SO…the love of your life just put a ring on it. (Can I get a woot woot!)  You and your partner can’t WAIT to take this next step in your relationship and spend the rest of your lives together.  The main thing standing in your way now is that little thing called a “wedding.”  But […]

To inspire your minimoon planning, check out this guide to 6 beautiful minimoon destinations in Washington State.

So you’ve decided to hold your wedding ceremony in a backyard.  Maybe it’s your backyard. Maybe it’s someone else’s backyard. (Presumably you know the person whose backyard it is…) Maybe you’ve always wanted to get married there. Or maybe you just got so sick of waiting on freakin’ COVID that you and your partner decided […]

Inclusivity is a core value of my business and I mean it in the broadest sense of the word.  However, because there are specific marginalized groups that continue to face exclusion in very real ways each and every day, it is important that I affirm my commitment to building an inclusive business for clients, partners, […]

As a planner and a bride-to-be, I would be THRILLED if I could just cancel COVID and the havoc it’s wreaking on weddings everywhere. It seems unlikely that I’ll ever achieve that particular goal…So instead I’m forced to think about what we can do despite COVID. Without a clear timeline for being able to safely […]

Even though most of the physical Pride marches and events have been cancelled or postponed in the Seattle area this year due to COVID, Pride is not cancelled! This year, Pride organizers are moving events online, so we can still show our solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community and partake virtually. I’m sharing below just a […]

As if the stress of rescheduling a wedding due to COVID-19 wasn’t enough (it was,) we can’t forget about finding a back-up plan for all those other pre-wedding festivities. (THANKS A LOT, COVID.) Bachelorette parties, for instance, have been another sad sacrifice in the name of social distancing and quarantining Of course in the scheme […]

Mother’s Day will be looking a smidge different this year for a lot of us who are quartining, social distancing, sheltering in place, yadda yadda. etc. etc.  Maybe you can’t have a Mother’s Day brunch blowout or take mom to the spa like you normally would. But there’s still ways to be creative to honor […]

Because so much of our lives are conducted via video these days, I wanted to dedicate a post to sprucing up your virtual get togethers so they’re more enjoyable for guests. After social distancing for so long, Zoom parties are starting to feel a bit stale. But they’re probably going to be the reality for […]

It seems like a lot of us are conducting our whole lives via video platforms like Zoom these days. We use them for work, classes, meetings, AND connecting with our friends and families. Needless to say, we’re quickly getting Zoomed-out. While the idea was novel at first, the thought of attending a “social event” on […]