EP. 16 The Art of Personalizing Your Wedding Style

Ever wondered how rooted vegetables and disco cacti find their way into wedding decor? Join us on the Tipsy Guest Podcast as we chat with Maddie and Halle from Moments by Maddie about the freshest trends sweeping the wedding industry. Celebrating their third anniversary, Maddie and Halle spill the beans on their unique blend of wedding planning and social media savvy. From the charming allure of farmer's market-inspired centerpieces to the inventive "Texas chic" weddings, complete with jalapeno place cards, this episode is brimming with creative ideas and insights to inspire your special day. We explore how these natural and organic elements can stay timeless while also navigating the ever-shifting landscape of social media trends.

We also embark on a captivating discussion about the varied wedding styles that capture the hearts of different couples. Whether your dream wedding is a moody black-tie affair or a minimalist masterpiece, we've got tips for adding meaningful personal touches. Plus, we dive into the intriguing world of content creation versus traditional videography, showcasing how each captures the essence of a wedding day in its own unique way. With stories of emotional behind-the-scenes moments and practical advice on budget-friendly content packages, this episode offers a treasure trove of ideas for both couples planning their nuptials and wedding enthusiasts alike. Join us for an episode that's as informative as it is inspiring, promising to spark your imagination for weddings yet to come!

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to the Tipsy Guest Podcast. I am your host, marco Buenrostro, and every week I'm here with the top industry experts, amazing clients and all my vendor BFFs to bring you the best tips, advice and juicy behind-the-scenes stories to make wedding and event planning a breeze. So grab your favorite drink and let's get this party started. Hey guys, welcome back to the Tipsy Guest. I am Marco, your host, and today I have Maddie and Hallie from Moments by Maddie.

Speaker 2 0:37

Hello ladies.

Speaker 1 0:40

How are you guys?

Speaker 2 0:41

We're good, we're so excited to be here.

Speaker 1 0:43

Oh my gosh. So I know I haven't had a chance, I think, to actually work with you personally, but I know we've been following each other on social media for a very long time. Yes, definitely, and I absolutely love everything that you do. So talk to me, let our listeners know who you are, what you do, how long you've been in business. Give us the whole 411.

Speaker 2 1:05

Yeah, for sure. So I'm Maddie with Moments. I'm Maddie, I am the owner, and this is Hallie and she is the owner of Socials by Hallie. I am a wedding planner, I have a wedding planning business, obviously, and Hallie does my social media for me and she also offers content creation for me. So we partner really well together. We've been doing it. She's been on board with me for a little over a year, but this is actually Moments by Maddie's three year anniversary this week. So happy birthday to Moments.

Speaker 1 1:34

I love it. Happy birthday.

Speaker 2 1:36

Thank you, thank you. So yeah, three years ago I just was like you know what I could do this, so I just randomly started and it was just me by myself for a little bit. And then we've grown tremendously and I have about five coordinators on my staff now and we also offer event staffing and bartending. So altogether I probably have about 20 people on my staff. So in three years, I like that.

Speaker 1 2:00

Congratulations. And I knew. I knew you had a professional doing your social media because it's on point thank you.

Speaker 2 2:07

Thank you, yep, hallie's my girl I love it.

Speaker 1 2:10

So today we're going to be talking about wedding trends, because, I mean, times change on a daily basis. I mean, yeah, things are popping up on social media like crazy, and then by the time at least for me I'm sometimes I'm really bad with social media so by the time I'm trying to jump on a trend, it's already dead, and so I'm like, oh, my goodness, I missed it.

Speaker 2 2:31

That's me on tiktok. I sent her stuff and she's like yeah, I saw that a month ago, oh my god.

Speaker 1 2:37

So let's see. So what are some of the trends that you're seeing this year for weddings that are like that you see everyone doing?

Speaker 3 2:45

um, I would honestly say that my favorite trend that I'm seeing right now is very much like the farmer market vibe, like everybody's wanting everything to be very natural. Um, organic, organic like they're wanting, like the ruched tablecloths. They want all the tablecloths to be different textures. They want the rooted fruit and the rooted vegetables as centerpieces. They don't want so much florals, and if they do want florals, they want it to just be a minimal style along with, like, rooted elements, and so that's been my favorite to see so far. I think it's actually going to carry out pretty far because it's kind of timeless for the most part if it's done in a tasteful manner.

Speaker 1 3:27

Um, but honestly, that's probably one of my favorites right now I did a wedding uh, a few a few weeks ago and that's exactly what they had for their centerpieces it was. It was so colorful, but in a very not in a very like, yeah, bright, rainbowish way.

