How To Handle Unexpected Wedding Guests

In last Sunday’s New York Times Style section, The Get Together Events Co. was quoted about our recent experience with cicadas at weddings. Our cicada experience has us reflecting on other surprise “weddings guests” that can pop up during the wedding planning process. See our suggestions below for how to handle unexpected wedding guests…

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Featured Vendor: The Green Building

When we first started wedding planning, one of our very first “Non-Friend” clients held their wedding at The Green Building. Little did we know at the time that this wedding would be written up in The New York Times, have one of the most memorable last-minute logistical somersaults ever and sky rocket our business! Since that wedding, we have been grateful to come back to The Green Building many many times and it’s still one of our most favorite venues in Brooklyn.

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REAL WEDDING: Komal + Hamza at Bordone LIC

On March 27, 2021, Komal and Hamza got married at The Bordone in Long Island City. Along with being a lovely couple and a powerhouse group of vendors, we were all the more excited for this wedding as it was our FIRST wedding back in New York City since March 2020, pre-pandemic. Following the strict Covid guidelines set by the state, Komal and Hamza’s wedding was safe, celebratory, and simply gorgeous. We are so grateful to this couple for trusting us with their day, especially after the year we’ve had! What a way to kick off the wedding season! Congratulations Komal and Hamza!

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Featured Vendor: Stems Brooklyn

We’ve been working with Stems Brooklyn since 2018 and we’ve loved being squeezed into tight spaces and quick turnaround times with them ever since! . Our friends at Stems have partnered with us on many-a-wedding at this point- all different seasons, styles and colors and we truly can’t get enough of their work. We love their bold colors, their wild and free bouquets, their willingness to make 100 floral hair clips for all of your wedding guests and their bomb-ass shop in Brooklyn. If your love is as wild and free as Stems, holler at them!

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Why You Need a Wedding Coordinator

Hello everyone. Recognizing wedding coordination as a legitimate professional service is something I feel incredibly strong about (yeah, no shit Lauren, you’re a wedding coordinator). But no matter how many times we say it, it continues to bear repeating. So today, I wanted to remind you, just exactly why you need a wedding coordinator.

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Our Favorite Fall Wedding Trends

The temp is dropping, the leaves are changing, and candy is discounted on November 1. Over here, we LOVE fall- especially fall weddings. (I don’t what season y’all are, but I’m an autumn!) No sweating, your specialty cocktails can be warm beverages, and pumpkin is in everything. In honor of our favorite season, we’ve recapped some of our favorite fall trends from our client’s weddings below:

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REAL WEDDING: Kat + Steven's Fun, Low-Key Wedding

When it comes to deciding on what to include in their wedding day, I always tell clients, “Buck tradition, focus on YOU". Guests are coming to celebrate YOU, not just another cookie cutter wedding. With this in mind, as clients begin to plan for how to make their 2021 wedding uniquely theirs, I wanted to throw it back to Kat and Steve’s 2018 wedding for inspiration. Kat and Steven did what was right for THEM!

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REAL WEDDING: Emma + Jaime's Intentional Wedding for 50

It was exactly one year ago this week that Emma and Jaime celebrated their love in an intentional wedding for 50 people in Brooklyn. What do I mean by intentional? Well, 100% of this wedding was carefully curated by Emma and Jaime to be a symbol of their love.

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Takeaways from Event Planners on Innovative Safety Precautions For Your Event

Last week, I was lucky enough to be a panelist for WeddingPro’s Innovative Safety Precautions Webinar with a powerhouse group of panelists! This panel was geared towards other event professionals and we discussed all the ways that we can best keep our clients and guests safe while hosting events in our new reality (which, with the latest CDC guidelines, seems all the more important!).

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REAL WEDDING: Quincy + Steve's Intimate and Sophisticated Brooklyn Wedding

Quincy and Steve's 2019 wedding at 501 Union was a trendsetter for intimate weddings, before intimate weddings were required! Surrounded by 50 of their closest family and friends- Quincy and Steve were able to soak in every detail of their day- from the U-Shaped floorplan- allowing them to see each of their guests, to the special dinner entertainment (scroll down to see!) it was a memorable affair that will continue to inspire for years to come!

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REAL WEDDING: Lauren + Andrew's Modern Brooklyn Summer Wedding

Small weddings were cool before Covid! On June 7th, 2019, Lauren and Andrew were married in a beautiful modern Brooklyn summer wedding at one of our favorite venues to work with, Weylin- using their intimate wedding package.

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