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Cakes, sweets and pastries, in some way shape or form are typically a part of most weddings. As recent trends have seen, this can take the form of cupcakes or mini individual cakes for your guests - and lately even pies have made an appearance on the wedding dessert scene! Although ordering a cake may [...]

All great fashion and design trends come and go, and come again. After a couple of decades when clean-shaven faces were de rigueur for the modern man, in recent years the mustaches and beards of yore have become ubiquitous on the faces of hip young men.
A truly popular trend, however, will resonate beyond itself and [...]

So far we have addressed questions related to Venues, Caterers & Photographers. We are rounding the corner on this mini-series, just a few key vendors left to go! So let’s do a fun one today, DJ’s & Bands! There are many weddings that choose to have neither a DJ nor a band, but many typically [...]

Today we are talking about photographers! This is an extremely important vendor and you should be sure to make many different contacts in this field. More so for some than others, the style and price range for good photographers can vary widely and by several thousands of dollars.
You want to be sure you have a [...]

We now find ourselves thinking about questions you can and should ask a catering company. Keep in mind that while many people have their receptions in catering, banquet or meeting halls that have their own in-house catering, still just as many celebrate at a location that requires an outside catering company to come in and [...]

This week we will be taking a look at some questions you may want to ask a venue when you conduct a site visit. A site visit is simply an appointment that you make with the venue’s sales staff or another representative. They typically greet you, give a brief (or extensive) tour of the property, [...]

Jennifer and I had a great time last week checking out Brooklyn Based’s Wedding Crashers Bridal Event in Brooklyn. The event took place at The Bell House, a very hip music and event venue located in a very hip part of Brooklyn near the Gowanus Canal.
This bridal event was a unique experience and - as [...]

As we begin our segment on vendor questions, I thought we would start with questions that a client (bride, groom, parent, etc) or even fellow vendor may ask you, the prospective planner. The below is a thorough list that should help prepare you to field these types of questions. Here’s a very important tip, before [...]

At a recent bridal event, a colleague and I were drawn to a large bar offering electric blue cocktails. The cocktails were not nearly as interesting as the bar, however, which had been carved from a solid block of ice. Beautifully detailed with a linear pattern and hollowed-out sections that perfectly accommodated the bottles, the [...]

At this point, we plan to delve deeper into the development of your vendor network.  Come the New Year, I will begin to tackle the specific “must have” info to gather from your vendors. However, before we can get to that point, you must have an organized system to input your vendor data. I am [...]