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Wedding Venues

The Silver Charm Guide to Bare Wedding Venues

Creating your dream wedding in a bare venue is all about the details. You have more control, more creative options, but there’s more work, too! In  my new guide, I break down the three biggest challenges of bare wedding venues, and show you how to understand and overcome them with less stress and worry. When…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Follow the Sound of My Voice

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 Laura Reece Graphic Design and Wedding Stationery – A personal soundwave print for the groom. Kind of bummed I didn’t see…

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Ask Liz: Your Venue Manager vs. Your Coordinator. GO!

The original question came from my column  a ways back on The Broke Ass Bride. The answer has been updated, because there is so much more, you guys!   Dear Liz, I really like the idea of asking a friend to be a stage manager for the wedding, or possibly hiring a professional as a day-of…

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Ask Liz: Rentals and How To Swing Them

Dear Liz:   We’re getting married in October, and we have to bring everything into our venue – chairs, tables, spoons, everything. I’ve started talking to rental companies, and I’m shocked at some of the numbers they’re giving me. Not with the cost – I’m fine paying 50 cents for glasses. But am I REALLY…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Good Powder

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 And I quote, from Photographer Clane Gessel’s instagram page, “When your couple comes to you and says “something different” and I…

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Eat Chocolate for Wedding Stress. Seriously.

  Watching Katie Bressack’s latest free webinar last week, and I thought, you know,Chocolate isn’t just for wedding related stress. News-wise and life-wise, now is a good time for her guest post from awhile back. I mean, it even comes with a recipe. You’re welcome! ——— I was at a networking event a couple of weeks ago,…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Candy Land!

Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, events and deals in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week This amazeballs. The English have upgraded the dessert table and made it  into a candy trailer. With CANDY.  Your guests walk…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: All is Clear and Green

Every week I bring you the best wedding stories, events and deals in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week One Stylish Day – Ohh, I just like this so much. Ferns in a Balloon. So pretty and clean and clear and…

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Your Wedding Bar and How to Swing It

Ah, yes the bar at your wedding. The thought  alone, brings a smile to your face. It’s the place where the party gets pumped up, where the corks are popped and the glasses clinked. It’s where your groomsmen can be found at any time during your wedding, and where a chunk of your reception budget…

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Maggie's Rule – Saying NO to the Dress

True Story: One of my brides asked me to come with her to go shopping for her dress. This was a couple of years ago. She’d already been to two other salons without me, and we were set to visit two more that I had recommended. Maggie (not her real name) is built like a…

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