The Hair and Makeup Buffer

The easiest way to ruin a wedding morning is to let the hair and makeup schedule run twenty minutes late. It creates a massive domino effect that completely destroys your portrait time. I always put a hard stop time in the morning spreadsheet. I tell the makeup artists that everyone must be completely finished one […]

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Moving People Takes Longer Than You Think

Most timeline templates assume your guests will instantly stand up and walk to the cocktail hour the exact second your ceremony ends. They absolutely will not. I built my own wedding timeline and gave everyone fifteen minutes to move from the outdoor patio to the indoor bar. It took them almost forty minutes. People stop […]

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