Karina & Philip contacted me when they decided to move their wedding up by three months due to the pandemic. Since they had to downsize their wedding, they wanted to have the event somewhere special: Karina’s family’s vacation home in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of Upstate NY.

Izzy & Michael were originally supposed to have about 200 guests at Izzy's parents' home in New Paltz, NY. When the pandemic hit, they downsized. A lot.

It's been an incredibly hard year for everyone and the live event industry was far from immune. There were SO MANY couples excited to get married in 2020. Many that had waited for this year to finally get married. And then they couldn't. In an unprecedented event that shook the ENTIRE world, weddings were upended for the whole year.

Aisha & Denis were my only 2020 wedding to keep their original date as their main wedding. Some couples still got married on their original date, but saved things like the videographer for their bigger celebration down the road.

Possibly the biggest trend I saw in 2019 weddings was also the sweetest: having the bride and groom’s dog included in the wedding! This could mean a lot of different things depending on your type of pet, venue restrictions, etc but here are some ways to include your four-legged friend in the nuptials:

Laura & Alex are the biggest Disney couple known by friends to “plan their next Disney trip while still on their current Disney trip.” So when it came time to plan their wedding the theme was a no brainer! Their Le Chateau wedding in Westchester, NY was truly something out of a fairytale.

Katie & Shaun had a beautiful, crisp November wedding at Stablegate Barn & Vineyard in Upstate NY complete with the most impressive fireworks show any of us had ever seen.

Melissa & Peter had a gorgeous fall wedding at Old Daley on Crooked Lake in Upstate NY this October. Their outdoor ceremony overlooking the lake was a blast with six small children and a golden retriever in the wedding party.

Three became one at Beth & Jeremy’s Lodge on Echo Lake wedding this fall.