I've been writing about weddings for 10+ years. Search by topic to find the advice you need.
Wedding Planning
|
Ask Liz: Feeling Good About Your WeddingThe lists, the timeline, the pressure to have a beautiful, perfect day..the distraction of the shiny new thing on your finger. It’s wonderful, it’s overwhelming. It’s a whole lot of “GAH, how do I deal with all this??” Here are my best tips and cheerleading to help you take a deep breath or two on… |
|
Ask Liz: A Four Hour Wedding?Dear Liz, We’re getting married next Spring. We found your venue, and we really love it, but the rules are a problem. With our contract, the earliest we can have our ceremony is 5:00pm, but the venue is in a residential area, so we have to shut the music off by 9:30pm. That only gives us… |
|
Wedding Wise Wednesday: A Proposal You CANNOT RefuseEvery Wednesday, I bring you the best wedding stories, deals and events in Los Angeles and from around the web. And we call it Wedding Wise Wednesday. Welcome! Cool Wedding Thing Of the Week Vicky’s Donuts – Marry Me Donuts. This makes me happy because it exists, but sad because Vicky’s Donuts is in London, but… |
|
How To Save Thousands of Dollars on Your WeddingEveryone 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… |
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… |
|
Ask Liz: The (Gift) Envelopes, Please?Dear Liz: My wedding is next week, and My mom is convinced that a lot of our guests, or at least our side of the family, will be giving us cash as gifts, in envelopes, I guess? How does that usually go, would they hand those to us? I don’t think I want to carry… |
|
Ask Liz: Food Trucks and How to Swing ThemDear Liz, I love the one that comes to my work, so we’re having a food truck at our wedding. There’s going be over 100 guests, and I’m worried that it’s going to get crowded. How do I make sure it doesn’t get too crazy? Signed, Feeding Frenzy Dear Frenzy, I wish a food truck… |
|
18 Things That Surprise People About WeddingsI love being a wedding planner. It’s a great gig – it’s fun, it’s prettier than anything, and at the end of each night, I’m surrounded by love, joy and a really great party. But I am always surprised by what surprises people about weddings, theirs and everyone else’s. Consider yourself forewarned and thus,… |
|
#MyFavoriteWeddingStories – Laurie and Luke's Star Trek CakeFor more highlights from Laurie and Luke’s wedding, read my original blog post here. See you at the end of the aisle, Liz Coopersmith What do you want your wedding day to look like? Contact me to schedule a complimentary consultation. |
|
Ask Liz: Marriage and How to Swing ItDear Liz, We’re planning a big wedding in October. I was my best friend’s bridesmaid in February, and since then, she’s told me that they’ve been having problems. She says that they’re fighting a lot, and the last time we all went out together, they didn’t even look at each the whole night. They were… |