For many people it's daunting to think about the design process for their wedding. You’d think it be as simple as picking some colors and tying some bow, right? On today’s show, Christy and Michelle connect with Birch Event Design, a high-end production design and floral installation company that brings awe-inspiring moments to life. As experienced creators, Birch’s goal is to discover what inspires their clients and design an immersive world that perfectly expresses that energy. At every stage their team works hand in hand with clients to elevate their event to the highest level. Founder Josh Spiegel has done over 3000 events— weddings, milestone moments, corporate affairs, soirées, installations— and is consistently transforming raw spaces into breathtaking ballrooms, eyesore counters into eye-popping tablescapes, and bare-as-bone poles into effervescent fairylands. Birch Event Design has been featured in Brides, The New York Times, and People Magazine. While not everyone can have a million dollar wedding, Josh shares his suggestions to make any budget feel big, beautiful, and budget-less. Big Takeaways * How to get big looks with a budget * Whatever you do, do in the masses. * It doesn’t have to be made of the most expensive materials. * Anything in abundance creates a wow factor. * Candles give you a lot of bang for your buck! * Use different variations of anamazing item you love. * Don’t try to mix all the ideas. Find the ones of whichy ou can get the most and you love the most. * Uses of twhitelighting, not colored lighting. * Down lighting can really look more romantic than uplighting. * Go where thepicture takes you. * Spend where it is going to be seen! - * Look for hacks on TikTok. * Recycle the old! * Find something you love and make it your own. * SPRAY PAINT anything/everything! * There are no rules. Links We Referenced manscaped.com (manscaped.com) birchevents.com (https://birchevents.com) instagram.com/bircheventdesign TikTok: @bircheventdesign (https://www.tiktok.com/@bircheventdesign?) rentmywedding.com (https://rentmywedding.com) Quotes “And one door just opened the next, and opened the next, and opened the next, and I said yes to every single one. And years later, after much trial and tribulation, much debt, much craziness, much learning how to become a business man, much learning how to run a company, much learning how to take something and make it profitable, and making tons of mistakes in my personal life and my business life, I’m proud to say that I survived it all. And Birch is flourishing, and it’s an unbelievable, humbling - even as I am saying it now, I’m like ‘holy shit what am I saying?’ - This is so cool. But that’s how I am here today.” - Josh “I want people to walk in and say, ‘oh, that’s so them.’ Not, ‘that’s so Birch.’” - Josh “Take what you can and make the most out of it. Take the idea you’ve seen before. Take the concept that you love. Steal it. Make it your own. Edit it, to where it becomes your vision as opposed to the vision you saw, within your budget. So it maximizes that and it irons that dollar out so thin, that it’s almost see-through. That’s our job. Our job is to make the wedding not feel like it was ever on a budget, regardless of how much they’ve spent.” - Josh Plan your wedding using The Big Wedding Planning Master Class (https://www.thebigweddingplanningmasterclass.com/). A self-paced digital course created with love for you by Christy & Michelle. The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is... * Hosted and produced by Christy Matthews and Michelle Martinez. * Edited by Veronica Gruba. * Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics (https://www.mophonics.com/). * On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention! * Inviting you to become part of our Facebook Group! Join us and our amazing members. Just search for The Big Wedding Planning Podcast Community on Facebook. * Easy to get in touch with. Email us at thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode * On Patreon. Become a member (https://www.patreon.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast) and with as little as $5 per month, you get bonus episodes, special newsletters and Zoom Cocktail Hours with Christy & Michelle! Our Partners (https://www.thebigweddingplanningpodcast.com/partners) Special Deals for Listeners - TBWPP Enthusiastically Approved! Wedfuly (https://wedfuly.com/bigwedding/) SuitShop (https://suitshop.com/?utm_campaign=EngagedLeads&utm_content=BWPPPartnership&utm_medium=BWPP&utm_source=ReferralLink) The Flashdance (https://www.theflashdance.com/virtual-party-the-big-wedding-planning-podcast) Cactus Collective (https://www.cactus-collective.com/the-big-wedding-planning-podcast/) Unboring Wedding Academy (https://www.unboringweddingacademy.com/bigwedding/) Special Guest: Josh Spiegel.