Tips for Scaling Down Your Wedding Day
If you are looking for ways to transition from a larger wedding to a smaller wedding in 2021, you are not alone. With pandemic concerns still lingering, at HauteFêtes, many of our couples who are choosing to move forward with their wedding this year versus postponing...
What to Know When Planning Your Welcome Party and Rehearsal Dinner
When most couples think of their wedding, they think of it as the most special day of their life. But often it is much more than just one day. From your welcome party to your rehearsal dinner to your brunch send-off, your wedding can be a weekend full of quality time...
Top Wedding Website Builders for Every Couple
One of the most important first steps in your journey to the aisle is creating a wedding website. This way your friends and family can stay closely connected to your wedding details as your special day nears. However, unless you are website savvy and can code your own...
10 Tips for Creating Your Wedding Website
Creating a wedding website is one of the first and most important steps in the wedding planning process. Not only is it an essential digital tool for your guests to learn all about your wedding details, such as travel information, dress code requirements, and registry...
2021 Wedding Trends with Dani Blasena of HauteFêtes
When Dani Blasena––owner and creative director of HauteFêtes, a California and Italy-based wedding planning company––got into the business of designing and executing high-end events, she did not predict the impact the year 2020 would have on the industry. She shares,...
The Art of Entertaining: How HauteFêtes Came to Be with Owner, Dani Blasena
“As a child, I would fall asleep to the sound of my parents throwing dinner parties and entertaining guests. My father was a British diplomat, and my mother–who is an artist–was the consummate host. When my parents entertained, everyone got dressed up, and there was...
Wedding Registry Etiquette in the Age of COVID
If there’s one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us in 2020, it’s that there is no one right way to navigate wedding planning during a pandemic. Confusing at best, so many of our couples have felt overwhelmed with questions. From renegotiating contracts to...
Top 15 Wedding Registries for Every Couple
‘Tis the season and with gifting on our minds, we turn our attention to your wedding registry. You have the ring, the venue, and the date all picked out. And with the help of your full-service wedding planner and vendor team, the vision for your wedding is coming...