Creating Your Wedding Seating Chart
Wedding Planning Podcast
Creating your wedding reception seating chart can QUICKLY become one of wedding planning’s biggest pains. Between crazy family members, divorces, step-parents, hook-up’s gone wrong, introverts, extroverts and lots of alcohol - your seating chart can quickly begin to feel like a jigsaw puzzle from hell. This week on the Wedding Planning Podcast, we’re going to review some easy tips & tactics for designing your reception seating chart. Simple stuff that will ease the pain, and take this task from dreaded to done! Resources & links from today’s show: Find...
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Last Minute Wedding Planning Checklist | 1-2 weeks before your wedding
Wedding Planning Podcast
Today we're doing a detailed review of critical LAST MINUTE wedding details that you’ll want to stay on top of in the 1-2 weeks leading up to your wedding day. Even if your wedding is still months away, this show is perfect for you to proactively make notes about some of the things you can anticipate in those final weeks before the big day! A detailed blog post / show recap of everything we reviewed can be Links to the Pinterest boards mentioned in today’s show: A huge thank you to today’s show sponsors! If you’re newly engaged and wondering where to even begin with with...
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Anticipate These Eight Wedding Planning "Blind Spots"
Wedding Planning Podcast
Save yourself piles of unwanted stress when you proactively anticipate these 8 wedding planning "blind spots"! Over the past 8 years of producing the Wedding Planning Podcast, one of my favorite pieces of feedback from you is some variation of, “WOW, we never would have even thought of that!” I love sharing wedding planning ideas and strategies that go beyond what you might find if you simply google something, or browse through a quick article on a wedding website. Don’t get me wrong, we cover the basics here too - but I LOVE digging down deeper to find the solutions and options...
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Maximizing Your WEDDING WEBSITE
Wedding Planning Podcast
Creating a simple, info-packed WEDDING WEBSITE is the easiest, most hassle free way to easily share information with your wedding guests. Join me today for a detailed wedding planning workshop on exactly how to create an amazing wedding website - zero technical skills required! To get started, choose your wedding website design from an incredible community of independent artists & designers when you visit include all the tools you need to get started, and you’ll even receive a $50 credit towards your wedding stationery when you visit In today's show, we're...
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Beautiful & Affordable SAVE THE DATES + WEDDING INVITATIONS
Wedding Planning Podcast
Affordable & beautiful Save the Date announcements and wedding invitations - how hard can that be?? Well, if you’ve spent 3 hours on a Saturday getting lost down the rabbit hole of 9 different wedding invitation websites, then you know that finding a practical solution that fits your style and your budget is much easier said than done. Today I’m sharing a complete guide to wedding stationery, from Save the Dates to invitations. We'll even review all of those mysterious extras like fancy paper type, additional enclosures, wax seals, envelope liners, and more....
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My inbox is full of questions about Wedding Flowers!
Wedding Planning Podcast
This week, I have an inbox full of your wedding flower questions to share! I also put together a list of the top wedding flower mistakes that I see couples make, to further help guide you to "DIY wedding flower SUCCESS". Today we're reviewing: How much should 5 relatively simple bouquets cost? I’m being quoted over $1200, which feels so ridiculous. Visiting a flower farm to pick stems w/ my bridal party - how early should we pick & arrange them so that they are still fresh? How much time should we allocate to making the bouquets & centerpieces in the day or two...
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Maximizing Quality + Value of Your WEDDING FLOWERS
Wedding Planning Podcast
Wedding flowers are high on the list of things that couples rate "not very" to "not at all" important to them. So why spend thousands of dollars on elaborate, professional floral centerpieces and bouquets? There are so many simple, beautiful & affordable alternatives - Today I have an 5-part formula for you to follow so that you can have beautiful, top quality flowers ... for an affordable price tag. And the tips I’m sharing today don’t have to be just for your wedding - you can use the same guidelines for any event, including engagement party, bridal shower,...
