Imagine you’re a bride minutes away from walking down the aisle. Suddenly, you realize that you’ve forgotten to bring your wedding veil to the venue and have to scramble to come up with a solution. A meticulous wedding planner like my guest today knows how to prevent these nerve-wracking mishaps from spoiling the party. 

Andrea Green, of Andrea Green Events & Design, is a planner with 16 years of experience. After years of planning direct-to-consumer and family and friend events, she transformed those abilities into planning weddings. She assists couples around the U.S. with navigating budgets, vendors, and so much more.

Whether planning a complete wedding or tying up the last details, Andrea has an eye for attention to detail and takes great care to provide a stress-free experience for her clients. Her work as a planner has been featured online in Here Comes the Guide.

In this episode, Andrea and I discuss all those questions and more. You’ll hear about how she got into wedding planning, prepping couples, how she remains organized to help her keep the details straight, and what she typically goes through on the wedding day itself. Along the way, she also tells the tales of the barefoot bride and the slow-walked wedding ceremony she oversaw before wrapping up with some advice for couples getting married.

In This Episode:

[02:14] - What made Andrea develop a love for weddings? 

[05:45] - Andrea discusses the details that couples tend to overlook as they’re planning their wedding.

[07:51] - Before clients reach out to or meet with vendors, Andrea likes to prep them on a few things to keep in mind.

[08:51] - Eilena asks how Andrea keeps the couples she works with organized.

[10:53] - Why does Andrea prefer clients who request full instead of partial planning?

[12:32] - Having a wedding planner is like having a tour guide when you visit a foreign city. 

[13:39] - Andrea reveals the surprising detail most brides miss on the day of the wedding itself.

[16:12] - At a wedding in Baltimore, Andrea had to improvise after a singer at the wedding party got delayed in traffic.

[18:19] - Andrea allows for additional time when doing the timeline for the wedding day.

[21:20] - What is the day of the wedding like for Andrea? 

[24:57] - Andrea calls her timeline her bible and uses it to check off items on her checklist.

[26:27] - Eilena asks for Andrea’s advice for helping couples to remember the details.

Relevant Links:

Andrea Green Events

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The Wedding Tea

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The Event Loft

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