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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.

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Thank you so much to the editors at ”Washingtonian Weddings” Magazine for bestowing Howerton+Wooten Events with the “Editor’s Pick” honor for the best Wedding Event Planners and Designers in the Washington DC metropolitan area!

“Washingtonian Weddings” Editor’s Pick for Best Wedding Vendor 2024

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Red Roses Sweetheart Table. Howerton+Wooten Events

Vanessa and Raquese’s love for each other has always been bold, even as teenagers. Thirteen years later, their youthful love has grown into a lovely family of four, and Vanessa and Raquese decided it was time to celebrate their love and dedication by exchanging wedding vows at the Bellevue Conference and Event Center in Ashburn, Virginia

MunaLuchi Bridal Magazine features Raquese and Vanessa’s Crimson and Cherry Red Wedding Day

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Tomorrow, I will be at the Conrad Hotel in Washington DC for the Modern Luxury DC Magazine’s “Dynamic Women’s” luncheon. (Not as the event planner, but as a dynamic woman! Woot! Woot!)

Kawania Wooten is a “Modern Luxury DC” Magazine Dynamic Woman

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Here’s the deal — Your wedding day should be filled with love, joy and positivity. So, as you curate that extensive list of beautiful humans to invite to your wedding, be sure to include the family and friends who love, honor and cherish you. You also want to be mindful of the people you should […]

“People You Should NOT Invite to Your Wedding.” We’re Featured on Pretty Pear Bride

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If you are a getting married, you are more than likely going to have wedding guests traveling to town to attend your wedding. As a courtesy, you should secure a block of hotel rooms for them at a nearby, reputable hotel. Unless you work in the hospitality industry, you may not know everything to goes into booking a hotel room block.

“How to Set Up a Hotel Room Block.” We’re Featured on Southwest Wed

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This summer has been rough for couples who planned to host an outdoor wedding. The air quality and the unrelenting heat forced wedding planners to rethink what a summer wedding would look like for our couples and the emergency preparedness plan we should have in place to protect them. The New York Times posted an […]

“Wedding Planning Amid Climate Change.” We’re Featured in the New York Times

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Yesterday, I have the fun opportunity to be a guest expert on the DC News Now lifestyle show called, “Living Local DMV.” I talked about summer entertaining.

Featured on the lifestyle show, “Living Local DMV”

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We talked about moms yesterday, so we want to show some equal love to the dads. Our advice was featured on the Brides ultimate guide for “Father of the Bride Duties.” And, just so you know, we are not simply talking dad’s wallet. We share ways dad can help and have an impact on the wedding […]

“Father of the Bride Duties.” We‘re featured on Brides.com

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Hi there Friends, Last week was “wedding week” on the DC News Now lifestyle show called, “Living Local DMV.”  This show can be found on the DCW50 network. I had the pleasure and honor of being a guest on the show, and I was interviewed by the show’s host, Charis Gomez to discuss 2023 wedding […]

Featured on the DC News Now show “Living Local DMV”

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