theme and vibe of your wedding is based on your venue, food choice, music style, and your personalities shining through in things like decor, guestbook, and any favors...
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What Being a Bridesmaid Reminded Me—From a Planner Who’s Usually Behind the Scenes
On July 26th, I had the joy of stepping out from behind the timeline and clipboard to do something totally different—I got to be a bridesmaid for one of my closest friends. It was beautiful, emotional, slightly chaotic in the best way, and gave me a fresh reminder of what it really means to stand beside...
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What Every Couple Deserves: A Team That Eats Last
What It Means to Lead With Heart in the Wedding Industry Let’s be real — planning a wedding is no small feat. Whether you’re the couple getting married, the planner running point, or the vendor showing up early and staying late, weddings demand something from all of us: leadership. But not leadership...
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Sydney & Matthew
Time Blocking for Wedding Sanity
How Couples and Vendors Can Stay Focused, Balanced & Productive Wedding season brings magic, excitement, and… chaos. Whether you’re a bride trying to juggle work, life, and wedding planning—or a wedding vendor drowning in back-to-back events—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and pulled...
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No one ever wants to actually be saying “oh sh*t” on their wedding day. Avoid the emergency by downloading my free checklist that us coordinators follow when restocking our backpacks for each event. Whether it’s fishing wire to hang a neon sign, or toupee tape, yes I said that right, toupee tape to hold your strapless dress in place, you’re covered!

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