bespoke wedding planning & design
For the busy professional without a lot of time on their hands.
Did you know the average wedding takes between 300 to 528 hours to plan? That’s 22 full days! Take a quick glance at your schedule. Do you see an extra 300+ hours in the margins? (We didn’t think so.)
Although planning your wedding is something you’ve always looked forward to, you may have quickly realized, this is no joke. After all, you’ have enough demands on your time as it is.
Thankfully, you can say goodbye to late-night evenings drenched in overwhelm and still end up with the wedding intentionally planned and flawlessly executed. As a Houston, TX wedding planner, SwaLaRue has you - the career-driven bride - fully covered.
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The Business Partner
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The lighter version of our two collections, The Business Partner is perfect for the bride who wants to handle things from the get-go. You’ll select and secure your own vendors and take care of all the important tasks leading up to your wedding. (We'll provide pointers and tools along the way of course!) Then, simply delegate it to your Houston Wedding Planner for the final 60-day countdown. We’ll execute the plans you’ve put in place, communicate with your vendors, and take on all the day-of responsibility. With us as your wedding “business partner”, you can focus on you & your fiancé, while living in the pure joy of each and every moment.
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The crème de la crème of our two collections, The Executive Assistant is a complete wedding planning solution. Perfect for the bride who wants their dream wedding but without the time commitment or stress. You can be as hands-on or as hands-off as you’d like while counting on the best Houston wedding planner to handle every last detail of the wedding planning process. Enjoy the peace of mind having an “executive assistant” brings and carry-on as the She-E-O you are.
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sabreena + tyler
Sabreena + Tyler needed everything from the perfect venue to the perfect design and everything in between. This is an example of what a wedding looks like when you TRUST your planner to take care of all the logistics so you can focus on marrying your best friend. We can handle every vendor meeting, finding the perfect space for rehearsal dinner, ceremony & reception and hold your hand every step of the way.
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jazzmine + kenyon
A WEDDING DESIGN & EVENT MANAGEMENT REVEAL
Maybe you're more like Jazzmine & Kenyon. They had already sourced their venue and vendors but needed help branding their day and telling their love story. Their reaction to the room reveal literally brought tears to my eyes. And because we provided decor and event management, they not only had beautiful decor but didn't have to lift a finger on their special day.
- valarie + adrian
Once the wedding approached and deadlines needed to be hit...I got extremely anxious. When you took over, I felt a weight lifted. My entire bridal party and parents raved about you. We loved that we just mentioned an issue and you did whatever needed to be done to take care of it.
"i CANNOT IMAGINE THE NIGHT GOING AS WONDERFUL AS IT DID WITHOUT YOU."
- renee + nareg
I wanted you to know that our wedding was perfect. I had the best day of my life. I joke with Nareg and tell him I want to wake up and do it all over again. it was so much fun and I truly appreciate all of your help and making it all happen.
"I want to wake up and do it all over again."
- jaimie + dejuan
Anshwa provided awesome day-of coordination services to us for our 1920s themed wedding, bridal party, and families. She covered the majority of the details for our wedding and any snags that ensued. There were several “incidents” that I learned about in the days and weeks following the wedding, but Anshwa was competent and handled them like a professional so that my husband and I could fully enjoy the day.
"she made the wedding plnning process enjoyable at every turn."
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Collaborate with SwaLarue for your upcoming event to get back your precious time and end up with a personalized event that’s the talk of your circle.
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We dive deep into planning, leaving no detail unturned. Whether it’s for your wedding or corporate event, we’re here for you.
All you have to do is show up, dress up, and have the time of your life. And you know what...you can even take all the glory! Cheers to you!
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“Anshwa does it all and knows how to handle any curve ball thrown her way.”
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SwaLaRue’s work has been featured in a variety of publications.
We recommend you select Day of Coordination Services with us and add on Wedding Planning Coaching for any items you need a little assistance with but ultimately will like to handle yourself. Examples include: guidance on budgeting or resources for vendors. Our Boss Bride Executive Suite includes many resources to assist you along the way. You'll have access to it no matter which collection you choose.
Your venue coordinator represents the venue, while I represent you and your soon-to-be spouse. They help provide access to the venue, manage internal staff, and ensure nothing gets broken. Most venues still require you to have a day-of coordinator of your own to oversee all moving parts of the day and assist with vision, design, set-up, and clean-up. That’s what we do!
In our 12yrs of experience we want to assure you that 10hrs is sufficient time for the event management services you'll need the day of your wedding. You'll find our offerings include this much time and if additional time is needed we look forward to discussing with you!
Wedding planning is the art of 'cat wrangling'. There are venues, and vendors, and timelines, and layouts and wedding party members and guests that need someone to tell them where to go, what time to be there and what to where. That's our job as an event planner.
Event design is the art of making your wedding BEAUTIFUL. It's incorporating your love story, first date, favoriate food, activites you love and colors that bring you joy and infusing each of those details into designing what your wedding will look and feel like.
01. what is the difference between event planning and event design?
Yes and we love to do so! We are based in the Greater Houston area and have experience with weddings and events on the East, West, Third Coast and Caribbean. A few of our locations we've executed events include: NYC, Washington D.C., Orlando, New Orleans, Dallas, Las Vegas, Mexico and Jamaica.
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02. How many hours is your team on site the day of the wedding?
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04. What if I need more than a day-of coordinator, but not full-service?
03. What if I already have a venue coordinator?
05. What if I need more than a day-of coordinator, but not full-service?
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