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2023 Wedding Trends from the Perspective of Wedding Planners

Sydney Schatz

Mar 10
5 min

2023 Wedding Trends from the Perspective of Wedding Planners

A trend is simply a general direction in which something is developing or changing. Just like fashion, the wedding industry is constantly seeing different trends – they change almost on a yearly basis. Some trends tend to repeat themselves over time, while others die out completely. And each type of wedding vendor will see their own trends come and go. Vendors like florists, rental companies, and bridal dress shops will see more frequent trend changes than others, but to stay

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Five Most Popular Wedding Dress Silhouettes

Sydney Schatz

Feb 24
4 min

Five Most Popular Wedding Dress Silhouettes

Do you tend to get overwhelmed thinking about what silhouette you want for your wedding dress? Do you get the feeling that you don’t even know what the options are for silhouettes? Or, even better, are you scrolling through Pinterest thinking you are looking for a specific type of wedding dress only to figure out it is called something completely different? I sure felt that when I was shopping for my wedding dress! I went into my first appointment very confident and cocky tha

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10 Things to Consider When Planning a Winter Wedding in the Inland Northwest

Sydney Schatz

Dec 9, 2022
4 min

10 Things to Consider When Planning a Winter Wedding in the Inland Northwest

Believe it or not, but there are people out there who prefer winter. My husband is one of them. The Inland Northwest is his jam! We have all four seasons, and he has a different hobby for each season (you should see our garage). However, the reason I am bringing this up today is not to discuss outdoor hobbies. Instead, I want to let you know that a winter wedding requires a whole new set of logistical guidelines you will have to pay attention to. There are places in the Unite

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Three Tips to Narrowing Down Your Wedding Guest List

Sydney Schatz

Nov 18, 2022
4 min

Three Tips to Narrowing Down Your Wedding Guest List

You just got engaged and made the big, wonderful announcement to the world. Now everyone is asking you when the wedding will be and where, but you haven’t even had the chance to sit down and really look at your guest list. How many people do you want to have, who do you truly want to share this milestone with, and what are your overall wedding priorities? So, you finally sit down and write out everyone who you may want to invite. The list is long, longer than you expected. Wh

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Sydney Schatz

Oct 21, 2022
3 min

Five Favorite Late-Night Snack Options

The music is bumping, everybody is dancing, the alcohol is flowing… overall a good time is being had by all! Only one thing is missing that goes really well with drinking guests – greasy food. The idea of offering a late-night snack can accomplish a couple of things. Depending on when your ceremony starts & when you are planning to serve dinner, between that 8pm-10pm time frame it has likely been a couple hours since you guests consumed more food than alcohol. Having somethin

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Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition - Part 4

Sydney Schatz

Sep 9, 2022
5 min

Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition - Part 4

Guess who’s back, back again? Another installment of “2 Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition”. Tell a friend. But really, I learned to rap that entire song in middle school… dare me. It was a great song for a 13/14-year-old to be continually singing. And if you don’t know which song I am referring to, listen to all of Eminem’s music until you can decipher it. Go! Anyways, if this is the first “2 Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition” you are reading then… welcome! I am happy you a

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Sydney Schatz

Aug 26, 2022
3 min

Get to Know: Elk Haven Estate

Quite awhile back, I asked Maddie, the venue manager at Elk Haven Estate, to answer some interview questions for me because I have just been dying to share this gorgeous venue with you all! Well, I am finally getting around to posting that interview on the blog. Please read below all about this dream vineyard venue and everything it has to offer your next great event! Tell me about how the venue got its name & start, and where it is located. Elk Haven Estate is a wedding venu

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Sydney Schatz

Feb 18, 2022
4 min

How To: Inquire with a Wedding Vendor

Let’s talk etiquette, and brides, this time I am talking to you! I want to discuss the proper way to send an inquiry to wedding vendors, because there is a preferred method of communication that will make everything smoother. As wedding vendors, we are all small business owners, many of whom work additional jobs, so by inquiring with us in the correct way up front it will save everyone a lot of time and energy. When you are first starting your planning process, it is almost n

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Three Tips to Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

Sydney Schatz

Dec 3, 2021
3 min

Three Tips to Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

Back in May of 2020 I wrote a blog post all about why I love when couples decide to write their own wedding vows. (Keep in mind my husband and I did NOT write our own vows, so if you decide that this tradition is not for you that is 100% ay-okay!) Then I got to thinking about the couples who read that blog and said, “Alright cool, we are onboard – let’s do it!” But then who also probably thought, “Wait, where do we even start when writing vows?” That’s why I wanted to come ba

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Sydney Schatz

Nov 19, 2021
3 min

July Wedding on Lake Coeur d'Alene

I want to tell you about one of my favorite weddings from this season, Katelyn and Tyler. I met with Katelyn three times prior to her wedding date. And all three meetings were just with Katelyn. I did not meet Tyler until rehearsal day. This is not terribly uncommon as typically the groom has only a couple requests throughout the process but doesn’t take a hugely active role in the planning. That is exactly where Tyler was at… I was able to get a pretty good sense of his pers

