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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Mimi and Tripp were dream Full Planning clients with taste—they had a deep love of patterns, wanted to see some disco balls in the design, and wanted to be non-traditional, fresh, and coastal. What more could a planner ask for?  Because they live in DC but wanted a wedding in Wilmington, they needed our help […]

You can see it now—panoramic views of the ocean and open blue sky during your first kiss as a married couple, dinner overlooking the water with all of your guests as you dance into the night under the stars… We totally understand the dream of an oceanfront wedding, especially in our beautiful town of Wrightsville […]

Giddy up and grab your gogo boots because it’s that time of year again! It’s become somewhat of a Brittanie Raquel Events tradition to kick off the wedding season with a vendor’s-only-exclusive-theme-extravaganza! This year was all cowboy hats, disco balls, saloons, and dance floors—it was a Disco Rodeo, baby!  Themed parties are our specialty and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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