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I walked 15 miles yesterday. Worked for 15 hours. Woke up exhausted, & I can't wait to do it again!!! I'm exhausted thi...
10/04/2026

I walked 15 miles yesterday. Worked for 15 hours. Woke up exhausted, & I can't wait to do it again!!! I'm exhausted this afternoon & I couldn't be happier. 🤗

This is the part of wedding planning I love most. After months of conversations, decisions, timelines, design & logistics, I get to watch my couples walk into their wedding & get to be fully present to experience it! 💜

Yesterday I watched two people have exactly that kind of day. I get to call this my career! I love watching months of conversations, ideas, decisions & planning become someone's wedding day. I love watching my couples walk into everything we've worked on together & finally get to experience it. I love working alongside incredible wedding professionals who care just as much about giving our couples & their guests an amazing experience.

Yesterday was one of those days! 💖

Today I'm tired, grateful, proud of my team & reminded all over again how lucky I am that this is what I get to do.

I really fu***ng love my job!! 🥰

09/28/2026

💍 Engahed couples; this is YOUR wedding experience! You don’t need permission from anyone to create the wedding YOU dream of. Perhaps that includes a cake cutting & a first dance, maybe it doesn’t. You can decide to include or exclude a bouquet/garter toss, or any of the "traditions" people have come to expect.

What matters is that the choices you make tell your love story & feel like the 2 of you.

Three years ago, I talked about changing wedding traditions on Monterey Live Tonight. Couples have been moving away from the idea that there was only one way to have a wedding. Today, I see more couples creating wedding experiences around their own personalities, preferences & I'm here for it!!

When we work together, I listen to what you’re dreaming about & help bring it to life, down to the details that make it feel unmistakably yours. I’ll protect the joy in those choices, especially when other people have opinions. So that your wedding experience leaves you with memories of a day you loved living, not a checklist you finished. 💜

09/24/2026

There's a moment for many couples that takes your breath away on their wedding day, often it's as you walk down the aisle & you see the look on your partner's face. It feels more real than you ever imagined 🥰

You may have already shared a first look, but there’s nothing that beats the feeling of seeing the expression on your partner’s face as you walk toward them. That emotion, that look, that moment can become one of the memories you hold onto most from your entire wedding experience.

This is the feeling... hold onto it. Cherish the moments as you walk down the aisle, soak up the feelings & emotions ♥️ 

These are the moments I want every couple to have the space to truly experience. You only get to experience your wedding for the first time once. Soak it in, stay there for a minute & let yourself feel every bit of it. 💖

🥂 To all of the engaged couples! 💍

Save this or share it to your partner (so the expectations are clear 😉) Send it to your engaged friends 🫶

What is your favorite part of a wedding experience? Let me know in the comments below 💜

09/18/2026

You have a vision for your wedding, you know how you want it to feel, the experience you want to create for the people you love. Turning that vision into a real wedding experience means hundreds if not thousands of decisions, conversations & moving pieces that all have to work together. This is where your superhero with an emergency kit shines! 💖

As your wedding planner, I provide the guidance & expertise to take those ideas from this is what you’re dreaming about to this is how we’re going to make it happen. I guide you through finding the right venue & wedding pros, managing your budget, reviewing contracts, developing a cohesive design, keeping communication moving, anticipating what comes next bringing every logistical detail together into one seamless wedding experience.

There is a tremendous amount of mental space that comes with knowing someone else is holding the bigger picture. You don’t have to remember which wedding pro needs an answer, wonder whether you’ve forgotten a deadline, keep every contract detail in your head, or figure out whether the decision you’re making today is going to create a logistical problem six months from now. You have an experienced professional looking ahead, providing guidance when you need it, managing the details behind the scenes & making sure the wedding you’re dreaming about comes together the way you envision it.

Rather than  your wedding planning becoming another job you have to manage, there is room to enjoy this season of your life. So that you can be excited about decisions instead of feeling buried beneath them. So that you can anticipate your wedding instead of spending the months leading up to it counting down until you can finally stop planning.

