Sunday’s blog post was all about the importance of starting out your wedding planning with a well-defined budget. Today, we’ll talk about putting together your guestlist.
You don’t have to know exactly who you’re going to invite to your wedding at this point, but it is important to decide how many guests you plan to [...]
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Drafting your guestlist
Engagement season is upon us! More proposals happen between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day than any other time of year.
Most newly minted brides-to-be can’t wait to jump into wedding planning, but just how do you get started on planning what may well be the biggest party of your life? That’s what we’ll be covering [...]
The other day I was on the phone with a bride who’d called to get some information about wedding coordinators. At the beginning of our conversation, she confided that she’s really not ready to make a decision about hiring anyone yet, and I could hear the frustration in her voice when she said that she [...]
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I'm Stephanie Aspinwall, the owner of Ayr Hill Events. We're a full-service wedding planning and coordination company based in Alexandria, Virginia, and serving the entire Washington, DC, metro area.