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Wedding Advice

Wedding Wise Tips – December 2018

  December’s wedding tips include the ultimate budget plan, a couple of things you’re going to have to let go, a few things you’re going to need to remember, a word or two from Martha, and keeping the lights on. Enjoy! 12/1- Wedding Wise Tip #335 – As I’ve said before, a weddings can be…

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Five Tips for Your Pet Wedding Party Members

  It’s wonderful when you can make your dog a part of your wedding day. Dogs are naturally happy, enthusiastic, and they like you pretty much more than absolutely anyone else does. I mean, look at Kaiju in this picture. He’s just thrilled to be there! It’s one day where you get to be surrounded…

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Ask Liz Manners Roundup: Saying it NICELY

Welcome to September! First of all are you doing our #charmedweddinginstagram challenge this month? Click here to get the first 10 prompts, and then check out my entry today @lizcharm. He’s so cute, you guys!  What you want and what you’re worried about vs. what they want and what they’re worried about. And you know…

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Why Every Wedding is a Destination Wedding

Join me on Facebook Live today at 1:00pm to talk about today’s blog. I plan and officiate a fair number of destination weddings here in Los Angeles.  L.A. is a prime location, and people from all over the country and the world want to get married a few steps from the beach, or a hop…

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Three Worries About Your Guests That You Can Definitely Get Over Now

Wedding Season is in full swing – let the panic about what could go wrong begin! By this time, friends, family, and the internet have full vetted you on the perils of guest management. Guests must be coddled, or treated like adults, or manipulated, or entertained constantly, and they definitely, DEFINITELY need to be fed…

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Ask Liz: Giving the Groom His Thing.

Dear Liz: My daughter is getting married next month. I’ve been helping her plan the wedding for almost a year now, and it’s going to be a beautiful, elegant celebration. Her father and I very close with her fiance, he’s quiet and reserved and a wonderful person, but he also likes superhero movies and video…

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18 Things That Surprise People About Weddings

  I love being a wedding planner. It’s a great gig – it’s fun, it’s prettier than anything, and at the end of each night, I’m surrounded by love, joy and a really great party. But I am always surprised by what surprises people about weddings, theirs and everyone else’s. Consider yourself forewarned and thus,…

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Ask Liz Archives: Wedding Time – The Big To-Do Part 2

    Photo: EP Love Last week I said that while you’re planning your wedding — like, the actual planning and choosing and deciding — you shouldn’t focus on when you’re making those decisions or feel pressured to stay on track and not fall behind, whatever that means. You have a list of checkboxes, take…

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Three Things To Remember When You're Throwing a "Backyard" Wedding

Welcome to our very first Blog Hop for 2015! This month we want to help you start the year off by getting organized as you’re planning your wedding or event. Get ready for some great ideas to help you reduce stress and enjoy the planning process as you move along through the blog hop. You…

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Ask Liz: Reception Time = Money

Courtesy of Real Simple Dear Liz: I started my wedding planning business this summer, and I’m excited because I’ve already booked four weddings this year! Two have already happened, and I had the same problem with both – we ran out of time with the photographer. Every part of the receptions ran late – it…

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