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Asking Liz: Venue Questions This Week

Questions, I get questions from my couples every week. Some of them might help you out, so here we go: My venue manager says that I need to buy insurance. Why do they need insurance if I already gave them a deposit? Will it cover cancellation or postponement of my wedding? This is standard with…

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: COOL OFF.

Every Wednesday I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles, and from around the world. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing of the Week Buzzfeed Weddings and Sugar and Charm – Sangria sno cones. SANGRIA SNO CONES. Now, please! Cool, Too – Martha Stewart Weddings…

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Ask Liz: You vs. Your Venue Search

Dear Liz, My biggest challenge is finding an affordable venue. I keep going back to a local community center, but it’s not what I’d like. Help! Signed, Suffering and Settling For Less Dear Suffering, You know, as I get older, I’m finding that all cliches are true. It’s probably why they are so annoying, actually….

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Wedding Wise Wednesday: Heroes For Just One Day

Every Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the  web. Cool Wedding Thing of the Week What happens in Vegas ends up on my blog this week. I looked at this and thought, “wait, is that a reference to Iron Man on her shoes? And…

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Ask Liz: The Myth of Wedding DIY?

The original version of this article appeared in Huffington Post Weddings I hear it all the time: “I really love this bouquet I found in a magazine, but I think I can save money by going down to the flower market the day before my wedding and making it myself.” “I don’t want to spend…

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Ask Liz: What You Don't Know About Your Wedding Venue

What You Don’t Know About Your Wedding Venue   Finding the perfect place  can be frustrating. Creating your ideal wedding there could still be tricky. Here are some tips and tricks from the Ask Liz archives that will show you what you’re getting into, and how to get through: What You Don’t Know About Your Wedding…

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How To Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Wedding

Everyone has a wedding budget. Everyone.  Whether you’ve just started planning, or you’re trying to rein the money back in, pave the way to wedded financial bliss: The First Rule of Wedding Budget Planning The Olive Garden Rule: Set Your Expectations on Wedding Catering  The Average Cost of a Wedding In L.A: What Does a…

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Free LGBTQ Weddings 1/11/17 – Engaged Couples Wanted!

  As a proud member of the LA Wedding Vendors and Creatives Collective, I would like to announce a very special event: On Wednesday, January 11th, at York Manor in Highland Park, we are hosting free back to back elopements for LGBTQ couples who want to get legally married before Inauguration Day. Over 40 wedding professionals…

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Ask Liz: What Are The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Wedding Planning?

I’ve read a lot of business and life management books  – it comes with working for yourself. How to be more efficient, how to be more effective, how to be happier (there is no way to happiness, happiness IS the way. Think about that), how to be better, faster, stronger, and keep forging ahead. YES! I’ve…

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Ask Liz: My Final Word on Cash Registries

Hi Liz, My fiance and I will be married next Spring. We’ve been living together for five years in apartments, and we want to buy a house sooner, rather than later. We feel we don’t really need the traditional registry items and, not to sound greedy, we would really rather have money for a down payment. I’ve…

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