About Us

Juliette Wedding Guide was unveiled in May 2005. Juliette is a locally-created contemporary publication and website for brides and grooms of western Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley. It provides tips, ideas, and checklists for couples seeking information to help plan their wedding and future together. It also serves a resource to help locate professional wedding vendors in the area. Juliette promotes and attends all local bridal events.

Juliette magazine is printed bi-monthly and is available for free at wedding-related businesses in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Menomonie and surrounding area.

Our Story
The story of Juliette Wedding Guide begins with a friendship. As co-workers at an area marketing firm, Amy Kent and Katie Rafko became fast friends. They also recognized that they worked well together on projects and sparked creativity in one another. A year after parting the firm, Amy called Katie with a business idea. Having grown up and planned her own wedding in the Chippewa Valley, Amy remembered wishing she had a resource of information for planning a local wedding. With their combined talents in graphic design, marketing and writing, and the help of family and close friends, Juliette Wedding Guide was born.

Juliette has been in circulation since May 2005. Both Amy and Katie realize that planning a wedding is so much more than planning a day. It’s planning a lifetime together. It’s our goal that this publication will continue to evolve and become a comprehensive resource for planning a wedding and marriage in northwest Wisconsin. We give heartfelt thanks to our readers and advertisers–and to those yet to come. Without you, this publication would not be possible.

The Story Behind Our Name: Juliette
What’s in a name? We are often asked how the name Juliette came about. It’s simple: the love story between Romeo and Juliette. The underlying theme this Shakespearean classic is that true love lasts forever. For richer for poorer, in good times and bad, all couples should remember the fundamental reason they married… love.

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – William Shakespeare