Speaker 3 3:44

We had, um, like we went to a. What was it like a vent, like a vent and a vendor event or whatnot? Um, at the prospect house in austin and the centerpieces there and everything were like pieces of cabbage and like all these random pieces of it looks really cool right and we were like, oh, that's interesting. But the more we looked at it we're like, oh, this is really nice, like it's so.

Speaker 1 4:08

It's so unique, yeah, and different, and it's just like a wow piece, like when you see it you're like I didn't think cabbage would look this good right, no, I literally thought that I was like, uh, I don't know about this one.

Speaker 3 4:20

But then as I sat there, I was like no, I actually like it. My sister's getting married in june and her wedding won't have that. But I was kind of trying to push her towards it. I was like I mean, it would be kind of cute. And she's like, no, that's not my vibe. And I was like okay, well, it needs to be somebody's vibe because I'm obsessed with it I feel like that would be my, my vibe, like it.

Speaker 1 4:38

I I think that, like you know, if I was ever to get married, I feel like I would pick a fall wedding and use stuff like that for the decor throughout the entire venue, you know, with the florals and then the centerpieces, and then just like a I wonder if it would make the wedding cheaper, since we're just pulling it out of the ground yeah, yeah, like just, let me just go to atv and grab my centerpieces, my carrots with words on them.

Speaker 1 5:04

That's so funny, but but yeah they. You know some people try to. You know, we have our budget, our budget friendly, uh, our budget friendly queens yeah, we love them all. So, when it comes to trends, do you think, um, there's anything out there that has been trending for a while and that you think it's still gonna stay?

Speaker 3 5:24

you know, current for 2025 honestly, like personal touches have become extremely important to a lot of brides and a lot of grooms, and not that it wasn't popular before, but I don't think it was as of a thing, because before you would have brides and grooms that were just wanting the very structured wedding Traditional, traditional Thank you. They wanted the ceremony, the cocktail or the reception and then call it a day, nothing else out of the ordinary. But nowadays people are wanting to add tons of personal touches, like they have pictures of their past relatives or grandparents or loved ones in the front row, but then they have a special dedication for them, or they have. I remember one bride had a piece of her grandmother's favorite t-shirt that she had cut and it was tied around her bouquet.

Speaker 2 6:18

Wow, that was beautiful, loved that.

Speaker 3 6:21

We even had a bride who not only had a photo of their I think it was her grandfather in the front row, they also did like a special, like ceremony just for him, because he was from like, oh gosh, I think he was from Kansas city. So he was a big chiefs fan. So they incorporated the chiefs in the ceremony or something to honor him and I really loved that.

Speaker 3 6:45

So I think that'll continue, because everybody's trying to become your, have their wedding become a very personalized experience, um, and so I think that'll continue, because everybody's trying to become, have their wedding become a very personalized experience, and so I think that'll continue to follow.

Speaker 2 6:56

And I think the personal touches will kind of change. So I think that there's always going to be some kind of personal touch and I think that maybe things like stir sticks and cocktail napkins used to be really popular, and now other personal touches are becoming popular throughout popular and now other personal touches are becoming popular throughout. So people are customizing their table numbers or customizing their signage to match their invitations and they're doing really cute stuff on their invitations or they're doing custom like dissolvable toppers on their drinks or just other really cute, customizable personal things. So I think that some kind of personalization is going to stay throughout the years, but I think that it will ebb and flow depending on what the trends are.

Speaker 1 7:35

I love it when they incorporate the sitting chart into the design of the weddings.

Speaker 3 7:41

That was on my list of my trends.

Speaker 1 7:42

I have seen some that are so unique, like, so cool. I did a wedding a few months ago where it was almost like a custom bookshelf um, I can't remember. I I mean I saw it from from where I was set up with the photo booth, the what did it have books on it?

Speaker 1 8:00

it did, so this is I think I saw what you're talking about so this is, this is and I need to ask the wedding planner that that we did the wedding for that that day, because I did see people walking around with books, so I'm not really sure if each check them out. Yeah, I'm not sure if each guest grabbed a book and that was their. You know their seed and their favorite and their maybe their favorite book.

Speaker 1 8:23

Maybe it was a book with photos of the couple. Like I'm not really sure what it was, I never really asked the wedding planner, but that's something, something that I'm gonna check in with her because I thought that was so unique. Yes, at first when I saw it I was like, oh, it's just for show, you know, like it's a cool, like design, personalized bookshelf.

