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How To: Enjoy and Preserve Your Wedding Florals

Sydney Schatz

Apr 16, 2021
4 min

How To: Enjoy and Preserve Your Wedding Florals

You have just spent a pretty penny on some beautiful flowers for your magical day, but what are you supposed to do with them after the music is over? In April of last year, I did an in-depth interview with Emily from McBride Floral Design (you can read that HERE) and you guys loved it so much I asked her to answer a few more questions – this time about how to thoroughly enjoy and preserve your wedding florals after the festivities have commenced. What is the best way to help

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Benefits of Adding Color to Your Wedding Design Plan

Sydney Schatz

Jan 22, 2021
3 min

Benefits of Adding Color to Your Wedding Design Plan

Raise your hand if you love bold colors. Now, raise your hand if you want to incorporate those bold colors into your wedding design plan, but you may not know how without looking like you are hosting a circus. I love when couples are not afraid to, strategically, add a pop of color or colors to their design plan because the world is made up of more colors than white, blush and ivory. Don’t get me wrong, those classic color palettes are beautiful and if that is your style, I a

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Sydney Schatz

Jan 8, 2021
6 min

Creating Your Wedding Website 101

The internet has completely revolutionized the way we live every day, in many ways we depend on technology for almost everything. In terms of how we plan weddings, the internet has helped evolve the industry into what we think of today. No longer do brides only have written publications, friends recommendations and radio/television ads to turn to for wedding information and inspiration. We no longer solely rely on snail-mail to collect RSVPs and we don’t have to stuff invitat

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2020 Event Season Recap and 2021 Look Ahead

Sydney Schatz

Nov 20, 2020
5 min

2020 Event Season Recap and 2021 Look Ahead

Now that the wedding season is over for A Piece of Harmony Events and before we really start getting into the Christmas season, I thought it would be a good time to talk about this crazy year of 2020 and look ahead to hopefully bluer skies of 2021. The beginning of this year started out very positive. There were several big, beautiful weddings on the books and already a few corporate dinners. I even had a couple early season weddings to look forward to that I typically don’t

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Sydney Schatz

Nov 6, 2020
9 min

Five of the Best Wedding Related Movies

In the United States, the wedding industry generates roughly 60 billion dollars a year (COVID-19, 2020 year excluded). People are, and will always be, getting married. Couples turn to all different kinds of sources for their inspiration, including movies. Over the years, the entertainment industry has done a fantastic job capitalizing on all the good, bad and the ugly that comes with planning and executing a wedding. This week I thought it would be fun to introduce a new blog

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Sydney Schatz

Sep 18, 2020
4 min

Get to Know: Sip'n Easy Mobile Bar

Let’s get this party started and talk about the bar! What better way to do that than with something that brings the party to wherever you are… that’s right, I am talking about a mobile bar. I first met Candy at a networking event when the name Sip’n Easy was just starting to break into the wedding scene. When she told me about her business and the kind of experience she planned to bring to the events in our area, I was sold and apparently so was everyone else because she is a

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Benefits of Giving A Thank You Toast at Your Wedding Reception

Sydney Schatz

Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Benefits of Giving A Thank You Toast at Your Wedding Reception

A simple ‘thank you’ can go a long way. Think about how you feel when someone thanks you for a gift, your time, hard work, etc. It shows appreciation and conveys gratitude, but more than that it is a sign of respect and an acknowledgement to that person (or persons) that they matter. These are just some of the reasons why I love when couples say a thank you toast during their wedding reception. It doesn’t have to be much, one sentence or ten sentences, written out or imprompt

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Invaluable Tasks A Good Wedding Coordinator Will Perform

Sydney Schatz

Aug 7, 2020
6 min

Invaluable Tasks A Good Wedding Coordinator Will Perform

Tradeshows and bridal festivals are some of my favorite events to meet and chat up brides. However, many times in the middle of our conversation I will have a bride tell me, “Oh, I don’t need a wedding coordinator. That is what my maid of honor is for.” I am here to tell you that is absolutely not what your maid of honor is for and please don’t ask her to do it – I have been down that road too. Yes, there are certain things that your maid of honor can oversee both prior to an

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Benefits of Adding a Lounge Setting to Your Wedding Reception

Sydney Schatz

Jul 24, 2020
3 min

Benefits of Adding a Lounge Setting to Your Wedding Reception

Trends are a huge topic of conversation in the wedding industry. I am sure if you have planned or are currently planning your wedding you hear that term throw around all the time. A trend, in basic terms, is a general direction in which something is developing or changing. For example, right now, in 2020, we are seeing elopements and micro-weddings becoming very popular and thus, a big trend. However, that is not the trend I want to talk to you about today. This trend is some

