MIchelle and Christy took the show on the road and headed to Nashville Tennessee to sponsor and record live at The Modern Love Event. We met brides, grooms, friends, parents and lots of amazing top wedding vendors in the Southern City that never sleeps. This episode is the ‘show’ we did in the loft of The Cordelle, the host venue of the Modern Love Event. We chatted with attendees, answered questions, addressed concerns and dished out a lot of free advice. It’s free, so don’t blame us! It’s like a live YAWA. We had so much fun. And we touched on SO MANY TOPICS.

“Fun fact: Nashville is actually now the #1 US destination for weddings, and it’s a really exciting time for this lively city.” - from the 100 Layer Cake Feature (link below)

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Big Takeaways

We talk budget and (once again) encourage a nice, organized wedding budget. If your partner is co-planning the wedding, then you can both draft out a list of priorities. Then you share and mesh that list into one and start to estimate dollar amounts for each element/vendor.

Remember - you don’t have to decide everything at once.

Generally, you do save a little money with a BYO situation for the bar.

It’s great to hear how you are all feeling as you #planthatwedding. Getting to ask more questions and give more specific advice catered to the specific couple in front of us was a real kick. We heard about the expenses, the pros and cons you are weighing, the decisions you are struggling with…

Guest lists!

Heard of a butt artist? They exist. And they’re super fun to have at a wedding, btw.

Favors. We reiterate that we aren’t huge fans of the throw-away favors. But food favors? Great!

A mother-of-the-bride asks how she is supposed to get hair and makeup and we have never addressed this on the podcast before! Our advice is generally to be in touch with the chosen stylists and to communicate ahead of time. Send pics. Plan your own trial run if you’re local. And if you have the means...find your own stylist and arrange something for earlier in the day.

We have two brides on to interview - one is doing a glamping wedding and one is getting married at Reba McEntire’s former estate. What fun!

Links we referenced

The Modern Love Event: http://modernloveevent.com

Modern Love Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernloveevent/

Modern Love Feature: http://www.100layercake.com/events/the-modern-love-event-takes-on-nashville/

Butt Artist: https://www.buttsketch.com/contact

WED - event we are EMCEEing! https://www.experiencewed.com

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