We may be a bit biased, but we believe that hiring a wedding planner is priceless. You’ve likely dreamed of this day for a while, and you don’t want to spoil the celebration with the stresses of planning a large event. Even if your budget doesn’t allow for our full planning/design or design/coordination packages, hiring a planner to relieve you of the last-minute chaos and final details a month before your wedding is definitely worth the investment, and here’s why:
Read More“Oh, you’re a wedding planner? Planning your own wedding must have been so easy for you!” I cannot tell you how many times I heard that phrase over the past two years. Well, let me tell you that as a professional wedding planner, planning my own wedding was still quite the experience. Not only for myself, with the pressure of making sure it was planned, designed, and executed to my exact vision…but you can also imagine the stress it caused my then fiancé, Jason! He definitely deserves an award for how he dealt with me throughout the process.
Read MoreHappy Friday, friends! If you are up in Michigan like our team, you are probably starting to feel the itch to ditch the sweaters for sun dresses and drive around with your windows down. This is the time of year where I become hyper productive as the days get longer and the weather gets (slightly) warmer. It’s a good time to tackle tasks that I usually dread. Though wedding planning is full of beautifully curated details, it is also full of less glamorous tasks like contracts, endless logistics, and the b-word. No, not that b-word. I’m talking about BUDGETS!
Read MoreCongratulations! You just got engaged! We are so thrilled for you and your partner to start the amazing journey of planning your wedding and dreaming of your life together. You’ve popped some bubbly, told your friends, family and loved ones, but now what? We hope that these top 10 priorities for getting started with wedding planning make the whole process a little less cloudy and a lot more fun!
Read MoreD'Arcy and Chris were married this past June at the Grosse Point Academy Chapel. It was truly such an honor to be apart of their big day! Starting off with a Southern BBQ themed rehearsal dinner at the Grosse Pointe Little Club and ending with a gorgeous summer night of dancing underneath the stars, the entire wedding weekend was absolute perfection.
Read MoreEvery bride has a completely different experience when shopping for a wedding dress based on a variety of factors like where she lives, her love (or dislike) for fashion, whether she's been dreaming of what her gown would look like since she was a little girl or whether it's just another thing she has to figure out in planning her wedding. No matter the different feelings a bride has going into the experience, I think we can all agree that the wedding dress will ultimately set the tone for the wedding day and be one of the most memorable garments she will wear in her lifetime.
Read MoreWe love creating beautiful gift boxes for our clients and loved ones, so we decided to share a few tips to help when planning your next gift!
Read MoreWe love the holiday season for many reasons here at Take A Seat Events: extra time spent with our loved ones, the beautiful decor, Christmas cookies (and lots of 'em), you name it. One of our favorite parts of this time of year, though, is gift wrapping! We love creating beautifully wrapped gifts for our loved ones and today we're sharing some of our tips!
Read MoreWhen meeting with one of our lovely brides last week, one of our topics was seating arrangements for guests. With so many fun and unique ways to display escort cards and signs, it can definitely get overwhelming to decide what’s best for your day.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago we coordinated and styled our first backyard wedding. We fell in LOVE with the personalized details as well as the special meaning of the venue!! The couple, Ellen and James, are such eccentric yet laid-back individuals that no other venue would have worked more perfectly to showcase their unique style and love for one another.
Read MoreThe Fourth of July is here! We hope your weekend is full of barbecues, family, fireworks and, of course, delicious cocktails! Today on the TAS blog we’re sharing twists on our favorite cocktails for the holiday weekend.
Read MoreFor this week's wedding planning post, I thought it would be interesting to get a different perspective on things. Not even from a wedding planner, planning her own wedding...but taking it a step further and seeing the man's side of things. I am lucky enough to have a supporting fiancé who was willing to guest blog for us and share his insight.
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