Wedding Day Coordination

How to Have Kids at Your Wedding

There are many, many articles online about how to not have children at your wedding.  How to  tell your guests they can’t bring children, what to do when they write their children’s names into their RSVP regardless, and what to do when they show up at your wedding with their children anyway. But if you…

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Cool Winter Weddings and How to Swing Them

Long clear nights, and bright stars above. Deep lush whites and colors against dark wood.  Champagne and laughter, and guests dressed to the nines. Winter is made for magical weddings. Setting the Scene The season is a great excuse for an elegant black-tie only affair. Long formal gowns, tuxedos, and tails, anyone? The Black Tux…

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Ask Liz: 10 Steps to A Fantastic Bare Venue Wedding

  Bare venues – wedding sites where you have to bring EVERYTHING in, never go out of style. But they do come with complications.  Here’s a partial transcript of the teleclass I held a while back about the subject. Okay, I think we’re ready to go. Welcome, Everyone. This is “10 Steps to a Fantastic…

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30 Days Out: Nicole and John at Heritage Square Museum 10/10/15 (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

Confirmed their cake yesterday with Hansens.Just like this, except with the green flowersand white frosting. I start constructing day-of timelines one month out, which was Thursday, 9/10. The museum also requires one then, too, and a list of vendors.I always get a little itchy about giving any kind of timeline to the venue this early,…

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Brides.Com Asked Liz: How to Plan Your Wedding When You're Shy

Okay, fine, they asked a few other wedding pros, too: Photo: Caroline Tran Photography A Complete Wedding-Day Survival Guide for Introverts By  Elizabeth Mitchell, Brides.com (Re-printed with permission) Overwhelmed by large crowds? Hate being the center of attention? Need alone time to reenergize? Then you might be an introvert! And as excited as you are for your…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday – September 24

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: 100 personalized, customized wine glasses – the ultimate wedding favor. LOVE. Rachel Carl is one of my favorite calligraphers.  I’ve worked…

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