The Tapestry Blog
Here you will find resources for planning, features on Tapestry couples, information about the Tapestry way of planning weddings, elopements, and ceremonies, and reflections on the wedding industry from our team. We also love to feature vendors and share the creative efforts from our styled shoots .
Our blog library is a consistent, relevant, real-talk resource to help you prepare for your launch into marriage. Whether it’s about how to have the hard conversations about who pays for what in your wedding or practical questions like how to hike in your wedding outfit, we want to be here to support you through this process and beyond.
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How COVID-19 is Transforming Wedding Plans
Most of us have never weathered a time like this. For couples, this may be your first time planning a wedding at all, let alone adapting your wedding to a worldwide health pandemic.
Top Five Elements of an Adventurous Elopement
It’s no secret: we love elopements. We’ve spent the last three years of our career becoming elopement specialists. We’ve seen elopements from the role of a planner, an officiant, and even an assistant florist and have enjoyed every angle.
Top Five Elements of a Wedding Day Timeline
Ultimately, your wedding day is about the joy of marriage, partnership, and sharing your love with the people you care about most. And while we all have that relative who will tell you about how things “should” have gone, this day is not about them — it’s about you.
Why Hire An Elopement Planner: The Tapestry Event Co. Experience
Trust me: We realize how ironic the phrase “elopement planner” sounds to a lot of people. Isn’t the point of an elopement to keep it minimal?
Event Cancellation vs. Event Postponement
Let’s face it: this article is not a fluffy wedding story. We’re talking about what happens when circumstances around your event arise that force you to consider not having it as originally planned.
Wedding Pivot: Your COVID Insurance + Support Guide
As wedding planners, there are unexpected outcomes and phenomenon that happen with every event we steward. As of March 2020, the COVID-19 virus and corresponding ripple effect of public health awareness…
Invest Wisely in Your Wedding: Why Budgeting For Your Marriage Day Matters
Money can be a tricky thing to talk about. If you’re planning any kind of marriage celebration, you likely have had a conversation where some funny feelings emerged when the topic of “money” or “price” came up in a conversation. SO NORMAL.
How to Have a Winter Wedding
Being a nature lover in the Pacific Northwest is easy. We have mountains and lakes and beaches aplenty to make any outdoor enthusiast swoon. Getting married in nature? That’s a different thing entirely.
Selecting Your Venue: Why "Where" Feels Like Such A Big Question
Whether we embark on planning a big wedding or a tiny elopement together, one of the first and most important questions we answer is: “Where the heck is this thing happening?”
The Engaged Couple's Roadmap
First of all: HAIL YES YOU’RE ENGAGED! I am so happy for you and hope you’ve taken some time prior to the planning process to sit in your “in love-ness” and enjoy it.
What to Include on Your Wedding Website
You’re engaged. You have a planner, a venue, and perhaps a few other vendors sorted out. Now you’re ready to get the word out to your humans. Where do you start?
The Backyard Wedding: How to Have it All
MJ + Jon got married at the father of the bride’s ranch in August 2018. Their backyard wedding was as detailed and organized as any venue-based wedding, but without the support of a venue manager.