By Virginia F. Swope. Warrenton, VA Depending on your wedding style, your budget and how formal or casual you want your wedding; you have different options to serve your wedding reception food. Below you will find 5 different choices with their description 1. Buffets: A buffet style meal requires that guests serve themselves. Typically, each table […]

By Virginia F. Swope. Warrenton, VA If you are asking yourself what to do with the wedding dress after wedding day, here are some ideas and tips that I hope will help. Wedding Dress cleaning If the wedding dress is to be worn again, it can be treated like any other garment. However, if it is not […]

By Virginia F. Swope. Warrenton, VA Setting the wedding budget is one of the five first steps to get started with your wedding planning. Creating a wedding budget is not an easy task, but it’s important that you keep your finances on track. Our excel spreadsheet will give you a wedding budget breakdown do you […]

I wanted to plan a styled shoot for a while and being Latina I always thought about a Latin inspired wedding styled shoot. I preferred colorful, vibrant and bold tones that characterized the Latin style with an elegant setting which differs from others shoots with Mariachis. With that in mind I just needed to find a venue. […]

Diana and Logan are history and art lovers, which is why Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington DC was the perfect location to celebrate their love. The ceremony was held on the porch of the Lincoln’s cottage surrounded by nature with beautiful flowers and a special chuppah hand-made by Logan´s sister. A Lincoln’s cottage wedding has a […]

Hola, I’m Virginia! I’m a Venezuelan woman and a bilingual wedding planner in Northern Virginia. If you don’t know where Venezuela is, that is ok! I can tell you that it is a Latin country located in South America along the Caribbean Sea with beautiful beaches and great people. And you probably are asking yourself, […]

I know there are so many posts explaining about why you should hire a wedding planner but I think that it´s really simple: because planning weddings is our job!   Planning weddings is our primary daily activity, for you it is probably your first time and you may not realize all the things that you […]

Every bride wants to look perfect on their wedding day and makeup plays an important role in this. Which is why our dear friend Anna Poff, Mary Kay Consultant (located in Warrenton, VA) has prepared the 5 best tips for wedding day makeup just for you.  With these tips, you will have a flawless and beautiful […]

On April 26th 2015, East Lynn farm celebrated their open house and I wanted to share with you some pictures of the event. This is a local countryside sustainable green farm located one hour from DC and less than one hour from Winchester in Round Hill, VA. This is the perfect rustic barn wedding venue. […]

You just got engaged and don’t know where to start, you should read this. By Virginia F. Swope . Warrenton, VA First of all Congratulations! What a thrill!!!! ….. Finally the moment that you have been waiting has arrived 🙂 !!!!! You got engaged!!! Yaaaay…. You keep staring at the ring all day long, everyone has an […]