About the author

Janice Carnevale

DC Event Planner, Home Wedding Planner,

Author of the Elegant At-Home Wedding

Janice wants to be the wedding planner for your backyard wedding. A DC wedding planner for over twenty years, Janice has the experience and expertise to plan, manage, and execute a home wedding anywhere there is space for a tent. She wrote this book in 2013 to provide help to anyone interested in planning a home wedding. And she updated it in 2025 to add in the expertise she had gained in the previous twelve years of planning more backyard weddings.

Born and raised in the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. , Janice trekked north to Pittsburgh for college, then returned to D.C. to officially begin her career in special events. Jance can remember going above and beyond when planning birthday parties for herself and her younger sister while in elementary school. She definitely took party planning to the next level in college, exploring a variety of themes and setting more than a few blenders on fire. Janice’s first wedding at her first job was in September of 2002. Over the next 23 years Janice has worked on more than 350 weddings. Bellwether Events was formed in 2006, and has produced more than 250 weddings to date. Janice relishes the opportunity to work with diverse couples who want to design a celebration that is a personal reflection of themselves. Over the years, Janice has planned weddings in museums, gardens, galleries, and hotels, but the weddings that are the most memorable are the ones she planned at private homes.

Janice is happiest when enjoying live music and live sports. She roots hard for her hometown teams. Janice is part of a book club and a theatre club, and is a regular at Reveler’s Hour. Janice volunteers on behalf of homeless dogs. She loves a nice glass of wine with sourdough bread and cheese.