Patricia T. Eliason

Bride accessories are the small details that turn a wedding dress into a finished bridal look, and search “bride accessories” ...

Pearl drop earrings are the fastest way to make a bridal look feel finished, and picking the right pair really ...

Picking a bridal necklace sounds like the easy part of getting dressed, until you’re standing in front of a mirror ...

Wedding earrings are one of the last things brides shop for and one of the first things that shows up ...

Bridesmaid gifts don’t have to mean choosing between a $5 candle everyone forgets by Monday and a $200 jewelry set ...

Bridal jewelry is one of those decisions brides put off until the last two weeks and then panic buy something ...

Wedding jewelry can run you $20 or $2,000, and here’s the thing nobody selling it wants to tell you: the ...

Blonde wedding hair photographs differently than every other hair color, and most bridal hair guides never mention it. Blonde catches ...

A v neck dress does one job really well, it draws the eye down and makes your neck look a ...

If you have medium length hair, you already know the problem. It’s too short for most of the dramatic updos ...

Bridal hair is one of those wedding decisions that feels simple until you actually sit down in the stylist’s chair ...

Wedding hairstyles for long hair give you more options than almost any other hair length, and that is both a ...

Wearing your hair down on your wedding day looks effortless in every photo, but only if you understand what actually ...

Bridesmaids hairstyles are one of those wedding details that look simple on Pinterest and then get complicated fast once you’re ...

Wedding guest hair has one job. It needs to look done without looking like you spent three hours on it, ...

Simple wedding hairstyles are the low buns, soft waves and easy half-up looks that photograph beautifully without an hour of ...

Formal hairstyles have a tough job at a wedding. They need to survive a four hour reception, hold up through ...

Pearl hair is having a real moment right now, and it is not just showing up as a hair color ...

Romantic hairstyles are the single most saved category in bridal hair on Pinterest, and I get why. Soft waves, loose ...

Boho bridal hair looks incredible in every single photo you have pinned. What those photos don’t show you is what ...

Soft curls are sophisticated and needs to be precise and in harmony with hair length and facial structure. Soft curls ...

If you’ve been pinning fishtail braid photos for months, you already know they’re gorgeous. What you probably don’t know is ...

Bridal hairstyle is one of the most carefully crafted wedding step. It requires precise planning, harmonizing with face shape, the ...

I’ll start this post with a question- How much is bridal hair and makeup thing actually going to cost? You ...

Wedding updos are one of the timeless chic when it comes to choosing bridal hairstyles. And I’ve sat in more ...

Picking your wedding hairstyle with a veil is not just a Pinterest board exercise. It’s kinda math proble. Veil weight, ...

Cheesecake wedding cakes have been popping up on my Pinterest feed for years now, and I get why. It’s rich, ...

In this post I will write about what the actual bar costs, the table, the barrels, the wood you see ...

If you have typed “pizza bar wedding” into Pinterest at 11pm, you already know the pictures are gorgeous. Wood boards ...

In this post about I’ll tell you what your actual bill looks like once the minimum spend, the travel fee, ...

In this wedding reception food post I’ll give you expected cost and budget about what they actually cost per guest ...

Wedding appetizers ideas like bacon wrapped dates, mini sliders, a cheese board are most familiar. Cute, sure. But none of ...

Brides searching for a wedding charcuterie table almost always ends up staring at the same vague number. Yeah it happens. ...

Let’s be honest, not every couple wants to cut a five-tier fondant cake in front of 150 people. My own ...

Let me start this post by a question- how much dessert do you actually need to order? I have helped ...

Wedding food is the one part of your reception every single guest will have an opinion about. You can skip ...

Let’s talk about the wedding buffet question nobody answers with real numbers. You can scroll Pinterest for hours and find ...

Working around wedding food stations is fun, they photograph beautifully and you get to come up with creative DIY ideas. ...

Winter wedding inspiration gives a cool feeling almost like a fairy tale. Candles, garland, twinkle lights, velvet everything. Some of ...

If you’ve spent any time on Pinterest searching autumn wedding aesthetic ideas, you already know the look. Deep burgundy, candlelight, ...

A champagne gold wedding theme is one of those ideas that makes the wedding luxurious in terms of vibe and ...

Your wedding entrance ideas and the way you set it up are the very first thing your guests see, so ...

Okay so napkins. They feel like the smallest item on your entire wedding to-do list, but trust me, they show ...

Every bride I have ever talked to wants elegant wedding vibe. But elegant is one of those words that means ...

Fall wedding aesthetic is not one look. It is three very different looks that happen to share a season, and ...

When I was planning my lakeside wedding back in 2008, I spent large amount of time on wedding websites trying ...

I’ll help you curate wedding decoration ideas throughout this post. It is about knowing where to put your money first. ...

In this post I’ll help you with white wedding decorations and how much any of it costs, which pieces are ...

A full lace tablecloth and a lace runner are not interchangeable. One is a hero piece. One is a workhorse. ...

