Hi! I'm Caitlin. Here's my wedding planning story...
Our wedding day!
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In 2012, my now husband, Rick, and I started planning our DIY wedding at a summer camp. We wanted to have a casual wedding celebration that focused the things that are important to us like delicious food, great music, our community of loved ones, and having fun!.
We knew would not hire wedding planner because... well... one wasn’t in our budget, and we wanted our wedding to be a true reflection of us. So I was our wedding planner, and I quickly found the wedding planning learning curve was much larger than I first thought. As a result, there were lots of "oops" and "wish we had known that" moments along the way. Our first "oops" moment was when I ordered the same amount of invitations as people on our guest list. Turns out you only have to order one for each household. Then there was that time that just 2 weeks before the wedding when I realized one of our vendors - the whole event staff team - had no intention of showing up on our wedding day and I'd missed a couple huge red flags earlier on. If we didn't find a replacement ASAP, we had no idea how our BBQ buffet was going to work. Thank goodness I ended up finding an awesome event staffing company who saved the day at the 11th hour. Turns out these are common mistakes for couples who are planning a wedding for the first time. Even though I was resourceful, organized, & had experience planning other types of events, there was still a lot of things about weddings I just didn't know yet. |
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When all was said and done, however, our wedding turned out to be incredible - more amazing than either of us could have ever imagined. And I decided something needed to be done to help couples planning their own weddings with more than centerpieces and decor ideas. People needed to know the real details - those small, logistical details that actually matter!
So I became a wedding coordinator for solely budget-friendly weddings to learn about those details and share them here with you. Now, I've coordinated 30+ weddings, and learned what logistical details are actually going to make a difference on your wedding day. I've created a proven step-by-step process for planning budget-friendly weddings without a wedding planner that works. You can use my free resources, or you can dive right into the step-by-step course Feel the Wedding Day Love. One of the things I hear all the time is that people wish that they didn't wait and started the course sooner because it makes planning so much easier. Either way, it's my hope that you feel supported in your planning every step of the way, becasue every couple - no matter their budget - deserves an AMAZING wedding day! 
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Caitlin Frauton
Founder, DIY Wedding Mentor |