Speaker 3 8:39

But then when I saw people walking around with the actual books, I was like, oh, my god, that is so very interactive and that's another trend that I'm obsessed with is like guest interaction, so like it's no longer oh, the guests come, they have their meal, they clap for the bride and groom and then they leave. They're wanting their guests to walk away and be like man. I was wanting more from that wedding, because you're already spending so much money, you might as well make it fun, as much fun as possible. Yeah, so like we've seen, like a good friend of ours owns a charcuterie like grazing company and so she makes like really cool walls and she stuffs all the charcuterie in these champagne coupes and so guests have to go and grab one and then you know they're walking around with them and so that's pretty interactive. We even have a good vendor friend that does like martini cups and puts cake in them so drop their name.

Speaker 2 9:31

We want to mention teeny is um what is teeny by jane, jana and joey, they do um cake, teenies, basically. So you walk up and you choose what flavor you want, what topping you want, what filling you want, and they serve it to you in a martini glass.

Speaker 1 9:44

It's so cute, I think I've seen him, I think I didn't know. I think I did an open house and he was set up right next to me.

Speaker 2 9:51

It was such a cool concept and they're so good. It tastes so good.

Speaker 3 9:53

We're having them at my sister's wedding in June and, oh my gosh, we tasted all the cakes and, oh my gosh, I was like, oh my God, I need all of these.

Speaker 1 10:00

I love it. And who's the vendor for the charcuterie?

Speaker 3 10:02

Sweet Faking Honey. Okay, our girl we want to. We want to make sure that we throw information out there for our listeners. Go give sweet fig and honey at some follows Cause I just made some content for her too, oh look at you. Making the world go round.

Speaker 1 10:18

I love it, I love it. So, and then again, when it comes to trends, are there any things out there that you're like over? I'm like just let it go, just let it go, don't do that anymore.

Speaker 3 10:27

There's so many, but.

Speaker 2 10:28

I always like Tell me, tell me how to do them.

Speaker 3 10:31

There are so many things that grind my gears. Let me tell you I want to hear it all. Oh, what do I say without making it so not great.

Speaker 1 10:39

Hey, this is a tip to give. We like to talk about other people here. We like drama.

Speaker 3 10:44

You know everybody loves a good session of gossip session of gossip.

Speaker 3 10:50

Yeah, talk to me, tell me what you hate out there. So I don't want to say that I hate, because hate's a strong word. I would say that there's a lot of brides that like different styled weddings and while this goes along with trends, while the trendy thing right now is something very extravagant, elegant, beautiful, grand is very much a trend right now, there's also minimal, minimalist, minimalistic weddings that are trending, which are also super beautiful. And then you still have especially because we're in Texas and in San Antonio and you know all these places um, rustic weddings are still very popular, because that's just kind of how we grew up. We grew up knowing that we were going to get married, you know, in a rustic setting Down the road in the barn Down the road, in the barn, and that's just kind of what we're accustomed to, and a lot of vendors who have built beautiful venues.

Speaker 3 11:44

They are very catering to that kind of couple that wants that sort of rustic wedding. I personally, when I get married, probably won't have a rustic wedding and it's not my favorite, but I do think it can be done very tastefully and beautifully, and I do. We do have a lot of brides that are, um, you know, rustic brides and I had a rustic wedding and it was fun and gorgeous. She did, and let me tell you I was giving lots of notes and she was like well, I loved it and I was like.

Speaker 2 12:13

Well, to each their own. To each their own, I guess.

Speaker 3 12:16

But I would just say I would probably say rustic weddings are kind of on their way out. But we're in San Antonio so there's still lots and lots of them.

Speaker 1 12:32

I did a few a few weeks ago where. So it was not necessarily rustic, but it was like texas chic, yeah. So they incorporated a lot of um, you know texas elements and like central, you know san antonio, austin, you know the hill country. So something that they did that was so cute, so they had throughout, throughout the wedding, they had these disco cactus structures. Oh, that's cute. That looked really, really cool. And then, talking about the seating chart earlier, so they had each chair, each setting had a jalapeno with the name of the person in it. Oh, I've seen that. That's so cool. It was the coolest thing ever. The place card yeah, it was a jalapeno with the name of the person in it.

Speaker 3 13:09

Oh, I've seen that, that's so it was the coolest thing ever, so like place card yeah yeah, it was a hell of a texas chic, because I saw one that happened in austin at um, I forgot what, what place it was called, but it kind of looked like it was round top but it's not and it was just a big ranch area and whatever and it looked super cool and I was like, okay, I could get down with that, yeah. But you know, yeah, it's, it's.

Speaker 1 13:32

Yeah, I mean, you know, people like different things. I personally wouldn't wouldn't do a rustic wedding either black tie, oh yeah, oh yeah I, I want me too. I want black tie, I want chandeliers, I want you know, like, like, like a moody vibe like call me when you're ready, all right just book a bride that's going to be getting married at Redberry Estate. Love it.

