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Inside A Wedding Planner's Everyday Carry | Episode 18
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We're giving you an exclusive look inside the wedding emergency kit that comes with us to every single wedding. From sewing kits and stain removers to veil weights, body tape, batteries, power strips, fishing line, and even cake cutters, we're sharing the real tools that have saved countless wedding days. If you've ever wondered what professional wedding planners actually carry behind the scenes, this episode is for you. You'll hear the stories behind some of our most-used items, the last-minute emergencies we've solved, and why this kit has become one of the most valuable parts of every wedding we coordinate. Whether you're planning your own wedding, work in the wedding industry, or just love seeing what happens behind the scenes, this episode is packed with practical tips and plenty of laughs. 💍 In this episode: • A complete tour of our wedding emergency kit • The items we use at almost every wedding • Wedding day problems these supplies have solved • Our newest emergency kit additions • Behind-the-scenes stories from real weddings • Tips for couples and wedding vendors 🎙️ About Behind "I Do" Hosted by two experienced wedding planners, Behind "I Do" takes you behind the scenes of real weddings with honest conversations, planning advice, industry insights, and the stories couples rarely get to hear. If you're currently planning your wedding, don't forget to subscribe so you never miss future episodes filled with expert planning tips and behind-the-scenes wedding advice! #WeddingPlanning #WeddingPlanner #WeddingTips #Bride #WeddingPodcast #WeddingDay #WeddingCoordinator #WeddingInspiration #WeddingAdvice #WeddingBehindTheScenes #BrideToBe #WeddingVendor #EventPlanning #WeddingChecklist #WeddingEmergencyKit
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Introduction to Behind I Do Podcast
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Planning a wedding comes with timelines, trends, expectations, and a whole lot that couples never see coming. We're two wedding planners pulling back the curtain on what really happens behind I do.
Real Wedding Stories and Insider Knowledge
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Each week on Behind I Do, we bring you real talk about real weddings, timelines, trends, the wins, and the what-ifs.
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From the smooth as silk celebrations to the did-that-actually-just-happen moments, we're sharing the stories, lessons, and insider knowledge that help couples plan with confidence and maybe even laugh along the way.
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Whether you're a bridegroom vendor or wedding lover at heart, this is your backstage pass to the world of weddings. Told candidly, graciously, and with the expertise only seasoned planners
Episode 18: Milwaukee Packout Emergency Kit
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can offer. Grab your coffee, your planning binder, and your confetti and join us behind I do.
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Okay, episode 18, little more unique one here. um We thought it'd be kind of fun. We have our big Milwaukee Packout um emergency kit that we thought it wouldd be just kind of fun to show it and just kind of dive through like what is in it.
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All the dads and all the groomsmen always comment when we are lugging this thing out of our car. They think it's so funny. Yeah. i mean It's the greatest invention. Yeah. I mean, it was all. A lot professions could use it. 100%. I mean, the DJ at the last wedding was taking pictures of it and was like, this is great. Yeah. And it's, I mean, it's all thanks to the father of our crew. Like he's the one who's like, I'm going to take you guys to Home Depot. We're going to get them. So we literally got have like three of these. Yeah. And we love them. We live by them. Yes. And we're going to go through each little section you can kind of see what we have.
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And this is what we tell our Couples, like when we're talking about our emergency kit, we're like, oh, we have that our emergency kit. If you hear us say that, this is the kit. So yeah, it's pretty all encompassing.
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um If we ever think of things that we need, we text each other the day of a wedding, and then Jaden ordered some for us.
Exploration of Emergency Kit Sections
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our little wizard yeah so it's really fun yeah i mean we have every battery have batteries sharpies measuring tape stick gum for candles usb cube and cords mean what else is in this one glue razor blades razor blades those plenty of times Thumbtacks. Yeah. Sticky glue dots. Those are a lifesaver at a wedding. You can use them for so many things, whether it's a wind issue or like a name card um seating chart.
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We use those all the time. Tape. Another thing that we use a lot. Command strips and strips.
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yeah I mean, I think that's most of what's in the top one. Yeah. Pens, backup ones. Chalk markers. I did use this chalk marker on a bride's um second dress. um She had given her mom a bouquet, and it had calla lilies on it, and those little... Oh, God, on the... Yeah, like all the pollen. Oh, yeah. So we just colored her dressing. That worked great. No deal.