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Complete Guide to DESTINATION WEDDINGS | featuring Susan's Travel Services
Wedding Planning Podcast
Today on the Wedding Planning Podcast, we're joined by Susan from Susan's Travel Services to talk about the endless benefits and of hosting a Destination Wedding. Tune in for the full scoop on this ever-popular wedding hosting trend, including: The huge TIME, STRESS & MONEY-saving opportunities that this wedding format presents, The importance of having a TRUSTED ADVOCATE when planning such a high-stakes, international event, TOP WEDDING DESTINATIONS for 2024 & beyond, INSIDER INFO you simply must know about your overall planning timeline, finding vendors, and making your guest...
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Hosting Tips for an Unforgettable REHEARSAL DINNER
Wedding Planning Podcast
You’ve done months (maybe even YEARS) of wedding planning & preparation, and the big day is finally almost here! Last stop? Rehearsal dinner. This week we’re reviewing everything you need to know for planning & hosting this extra special night with your family & friends. We cover everything from the ceremony rehearsal itself to practical tips for hosting your loved ones afterwards. DETAILED BLOG POST HERE --> Naturally, I have a ton of creative alternatives to taking 50 of your closest friends & family out to eat at a nice restaurant...
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Casual Reception Hosting Tips, Keeping our Marriage a "Secret", Dress Code Suggestions | WEDDING Q&A
Wedding Planning Podcast
Tune in for answers to your wedding questions in a brand new episode of the Wedding Planning Podcast: Hosting tips for a casual micro-wedding the month after ceremony? We will already be technically married at our celebration - should we share this w/ our guests? What about the non-dancers at our reception? Additional activiites? Choosing bridesmaids dilemma Controversy over suggesting what your guests "should" wear to the wedding celebration >>> As always, you can , or send me an email: k a r a {at} weddingplanningpodcast.co >>> Keep in touch on...
info_outlineBeing the "Overwhelmed Engaged Couple" is not a ton of fun.
They say things like, "wow, our whole wedding day FLEW BY and we barely had a chance to enjoy it."
This couple feels panic every time a new vendor quote comes in.
Overwhelmed every time they open their email or even think about all the items on their checklist.
Dread over finding out how much the next thing is going to cost.
Fear over being judged for what they choose - and don't choose - to include in their wedding celebration.
Ahem, I have a question 🙋🏼‍♀️ ... how is feeling overwhelmed & anxious about all that outside noise going to help YOU plan an unforgettable wedding experience that celebrates your marriage and your love in a once-in-a-lifetime event with all the people closest to you?
Your engagement season is too special to sit back & let it slip by in a cloud of overwhelm and frustration.
Right now, you have a choice.
You can continue down the rabbit hole of OVERWHELM - of “perfect weddings” on social media, a million wedding websites telling you to do a million different things, noisy chatrooms, crappy blogs, free checklists and timelines on Pinterest and DIY’ers on You Tube telling you how to plan your entire wedding for $100.00.
Honestly, that’s what most brides and grooms choose, and they stay stuck in a frenzy of anxiety & overwhelm all the way through the wedding day itself.
They miss a beautiful opportunity to connect with one another, to live their engagement season in lightness and joy, and love.
They say things like, "wow, our whole wedding day FLEW BY and we barely had a chance to enjoy it."
But YOU have a choice.
You can CHOOSE be the engaged couple who presses pause on all that noise, and gets your mindset and your values in alignment with the vision YOU have of your perfect wedding celebration .... so that you can create an engagement season AND a wedding celebration full of lightness, love and joy.
That sounds much better, right?
If that’s you, then tune in to today's show where I’m going to show you exactly how to EMBRACE who you are, PRIORITIZE what you value, and bring it all together in a life-changing wedding celebration for you & your loved ones.
It’s time to say “YES” to a more joyful engagement season, and I’m incredibly grateful to be a part of it 🙏.
Cheers to you,
Kara
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