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Welcome to our wedding & event planning blog! We offer valuable advice and inspiration for planning your wedding or event with heart and with soul. Welcome to our wedding & event planning blog! We offer valuable advice and inspiration for planning your wedding or event with heart and with soul.

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Ashley and Andrew’s was wedding featured on Style Me Pretty today! Their wedding took place in the Colonnade at the Fairmont Hotel in Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Ashley and Andrew’s Romantic Wedding Featured on Style Me Pretty

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Have you ever tried to light a candle, and it just doesn’t want to light?  It’s weird, right?!? Well, imagine trying to do this in front of a church with 100+ wedding guests staring at you! Here are some recommended steps that I learned as a professional event planner. This should ensure Unity Candle success!

Event Planner Secret, Pre-Light Your Candle Wicks

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When a bride chooses a wedding gown with a bustle, we build approximately 10 to 15 minutes into the couple’s wedding day timeline. As professional wedding planners, we learned that wedding gown bustles vary. So, we want to be sure that time is set aside for this process.

Remember to Include Time for the Wedding Gown Bustle

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We are SO EXCITED to share the wedding of our couple, Shay and Greg with you!  Their wedding was filled with so many things that we love! There was soulful music, lush flowers, a unique switch to the wedding day colors, and the most adorable ring bearer!

Wedding Day Love for Shay and Greg at the Mayflower Hotel

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A Wedding Ceremony Reading from the love book, “The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach”

Wedding Reading from “The Bridge Across Forever” by Richard Bach

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Capital Style Magazine Bridal Readers Choice 2015 Winner. Howerton+Wooten Events.

The readers of the “Capital Style” magazine selected Howerton+Wooten Events as the 2015 WINNER of the Capital Style Magazine’s “Bridal Readers’ Choice” award!

2015 Capital Style Bridal Readers’ Choice Winner

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Before, you blow up, fall apart or find yourself in the emergency room, try to remember there are some priorities that will always be more important than wedding planning.

4 Priorities Beyond Planning a Perfect Wedding

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If you are planning a wedding for the first time, you are guaranteed to experience a little sticker shock when booking wedding services. Here are eight steps you can take to help you minimize some of that shock.

8 Ways to Minimize Wedding Sticker Shock

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This cornbread recipe is tasty, quick, and hard to mess up. It goes well with a hearty beef soup.  My mom would have loved it!

Skillet Cornbread with Cheddar Cheese

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