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Finding the perfect venue for your wedding might feel like a great achievement (and it is!) but what many brides-to-be often don’t understand is that your venue coordinator is not the same as your wedding planner. Having a venue coordinator is essential for the setup of your location, but it doesn’t mean you don’t need […]

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Wedding coordinator vs Venue coordinator: Who does what?

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You aren´t alone!! Believe me!!!! This is a list of 5 common problems that every bride-to-be deals with, all of which are perfectly normal. Read Part 1 of common bride-to-be struggles 1. You are starting to feel that your future mother in-law is not actually human. Who is this woman anyways? You barely even know […]

Bride-to-be struggles: believe me, you are not alone!…(Part 2)

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By Virginia F. Swope. Warrenton, VA You aren´t alone!! Believe me!!!! This is a list of 5 common bride-to-be struggles that every bride deals with, all of which are perfectly normal. He proposed in the cheesiest way ever. What was he thinking? What happened to a nice restaurant and getting down on a bended knee? Face […]

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Bride-to-be struggles: believe me, you are not alone! (Part 1)

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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 […]

5-options to serve your wedding reception food

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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 […]

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What to do with my wedding dress after wedding day?

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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 […]

Wedding budget breakdown: FREE template

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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, […]

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A Bilingual Wedding Planner in Northern Virginia

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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 […]

Why Should I Hire a Wedding Planner?

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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 […]

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5 best tips for your Wedding Day Makeup

bride and groom holdings hands at East Lynn Farm Inn porch

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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 […]

5-Steps to get started with the wedding planning

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"....She came up with a comprehensive timeline for the entire day and met with me several times to go over details. She thought of small details that I would have never thought of and was very professional. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a professional and detail oriented wedding planner or coordinator. She is fully bilingual too! Virginia you rock!. "

My wedding was a dream come true and I owe it to Virginia!