Mastering The Wedding Registry

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Getting married is amazing. It is exciting. It is a time like no other in your life. As a former wedding planner and wedding book author, I know it can also seem overwhelming. Selecting flowers, dresses, invitations, and parties are what most couples consider wedding planning, but there is so much more. One aspect of planning most couples tend to underestimate is developing the bridal registry. They think it is easy to select a few amazing gifts and be on their way, but truth be told, crafting a useful and meaningful wedding registry is almost an art form!

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Rustic Wood Wedding Sign

I spent many, many years planning fabulous weddings...and I gotta tell ya...I miss it (not the long hours...but everything else). Last year an amazing caterer I know asked me to make these rustic wood wedding signs for each of her couples. I love the idea and they are such an amazing wedding keepsake or unique part of the wedding decor.

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Wedding Celebrations: Bubbles and Brew Couples Shower

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It has been 16 years since I was married, but I remember every detail of every party and of the wedding. I went on to use my experiences to help other couples plan amazing events. I loved the couples I worked with. All different. All unique. All bright and hopeful for their future and full of ideas about their weddings and life together. All of them wanting, striving to blend their individual interests and ideas and lives together.

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Be Yourself, Together: Unique Gift Giving for Weddings

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My husband and I are getting ready to celebrate a wedding anniversary. I brought up the subject of our wedding gifts and we started talking about the truly unique gifts we received. Of course we were, and are thankful to have received beautiful china and linens and crystal...but there were a few friends who really hit the mark with amazing, unique and unforgettable gifts. Don't you want to be that wedding guest too?

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Tales From Reality TV

This has been a rough week so far. So I am giving you a blast from the past....I LOVE reality TV (sad, but true). And once upon a time I was on a few shows (just once). Here's my tale...

For some background...It was the height of wedding craziness in L.A. Wedding planners were vying for top billing and over the top weddings. New bridal magazines were being published... and television shows developed on what seemed like a daily basis. In the email inbox was a constant flow of teasers for auditions. So, no, my tale is not one of taking my top off to date a has-been rock star or a middle aged (although HOT!) soap opera stud...my trashy reality show had much more tame content, but was trashy nonetheless.

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10 Years or Pay Up!

There was glamour...there was excitement...there was screaming...there were bad parents...there were self-centered brides, and egotistical grooms...and yes, there were a lot of really great people too, but does that make for a good story? Oh, I had it all, livng the life of a glamourous wedding planner in Tinsel Town.

So this weeks writing prompt, "Tell me your most humorous wedding experience," was tricky - do I write about the photographer who puked in the Ritz Carlton's palm trees, the mother of the bride who bribed the DJ to play a Garth Brook's song so her new son-in-law (who hates country music) would leave and then she drank a toast to what an asshole he was, or even my own personal wedding tale...Oh no, I will save those for later. Instead I shall share this little family gem with you. Please remember names have been changed to protect the guilty!

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