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the genius behind

The Wedding Shortcut

The Wedding Shortcut is brought to you by the Full Service Planners at BW Studio + Events, based out of Chicagoland!

We created this sister brand to serve couples - just like you - that are excited to DIY plan their dream wedding day without the high ticket price of a full service wedding planner!

TWS is full of fantastic templates, tools, tips & tricks and other great resources to help support your DIY journey - so you don’t have to do it alone.

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You can plan your own
wedding - you just need
the right shortcut!

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Meet the Team

Here at The Wedding Shortcut, we are all about bringing you real, actionable tips and tricks to making your DIY Wedding Planning process a breeze. Meet the creative genius behind the scenes pulling together all of the resources, blog posts, videos, and 20+ years of knowlege that makes this possible!

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  • Founder + Creator

    Many years ago, Blair declared… “Everyone deserves great wedding advice - even if they can’t afford a full service wedding planner!” And so began the eventual creation of The Wedding Shortcut. A deep-dive resource for clients of ALL budgets to plan their dream wedding on their own time, at their own pace, with expert advice.

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  • Marketing Director

    Director of all things creative, branded, and essential around The Wedding Shortcut (and BW Studio, for that matter). Elly provides the practical “HOW TO” to Blair’s constant (and existential) “WHAT’S NEXT”?

    Together they have created dozens of tangible tools, resources, and documents for couples to plan their big day! If it looks lovely, it’s because Elly had her hands in it!!


  • Chief Happiness Officer

    Neva is the go-to gal to make sure all of these wild ideas actually make sense! Someone has to read through these tools, implement them in the day to day event planning, and make sure they are practical enough for clients to use!! And we are so glad she does.


  • Morning Concierge-Guru

    If you work personally with BW Studio, you’ll see Angelena bright and early - with a smile on her face! She’s the one chasing down trolley schedules and making sure everyone gets to the ceremony on time… but most importantly, she makes sure no detail is left behind. We genuinely couldn’t do it without her!