Congratulations Anna & JL

Anna & JL have been dating for 10 years! Can you believe it?! What's up with so many of my clients having dated for sooooooo long?! I thought my husband and I dating for 6 years was long.

So 9 out of 10 times when there is a church coordinator, I get worried because most of them don't like wedding coordinators for some reason. There seems to be a stigma that wedding coordinators waltz into a church and 'take over.' I LOVED Jane Connelly from St. Jane Frances de Chantal of Bethesda. She was awesome, especially for a huge bridal party. She was in charge, and I helped get all the flowers out to the right people and assisted her wherever necessary. The arrangement worked out just great!

I had the pleasure of working with some great vendors. Linda Merritt from Heaven on Earth made some gorgeous bouquets with the sparkliest butterfly pin in Anna's bouquet; soon-to-be-bride Erica Erickson and her assistant Ben from Innova Photography had some beautiful shots (check out her blog - Anna looks like a model!); Eric Nicholas shot the video and was great at moral support :); and great jazz sounds was provided by The George Turner Trio and Lori Derr (good luck to George in grad school and I've got to find out when Lori is singing next.)

I have to be honest - the reception was not my finest moment. I probably had the worst day ever and am extremely disappointed in myself for not bringing my A-game. Thank goodness the rest of the vendor team was such great professionals. You live and learn. I learned a lot about myself at this wedding and have come up with new ways to make sure that you get what you paid for and deliver as promised.