Joyful Wedding Planning is your spot for destressing and relaxing while you plan your wedding. Is that even possible? Totally! And your host Emily Decloux, founder of The Joy Factor Weddings and Events is here to help you plan the wedding of your dreams, joyfully! Tune in for mindset tips, practical planning tools, interviews with pros and more! Perfect for DIYers and delegators alike!
You’re getting married in a few months, maybe next summer or fall, and if you’re planning on DIYing a lot of the elements, you’re going to have to get started now! As an event planner I know how much of a runway I’m going to need to plan a wedding, depending on the vision for the wedding. And realistically, it typically takes a lot longer than most DIY couples think - especially if you want to keep the whole process joyful! For example, if you’re planning on catering your own wedding, you’l...
7 Oct 2025
The Essential DIY Wedding Checklist
You’re a DIY bride and you’re planning your wedding, but you might not know exactly what goes into the logistics of your wedding day - like how the hell does everything get done at the right time? Hey, you could wing your wedding day after spending months and months planning everything, OR, you could have a solid plan for the day itself. And it’s important you understand how it all works, so that there’s way less room for blunders or emergencies, and way more room for JOY! So like, how the h...
27 Sept 2025
Don’t sleep on signage!
Where the heck are your guests supposed to go? And when they get there, what the heck are they supposed to be doing? In this short Saturday episode I'm giving you the basic rundown of wedding signage you should consider for your own wedding day, to make your guests' experience awesome (and to reduce the number of questions you get throughout the day!) If you have any questions about planning your wedding that you think I should cover on this podcast, email me at emily@joyfactorweddings.com! O...
20 Sept 2025
What Should Be On Your Wedding Welcome Table
A wedding welcome table is the PERFECT place to set the tone for your guests! In this short Saturday episode I'm sharing a few different ideas that you can use to set up your welcome table at your wedding. If you have any questions about planning your wedding that you think I should cover on this podcast, email me at emily@joyfactorweddings.com! Or if you’ve hit a point in your planning process where you feel like you’d rather have someone else take the reins on your wedding day so that...
13 Sept 2025
What Should Be On Your Wedding Signing Table
An often overlooked, but key moment in your ceremony is signing the legal documents to make your marriage official. And even though it's bureaucratic, it can still be fun, whimsical, romantic, or themed to your wedding! In this short Saturday episode I'm sharing a few ideas for what should be on your wedding signing table. If you have any questions about planning your wedding that you think I should cover on this podcast, email me at emily@joyfactorweddings.com! Or if you’ve hit a point in yo...
6 Sept 2025
What Should Be On Your Wedding Gift Table
Even if you've asked your guests to not bring a gift, someone's probably going to bring a gift! In this quick Saturday episode I'm sharing a few ideas for what you can put on your wedding gift table. If you have any questions about planning your wedding that you think I should cover on this podcast, email me at emily@joyfactorweddings.com! Or if you’ve hit a point in your planning process where you feel like you’d rather have someone else take the reins on your wedding day so that you c...
2 Sept 2025
How to hire a day-of-coordinator for your DIY wedding
You could throw caution to the wind and just hire someone based on vibes alone - and sometimes that works! But if you want a little more reliability when you hand over the reins to your big day, here are some things you should ask a potential day-of-coordinator when you interview them. When couples come to me to find out if I’m the right fit for their wedding, we have a 30-40 minute call where I ask a ton of questions, and open up the floor for the couples to ask me questions. I go through m...
25 Jan 2024
The Do's and Dont's of Joyful Wedding Planning
Planning a wedding is an anxiety inducing nightmare full of bridezillas and doom grooms so joyful wedding planning is impossible, right? Bwahahahahahhahahahaha heck no!I love bringing joy into people’s lives, to help them create moments and memories that they’ll cherish forever! And as I was thinking about starting my wedding planning business, I kept coming back to the idea that planning a wedding doesn’t have to be some sort of frustrating activity that ends in breakups and family fights, i...
18 Jan 2024
How to Avoid Chaos: The Essential Wedding Day Itinerary
Wedding day itineraries are just fluffy things that event planners pretend are important, right? Wrong! If you don’t have your itinerary written out the day of your wedding, it’s going to make the entire process a lot more difficult and complicated to manage - so why not make it easy on yourself and plan out your wedding day itinerary from when you wake up, to when you go to bed?I’m serious when I say that you need to plan exactly what’s happening on your wedding day, down to the minute, so t...
11 Jan 2024
57 Essential Questions For Your Wedding Venue
If you’re paying a wedding venue the big bucks to host your big day, shouldn’t they be responsible for every single detail? Well, not quite - so I’m going to give you a list of 57 things you should be asking your venue BEFORE you sign a contract!Although wedding venues ask us to shell out tons of cash to get married and have a reception, they may not provide everything you’ll need on your wedding day. So as you do your research it’s important to make sure that you are asking all of the import...
4 Jan 2024
Wedding Activities That Will Make Your Guests Go Wild!
If you’re not planning fun activities for your wedding guests, you are missing out on one of the most important pieces of wedding planning!Lately (and I mean for the last few years) my friends have been telling me how dull they think weddings are. And who can blame them? It’s annoying as heck to sit around for 2 hours while the bride and groom do photos at a venue in the middle of nowhere, where there’s no access to food or water (or drinks). Not to mention that not everyone enjoys dancing fo...
28 Dec 2023
To DIY Or Not To DIY Literally Everything For Your Wedding
Should you really DIY that one thing for your wedding? Or would this particular element be better left to the pros?I’ll be honest, it’s amazing to DIY things for your wedding, especially if you love to DIY! But just how far can you really take it, before it becomes too overwhelming, and takes away from your big day?I DIY’d the majority of my wedding, because I LOVE to DIY, but I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone. Here’s a quick list of what I DIY’d. sewed my husband’s jacketmade t...
21 Dec 2023
Is It Really Possible To Plan The PERFECT Wedding?
Is any wedding truly perfect? When it comes down to it, no. Never. BUT, I’m going to tell you how you can have a perfect wedding despite it all!I firmly believe that no event is perfect, technically. But I do believe we can change our perspective on what makes a wedding perfect. Why? Because we can plan all we want, but sometimes the dog gets into the cake. Or your maid of honour forgot her shoes. Or heck, maybe you even forgot your marriage license at home and you need to rush back to get it...
14 Dec 2023
Stress-Free Weddings: A Myth No More
Are stress-free weddings just a myth? Let's debunk this together! I, Emily Decloux, take you on a personal journey of planning a wedding with minimal stress. It's not all roses and rainbows, but it's definitely not impossible. From tackling the most daunting tasks to not letting small hiccups affect the overall experience - we've got it all covered. I also share personal anecdotes, tips, and practical advice based on my experiences to help you avoid falling into the stress trap.Transform wedd...
7 Dec 2023
Five Practical Ways to Stay Present and Joyful on Your Wedding Day
Ever felt like your wedding day was just a blur of events? You've spent months, if not years, planning for a single day, but when the day comes, you find yourself worrying about the tiny details instead of savouring the moments. Hi, I'm Emily Decloux, and I was in your shoes once. But guess what? I figured out how to stay present on my wedding day and enjoy every bit of it, including dealing with last-minute hitches and managing anxiety. And in this first episode of our series, I'm going to s...
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