Speaker 3 13:53

And that's exactly what she's going for. Black tie moody, elegant, romantic. Lots of personal touches, lots of personal touches, lots of white roses, and I was like, oh my gosh, this is, this is.

Speaker 1 14:04

Yeah, I mean I won my guest. I mean I'm talking about my wedding, like if I'm actually going to have a wedding.

Speaker 2 14:09

But you never know, you never know, never say never. I met my husband and six months later we were married.

Speaker 1 14:15

Oh, look at you yeah, no. So I want my wedding. I want everybody to wear black, like that is. You know, maybe I did a wedding once where everybody was wearing black or white and it looked really, really cool I think then you gotta throw in some floral um color though so you gotta have some color.

Speaker 2 14:31

It can't be all black. Yeah, no for sure. Yeah, like the people wearing black for sure.

Speaker 1 14:34

But then the decor. You know like I would love to make it like a, like a hunter green, like a burgundy, like a like a gold dish let's get you married.

Speaker 2 14:42

Look at me planning my wedding you definitely need to do it in the fall, because those are definitely fall colors I can't handle myself planning my wedding you have a significant other

Speaker 3 14:51

I do, I do okay, so let's hop to it all right.

Speaker 1 14:53

Well, surprises are coming. You're listening you have to marry, oh my goodness, I can't even handle myself right now planning my, my bogus wedding here. It'll be a good one? No, but seriously, I think. And so when it comes to um, you know, speaking of, you know, like going back to, okay, now it's getting hot in here.

Speaker 3 15:13

We're making you nervous. We're really interviewing here, right?

Speaker 1 15:18

I feel like I mean the roles have turned here. Now you're interviewing me, no, but seriously, when it comes to the trends, I guess. Now, when it comes to the content creation, so I mean that is so popular right now, oh, yeah, content creation, so I mean, that is so popular right now.

Speaker 1 15:30

Yeah, that's a trend. So, I guess, walk me through the process of content creation, because, of course, you know, something that most couples have is a videographer. So what I would say, I guess, what is the main difference, other than, of course, the type of equipment that you use for the content creation? What is the main difference between a videographer and a content creator?

Speaker 3 15:53

So I always tell brides if they're interested in videography or content creation. I always say it's either going to be a great addition to your videographer or a great supplement to videography. If it's a great addition, I'm going to be there capturing all the behind the scenes. I'm going to get anything that you want. I'm going to get everything the TikToks that you want to make like whatever it is like, I'm going to get it. And you're going to get thousands of videos delivered to you the night or sorry, the day after your wedding.

Speaker 2 16:23

But I will say it's not just TikToks and like trendy dances, no, it's like sweet moments, like we just did Behind the scenes.

Speaker 3 16:29

We just did a really sweet wedding at the Vadir in Wimberley and their family was extremely, extremely religious and I wouldn't consider myself super religious, however, there's just the connection of their family and everything was so precious.

Speaker 2 16:46

And I.

Speaker 3 16:47

I captured this really intimate moment that I don't even think I was supposed to capture because I didn't like warn me they were doing it. But they were just in the bridal suite and the mom and the groom's mom and all the bridesmaids and grandparents were praying over the bride and touching her and like they had a moment of silence for five minutes. And it was like. So I started crying. I was like I barely know this bride, Like I only got to know her because we booked each other.

Speaker 3 17:12

But, like I was like, oh my gosh, like this is so sweet. So it's just things like that that I don't think a videographer is going to technically capture, because with a videographer, um, they're still I think they're still very viable and they're still needed, um, but they're going to capture lots of things and then edit it down into one highlight video or maybe a couple highlight videos, Whereas with content, you are getting complete raw things from your day the day after your event. So you get to go back with your family and just look over all those special moments and then you're also going to get edited videos on top of that, and then you can edit the videos yourself on top of that for like a fraction to what videography costs. So I just always tell brides it's either a great addition to videography and it's, I think everybody should have it or it's a really great supplement. Whichever. Whichever way you roll.

Speaker 2 18:03

And I think, yeah, they're both really, um, important on the wedding day Cause I think the videography, um, you know, I want to have that, that formal video that I can watch with my family. In 10 years, you know, like, they're probably not gonna be watching the video on my Snapchat or my camera roll, but but I think that in the short term, the next morning, I want to wake up and see all those behind the scene moments and I want to have that little snippet to post on Instagram, and so I think that they're both really important and really cool to have.

