There may be a million little tricks for a stress-free wedding day, but these 11 will certainly keep you in good stead as a digestible mashup from us + other top industry pros + friends of mine, Lisa Vorce, Brooke Keegan, Maria + Kelly of Ritzy Bee, and Audrey Hurst.

I love when Real Simple comes calling, especially when penned by my long-time schoolmate + NYC writer extraordinaire Elizabeth Passarella. The content is so spot-on and sleek, and just makes you kinda wanna fill a bathtub up with back issues and bathe in all the OCD goodness. Weird mental image- but truth.

If you’ve missed our contributions to Real Simple in the past, take a gander:

1. One of our first Indian weddings + favorite clients’ work of all time was in Real Simple Weddings, before it was shuttered. LOVED that mag, and that’s how I got to know my good friend and Country Living EIC Rachel Hardage Barrett, a TN native like Elizabeth Passarella and myself.

2. Keep Calm + Party On shares some of our ways to entertain easily + breezily during these sweltering summer months.

3. How to Plan a Destination Wedding in Real Simple shared our simple advice on the first 5 steps you need to take- so crucial.

4. 16 Tips for an Effortless Outdoor Party in Real Simple is just the tip of the iceberg of our wealth of knowledge after over a decade in that biz- but a good read at that! Call us if you want the real skinny. Ha.

Enjoy the below tips + tricks on making your big day fun- that’s the whole point y’all, it’s not supposed to be this frenetic, harried experience- that’s why you have “us”!