Category Archives: Wedding Planning

Destination Wedding Save-the-Dates

I share studio space with my son, Bill Coombs of Twiddle & Bard, a graphic-designer-turned-custom-stationer-when-the-economy-tanked. I enjoy watching how he creates customized save-the-dates or entire suites of invitations for local and destination clients. Here’s two recent creations for a Colorado … Continue reading

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Calhoun Beach Club Weddings

I had the immense pleasure to work with EB & John for two years before their wedding. EB wanted to find her perfect venue and since many prime dates were already spoken for she was willing to be patient to … Continue reading

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Wedding Inspiration

Working with couples who do not live in the same city as me, pose a challenge when it comes to designing their wedding details. We cannot simply make an appointment to meet at my favorite linen and decor business to … Continue reading

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Planning a Destination Wedding?

I’ve helped plan and execute some gorgeous destination weddings and when other planners or brides ask how I do it, I reveal one little secret to my success.  I insist on conducting at least one scouting or planning trip to … Continue reading

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Wedding Lighting

I’ve touted the advantages to specialty linens and why they set the tone and pallet for a memorable occasion, however I’ve been using a lot of specialty lighting lately and feel it too can create an atmosphere your guests will … Continue reading

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Wedding Planning Tips

I meet with couple’s weekly to discuss their wedding plans or their wedding dreams and while I love spending time and sharing my knowledge there are a few basic tips I share often so I thought why not share them … Continue reading

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Germany Destination Wedding

Last month I had the honor and privilege to plan a destination wedding in Germany for Kayleigh & Brian. They are an adorable couple from Minneapolis who very thoughtfully selected Cochem, Germany as the location for their wedding and I … Continue reading

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Jobs in the Wedding Industry

I’ll keep this short and sweet – Liene Stevens a well-known expert in social media, consultant to the wedding industry, former wedding planner and overall wedding guru just launched a useful new website called Wedding Industry Jobs and her new … Continue reading

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Wedding Season

Wedding season is fast approaching and I can’t wait.  In fact just today I met with our next bride and her mother for an outline before the homestretch. Our meeting got me thinking about all the final details which can … Continue reading

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Wedding Planning – an Insiders Look

For over a year I have been conducting Weducation Workshops which are designed as an insiders look into the world of wedding planning.  We have held three previous workshops in various locations throughout the Twin Cities.  Our fourth workshop is … Continue reading

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