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How Long Do Things Take on a Wedding Day?

August 13, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares how long things like photos and dinner take on a wedding day.

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How Do I Make My Own Wedding Floor Plan?

July 19, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares how to make a floor plan for a wedding ceremony and reception including how to make an S-shaped aisle.

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What's the Average Cost of a Wedding Guest in Oregon?

April 15, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares real budget numbers for catering, rentals, and venue from Oregon weddings.

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A Free Template for a Wedding Ceremony

April 6, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

Use this free template for a script to use during a wedding ceremony as an officiant and as a couple getting married.

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How Do I Make My Own Wedding Rental Order?

February 7, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares how to place a rental order for a wedding ceremony and reception.

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A Free Template for a Wedding Vendor and VIP Directory

January 30, 2025 Elisabeth Peters

A free template to help you keep track of who’s doing what on your wedding day.

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2024's Most-Read Free Wedding Planning Resources

December 16, 2024 Elisabeth Peters

These were the most-read free wedding planning resources for a wedding coordinator and consultant in 2024.

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Planning an Out-of-State Wedding? This Is the Most Important Meeting to Attend

August 15, 2024 Elisabeth Peters

How do you plan a wedding out-of-state? An Oregon wedding coordinator and consultant offers this advice on the most important meeting to schedule.

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15 Easy, Unique Services You Can Hire for Your Wedding

July 29, 2024 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares the actually unique wedding services she’s seen in eight years of professional wedding planning.

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What a Wedding Planner's Wedding Cost

May 9, 2024 Elisabeth Peters

A professional wedding planner shares what her wedding cost in this detailed wedding budget breakdown.

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How Do I Take Parental Leave as a Wedding Vendor? 4 Things I Would Do Again and 4 Things I Wouldn’t

December 15, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

How do you take parental leave as a small business owner in the wedding industry? A wedding planner shares her experience including how she afforded paid leave and took time off work.

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How to Have a Morning Wedding, According to a Wedding Planner

November 6, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

Interested in a morning wedding? Here’s how to have one, according to a wedding planner.

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6 Ways People Accidentally Mess Up Their Wedding Day Timelines

November 6, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

These are the top (and completely understandable) mistakes I see couples make as they create their wedding day timelines.

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What to Say in the Most Awkward Wedding Situations, According to a Wedding Planner

November 6, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

Use these free templates from a professional wedding planner to say the right thing in the most awkward wedding situations.

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Wedding Venue Review: AVENUE in Portland, Oregon

October 24, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

A wedding planner shares her professional take on AVENUE, a wedding and events venue in northeast Portland, Oregon, that also hosts weddings.

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Wedding Venue Review: The Mahonian in Portland, Oregon

September 27, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

A wedding planner shares her professional take on The Mahonian, a wedding venue in southeast Portland, Oregon.

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Wedding Venue Review: Andina in Portland, Oregon

September 25, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

A wedding planner shares her professional take on Andina, a restaurant in northwest Portland, Oregon, that also hosts weddings.

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No Wedding Party? 7 Ways to Still Recognize Loved Ones

August 25, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

A wedding planner shares her advice on how to not have a wedding party but still recognize the people you love at your wedding.

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Wedding Venue Review: The Eleanor in Portland, Oregon

August 21, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

A wedding planner shares her professional take on The Eleanor, an events and wedding venue in northwest Portland, Oregon.

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We Don’t Need to Quit Weddings. We Need to Reinvent Them.

July 21, 2023 Elisabeth Peters

Why can’t we quit weddings? Because they give us something we crave: Joy.

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