https://altaredpdx.com/home daily 1.0 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76b8abf4755a457e8b33cd/1592497624734-43QPRNITYX52MY72TYVF/2R7A5869.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76b8abf4755a457e8b33cd/1636761424708-86KY8WBZKFNFF3WIALQ3/1.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76b8abf4755a457e8b33cd/1670952187138-XQPKVA956SRA44EG8A4K/Venture-Ever-After-Altared-Event-2022-Friendly-House-PDX-53.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76b8abf4755a457e8b33cd/1670952078761-IGH1IE2IGB94W4GB2GKM/Venture-Ever-After-Altared-Event-2022-Friendly-House-PDX-103.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76b8abf4755a457e8b33cd/1631202754333-PFL5A5H39KQMFFQMCVXI/ElisabethKramer_MarissaSoliniPhotography.jpg Home Elisabeth “Beth” Kramer (she/her) is a wedding planner who's fighting the Wedding Industrial Complex. Beth is the author of Modern Etiquette Wedding Planner and a co-founder of Altared. 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