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A Love Letter To The New Engaged Couples

  Dear New Engaged Couples,    Allow me to be the 500th person to congratulate you on your engagement – Welcome to Wedding World! You’re going to love it! You are going to love planning your wedding. Eventually.  First of all, at the end of all this, you’ll be married to the love of your…

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Picture of wedding reception soon to be filled with guests who were able to find their place cards quickly.

The Place Cards Playbook

What’s the first thing you need to understand about your wedding reception place cards? No one knows your guests like you do. Between you and your partner, you know their first and last names. You know who who they are, what they look like, who they’re with, and who they shouldn’t be anywhere near. You…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: The Unknown Unknowns

The Unknown Unknowns? This is the stuff that you don’t know that you don’t know, and it can easily bite you in the butt. Those things can include something big like not knowing how long it takes to set up the reception for 150 people or smaller, or not realizing the photo booth needs to be near an outlet.

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Guests in black tie and record heatwaves dont' mix

Cakes aren’t the only thing that melts in the sun.

Last week another wedding professional posted on Facebook, “Can someone write a blog about asking guests to wear black tie in this heatwave?”

Yes. I will do that. To sum up: Don’t do that.

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Wedding plate

The Third Rule: Eat Your Dinner

“Pepper-crusted rack of lamb, where did you go??” – Marshall, How I Met Your Mother I only have three rules for the couples I work with (only three) and other than that, they are rarely going to hear the words “can’t” or “must” come out of my mouth. Rule #1 you’ve heard from me a thousand…

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Horry Wedding

Candice and Robert Horry’s Wedding on People.com!

I had the best time helping Candice and Robert during the final weeks of their wedding planning. For one thing, they’re very cool people. For another, I’m a basketball fan, and a huge Lakers fan, so it was total fan girl heaven for me. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful Southern California day…

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Dominos Wedding Registry

Wedding Wise Wednesday – Pizza Prize

On Wednesdays, 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! On Wednesdays, 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….

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Four-for-Friday - Flower-cuffs

Wedding Wise Wednesday: Flower Empowered

On Wednesdays, 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. Cool Wedding Thing of the Week These beautiful gold cuff corsages from Jardin Del Eden, here in Los Angeles. Adore the colors and the contrast, and they remind…

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Cake and Donuts

Wedding Wise Wednesday: The Best of Both Worlds

On Wednesdays, 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!  Donuts and Cake Cool Wedding Thing of The Week So, you see cake masterpieces and you think, “It’s so beautiful, I don’t want to touch it.” Nope,…

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Dont-forget

Don’t Forget These 10 Things At Your Wedding

  I would like to see that this is only a problem with bare wedding venues, but it’s not. In my own random order, here are some things you need to remember to not forget:   Don’t forget your marriage license. You are not officially married unless you have a signed marriage license – ever….

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