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 believe the best events have intentional, custom elements. We love seeing our couples take traditional wedding designs and infuse them with decor specific to them, their interests, or even their theme. To make this type of look happen, it requires either vendors who are willing to create custom items or for you to create […]

You’ve always imagined getting married on your family’s property where you grew up running around, or you love the idea of seeing and hearing the inter-coastal while you party the night away…so you think, we’ll maybe save some money on the venue and bring in a tent! Tented weddings and events involve a lot more […]

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 […]