Nothing says spring in Baltimore more than invitations to tailgate at the steeplechases, to Kentucky Derby parties and to the Preakness Week events! We love our horses and getting together for all the horsey events. Everyone immediately thinks of red roses and mint juleps for Kentucky Derby parties, but when you plan your menu, do…
Many of the couples we work with do a engagement photo session, and we often print save the dates using one of the photos. Most are great photos of the couple with the Baltimore harbor in the background, or taken with the couple at an interesting location downtown, or leaning against a fence or a tree in the…
Looking through wedding websites, I saw this whimsical set of vintage book placecards on Intimate Weddings. The designer bought children’s books at a thrift shop and cut interesting pictures from them to use on the placecards. We find that a lot of brides and grooms and other customers don’t want to do conventional placecards and table numbers…
This is an old post from a few years ago, but still relevant, so we are reposting it today: I’ve meant to do this post for awhile, and hearing a bride’s frustrated story on Saturday made me write it now before this happens to someone else. Making sure that vendors write notes about a wedding and having copies available…
Working with a new couple on their wedding invitations always starts with the question, “Do you have any ideas about what you want for your invitations? Have you seen anything you like?” And what we most often hear is that you want something traditional and classic, but you want to personalize it – to make…
This is not the usual photograph that we would choose to post the week after a fabulous wedding. But read on –it is one of the most important photos we could share. We absolutely loved being part of this wedding. The bride and her mother were wonderful and fun to work with, and we…
We hear this a lot – the bride and groom mixed and mingled and talked and danced and celebrated and did everything but eat dinner. And many brides and grooms are off having their wedding photos taken during the cocktail hour, so they miss all the hors d’oeuvres they carefully selected for their guests. Caterers can…
