Determining your wedding budget is one of the most important, and often stressful, first steps of planning your wedding. Looking through beautiful inspirational photos on Instagram and pinning your heart out on Pinterest might set you up for disappointment when you realize the price tag of all of the things you dreamed of having for your big day are potentially out of reach.

If you value creating an experience on your wedding day, enjoying all the moments and spending time with your people - not worrying about the smaller details. Then hiring a day of coordinator is exactly what you need on your wedding day. In this blog post, I’ve invited wedding and event planner, Chantelle Ashley Events, to chat with us about why couples opt to hire a day of coordinator and how they can help to simplify your day.

If you’re about to get married and in the process of finalizing your day, here are a few things to consider when choosing your location for your wedding day portraits. The location in which you’re photographed before/after your ceremony is often something that gets overlooked during planning, but it doesn’t have to!