DIY

Food Truck = Kitchen

Food truck weddings are a non-traditional catering option that’s becoming so popular (three in the past year for me and another coming up) that it’s threatening to go the way of buffets and become a standard. Food trucks let you serve your favorite foods to your guests. You don’t have to choose from a catering…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: The Candy's Crushing It

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! My #charmedwedding instagram challenge is going strong. Click here for the prompts for Day 11-20 and follow along with me @lizcharm. Cool Wedding Thing of the Week…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Something Blue

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 The Knot:  I love this. Ever since Allison got engaged, she wanted her uncle, who served in two wars, to be…

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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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Ask Liz: Self-Catering Rules

Knee-deep in new project hell over here, so here’s a popular – column I wrote for The Broke-Ass Bride a while back. Click through for my answer and some VERY useful follow up tips in the comments.  Dear Liz, How to do your own food (with a bit of help from willing friends/family) for your reception???…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: And it TWIRLS!

Every Wednesday I bring you the best wedding stories, deals, and events in Los Angeles and from around the internet. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week                       Buzzfeed – Linko’s ombre sunset wedding dress. Which she dyed…

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Throwback Thursday: Shari + Tray, 10/12/10

This is the great part of having coordinated so many weddings for the past ten years –  there’s so much pretty stuff to chose from! Shari and Tray’s wedding was at the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, followed by a very cool, very FUN reception at Norris Pavilion. Their ceremony was followed by a very cool, very FUN…

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Wedding Wise, June 6th

 Every Wednesday, I bring your the coolest 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 luminescent driveway, featured on Preston Bailey’s blog. These are glow stones, mixed in with the gravel in the driveway. You…

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DIY Flower and Wire Place Card Holders

I stopped by Enchanted Florist yesterday to finalize the order for Saturday’s baby shower, and Kim had this on the counter: It’s aluminum wire wrapped into this form, with a flower in a water tube and the place card. Her business card is replacing that, right now. If you’ve got the crafting skills, it’s pretty…

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