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Five of the Best Date Night Restaurants in the Cd'A Area

Sydney Schatz

Nov 5, 2021
4 min

Five of the Best Date Night Restaurants in the Cd'A Area

Dating your spouse is important! Just because you are getting married, or already married, doesn’t mean you don’t need to try to keep the romance alive. At home, Netflix and chill nights are great and necessary, but it is just as important to dress up, go out, have a nice glass of wine, and continue to date the person sitting across from you. That is why for this “Friday Faves” blog I have compiled a list of five of my favorite date night restaurants. With engagement season r

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Sydney Schatz

Oct 8, 2021
5 min

How To: Properly Use Pinterest

Pinterest, oh Pinterest. You are such a blessing and a curse. We seem to hate you and need you all at the same time. Going down your rabbit hole can be such a dangerous game to play. If I had a nickel for every time I heard a bride say “so I found this photo on Pinterest…”, I would no longer need to work. However, I talk a big game, but in reality, Pinterest is one of my very favorite designing tools. See what I called it there? I called it a tool. This blog post is all about

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Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition – Part 2

Sydney Schatz

Sep 24, 2021
4 min

Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition – Part 2

Coming at you with a second part of Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition. I am bringing this blog back around because there are so many things that come up during client meetings where I am thinking “who told you that?” or “yep, that is absolutely true”, so I feel like it is important to put out accurate information and squash the misleading posts! With that said, let’s get right into it… If you book a wedding venue (versus being at a private residence), you don’t need a pl

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June Wedding at Zephyr Lodge in Liberty Lake, Washington

Sydney Schatz

Sep 10, 2021
4 min

June Wedding at Zephyr Lodge in Liberty Lake, Washington

Zephyr Lodge was one of those venues where, before 2021, I had not had the pleasure of coordinating a wedding, then I booked one wedding there and suddenly 3 more followed… Jessica and Aaron’s wedding was one of those. When they first booked with me, we had conversations revolving around a “plan b” because it was still June in the Inland Northwest, so we all know anything can happen. Well at the time, that “anything” did not include 106-degree weather, but that’s what we got!

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Sydney Schatz

Aug 6, 2021
3 min

How To: Start Your Own Wedding Heirloom

Recently, I had a bride ask me about heirlooms. She wanted to incorporate something that could become an heirloom that she could pass down to her future daughter or daughter-in-law, but she did not have anything that she felt was “special enough” – like a necklace, handkerchief or ring. This question got me thinking about heirlooms and traditions in general and where all of that starts because it has to start somewhere. These things do not just become traditions or heirlooms

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15 Things You May Forget When Planning A Wedding

Sydney Schatz

Jul 9, 2021
7 min

15 Things You May Forget When Planning A Wedding

Those last couple of weeks before the wedding can really feel like crunch time, and I regularly hear from clients, “what am I missing?”. Most of the time all the big items have been checked, but I know they are really referring to the littler details that sometimes get missed. Everyone tends to focus on things like the photographer, the florist, the dress, the seating chart, etc. To help I have put together a list of 15 thing you may forget when planning a wedding… 1. Lightin

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Five of the Best Wedding Related TV Episodes

Sydney Schatz

Jun 18, 2021
7 min

Five of the Best Wedding Related TV Episodes

Fun blog post coming at you today! Back in November, I talked about five of my favorite wedding related movies (to read that blog Click Here). Now I am back to give you five of my all-time favorite TV wedding related episodes! There have been so many great TV couples and weddings, it made it very hard to choose just five, but I did it and I am sticking to this list! I watched so many wedding episodes as research for this blog post – my husband was so confused about what we we

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Obtaining Your Marriage License in Idaho or Washington State

Sydney Schatz

Jun 4, 2021
3 min

Obtaining Your Marriage License in Idaho or Washington State

You plan and plan and plan, every detail has been covered and your day is going to be perfect, but do you have the one document that will legally allow you to get married that day?! Do not let your marriage license be an afterthought! Every state has slightly different rules surrounding getting your license. Since I do business in Washington and Idaho, I will go over requirements for each state. Keep in mind, even if you live on the Idaho side, but you get married on the Wash

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Sydney Schatz

May 21, 2021
4 min

The Job of Your Bridesmaids

Deciding on which gal pals to ask to join you up at the altar on your big day can be a major undertaking in it of itself, but do you really know what you are asking them to do throughout the rest of the planning process? And if you do have certain expectations from them, are you communicating those clearly? When I ask brides if they (at the very least) have considered a day of coordinator, I can’t tell you how many times I have heard, “well that is what I have my bridesmaids

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Sydney Schatz

May 7, 2021
4 min

Two Myths and a Truth: Wedding Edition

As a play on two truths and a lie, today on the blog we are going to talk two myths and a truth: wedding edition! Don’t worry, I won’t make you guess which one is the truth because who has time for that these days. The important thing is for me to share the information, not to try to trick you. Just like with all the different news outlets, there is a lot of information about weddings out there. For many people this is their first time going through the wedding planning proce

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