Ask The Experts: How Rentals Incorporates Your Personality Into Your Wedding
We sat down with rental expert Macy, owner of Borrow My Vintage, to understand how rentals can incorporate personality into your wedding. Macy started off as a wedding photographer as a side gig while she pursued her career as a medical assistant. Her rental business started with one vintage chair she used in a bridal…
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Ask the Experts: Incorporating Your Cake Design into Your Wedding Theme
If you are struggling to incorporate your cake design into the rest of your wedding theme, you aren’t alone! Choosing your wedding cake can be super overwhelming, but it’s the sweetest part of wedding planning. The design of your wedding cake is such a fun way to incorporate your wedding design into your reception look…
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Ask the Experts: Wedding Makeup 101
Melissa Banes got her start in the beauty industry 10 years ago, and has been loving making women feel good about themselves ever since! She was a part of the first-ever graduating class at Capri College, with a dream to work at the number one beauty company in the world, MAC cosmetics. Melissa moved to…
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Ask The Experts: Everything You Need to Know Before You Choose A Florist
We recently sat down with one of our most adored floral vendors, Hydrangea Bloom. Hydrangea Bloom is a florist based in North Liberty with a focus in weddings and special events. If you choose Hydrangea Bloom, you are choosing more than just flowers! When coming up with the idea to start her own business, Allison…
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The Wedding Experience March 2018
We had a blast at this year’s The Wedding Experience at Ashton Hill Farm in Cedar Rapids! It was such a fun alternative to your typical bridal show and allowed the guests to experience a fully executed wedding event. We and the other vendors provided our insight into best practices for planning and execution. The…
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Ask the Experts: What Do I Do with My Dress After the Wedding?
Soirée is lucky to work with some of the best in the wedding industry, and today’s guest blogger is one of our favorites. Jessica Attere is the owner of dress shop Brides by Jessa offering exclusive gown designers as well as great service through their one-on-one appointments. Additionally, she offers Premier Appointments which are held…
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Styled Shoot: Navy & Emerald Scottish Wedding
Carrie, the amazing principal photographer at Geno Photography, asked me a couple months ago to participate in her Scottish styled wedding shoot. I was overjoyed to help her make this wedding vision come to life! All the vibrant, emerald and navy elements made this shoot so beautiful! Swoon! It’s simply gorgeous, don’t you agree? Thank…
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Soirée’s Guide to: Tipping Your Wedding Professionals
Do I Tip My Vendors at My Wedding? Planning a wedding involves finding a wedding planner, caterer, photographer, and just about everything in between. With full expenses already coming in for your wedding and its vendors, it can be difficult to plan where all the money you spend will go, including gratuity. With all your…
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Teaching Event Planning at the University of Iowa
Within our work in the event planning industry, one of the things that we are passionate about at Soirée is giving back to the community. Whether we’re donating some fresh flowers to a nursing home or going the extra mile for a client, it all makes what we do every day worth it. Here is…
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Gorgeous Photos
Who you hire as your wedding photographer is a very important decision to make during the planning process. Choose thoughtfully, so you have the best experience and beautiful pictures after the wedding is over. Check out these gorgeous pictures from the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers! (Photo above shows a bride and groom in…
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