Backyard Wedding

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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Ask Liz: No, Seriously, Rentals Suck.

Yup, still in new project hell. Forgive the punt via Broke Ass Bride. Dear Liz:   We’re getting married in October, and we have to bring everything into our venue – chairs, tables, spoons, everything. I’ve started talking to rental companies, and I’m shocked at some of the numbers they’re giving me. Not with the…

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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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#LiveonPeriscope: 5 things you HAVE to spend money on at your backyard w…

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Wedding Wise Weekly – August 1

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 Weekly. Welcome! First of all, I’m blowing up Periscope, so follow me @LizCharm and @SilverCharmEvnt, okay? Cool Wedding Thing of the Week:  From The Shabby Creek Cottage– They say it’s…

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Wedding Wise Weekly – March 25

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 Weekly. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week: Six wedding cakes. Aury saw a picture of this exact thing by Martha Stewart a few years ago, and that’s exactly…

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Throwback Thursday: Some people just know how to party

Saturday, July 12, Trinh and Jarrod’s Backyard wedding in Pasadena Love is Good.  Jarrod built the s’mores bar from scratch, by the way …and he cut the tiles for the Jenga tower, too.Good man to have around. The End of the Pinata #WEDDINGDESTRUCTION Cake Cutting See you at the end of the aisle, Liz CoopersmithSilver…

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Your Big, Fat, Backyard Wedding – Los Angeles Wedding Planner

I’ve said it before, every wedding is a big wedding, especially the small ones. And backyard weddings, as intimate, convenient, and savings-friendly as they are? Can also be a lot of work. Here are some things you need to keep in mind about your backyard weddings, or about having your wedding at what I call…

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Ask Liz: Wedding Cancellations and FMILs (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

My advice column on The Broke-Ass Bride is up. Dear Liz, Yesterday, I sort of had a wedding freak out. There’s no way we’re going to be able to afford our wedding next April, even with all of the major stuff being gifted to us. The venue, including the ceremony and dinner,  is going to be…

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In Praise of Backyard Weddings (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

Congratulations, Chantal and John! I love them, I really do. No chiavari chairs, no five foot tall centerpieces or fondant peacock cakes. Just everything stripped down to the love part. Love, and good food. I was lucky enough to officiate Chantal and John’s wedding, last minute, on Saturday. John was scheduled to ship out on…

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