When my wife, Mindy, decorated our basement, she started with finding one pillow. It set the palette and mood for every other piece in the space. Is this the right vase? What pictures should go on the wall? This rug or that? Every choice went back to what worked best with that one darn pillow. It goes without saying then that she obsessed on her quest finding that perfect…
The average wedding size has dipped in the past few years. For some, it’s budget. The cost of living isn’t anyone’s favorite thing right now. More heads = more food/bar = more cost = choosing small. Others are choosing intimate. They prefer less production and more shared experience with their closest people. One of our favorite wedding trends over the past few years is breaking the “norm” — whatever…
I’m cutting straight to the chase on this one. One of the things we’re most proud of at our venues is that we’ve always included full coordination with our weddings. We’ve never charged for it. And we never will. We’re bucking the trend of offering coordination as an add-on precisely because we couldn’t imagine not doing it! It’s what we love and why we do what we do.
I was “today years old” when I learned that some wedding venues close their bridal suites before the reception starts. Technically, it was “this past year” years old, but when we’ve been in the wedding industry for 20 years, it feels like today. My hunch is they do this to prevent people from sneaking drinks behind closed doors? My wife and I are parents of three adult kids. Trust…