I handle the details so that you can celebrate the important things in this once-in-a-lifetime season.

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I’m a lower case ‘type a’ personality.

I handle the heavy lifting so that you don’t have to worry about a single thing. From connecting you to the right vendors and designing the visual components, to styling your event and handling everything in between, I’m here to help with it all. I love combining your vision for fresh sophistication with details that stand the test time of time, and I make it happen from my light-filled studio in Columbia, South Carolina.

I’m inspired by the Pre-War architecture and the curation and charm of English gardens, but I’m also inspired by each Bride that I work with. I have orchestrated hundreds of weddings and have been inspired in a different way by each one.

After 17 years in the industry, this is still my dream job!

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My approach

I dive into the small details with a laid back approach.

When we work together, we begin with the budget, booking key vendors, and logistics. We narrow down your visual and style goals, and I’m by your side for meetings, walkthroughs, and all of the small stuff. At the 2-month mark, we secure the final timelines and begin to see everything come together piece by piece. On your big day, my team and I do the work to ensure that everything goes to plan. I’m working diligently behind the scenes, with my wedding planner checklist, three steps ahead of everything.

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Favorite Things

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Adventures with Jim, my sweetheart husband of 15 years, and chasing around our children, Vivienne and Thomas at the park.
HISTORY
Slowly but surely renovating our 1920's dream home, and always searching for the perfect piece of furniture or art to style our home in a classic English decor style {with a little sprinkle of quirk!}
FOOD
Searching for my next favorite meal or refined dining ambiance. FOMO — fear of missing out on food — is real.

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For planners

As a wedding planner, you’re a leader, designer, and mediator. It’s an art that requires so much more experience than just “getting certified.”

This is why I created my courses — to teach future industry professionals about wedding planning and all of the fine details it encompasses: logistics, etiquette, tradition, cultural practices.

As a previous Professor at The University of South Carolina, I taught hundreds of students in the course I designed for those who had an interest in Wedding Planning. I deliver quality, informative content in classic practices to plan modern day weddings.

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