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Likes, Tags, and Vows: Social Media Etiquette for Weddings
In today’s world, if your wedding isn’t trending, did it even happen? With everyone being camera-ready 24/7 and even grandma knowing how...
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Jun 104 min read
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Let’s Talk Gifts, Baby: Wedding Gifting Expectations Without the Weirdness
Ah, wedding gifting—the thing no one wants to talk about but everyone  has opinions on. Should you register for cash? Is it rude to say...
elegant3events
Jun 33 min read
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The Real Cost of a DIY Wedding: When Pinterest Dreams Meet Real-World Dollars
DIY weddings come from a place of heart. They’re personal, creative, and often born out of the belief that doing it yourself is the more...
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May 274 min read
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Wedding Etiquette Isn’t Dead—You Just Believe It Is
Let’s be honest—when people hear wedding etiquette , they picture stiff rules, outdated traditions, and someone’s great-aunt clutching...
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Apr 282 min read
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Why Your Event/Wedding Planner Won’t Set Up Your Centerpieces
If you’ve ever planned an event—or just attended a wedding and been nosy—you’ve probably heard titles like Event Planner, Event...
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Apr 213 min read
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Fundraising Events That Work: How Tampa Bay Nonprofits Can Plan Smarter, Not Harder
Planning a fundraising event for your Tampa Bay nonprofit can feel like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle—exciting but...
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Apr 144 min read
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The Price is Rising: How to Prepare for Wedding & Event Costs Going Up
If you’ve been dreaming about your big day or planning an epic event, you may have noticed something—things are getting pricier. No, it’s...
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Apr 103 min read
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An Open Letter to Wedding Vendors: Let’s Be Besties!
Dear Wedding Vendors, We need to talk. No, not that  kind of talk—this isn’t a breakup letter. It’s quite the opposite. We, the wedding...
elegant3events
Apr 73 min read
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Love (and Budgets) in the Air: How to Plan a Wedding Without Crying Over Your Wallet
Ah, weddings—the magical day when love is celebrated, champagne flows, and budgets mysteriously disappear into thin air. If you've ever...
elegant3events
Apr 32 min read
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Sip, Savor, and Slay: Crafting a Cocktail Hour Your Guests Will Rave About
The cocktail hour: the magical time between "I do" and "Let’s party!" It’s your guests' first chance to relax, mingle, and enjoy your...
elegant3events
Feb 252 min read
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Dreams of Mocha Mousse: Pantone's Color of the Year
As I sit at my office, sipping a hot cup of peppermint mocha, I cannot help but wonder if my wedding trend intuition might have called it...
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Feb 112 min read
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Resolutions for a Wedding Year
With the new year comes new year resolutions, and if you just got engaged during the holiday season, this is the perfect time to sit with...
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Jan 292 min read
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Overcoming Wedding Dress Shopping Fatigue!
For those new to Elegant Evening Events, our beginnings started at a local wedding dress boutique, where we ended up developing the bones...
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Dec 27, 20243 min read
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The Great Wedding Debate: Children
Every year, thousands of couples sit together, sometimes alone, sometimes with their parents, and begin the first of many drafts that...
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Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Stormy Skies, Wedding Vows: Planning Amid Hurricane Season
Wedding season in our lovely state of Florida starts in October and rolls to April. Because of the beautiful mild weather, most weddings...
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Oct 20, 20242 min read
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What is Café-Core and why do we have our eye on it as the Fall 2024 Wedding Trend?
Café-core is what happens when coffee lovers and wedding planners have a meeting of the minds and create a coffee-aesthetic-inspired...
elegant3events
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Save your Sanity and Hire a Wedding Planner
Dear brides, We see this all the time. You get engaged and the first thing you do is run to tell your friends and family, go wedding...
elegant3events
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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The Hidden Costs of Weddings
Throughout the years of being wedding planners and coordinators, one of the conversations we’ve had with brides who end up hiring us...
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Aug 5, 20243 min read
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The RSVP Controversy Part 2: When You Respond And You Don’t Show UpÂ
In our last blog, we discussed the importance of why you should not forget to RSVP when you want to go to a family or friend’s wedding....
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
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The RSVP Controversy Part 1: When You Don’t Respond
Recently our social media has been flooded with videos of brides who have found unique ways to deal with RSVPs that are not responded to....
elegant3events
Jun 7, 20242 min read
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