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Grand Opening of the Grand Barn in Newport, WA

Sydney Schatz

Jul 10, 2020
5 min

Grand Opening of the Grand Barn in Newport, WA

At the beginning of June I had the great pleasure to help organize the grand opening for The Grand Barn at Grand Pend Oreille Wedding Venue in Newport, Washington and I want to share all the fantastic photos that came out of it. We had a wonderful team of vendors who helped bring the beautiful barn to life and each of them deserve a highlight of their own! It only makes sense to start with the venue that brought this wonderful team together… Grand Pend Oreille Wedding Venue.

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Sydney Schatz

Jun 12, 2020
4 min

Honeymoon Travel Considerations!

FINALLY! The much needed and anticipated honeymoon trip is here! All you want to do is get out of town and celebrate your new marriage with the love of your life, but let’s put on the breaks for a second and make sure we have checked all the traveling boxes. I know, I know, what a pain. Can’t I just jump on that plane and forget all my worries for the time being? As easy and as nice as that sounds, there are certain things to consider depending on where you decide to vacation

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Benefits of Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

Sydney Schatz

May 8, 2020
4 min

Benefits of Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

When it came to our wedding, there was not much that my husband felt very strongly about. For the most part, he stuck to the “happy wife, happy life” philosophy which I appreciated because, I am sure like a lot of you, I had this day planned since I was a teenager. However, when we got engaged, one of the very first things he said to me was, “No, we are not writing our own vows. Period.” I’ll be honest, when he said it my first reaction (the one you can’t control) was to be s

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Sydney Schatz

Apr 10, 2020
6 min

Get to Know: McBride Floral Design

Today I want to talk about all things floral! Flowers can arguably be considered one of the tougher things to budget for when you begin the wedding planning process because there are so many variables. For florists, it is not as easy as emailing off a list of packages for couples to choose from. Instead, they will ask you questions like… what kind of flowers do you want to see incorporated, how many bridesmaids/groomsmen do you have, do you want a cascading bouquet or a round

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Sydney Schatz

Mar 27, 2020
2 min

Wedding Day Emergency Kit Essentials

Let’s face it, there is no way to plan for a potential wedding day emergency. If we did, it wouldn’t be an emergency, it would just be part of the plan. However, it is always a good idea to be prepared for one because things do happen. As a wedding professional, I make it a point to always have an emergency kit on hand for all events. Today I want to provide you with a list of items I like to keep in that kit so if the need arises, you can be prepared for yourself too. That w

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Benefits of a Choreographed Routine as Your First Dance

Sydney Schatz

Mar 13, 2020
3 min

Benefits of a Choreographed Routine as Your First Dance

Have you and your partner thought about taking dance lessons for your first dance? If so, I can give you a few different recommendations on great dance instructors! However, today I am not talking about learning a style of dance… no, today I want to talk about how much I love when couples create their own choreography to break into in the middle of their first dance. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the sweet and intimate first dances! I am typically in tears by the end.

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Common Wedding Terms Every Couple Should Know

Sydney Schatz

Feb 28, 2020
2 min

Common Wedding Terms Every Couple Should Know

There are terms and words that vendors in the wedding industry throw around freely, but a lot of times if you are not around these words on a daily basis you have no idea what we are talking about or you have heard them in a different context, so you are not positive about the meaning. It’s the classic, you don’t know what you don’t know until you need to know. Listed below are 10 terms commonly used in the wedding industry that I often get asked by clients (usually grooms) t

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Sydney Schatz

Jan 31, 2020
5 min

Get to Know: Zach Nichols Photography

In a wedding industry saturated with photographers, it is very important to take your time and find the right one for you and your style – after all, you will be looking at these pictures forever. With that said, let me introduce you to Zach Nichols, a wedding photographer and outdoor enthusiast. I first met and worked with Zach on a few years ago at weddings held at the venue I was managing at the time. I had the pleasure of working with him several more times at the last ve

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Sydney Schatz

Jan 17, 2020
4 min

2020 Color of the Year Inspiration

Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute has picked a color to represent the coming year. Each December the results are published in the Pantone View, which many florists and designers use to help guide clients and designs for future projects. The Pantone Color Matching System is a largely standardized color production system which allows different manufacturers in different locations to have a common reference to make colors match without having direct contact with each other

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Sydney Schatz

Nov 8, 2019
5 min

Ideas to Entertain Your Wedding Guests

It is always a good idea to give your guests something to do during the in between moments.

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