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Category Archives: Planning

Does my wedding have to be extravagant to WOW my guests?

When planning a wedding some couples get the feeling that their wedding should be extravagant and should WOW their guests. Couples sometimes look at what others have done and compare their plans to those of others. There are also couples who feel remorse when their event is over and wish they could have done things differently.

Ladies and Gents, I am happy to report that in my 10 years of experience, your wedding is what you want it to be. From personal experience with my own wedding of 65 guests and only a total of $3100 spent on everything; our big day was perfect and my guests are still talking about it today.

Let me tell you my favorite things that mean the most to the couples that I work with and how BIG doesn’t always mean better.

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How to Save Money on Floral

Floral is a wonderful addition to an event, but can come with a high price tag. For wedding florals, the average price of floral for both ceremony and reception is around $3,000.Thereisgoodnewsthough! I am going to tell you a few ways to save money on your floral.

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How to set a wedding budget – part 3

Now for the 3rd and final post for the budget breakdown. This post goes over the final odds and ends for the wedding planning breakdown.

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How to set a wedding budget – part 2

Since this is a long-winded and important topic, I decided to break this into three parts. Here is the remaining breakdown of your budget which includes: photography, alcohol, rentals, and more.

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How to set a wedding budget – part 1

Your budget doesn’t have to be a scary topic. Your vision can come to life on any budget, but knowing where to allocate funds and knowing how to search for vendors is key. Today, I want to give you a general breakdown of your wedding budget.

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What to know before searching for a venue…

Ahh the pre-venue planning. This can be a love + hate process, but let me help you stay on the love side of the scale.

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Welcome to Sweet Soi·rée

Happy New Year and welcome to Sweet Soi·rée! My name is Emily Blackburn and I am so excited to start my advise blog journey with you.

This blog’s purpose is to help the DIY-ers and event planners alike. Please comment on this post with your questions and situations you would like discussed. In the meantime, new posts will be shared weekly with questions I have been asked most throughout my event planning career.

Looking forward to sharing my knowledge and chatting with you soon. Let’s plan your Sweet Soi·rée!

Cheers,

~ Your Event Extraordinaire Em

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When do I need to start planning my event?

The answer to this question is honestly up to you and the amount of time you have till the desired event date.

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