Category: Weddings

Transforming a Blank Canvas Venue



When it comes to planning an event, the venue plays a crucial role in setting the tone and atmosphere. A blank canvas venue offers endless possibilities for creating a theme-based wonderland that will leave a lasting impression on your guests. Whether you're organizing a wedding, corporate event, or milestone celebration, transforming a blank canvas venue into a magical wonderland is an art that requires careful planning, creativity, and attention to detail. Here are some essential tips and ideas to help you bring your theme-based vision to life and create a truly enchanting experience for your guests.


  1. Choose

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Cool Down Your Wedding Guests This Summer

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Summer weddings can be beautiful, but they can also be hot and uncomfortable for your guests. As the host, it's your responsibility to ensure that your guests are comfortable and happy throughout the day.


Here are some ideas for keeping your wedding guests cool in the summer:




  1. Provide shaded areas: Set up tents, umbrellas, or canopies in outdoor areas to provide shade for your guests. This will give them a break from the sun and allow them to cool down.

  2. Have refreshing drinks

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Wedding Contracts: What To Know

Unless you went to law school, the legalese in your various wedding contracts may tend to make your head spin. And with all the other details you’re facing while planning your nuptials, you might be tempted to just hope for the best and sign.


Here’s a word of warning: Don’t! Unless you want your special day marred by an unending series of non-performing vendors, take the time to do your homework.



Know What You’re Signing


If you don’t know what’s in your contract, how will you know what you’ll be getting, when and how you’re expected to pay for it, and what happens if the vendor doesn’t deliver what you expected?


“As elementary as it sounds, read the contract,�

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Summer Wedding Trends

Summer is the perfect season for weddings, with its warm weather, longer days, and beautiful scenery. If you're planning a summer wedding, here are some summer wedding trends to keep in mind.



Outdoor Venues


With the warmer weather, many couples are choosing to have their weddings in beautiful outdoor locations like gardens, beaches, vineyards, or parks. These venues offer breathtaking backdrops for photos, and can be decorated with natural elements like flowers and greenery.


Bright Colors


Bold, bright colors are a popular choice for summer weddings. Shades of coral, pink, yellow, and blue are

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Wedding Budget: Who Pays for What?

According to Zola, the average wedding in 2023 will cost $29,000. In times past, there was no question of who was responsible for paying for a wedding: the bride’s parents, with an assist from the groom’s parents to cover the rehearsal dinner.


Now there are so many more subsidiary costs associated with a typical wedding, planning can get confusing very quickly. So when considering a modern wedding budget, who pays for what?


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New meets old



“These days, anyt

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Crafting the Perfect Wedding Invitation

Long before your guests arrive for your carefully planned nuptials, you will be setting the stage through your wedding invitation. So you need to devote a lot of attention to getting it just right.




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Start early


When designing your wedding invitation, you’ll have a lot of decisions to make: formal or informal, digital or paper, font, layout, colors, wording . . . the options for design are literally endless. 


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Wedding Tradition of Jumping the Broom

One of the unique cultural touches accompanying many Black weddings these days is the tradition known as jumping the broom. Wedding Wire calls it “a reclamation of Black history,” spanning centuries and continents, with “roots in the African diaspora and slavery.”




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The practice of jumping the broom at Black weddings first broke into pop culture

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How to Plan Your Wedding Reception Floor Plan

So many details of your wedding to get right! One you might not have thought of is the layout of your reception floor plan.


As wedding expert Layne Povey told Brides, “Strategic layout is essential to the success and flow of your event."




“Ensuring that you have enough space between tables for both guest comfort and services is extremely important, but making sure that you are still creating an intimate space that doesn’t feel like a banquet hall is how your event comes to life,” she explained.



So here are some tips for making the most of your venue to have the perfect floor plan for your reception.

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Hottest Wedding Trend: Adoptable Pets at Your Wedding

Our pets have become such a part of our lives, it’s natural that we’d want to include them on the biggest day of our lives. 


According to Newsweek, a quarter of engaged couples want their dogs to play a role in their wedding: More than half plan to use them as ring bearers, 34 percent want to walk down the aisle with them, and 17 percent plant to include them in their first dance.


But the logistics of including pets at a wedding - an already frenzied day - can become overwhelming. Ilana Karcinski and Kelly Nova saw an untapped part of the wedding market when they realized they could create a business from handling such details for couples.


So the former college roommates a

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What’s In and What’s Out: 2023 Wedding Trends

Wedding traditions never stand still, and what’s to come in weddings this year illustrates that. For example, Vogue reports that wedding hashtags, uniform bridesmaid dresses, fireworks, welcome bags, and big wedding parties standing up at the ceremony are yesterday’s news. So what will be the big 2023 wedding trends?



Rethinking the ceremony


Several of the newer 2023 wedding trends this year involve the ceremony itself. Some couples are opting for an intimate ceremony with just family and a few close friends, saving

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