Wedding Advice

Overweight Bridesmaids and What NOT to Do

My weekly advice column for the Broke-Ass Bride is UP: Dear Liz, So I am getting married in one year out of state, but we are having our reception in August 2014. My dilemma is that I have two sisters that are VERY heavy set. I want them to feel amazing in their dresses with…

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Ask Liz Flashback: The Name Change Game (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

This article originally appeared on The Broke-Ass Bride on May 20, 2011  Either way, it’s the two of you together So, my maiden name is “McNamee.” Try pronouncing that out loud. Yeah, I know, you can’t. Nobody can spell it, nobody can pronounce it, and I spent 30 years helping them, and wincing when they…

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Seven Reasons to Believe in Weddings (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

From my article in the Huffington Post: Photo by Studio EMP There is a great debate in the wedding world these days, as to why we all do this. Weddings are down, cohabitation is up. Why, why, why? My life as a wedding coordinator and as an officiant — ground zero, as it were —…

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Wine Cork Heart Tip #1 (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

Wanna know how to do it? I love this idea, I really do, which why I pinned it! A couple of weeks ago, the bride’s mother-in-law wanted to create this for them…but she didn’t tell us until the reception was almost over. Most of the corks were thrown away, deep, deep away by then, so…

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Ask Liz: Wedding Paths of Less Resistance

This week’s advice column is UP: Pro…or Con? Dear Liz, I’m waiting for my fiancé’s visa to be approved (he is not a US citizen) so we have a while before making most of our wedding decisions but I am already stressing about my wedding party! I’m the youngest of four and not close with…

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Ask Liz: Bring the Party To Them (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)

What happens in Vegas is…just too hard for everyone to get to. It’s Friday! My new advice column is up on The Broke-Ass Bride today… Dear Liz,I live on the west coast.  Two of my bridesmaids as well as most of my close friends live on the east coast, as do my future in-laws.  My…

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What You Don't Know About Your Wedding: Venues (Los Angeles Wedding Coordinator)

This is an edited transcript of the teleclass I did two years ago, with Erin Baagason of Calamigos Ranch. Specific info about days, packages and rates may have changed. I am always coordinating weddings there, so contact me for updated information:  Liz: Excellent! So, as I said, we’re recording this, thank you all very much for…

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Let Them Eat…Well, You Know (Los Angeles Wedding Coordinator)

One of my favorites. That’s the solar system etched carefully behind Beverly and Jean-Luc. Inaccurately, as one of the guests pointed out to the Physicist/Bride. Yeah, thanks, Dude. Friday! I’m heading out the door for a catering tasting with one of my July Brides, which includes cake. Yay! I was skimming through the “archives” and…

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