When your wedding day arrives, I don’t want the biggest feeling to be relief that planning is finally over. My goal is for you to wake up ridiculously excited that the wedding you’ve been dreaming about is finally here, knowing you can be completely present for the experience because someone you trust is already bringing all those pieces together. 🥰
Hire your wedding planner early so you can keep the joy alive during the planning process �

09/16/2026

Wedding planning is magical! It's exciting, fun & filled with moments that make you stop & think, Oh my gosh, we’re really getting married 💖

🎢 It can also feel a whole lot more like a roller coaster than the movies would have you believe. Movie version: cue the adorable planning montage you taste some cake, pick out flowers, find the dress, suddenly you’re walking down the aisle. Social media gives us an even smaller glimpse. A beautiful venue tour, a few pretty details, a dress fitting, then boom...wedding day.

The real planning experience has a lot more happening between those moments. You’ll make decisions that feel incredibly exciting, You’ll check something big off the list, then discover 3 more decisions attached to it. Sticker shock, family opinions, changing plans & moments when the sheer number of details feels overwhelming is also real.  Wedding planning fun doesn’t come from everything being effortless it comes from moving through the ebbs & flows without losing sight of what you’re creating together.

There is no abracadabra magic spell... however having an experienced wedding planner in your corner can make a HUGE difference. I guide my couples through each stage of planning, prepare them for what’s coming, manage the hundreds of moving pieces & keep the process moving forward when the roller coaster takes another turn.

My goal isn’t simply to get you to the wedding day. It’s to help you arrive there still feeling the joy, excited to marry your best friend & ready to experience everything you’ve spent all this time planning.

Wedding planning may not be as easy as the movies & social media make it look, but knowing there will be ebbs & flows can help you move through them without losing the joy along the way.

Save this for your wedding planning journey & share it with an engaged friend who needs the reminder. 💍

09/15/2026

I understand why couples get confused about this one. Someone tells you there will be a venue coordinator there to help. Naturally, you might think, great we have a coordinator that’s taken care of!

A venue coordinator & a wedding planner may collaborate closely throughout your wedding experience however, we have 2 very different jobs.

Your venue coordinator coordinates the venue they are the expert on their property. They know the spaces, policies, tables & chairs, catering or bar packages if those are provided in-house, venue access, lighting, temperature, restrooms & the countless operational details involved in hosting an event on their property. If the temperature needs to be adjusted or there’s an issue with something belonging to the property, those are venue concerns. I’m going to find your venue coordinator because that’s their area of expertise.

Your wedding planner/coordinator plans/coordinates your wedding experience. My responsibility is much broader because by the time your wedding day arrives, I’ve spent months, sometimes more than a year, getting to know you & your wedding. I know the professional team we’ve assembled. I know the timeline we’ve built. I know your wedding party, important family members, priorities, plans & details that would mean absolutely nothing to someone who hasn’t been involved throughout the process.That knowledge matters when the wedding leaves the spreadsheet & becomes a real, living event. My responsibility extends beyond the property itself because I’m managing the wedding experience as a whole.

Your venue coordinator is responsible for what’s happening within the venue’s scope. They may have several weddings that month or even several events that weekend. Their meetings with you are focused on the details they need to successfully host your wedding on their property Your wedding planner is looking at the entire experience.

When you’re touring venues & hear that a coordinator is included, don’t assume that means you no longer need a wedding planner.

Save this & share this with your engaged friends 💍

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09/14/2026

Imagine you’re 6-8 months into planning your wedding. You’ve made a LOT of decisions already. Your venue is booked, your wedding pro team is coming together, you’ve chosen your colors, found your dress, the wedding you imagined is coming together ❤️

One evening you’re scrolling Pinterest & there it is. Something you didn’t even know existed. Maybe it’s an incredible floral installation. A live painter. A ch*****ne tower. A completely unexpected entertainment experience. Suddenly you’re staring at your phone thinking, Oh my gosh. Could we do that at our wedding?

