by Leanne | Advice, Weddings
Time & again when meeting with clients, one of their main priorities is the dance party. They want everyone to have fun, they want a full dance floor and they want unforgettable songs. Some even feel like it has to be EPIC. I mean, it’s your wedding. Our...
by Leanne | Advice, Weddings
As wedding planners, we hear lots of toasts every.single.weekend. As you can imagine, this makes us (obviously) the very best folks to go to for advice on how to give the best toasts. We’ve heard some wonderful toasts, including ones that rhyme, were sung by the...
by Leanne | Birthday, Events
I love it when we get the chance to plan events that aren’t weddings because we get to stretch our creativity muscles. Those are muscles I don’t mind working out every day. 😉 This party was so fun because we got to celebrate Will’s 1st birthday with...
by Leanne | Advice, Weddings
Chicago was recently named the second highest place in the country to host a wedding! With as much as weddings can cost, lots of folks are curious about the idea of wedding/event insurance. Investing tens of thousands of dollars in one day can feel risky. For most any...
by Leanne | Advice, Weddings
If you’ve ever been in a wedding party, been married yourself or been in the family of a bride or groom, you know what I’m talking about when I say that the formal/posed post-ceremony photos are often PAINFUL. They take forever. People aren’t all...
by Leanne | Events, Random Thoughts, Weddings
100 times. Doing anything 100 times is a pretty big deal. Climb a mountain 100 times and you’re a mountaineer. Win 100 races and you’re a champion. Live 100 years and you’re a centenarian. For YNI, today marks 100 of something pretty amazing: 100 times we’ve helped...
by Leanne | Advice, honeymoon, Random Thoughts, Weddings
No, not that B-Word….the other one! The wedding one that no one wants to talk about about for fear of stress-induced panic! Those Pinterest boards do not pay for themselves. Yup, we’re talking about budget. To many, your wedding budget can seem confusing,...
by Leanne | Advice, So You Think You Don't Need a Planner?, Weddings
What an ambitious journey this has been! Sometimes projects seem – in theory – to be super simple, manageable and like they will be finished in no time at all. This project was one of those…and actually turned out to be a months-long adventure that...