Mentorships for PNW Wedding Planners & Professionals
PLANNERS | COORDINATORS | VENUES | FLORISTS | OFFICIANTS | PHOTOGRAPHERS | & OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
Supporting purpose-led, passionate wedding vendors across the Pacific Northwest + West Coast.
For curious self-starters who want more from their wedding business—without adding more to their plate.
I know you because I was you: deeply creative, hungry for growth, and unsure where to invest my time.
Competing priorities stretch you thin and force you to prioritize what’s essential. Yet with such a zoomed-in lens, it can feel impossible to know the next best step.
Maybe you want to:
Increase your prices, but lack clarity on how to communicate your value
Evolve your target audience, but aren’t sure how to shift your messaging
Define your brand pillars, but struggle to create aligned offers with confidence
Set stronger boundaries, but worry about the client connections you might lose
Start a new venture, but fear unknown obstacles will steal the joy of the endeavor
As soon as you develop one area of your business, another demands your attention, time, and devotion—on top of an already overwhelming to-do list. Every season brings a new challenge, and you wonder if there’s a better way to navigate the ever-changing nature of running a business.
What if you could problem-solve for your business from a place of peace?
Instead of feeling frantic and anxious to patch over issues that ask for deeper examination.
Instead of feeling uncertain and confused, unsure how to bridge the gap between Point A and Point B.
Instead of letting burnout and overwhelm crowd out creativity, clarity, and connection.
I hear you, my wildly talented, hardworking friend, and I ask you to take a beat; take a breath. Because this bubble you’ve been working, living, and creating inside? It ends here. You need a partner who sees the bigger picture, considers your world of challenges holistically, and meaningfully moves the benchmark forward with you for the greatest impact.
Backed by 10+ years of transitions, evolutions, and a lifelong hunger for growth.Holistic mentorships for wedding professionals seeking expansion
With a decade of experience and an established reputation in the PNW wedding industry, I take a hands-on approach to your unique business challenges and goals. I’ve lived through the overwhelm and burnout that can come with building a rich and satisfying business, and no problem exists in a vacuum. My job is not simply to identify an issue and provide a quick fix, but to broaden your understanding of it and develop nuanced, holistic solutions.
Strategies, systems, and solutions that nourish work-life happiness—and move you toward the business you crave.
My mentorships are intentionally open-ended and tailored to each person. I draw on my background as an educator to create a program tailored to your needs, encouraging introspection (and likely a bit of soul-searching) so your decisions stay aligned. Rather than prescribing generic solutions, my approach is sustainable and somatically centered—facilitating business growth that nourishes your creative being for the long haul.
Meet Your Mentor / PNW Wedding Planner
Hi, I’m Kate!
Professional planner, pivoter, and problem-solver
My journey to where I am now hasn’t been perfect, and it’s had its fair share of ups, downs, and everything in between. What was once a part-time passion became a full-time business, and six months before the pandemic, no less… killer timing, I know. But the transition I’d eventually make from elopement planner to intimate wedding specialist to Pacific Northwest luxury-leaning wedding planner made every challenge worth it.
Being forced to navigate the wedding industry in uncertain waters taught me to pivot with grace, adjust what wasn’t working, and build a business that felt true to me. And one with the kind of reputation I’ve always envisioned: warm, rooted in integrity, and integrated into the community, with wonderful industry partners who know us as soon as we walk into a room.
Since then, Tapestry has undergone two major brand identity transformations to elevate clientele and shift into the luxury-leaning middle market. Each chapter has pushed me to rethink my goals and prioritize, strategize, and delegate to meet them.
Now, 10 years and a whole lot of hard-learned lessons later… I’m bringing these insights to you.
Not because what has worked for me is guaranteed to work for you—but because I can translate my observations and experiences into solutions that address your individual problem(s). You’ll never have to worry about copy-and-paste curriculum or one-size-fits-all answers here; in fact, I hope the holistic solutions I provide will work only for you and the unique set of challenges you bring to the table.
Custom-built growth plans rooted in curiosity, introspection, and experience
Together, we’ll:
Analyze the current challenges and obstacles preventing you from making meaningful progress
Prioritize and tackle your exact problems with specific, pointed advice and accountability
Build a strategy that supports the kind of growth and evolution you define as successful
Mentorship Options
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One-hour video session with Kate
In-depth pre-session questionnaire
Custom post-session roadmap/implementation checklist
Best for addressing one focused problem or a long list of smaller ones.
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(3) one-hour video sessions with Kate, scheduled across the timeframe of your choosing
In-depth pre-session questionnaire
Short-term action plan after each session
Comprehensive roadmap/implementation checklist after all three sessions
Best if you have a large topic that requires a holistic approach to tackle, such as pivoting your marketing strategy or evolving your target audience.