Welcome to what I lovingly call the shiny object portion of wedding planning 💖 Your social media algorithm starts feeding you weddings. You notice details at other weddings differently. There is always another idea waiting around the corner. Suddenly it’s, Maybe we need this. What about that? Ohhh, we could add one of those too. 🤩

Before adding the next shiny thing, I recommend asking yourselves 3 questions:
1. Does this add to the experience for us or our guests? Not every wedding detail needs to serve a practical purpose. Joy counts. Fun counts. Creating an incredible memory counts.
2. Does this align with the vision we’ve created for our wedding experience?
3. Can we afford it? Your wedding budget isn’t necessarily frozen at the number you chose when you first got engaged. Budgets change. Priorities shift. What matters is whether adding this new element works financially for you without creating debt or financial stress for you.

If it adds to the experience, aligns with your vision & you can afford it? Do it! Seriously! You are only creating this particular wedding experience once. If you discover something along the way that makes you ridiculously excited & those 3 answers are yes, do it! The goal isn’t to avoid every shiny object.
It’s to know which ones belong in your wedding experience.

If you’re planning a wedding & looking for an experienced wedding planner who can keep the bigger picture in view while still leaving room for those OH MY GOSH, WE HAVE TO DO THAT moments, you’ve found her! 🙋🏼‍♀️

Save this & share with your engaged friends

09/08/2026

Wedding planning looks deceptively easy from the outside. You get engaged, choose a date, find a beautiful venue, hire your wedding pros, pick a dress & somehow the next scene is you walking down the aisle.

Then you actually start planning & realize there are approximately 8,472 decisions hiding between “We’re engaged!” & “We’re married!”

If you’re somewhere in the planning process thinking, Holy crap, I had no idea there was this much involved, you’re not alone. Most couples have never planned a wedding before. You don’t know what you don’t know & there are countless decisions involved in bringing your wedding experience to life. My top 4 tips for keeping decision fatigue from taking over:

💍 Hire a wedding planner. Hi, that’s me. 🙋🏼‍♀️ I provide the guidance, organization & joy that brings all of those individual decisions together into one seamless experience, while taking a whole lot of that mental load off your shoulders.

💍 Take wedding planning in smaller pieces. You do not need to book your DJ, photographer, caterer & florist in 1 weekend. Focus on 1 or 2 wedding pros at a time, contact no more than 3 in each category, narrow down your choices & make the decision before moving forward.

💍 Celebrate what you’ve already accomplished. Venue booked? 🥂 Photographer booked? 🥂 Another thing off the list 🥂! Take a moment to acknowledge what you've already accomplished. Celebrate the win before racing toward the next thing.

💍 Take breaks from wedding planning. Go out. Stay home. Have a date night. Do something that has absolutely nothing to do with your wedding. Giving your brain a break from constantly making decisions lets you come back refreshed.

Keep in mind you are marrying your best friend this will all be worth it! 🥰

Save & share with your engaged friends.

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09/07/2026

📣 PSA to all engaged couples: please stop treating the “national average cost of a wedding” as the amount your wedding is supposed to cost. That “national average wedding cost” you keep seeing? It’s bu****it. 😂

The problem isn't that no one has ever had a wedding for that amount. Of course they have. Couples get married with budgets across an enormous range. You can go to the courthouse & potentially get married for less than $150, depending on where you live. You can absolutely have a wedding for $35K or less.

The issue is: There Is No “Average” Wedding Experience This is the part I want engaged couples to understand before they begin plugging someone else's number into a spreadsheet & calling it their wedding budget. Your wedding isn't an average wedding. It is a specific experience being created by  2 specific people, in a specific place, for a specific number of guests.

Rather than using the "national average" to determine your budget  as yourselves “What will the wedding experience we're imagining realistically cost where we want to have it?”

Before deciding that your wedding budget is whatever number you found online, sit down together & talk about the wedding you're actually imagining. Start with what matters most to both of you. What are the things you would be genuinely disappointed not to have? Determine your boundaries who gets a voice in the decisions. Talk about your approximate guest count, where & when you want to get married & what you want the experience to feel like. You don't need every answer yet. You need enough of the picture to begin researching what that wedding realistically costs.

Your budget needs to align with the wedding experience you're dreaming about, not someone else's survey results.

Save this before you start building your wedding budget & send it to an engaged friend 💜





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