THE PLANNING LIBRARY
Twenty years of hospitality & running events, written down. These are the same checklists, buying math, and timelines I use with my own clients, built for the people doing it themselves. Download once, use it until the day.
So the wedding is happening at your place.
Hosting a wedding on your own property is one of the most meaningful gifts you can give, and one of the easiest to underestimate. Tents, power, water, septic, parking, permits, and a lawn that has to look perfect on one specific Saturday. Miss one detail and it gets expensive fast.
This checklist is the exact process a professional wedding planner runs before any tent goes up on private land, organized into a 12-month countdown so nothing surprises you.
Inside the 14-page guide:
A month-by-month timeline from the first tent company site visit to day-after restoration
Land and landscaping: grading, mowing schedules, drainage, and pathways
Power, water, restrooms, and septic, including what never gets staked
Permits, insurance, and the neighbor conversations worth having early
Parking, deliveries, lighting, and safety
The final walkthrough every host should run the week of
Written by a Vermont wedding planner who specializes in private estate and tented celebrations. Get the planner’s brain without the planner’s fee, and be a guest at your own celebration.
Instant digital download. Printable PDF, designed to live on a clipboard.
Sixty days. Run like a professional.
Nobody hands a groom a plan. He gets asked a hundred questions, handed a suit, and told to show up. This is the plan.
The 60-Day Countdown is a day-by-day field guide for the final stretch, built so you do the right thing on the right day in the right order. It comes with a tracker: enter your wedding date once and every task date fills in automatically, ready to drop into your phone calendar.
Inside the 14-page guide:
A week-by-week countdown from day 60 through the morning after
The money map: every remaining balance, due date, and tip envelope, handled early so the final week is calm
Attire, groomsmen, rings, and the lead times that catch men out
Vows, toast, photo shot list, and first dance, with time to practice
The final seven days broken out day by day, as seven host disciplines
A wedding-day page whose only job is keeping you present
The companion calendar tracker, yours to copy and edit
Written by a professional wedding planner with twenty years in hospitality, who has watched a lot of grooms arrive at Saturday with nothing left to decide. That is the whole point.
Instant digital download. PDF plus editable tracker.
Pour like a professional at your own party.
Running your own bar saves real money and lets you serve exactly what you love. It also fails in predictable ways: warm wine, a line ten people deep, and a host who spends the night restocking coolers. This guide is the difference.
Written by a Level 1 Sommelier with twenty years in luxury hospitality, The Home Bar Program walks you through the entire bar, from the shopping list to the last call.
Inside the 12-page guide:
The buying math: exactly how much wine, beer, and spirits to buy for your guest count, with a worked example
The equipment that earns its place, plus the honest answer on glassware versus disposables and which plastics actually look elegant
A sommelier’s four-bottle wine framework and a pairing table for every menu, from barbecue to raw bar
Five signature cocktail recipes, three mocktails, and the batching math to make them by the dispenser
Setup, staffing, and safety standards so the evening runs itself
Whether it’s a wedding weekend, a milestone birthday, or a backyard dinner for forty, this is how you host a bar people remember while you actually enjoy the party.
Instant digital download. Printable PDF with a master shopping list.
Wedding Planning Guides & Checklists
