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Wedding Consulting & Planning Guidance

Planning Your Own Wedding Doesn't Mean Figuring It Out Alone.

Wedding Consulting & Planning Guidance from LeaAnn Hurd — nearly two decades of real-world wedding experience to help you make confident decisions, choose the right vendors and Wedding Planner, protect your budget and create a wedding that feels like you.

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Wedding Consulting & Planning Guidance, the Southern Flair way

Wedding planning gets easier when you have an experienced voice in your corner.

Is this venue really a good fit? What should we book first? Do we need a planner or coordinator? Is this proposal missing something? What are we forgetting? Southern Flair is where you come for calm, practical answers before expensive decisions become permanent ones.

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Experience you can actually use

Not just wedding inspiration. Wedding judgment.

Beautiful weddings are built from hundreds of small decisions — budget choices, vendor conversations, timing, logistics, design and the details nobody thinks about until they matter.

LeaAnn has spent years in those decisions with brides and families. Today, she brings that experience to consulting: helping you plan thoughtfully, avoid preventable mistakes, make better vendor decisions and build a wedding plan that is ready to execute. If you need a Wedding Planner or coordinator for the final stretch, selecting the right one is included in the consulting work — and on a limited basis, LeaAnn may accept the planning role herself.

Budget and booking priorities
Venue and vendor guidance
Design and style direction
Proposal and planning reviews
Planner / coordinator selection
DIY wedding support

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The primary service is Wedding Consulting — real planning work, real guidance, and an expert in your corner.

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Signature Service

Wedding Consulting

LeaAnn works alongside you through the planning process — budget priorities, venue and vendor decisions, design direction, proposals, timelines, problem prevention, and the hundred details you do not know to ask about yet.

Budget and booking roadmap
Venue and vendor selection
Help choosing and hiring the right Wedding Planner or coordinator
Proposal and pricing review
Design and logistics guidance
Ongoing planning check-ins

Starting at $3,000 custom scope

Consulting scope varies by wedding complexity, location and the level of support you want.

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A smart first step

Wedding Strategy Session

Not ready for a full consulting engagement? Start with one focused session. Bring the budget, Pinterest board, quotes, contracts, venue options and questions. LeaAnn will help you see what matters, what may be missing and what to do next.

Priorities and next steps
Budget reality check
Vendor and venue questions
Potential blind spots
A clearer planning roadmap

One-time Strategy Session pricing is available when you inquire.

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Could LeaAnn also be your Wedding Planner?

Yes — for a limited number of weddings. Consulting is the primary service, but select planning and on-site engagements may be accepted based on availability, scope, location and fit.

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Twenty Twenty-Six Edition

the bride's guide to

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A Complete Wedding Planning Companion

Start with the guide

LeaAnn's wedding-planning playbook, all in one place.

The Bride's Guide covers the decisions couples ask about most: photography, videography, catering, venues, florals, entertainment, rentals, planners, budgets, contracts, tipping, timelines and wedding-day preparation.

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Planning Resources

Advice worth saving before you book anything.

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Vendor Planning

The Wedding Vendor Booking Order I Give Brides

Venue first. Then the professionals whose calendars disappear fastest.

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Venue Advice

The Rain-Plan Question Every Outdoor Venue Needs to Answer

If the backup plan is vague before you sign, it will not become clearer when the weather turns.

Planner Guidance

Planner, Coordinator or DIY? Start Here.

The question isn't whether you're organized. It's who will own the wedding when you need to be the bride.

Southern Flair Pro Tips

Nearly twenty years of wedding lessons — two minutes at a time.

LeaAnn is building a practical video library for brides: vendor questions, budget traps, contract red flags, wedding-morning timing, rain plans, photography, tipping and the details people usually learn too late.

Vendor Tips

The booking order brides get wrong

What to book first — and why waiting on the high-demand vendors can cost you your first choice.

Contract Tips

What to check before you sign

Cancellation terms, payment schedules, what is actually included and the questions that belong in writing.

Timeline Tips

The sunset rule

Your ceremony time affects portraits, cocktail hour and the light you will see in your photographs forever.

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“Not only does this very talented lady have that eye for perfection, she is amazing with people… all the while making sure her clients are relaxed and enjoying themselves.”

— Valirie & Ben

Bring the questions. We'll figure out the next right step together.

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