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A Soolip Wedding ReviewA Personal Note From Liz April’s booth On Sunday, I helped my friend, photographer April Rocha, set up and manage her photography booth at A Soolip Wedding. I love that show, everything is gorgeous, it’s at the Bel Air Club which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. There really is nothing like being able to pick out… |
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Weddings as Economic Privilege, part XV11A Practical Wedding posted a week back about a study that showed that women in lower income brackets/without college degrees were getting married in lower rates than women who made more money. Meg posited that marriage was becoming an economic privilege, and I thought about it, and I’ve concluded that it’s not marriage, it’s weddings.The… |
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Andrew and Nikkia Get Married!Andrew called me last week – he and his fiancee Nikkia wanted to get married at The Griffith Observatory, on Leap Year Day, and they needed an officiant. Sounded like fun, so I met them at Sunset yesterday. It was cloudy and silver and golden, and we had a beautiful view of Downtown L.A. to… |
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Wedding Wise Wednesday – Leap Year EditionEvery 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: Wedding proposal coffee cup I found on Preston Bailey’s website. I know soo many people this would work for! Cool, Too:… |
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My Wedding RevolutionI want to revolutionize the way couples think about their weddings. I want you to focus on that day as a gathering of all the people you love, and who love you, celebrating your marriage to the love of your life. I want you to focus not just on what you want the day to… |
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Rocking it Out…On a Small Dance Floor?Oh, the music, the music. One of the benefits of being a wedding planner is that I’m front and center of some really good parties. Ones where you can’t the folks off the dance floor to have dinner. Ones where they’ve had to take out a table to have space for more people on the… |
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What Wedding Coordination Feels Like On My End.I hooked up with MiNeeds.com, which one of those website matching service providers with the people who need them. I responded to a woman looking for a day-of coordinator with this: Hi, I’m Liz Coopersmith with Silver Charm Events (www.silvercharmevents.com). My day-of coordination service is more like a month of service. I contact all of… |
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Busy Weekend Even Without A Wedding…or a speaking engagement, for that matter. I got into the office at 8:30 this morning, and probably won’t be leaving until 8:30 tonight. What have I been doing here, you ask? I uploaded a new cover for my Kindle Book, updated my Author’s page on Amazon, attempted to record a video explaining The Olive… |
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Wedding Wise Wednesday – February 22Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome!Cool Wedding Thing of the Week: The coolest – today, February 22nd, is my ninth wedding anniversary. Nine years! I’ve already put together a Pinterest board for vow renewal… |
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Scenes From a Bridal ShowBridal Showplace, Knott’s Berry Farm Resort Hotel, Sunday, February 19th I got to speak, but I also had a booth, so I was doing double-duty. More public speaking was one of my goals this year, and I’m not exactly a natural? I’m still more comfortable one-on-one, but I’m getting the hang of it. I got… |
