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Wedding Wise Wednesday: IT's Right There!

On Wednesdays, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week:   Huffington Post –  Jesse McLaren took his sister’s engagement pictures…and was kind enough to insert Pennywise the Clown into them.  Click…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Winter is Coming

Every Wednesday I bring you the best wedding ideas, stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week Hi Miss Puff – 30 Winter Wedding Centerpieces. This is my favorite, I think. Probably because I can put it…

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Asking Liz: The Bar, The Rentals, And Where to Park

I’ve got a run of weddings coming up in the next six weeks, so I get questions… Liz, we’re bringing in all the alcohol for our bar, how do I find out how much alcohol we need? The first rule of the DIY bar: give the bartender what they’re comfortable with. Decide what you want…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Two Great Tastes That Go Great Together!

Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome. Cool Wedding Thing of the Week Ohhh… Hey Wedding Lady – This isn’t actually from a wedding, it’s from an engagement session in San Diego. It’s gorgeous,…

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Ask Liz: The (Wedding) Envelopes, Please.

From My Wedding Reception Ideas Dear Liz:My wedding is next week, and I have a question. My mom is convinced that a lot of our guests, or at least our side of the family, will be giving us cash as gifts, in envelopes, I guess? How does that usually go, would they hand those to…

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The Olive Garden Rule – A Perspective on Wedding Catering Costs

  1/20/19 – This blog post was originally published on Nov. 29, 2012. I updated the restaurant’s prices on their current  2019 menu.  I’m having a lot of discussions with brides about wedding and catering costs lately. As in, “I have a 12k budget, my venue is $5,000, am I going to make it? Here’s…

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