by Ashley Marie | Dec 31, 2025 |
A corporate client once hired me to plan their annual sales conference. I was three years into wedding planning at that point. Over 50 weddings. I figured: an event is an event, right? Wrong. I spent the first two weeks trying to create “ambiance.” I...
by Ashley Marie | Dec 29, 2025 |
My friend Sarah booked her wedding venue after a single 20-minute tour. She loved the chandeliers. Six months later, she found out there was no backup generator, the caterer charged a 40% premium to work there, and the bridal suite was a repurposed storage closet with...
by Ashley Marie | Jan 10, 2021 |
You may be wondering… “what is a styled shoot?” Well, here is everything you need to know about styled shoots! Let’s start with the basics. A styled shoot is a micro event setting. This mock wedding or pretend event setting is created by a team of event vendors. The...
by Ashley Marie | Nov 21, 2020 |
Event cancellations are heartbreaking to most event planners. We get excited for our client’s events, almost as much as they do, if not more! Yet, this has become the new norm. We are adjusting to COVID-19 with urgency and resilience. Most of us switching to virtual...
