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The Parsonage in Charleston Elopement: Brent & Lisa | Scarlet Plan & Design Destination Elopement & Pop Up Wedding Planners

The Parsonage in Charleston was the perfect venue for Brent & Lisa's intimate, family only elopement.

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Anatomy of Stunning Bridal Bouquets, What Floral Ingredients Give Us the Recipe for Our Favorite Flower Arrangements? | Charleston Wedding Planner | Atlanta Wedding Planner

Gosh, we love bouquets here at Scarlet Plan & Design! From King protea to peonies, hydrangea to hypericum, eucalyptus, thistle, succulents, orchids and giant David Austin garden roses, we love them all! We've been so lucky to work with some of the most talented floral designers in the South to create incredible bridal bouquets for our brides and we learn something new about flowers at nearly every wedding!

So today we're sharing some of our all-time favorite bouquets, from lush and romantic to organic and wild to bold and modern, we've got some beauties below. And we're going to break down each of the bouquets to help you identify all the floral ingredients used to create these stunning bridal bouquets! 

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How to Address Your Wedding Invitations | Wedding Invitation Etiquette | Charleston, Atlanta, Greenville Wedding Planners

Addressing your wedding invitations is kind of a big deal. And although there are about a million super fun ways to address your envelopes for your wedding invites and more fonts and envelope choices than I can count, there are some rules of etiquette that simply cannot be broken when it comes to HOW the titles are worded.

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Which Vendors You Should Feed at Your Wedding | Charleston, Atlanta & Destination Nontraditional Wedding Planners & Designers

"Who should we feed?"

We answer this question a lot and more often than not, couples just aren't sure who to include in their headcount. Short answer: any vendor who is on site for the duration of the wedding should be fed a hot meal. That means you feed:

  • the wedding planner and their team,
  • the photographer and their assistants,
  • the DJ or the band,
  • the videographer,
  • the people working the photo booth, 
  • is hair/makeup staying to keep you looking fresh? is there live entertainment like dancers or cigar rollers? a fabulous henna artist painting hands and feet all night? anyone staying for the duration of your wedding should be on the list for meals.
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Navy & Citron Nautical Wedding at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina | Charleston, Atlanta & New York Wedding Planner