We're Brittanie Raquel Events, a wedding and event planning team based in Wilmington, NC whose goal is to make sure guests leave your event thinking...

"That was ICONIC."

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We're Brittanie Raquel Events, a wedding and event planning team based in Wilmington, NC who's goal is to make sure guests leave your event saying...

"That was iconic."

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We know you are SO excited to begin your wedding planning experience and we cannot wait to get this party started! Like with all things wedding planning, it’s incredibly important to us that you get the biggest bang for your buck, so we’ve put together a guide for what to expect from your first planning […]

Weddings are one of the only times that all of the people who love and care for you are in one place, and it’s the only time you can treat all of them at once to an experience they can’t forget.  There’s three ways to upgrade an event into a “still-talking-about-it-six-years-later” type of experience.  Experience […]

Weddings can be a lot. There’s so much to plan and that’s why you have a planner and their team, so you can enjoy the day you’ve dreamed of. While the focus will tend to be on the actual wedding day, there’s also planning that has to be done AFTER the wedding too. The celebration […]

There is a lot that goes into throwing a party, and when it comes to orchestrating a wedding day, it can be more than you expect. Florals have to be brought in, tables and linens have to be rented, lighting needs to be set up, drinks and food are catered, the cake comes from a […]

We are so excited for our first featured wedding on the blog! Emily and Colin’s wedding was special for so many reasons – hosted at one of our favorite venues, The Beaufort Hotel, with coastal hues paired with pops of color, a DJ booth center stage, and the sailcloth tent of our dreams.  Here’s a […]

Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and you want every detail to be perfect. Though some decisions are easy (as you’ve dreamt of them for years!), others are more complicated — your dinner being one of them. Should you opt for a self-serve buffet? Or a more formal […]