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Ask Liz: My Final Word on Cash RegistriesHi 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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Ask Liz: That ISN'T NecessaryThis is from a column I wrote on The Broke Ass Bride a while back – It’s so funny, though, because I’m still running into variations of these same questions this year. Theme: Don’t drive yourself nuts, please. Or, let others drive you nuts. Dear Liz, What should I do about my engagement ring? Some… |
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Ask Liz: The Fear of Bailing VendorsDear Liz, Over Memorial Day weekend, I was the maid of honor at my cousin’s wedding. It was a great day, and the photographer was wonderful to all of us, until after the toasts. He left! My cousin said that they only had him for 8 hours, which ended at 8pm. But, he missed… |
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Ask Liz: Your Outdoor Wedding vs. The TrashDear Liz, I am planning a late morning wedding at an amphitheater at a public park this fall. There are some unsightly trash cans that will be in view by guests that are watching the ceremony. Unfortunately, they cannot be lifted or moved. I have considered wooden room dividers as a possible way to hide… |
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Ask Liz: How to Hide the Ugly at Your WeddingI am out of town this week, so I’m treating you to a few days of the most burning, burning questions from my advice column over the years. I wrote this for The Broke Ass Bride about four years ago, and it’s been repinned 7300 times on Pinterest. As you can imagine, I’m quite proud…. |
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Wedding Wise Wednesday – The Cat's MeowEvery 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 Oh, my God, THIS is the kind of thing that makes me glad I write this blog. My friend Kristin LaBrot,… |
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Ask Liz Flashback: It's the Week of My Wedding, What Do I Do?I’m coordinating a wedding tomorrow, so I thought it was a good time for a repost. There is a lot of stuff that needs to checked off the week of your wedding. I mean, as you read this, I’m about to run out to pick up a cake stand in Marina Del Rey before running… |
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Ask Liz: Who Should Walk Me Down the Aisle?Dear Liz: I’m getting married in October, and I have a little bit of a dilemma. My mother remarried when I was four, so I grew up with my Step-Dad. I’m close with my real father, too. I would like both of them to walk me down the aisle, but is that weird? My step-dad… |
The Best Wedding Ceremony Advice I Have to Give You (Los Angeles Wedding Planner)Katrina + Adam, 4/25/14Photo: Sherri J Photography I think you already know this, but I’m also a wedding officiant, working with Great Officiants and on my own from time to time. And to answer your next question, yes, I have both officiated and and coordinated at the same wedding, but not everyone s comfortable with that! I officiated a slew… |
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Wedding Money Monday: Budget BandagesEverybody has been there – you’re signing contracts left and right, with a fairly good idea of what you’re going to end up spending. Rounding up or down to the nearest zero as you go along. And, then, at some point, you sit down and add it all up…and realized that you are screwed, budget-wise…. |