White and gold wedding themes have been around long enough that every bride has a Pinterest board full of them. ...

There are tons of dream wedding decor ideas you can find online but it is not so easy to budget ...

Gold is one of those wedding colors that can blend in with most of the decor and make it look ...

What if I told you wedding flower arrangements can work on every budget from low end to to high end ...

Every bride searching for wedding arch flowers runs into the same problem. The inspiration images are beautiful, the Pinterest boards ...

Dusty rose is one of those wedding colors that looks a little different depending on what you put next to ...

Every gorgeous wedding ceremony chairs has a price and most articles will show you ten beautiful photos and tell you ...

Wedding decor list just goes on and on and without venue in consideration it falls out of line. The problem ...

String lights are the one wedding decoration that works on every budget, every venue, and every style. The look you ...

Fairy lights and greenery looks gorgeous on enchanted forest wedding. I am gonna tell you what those fairy lights actually ...

Flower centerpieces are one of those wedding details that can quietly eat up a huge chunk of your budget if ...

If you are anything like me, you’d spend hours on Pinterest saving beautiful photos, opens Canva, drops in a pretty ...

Every bride knows she needs a welcome sign. A seating chart. A bar menu. Some of those signs will be ...

Everyone saves stunning wedding stage backdrops on Pinterest. Almost no one talks about what those backdrops actually cost to pull ...

Hey if you planned for outdoor wedding and looking for reception ideas that is worth your money, this post will ...

Chairs are one of those wedding details that somehow manage to eat up a big chunk of your rental budget ...

Every bride saves aisle decor photos on social media and they are stunning. Those gorgeous photos do not come with ...

Wedding decor on your own range of budget usually is time consuming. I wrote this post with the goal of ...

A cocktail wedding reception setup can be head scratching task sometimes, as every wedding setup is different and one size ...

Internet is full of curtain backdrop ideas and almost none of them tell you what the fabric costs, which one ...

Chiavari chairs are one of those wedding details that look expensive even when they are not. But here is the ...

Most of the wedding budget tips tells you to make your own centerpieces and skip the fancy invitations. And sure, ...

I am going to be honest with you. Fairy lights are the one wedding detail I wish I had done ...

Sweetheart table is the one spot every single guest will look at all night long. And yet so many brides ...

Wedding welcome sign is the very first thing your guests see when they arrive, so it really does set the ...

Your wedding arch is in almost every single photo from your ceremony. Every aisle shot, every vow shot, every first ...

If you have been pinning ruffle cakes for the last six months and still cannot figure out exactly what to ...

So you typed “watercolor wedding cake” into Pinterest and now you can’t stop scrolling. I get it completely. There is ...

Picking your wedding cake should be one of the fun parts. And yet, most brides tell me it ends up ...

You have probably pinned about forty wedding cakes at this point and still feel like you haven’t found the one. ...

If you have been scrolling Pinterest for 3 tier wedding cake ideas for more than ten minutes, you already know ...

You have probably been saving fondant cake designs on Pinterest for months and you still are not totally sure which ...

If you have been pinning buttercream wedding cakes for any amount of time, you already know the problem. You save ...

Most brides spend weeks pinning the same fondant-heavy tiers before they stumble onto the good stuff. The aesthetic wedding cakes ...

The wedding cake is one of those details that every single guest notices, talks about, and photographs. And yet so ...

You would not believe how many brides I talk to who spend weeks going back and forth over their wedding ...

Picking your wedding cake design should be one of the most fun parts of planning your wedding. And yet somehow ...

If you have been pinning modern wedding venue ideas for longer than you care to admit, you already know the ...

A garden theme wedding is one of those ideas that sounds simple until you actually start planning it. Suddenly you ...

Finding the right event venue space is honestly one of the hardest parts of the whole planning process. Not because ...

A good wedding set up does a lot of heavy lifting. It sets the mood before a single vow is ...

You have probably saved about 400 pins that all look exactly the same. Giant floral arches, overflowing sweetheart tables, chandeliers ...

When you start venue hunting, the decorations you are picturing in your mind might not work in the space you ...

Your wedding entrance sets the tone for everything that follows. It is the very first thing your guests see when ...

A green wedding theme is one of those ideas that sounds simple until you actually start planning it, and then ...

Planning a destination wedding means your guests need more notice than usual, and your ceremony deserves rituals that actually reflect ...

Planning a destination wedding without a solid checklist is like packing for a month-long trip in 20 minutes. You’ll forget ...

Dreaming of a destination wedding but not willing to hand over half your budget to airfare and passport fees? Good ...

A destination wedding budget planner isn’t just a spreadsheet with venue costs and catering quotes. It’s a living document that ...

A destination wedding doesn’t have to drain your savings account or rope your family into a fundraiser. Plenty of couples ...

A wedding budget of $15k might feel tight the moment you start pricing venues, but I promise you it is ...