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All right, that's section one. Okay, take one. You're good. And that is what's nice. Section two. I mean, there's different sections. But there's also like my kit. They made a new one where it's like a drawer, which is so nice. Because that is the only kind of annoying thing is that like you have to take off the top section to get to the middle section, middle section off to get to the bottom. Maybe we'll upgrade all of these drawers.
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We didn't know about the drawers. Yeah. First started. Okay. And then in here, gosh, so much. This one needs to be organized, Allie. Okay. Let's start with our newest um purchase, which is veil weights. Yeah.
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Which are so cute. They're these little pearls. And if it's a super windy day these will help keep your veil from flying away. So. Yeah. Very helpful. Oil absorbing sheets, a sharp knife, tissues.
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Tide pens first aid kit gloves because that's something I mean we have food gloves but then we also have like serve serve what are they yeah so that like when we do your place settings and stuff we have nice gloves so it's not just our hands so we always have those with us sunscreen bug spray electrolytes yep zip ties um q-tips cotton balls we also have these which I love these we have these little um torch lighter things we have regular lighters but these are so nice for sparkler stuff because a regular
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Lighter, even like the long ones, like it takes forever. So these little torch ones are like. Those will light a sparkler in about 10 seconds. yeah They're dreamy. Tums, mouthwash, baby wipes.
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So many things. A sewing kit, obviously. Very important. I mean. Magic eraser. We do still have masks and a temperature. Circa 2020. Just in case. We did take people's temperatures at one wedding. Yeah. Because it was like COVID.
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Yeah. But there was one area out here that didn't, I guess, believe in COVID. I don't know. There was like one area where we live that was like still allowing weddings. so like unincorporated It was was crazy. So they didn't care.
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Yeah. Okay. That's that one. That's section two.
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Section three, which this one, this one's a big, big doozy one.
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Yeah, I mean, more chalk, fishing line. I mean, I cannot tell you how many times we've used fishing line. We used to just steal my husband's fishing line for like the first year. He was like, all right, enough with taking my fishing line. And then we these are new, too. We recently bought um the sewing hooks just because it um for the buttons on a bride's dress. And like bustling. Or bustling. So we just bought these.
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um More zip ties. We also use zip ties a lot, I feel like. little And then we try to have little things in here like like sometimes we'll have like little small table easels or these little chalk signs just because sometimes those are like the little things that get forgotten. Yeah, and if we need to like notate an allergy or something like that. Yeah, ah tools. Tools, tons of DeWalt tools were pretty official there. Yeah.
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Paper towels. We also try to have like some backup, like paper plates, napkins and like knives and forks. That gets forgotten free yeah way too frequently for like dessert and stuff like that. Yeah. um Clorox wipes, duct tape. We also have, what's that tape called? The tape that the DJ uses that doesn't like leave residue. Is gorilla tape?
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I can't remember. Anyway, we have it. Which you can, yeah, tape down extension cords. Because lot of and you yeah won't let you put tape down unless it's this, which I cannot think of what it's called. um And then this thing is full of just like, I mean, ibuprofen, band-aids, deodorant, hairspray, bobby pins. I mean, so much stuff.
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toothbrush I mean, because i we I've literally had couples where it's like they forgot to pack a toothbrush for their overnight bag. Yes. So it's like, we have a toothbrush in here. You can take it with you. we have a cake cutter, which always gets forgotten.
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um And an umbrella. and extension cord. Sorry. extension cord like the plug-in what's the thing called where you have multiple like a power strip power strip we have power strips a us little so broom and tray yeah because there's like so much mess made by like florals that if you move florals and some venues don't have a broom anywhere true so yeah i mean i feel like every season we add something else to it
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It's like some like a little hiccup, and they're like, oh, do you have this? And it's like, oh, I didn't think about that.
Conclusion and Assurance of Preparedness
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like and i think And we should have in some of these, we have, it's like, which i don't know why you don't have them. um It's like the jelly gel stuff, so like for straps. Body tape. Body tape. We do have that usually in all of them.
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um We have nail like nail glue, which we've also used to keep like... necklace The necklace in place so that the little back part doesn't show. so yeah I mean, it's just we try to fill it with anything and everything you could ever like want or need. yes And it's pretty amazing and a lifesaver.
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oh yeah. We have vendors using it. Yeah. Like family members. Yeah. And again, I just, I feel like we look pretty cool every wedding. We pull up and people are like, oh, I like you're in Milwaukee.
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So here's our warning that you don't need to make your own emergency kit if you're one of our couples. We bring this to every wedding and we have it fully stocked and ready. Yeah.
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We're ready for wedding day. Cheers.