Speaker 3 18:28

And I have brides too, that, like, aren't really concerned with social media. They're just like I just really want certain things captured and you know I don't I'm probably not going to post them, but I just like to have them and I want them in a folder that I can go back and just only watch this one 20 second clip of me walking down the aisle, or I just want the 20 second clip of my niece and nephew carrying the rings, or whatever it may be. And so I think where the misconception comes is like people are hiring content creators because, you know, they need people for their social media, which is not the case at all. I have tons and tons of brides that only hire content creation because they want an addition to videography, or they just want all those little special moments that they can go look back at without having to scroll through a longer video.

Speaker 1 19:19

So that makes sense. And when you send the footage to them, how do you send that? Is it like a gallery? Is it a Dropbox folder?

Speaker 3 19:30

So I send them through Dropbox or Google Drive. Dropbox for me lately has been a lot easier, but yeah, they get a whole Dropbox folder of everything in it. Honestly, I always say the day after, but if I have a moment I kind of send them it the night of, just because it's kind of fun when you go back to wherever you are with your groom or bride or whatever, and then I send you a link to it and you're like so when it comes to I guess, budgeting, you know, for a wedding, we want to make sure our listeners know and you don't have to be specific, but just an estimate how much does it cost to hire a content creator?

Speaker 1 20:08

And then also, how long are you there?

Speaker 3 20:11

Yeah, for so there's through moments there's different packages, yeah, for so there's through moments there's different packages.

Speaker 3 20:17

We have three different packages. So they can either hire me for their entire day, and it's a thousand, and so they basically get me from right before they start to get dressed for the day, so right before the photographer takes their getting ready photos, and then I'm there till the very end, as soon as they walk out of the reception hall. And then we also have a package that includes just ceremony and reception only. Like I'm there right when the ceremony begins and I'm there just about when the reception ends, and then we also just have like a lower package below that. That's basically if you're just wanting me to just get content of you for the getting ready part, or if you just want me to get content of your ceremony, or if you just want me there for the getting ready part, or if you just want me to get content of your ceremony, or if you just want me there for the reception, so it can mix and mingle between those three definitely give them options and then they just, they just go from there.

Speaker 1 21:04

I like that, I love it. Yeah, so content creation, I mean that's where everything is now.

Speaker 1 21:10

You know, everybody wants to be on social media, everybody wants to just send messages to each other like chips and their ideas exactly like for, for example, like with me, like I go through my, my gallery on my phone and I delete a lot of the stuff there because I know that I have it on like instagram, or I have it on on rarely facebook, but yeah, I like it, but yeah. So I feel like, you know, like having those moments, like you said, you know, like it's, it's a I feel like it is a completely different vibe from the, from the videographer, um, but yeah, I feel like it should be. I, I feel like both options should be considered, you know, because it's a complete different style of of, you know, filming and and, like you said, you know, you, you give the content right away.

Speaker 3 21:54

they're great, and I think both options are kind of needed in this day and age and I just think that, whichever way you go, I just think both options are going to give you everything you want rather than regretting. Oh, I wish I got a videographer.

Speaker 1 22:08

Or oh, I wish.

Speaker 3 22:09

I did have a content creator. It's like well, just have both.

Speaker 1 22:11

Yeah, definitely. All right, ladies. Well, it's time to wrap it up, but thank you so much for being with me today. This is this is the first episode where I have two guests at the same time we're a package duo.

Speaker 3 22:27

We are each other like all the time.

Speaker 1 22:29

I like, I like so tell our listeners where can they find you online or social media Like yeah, tell them where to find you.

Speaker 2 22:37

Definitely, so you can follow Moments by Maddie on Instagram. It's at momentsbymaddiewe, like weddings and events. Momentsbymaddiewe and my Instagram I mean my website's the same momentsbymaddiecom.

Speaker 3 22:49

And then Hallie. And then you can follow socials by Hallie on Instagram to see some wedding content, but I also run Moments by Maddie's page. So anything that's on there is my work and our work together that she plans. So we're a package duo. We are. We're a good team.

Speaker 1 23:03

Awesome, and we'll definitely make sure to include your information on the show notes and the episode blog so that our listeners can go find you guys and hopefully book you. Yes, thank you, book us y'all. Thank you so much again, and to our listeners make sure you tell your bffs about the podcast. Go run, run, run, tell them and if you have a favorite vendor that you want us to interview, make sure you send us an email, send us a dm um. Go to our website and let us know who, and we'll definitely have them on the podcast next. Until next time, cheers. Thanks for listening to the Tipsy Guest Podcast. If you know someone who could benefit from these tips, spread the love and share it with them. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review. Next round's on us, same time, same place, cheers. This podcast is brought to you by MVP Photo Booth, the number one photo booth rental company in San Antonio, austin and Central Texas.