ABOUT

PLANNING • DESIGN • PROJECT EDITING

Poppycock Planning is a boutique planning and project management studio for people in the middle of something.

Honest Planning for Unreal Days

I’m Mary—founder of Poppycock Planning, wedding wrangler, timeline enforcer, and occasional bringer of tough love (in a chic blazer).

I started this business for one reason: I was tired of watching couples get overwhelmed, overcharged, and over it before their wedding day even arrived. This industry is filled with a lot of fluff, pressure, and Pinterest perfectionism—and frankly, a lot of poppycock. I’m here to cut through that.

You want a wedding that feels like you. I’m here to make it happen—with humor, heart, spreadsheets, and a reality check or two when needed.

If you want a planner who’ll sugarcoat everything… I’m probably not your girl.
But if you want someone who will have your back, your bouquet, and your bar schedule memorized—you’re in the right place.

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the founder

MARY

Based in Pennsylvania, Mary brings a background rooted in hospitality, events, design, and project coordination — with a natural instinct for pattern recognition, storytelling, and movement.

She’s drawn to complex projects, overlapping ideas, and the moments where people feel stuck between what they imagine and what they can realistically execute. Poppycock was built from personal experience: caring deeply, seeing the full picture, and learning that vision without structure leads to burnout.

Today, Mary works with a limited number of clients each year, offering a grounded, editorial approach to planning — one that prioritizes clarity, boundaries, and completion over trends or excess.