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Soirée’s Guide to: Applying for the Marriage License

One of the admittedly less glamorous aspects of getting married is applying for your marriage license. And we know it can make you feel a little like this: For those of you that are feeling overwhelmed we broke it down into some simple steps to take the stress and confusion out of it!   When to…

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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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Soirée’s Guide to: Beautiful Engagement Photos

Engagement photos might be the first formal image your guests will see when it comes to you and your future companion’s nuptials. These pictures can be featured on your save the dates, invitations, as well as your Facebook profile when you finally change your relationship status from “in a relationship” to “engaged”. (so exciting!) While…

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Soirée’s Guide to: Wedding Dress Shopping in Iowa

Calling all brides! Congrats on the engagement! We are so happy you have found your perfect mate. But, as you all know, it does not stop there. Finding the perfect dress is just as important (only kidding), but it is what makes the you feel amazing and beautiful on your wedding day. Sometimes shopping can…

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2016 Iowa Wedding Expo

As a former Catering Sales Manager for full service hotels, I have done my share of wedding shows.  But the 2016 Iowa Wedding Expo was the first wedding show that I had done for Soirée, my own wedding & event planning business.  I was super excited to design my booth and here are some of…

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Finding the Right Wedding Planner

{This post originally appeared on Geno Photography} Congratulations! You’re engaged! You’re going to be wed to the man or woman of your dreams, and it’s everything you have been wishing and hoping for your whole life. You are so excited and cannot wait to spend the rest of your life with this person. Now what?…

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