Beware the Best of Lists

Just about every city or hamlet has them, blogs have them, websites have them and they all sound so good. What am I talking about? Those ubiquitous “Best Of” lists. Just how good are they? Do they really represent anything? Not really. There are two basic types: pure numbers and private selection. The pure numbers [...]

Greening The Real American Wedding

A few months ago I set up a blog for a recent client/long time friend. When I went in today to tweak a thing or two I caught up on my reading. I had always known that Kellie was one of the greenest caterers around. Still, I was tickled green to see that she is [...]

Size Matters: The Rise of The Small Wedding

I just read an interesting press release on the annual survey, “What’s On Brides Minds’” conducted by Infosurv, Inc. for David’s Bridal. According to the survey results, 75% of brides-to-be now have to adjust their budget because of the current economic climate. One of the ways there are making that adjustment is by reducing the [...]

Sign My Cast

Last Friday morning I left with camera in hand to document all the fabulous things there were to share at the largest bridal show in the southeast. With over 200 vendors representing everything from cakes to gowns to limos I knew there would be tons to share. Well a funny thing happened. I was helping [...]

Escort Card Alternatives

Sometimes I get tired of seeing the same old set-up for escort cards: lovely cards surrounding elaborate floral centerpiece. Why not do something a little different with either the display or the ‘card’ itself. The first three are cards but displayed in an interesting way. The next three are unique items used as escort cards [...]

The Real American Wedding

You see it everywhere, the average wedding in America is $28,000. Well do you know where that number came from? I do, and it’s wrong! There are 2 entities perpetuating this myth, The Wedding Report and The Knot.com. Here is the problem with that number. They took the total spent on weddings in America and [...]

Wedding Myths Debunked!

How about a little bridal humor today? I was traipsing around the internet today and ran across an entire page of simple hilarious wedding lore on of all places Snopes.com. One of my particular favorites is about the bride that gave her baker the wrong bible verse for her wedding cake. Rather that extolling the [...]

Bride Wars

I just ran across the trailer for the upcoming movie, Bride Wars. Oh my dear readers, I can’t wait. Starring Kate Hudson and Ann Hathaway as BFFs turned bitter rivals when their wedding are double booked at the Plaza hotel. Throw in Candice Bergen as the wedding planner and you have a festival of bridal [...]

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