Categories

Search the Blog

Welcome to our wedding & event planning blog! We offer valuable advice and inspiration for planning your wedding or event with heart and with soul. Welcome to our wedding & event planning blog! We offer valuable advice and inspiration for planning your wedding or event with heart and with soul.

WELCOME

BLOG

TO THE H+W EVENTS

  Today, we feel so blessed to show some love to the wedding of a Howerton+Wooten Events couple!  Kristie and Andrew were married at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC a couple of years ago, but we neglected to showcase their wedding day! (We are fixing that now!) Andrew’s tuxedo was actually the same […]

Wedding Day Love for Kristie and Andrew

READ POST

When it comes to this life, the only certainty is you will only come around once.  You have one life to live, so always make it meaningful. Give in to your desires for once. Seek and find the things that truly bring you joy. Live limitlessly. End every day without regrets. Finish what you start […]

Monday Morning Thoughts. Eat Dessert First.

READ POST
Bride and Bridesmaids in Blush and Ivory. Howerton+Wooten Events.

According to industry experts, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are the best weeks to purchase your wedding gown!  Here’s why — Better Pricing. The latest wedding gown designs were released during Bridal Fashion Week last month, so last year’s wedding gown prices become a bit more affordable. Fewer Crowds.  Everyone is holiday shopping right now […]

It’s the Best Time to Purchase Your Wedding Gown!

READ POST
5 Simple Things Your Wedding Vendors Should Have Before You Sign a Contract. Howerton+Wooten Events.

Engagement season is upon us, so couples will begin researching and interviewing wedding vendors for their special day.  To help out with this search, I have listed below five (5) simple things every wedding vendor should have before couples book them — A Solid Contract.  A flimsy contract doesn’t protect you and it doesn’t protect […]

5 Simple Things Your Wedding Vendors Should Have Before You Book Them

READ POST

Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson   Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so […]

Ceremony Reading, “Hope is the Thing With Feathers”

READ POST

Not too long ago, we shared that our couple, Tai and Calvin’s, wedding was featured in the latest issue of MunaLuchi Bride Magazine.  Today, it’s our turn to showcase their wedding (captured by Documentary Associates Photography)! Tai and Calvin chose the Carnegie Institution for Science for their wedding day — Because of family connections, this venue has […]

Wedding Day Love for Tai and Calvin

READ POST
African American Bride and her Mother. Howerton+Wooten Events.

There’s something about that sweet moment between mothers and daughters. The first time she tearfully sees you in your wedding gown. Or, that time when she tells you how proud she is to be your mother. Moments like this will feel precious when it occurs, but it will become “everything” to you as time goes […]

There Something about that Moment Between Mothers and Daughters

READ POST
Pink Invitation and Purse. Howerton+Wooten Events.

  With the birth of social media, we have been given the gift of a platform to showcase our beautiful weddings. 99% of the time, the feedback we receive is glowing. The cake looks yummy; the flowers are beautiful, and bride is just stunning! But, every now and then, the feedback is negative. Sometimes, it […]

How to Accept Wedding Criticism

READ POST