Payment plans available.
During our session(s), we can address a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
Auditing backend workflows for a smoother sales process
Defining differentiators and communicating value
Setting professional boundaries with clients and colleagues
Implementing and communicating a price increase
Elevating client experience to promote referrals
Strategic outreach and community collaborations
Portfolio review and curation to attract desired work
Fostering meaningful vendor partnerships
Defining brand pillars and core offers
What could this actually look like?
Helping a florist plan their dream styled shoot, leaving with a step-by-step plan for marketing, messaging, and vendor recruitment.
Analyzing a photographer’s contract and client experience, identifying gaps to improve workflows & increase sales.
Working with a planner to clarify their special sauce, and defining their new target audience after a rebrand/transition.
“Kate offers an invaluable, well-rounded perspective on the ins and outs of the wedding industry.
"When I began restructuring my wedding photography business, I had the pleasure of connecting with Kate to discuss industry standards and best practices from her point of view as a wedding planner. Kate has endless experience working with all types of wedding vendors (photographers, caterers, florists, etc.) and because of this, she offers an invaluable, well-rounded perspective on the ins and outs of the wedding industry. The inclusive values of Tapestry and Co. and the quality of work Kate provides her clients are clearly reflected in her work. I highly recommend a call with her!"
-TORI OSTERAA, TORI OSTERAA PHOTOGRAPHY
WONDERING WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Elevate your service, establish your value, and evolve your audience with a trusted partner by your side.
Whether you opt for a one-off session or a more intensive bundle, you will walk away with:
✔️A trusted partner invested in the implementation and realization of your goals
✔️A clear vision of the kind of work that brings you joy, and the clients who will be an ideal fit for your offers
✔️A detailed roadmap that helps you implement (for real), maintain momentum, and always be sure of your next right step
✔️Confidence in the unique brand of magic you bring to the table, and the value you present relative to the competition
And, ultimately, the knowledge needed to build a business that lives in harmony with your energy, boundaries, and values.
The work is never done. You will keep growing and evolving long after our time together ends, but my hope is that you leave with the knowledge you need to tackle obstacles on your own.
“I am forever grateful for working with Kate to advance my business.
“Over the last year, I have taken all of your advice to heart and applied my newfound knowledge towards my clients, and I cannot thank you enough for all of your tips! I have transformed my workflows, how I position my packages, and how I approach my sales process, and it's made a world of difference. I also loved learning more about how an experienced professional manages their internal team and their vendor teams, and feel I got a big leg up in terms of strategy.”
ANGELA BLAU, BEAU BELLA WEDDING PLANNINGTestimonial Snippet
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Mentorship FAQs
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This mentorship is designed for wedding professionals who run a service-based business; most often planners, coordinators, venue owners, florists, officiants, photographers, etc. As a planner with 10+ years of experience, I’ve worked across the full wedding-planning ecosystem and can offer insight into many segments of the market.
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Yes, and my specialties are...
Setting up basic systems (CRM)
Client Workflow
Pricing + Selling
Portfolio Review + Curation
Marketing
Strategic Partnerships
Setting Professional Boundaries
Open Q&A
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I have been mentoring and coaching wedding professionals since 2018, but have acted as a guide in my wedding planning role for over a decade.
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In addition to my 10+ years as a wedding professional and small business owner, you may be surprised to learn that I have a Masters of Public Administration! My job as a planner lights me up because it offers endless opportunities to learn and to support kind-hearted people and creatives. I love that I’ve brought my thirst for knowledge from the classroom into the wedding world.
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A custom roadmap and/or checklist for solving the problems we address together. We are not operating out of "copy and paste" handbooks or advice. We custom-write your own script to evolve your business and move in the direction you want for your professional life.
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It is up to you to carve out the time to implement the game plan we create together. That said, you can schedule a bundle of sessions for accountability check-ins and feedback as part of your strategy. I'd love to walk the path with you if having a business buddy helps you bring the strategy into reality.
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These tools play in the shallow end of the pool. You often end up with more generic content than you do nuggets specifically designed to elevate your business. This approach prioritizes quantity over quality, masking how diluted and generic the advice is for a small business owner. If you want business advice that is specific, pointed, and tailored, then these mentorship sessions are what you've been looking for.
Mentorship Options
SINGLE MENTOR SESSION | $450
ONE-TIME PAYMENT
One-hour video session with Kate
In-depth pre-session questionnaire
Custom post-session roadmap/implementation checklist
THREE-SESSION BUNDLE | $1,200
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
(3) one-hour video sessions with Kate, scheduled across the timeframe of your choosing
In-depth pre-session questionnaire
Short-term action plan after each session
Comprehensive roadmap/implementation checklist after all three sessions
