Your wedding vendor, florist, photographer or coordinator, has done a marvelous job and helped you get the wedding of your dreams so you wonder what is the best way to thank them for their efforts? Tipping wedding vendors is a wide-accepted way of saying “thank you” to that excellent vendor, who goes above and beyond […]

Planning a wedding? Here are the best tips to stay on track with your wedding budget that will help you have your big day, without breaking the bank: Establish your budget The first step is to think about how much you can afford to pay for your wedding. Consider the number of guests – it […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]