Although an all-white wedding looks absolutely stunning and beautiful (and I have yet to plan one), as a planner and designer, I always love working with colors. Besides the typical florals and linens, these days you can add a splash of your favorite hue with one of these cool items suggested by none other than [...]
Normally when you have an outdoor wedding, a lot of times the leftover wedding cake slices are usually wrapped in aluminum foil from the catering company. Occasionally, the baker might leave a few regular white boxes for guests to pack the cake in, but I have seen these beautiful and colorful gable boxes and thought [...]
At all of the weddings that I plan, I notice that the guests will take off their shoes as the music starts. It’s totally cool and so much more comfortable than keeping the heels on, but there was one wedding where one of the guests dropped her wine glass and it broke on the dance [...]
This is a question I get asked all the time by my clients and even potential clients. It’s very common for destination weddings when you anticipate a certain number of guests attending the wedding, but as the date gets closer, some of the guests are not able to make it.
So how will that affect your [...]
At the last wedding that I did, the groom’s side of the family was all from Australia. The mother of the groom came up to me and we started talking about the wedding. Then she told me how some of her families and relatives who weren’t able to make it to Maui, gave her a [...]
This question has come up a few times from different clients during the wedding planning process - “Do we need to feed all the vendors?” I thought it’s an excellent question and I am sure a lot of my readers are also wondering the same thing, so I am going to discuss this topic right [...]
Awww… aren’t these babies cute? They are so adorable that it makes me “almost” want to have a child of my own! :) Augie Chang and Jennifer Skog are 2 of my many favorite photographers in San Francisco, and they are just amazing… don’t you agree?
So you are probably thinking why I am posting baby [...]
Of the 4 years I have planned destination weddings in Hawaii, I have seen so many brides who got sunburned right before their wedding. Not only does it look painful, it’s also going to show up in every single picture that the photographer takes. It will definitely be very expensive on the photo retouching part.
Let [...]
2 weeks ago, I received a lovely email from Kathy of “The MOB Mentality” blog. She is currently helping her daughter plan the wedding of her dreams in Florida, and she wanted to know if I can provide some tips and advice on hiring a wedding planner for a destination wedding.
I said yes of course, [...]
My lovely bride Michelle, who just had a beautiful wedding on April 25th and was featured on Style Me Pretty, is kind enough to share her destination wedding planning experience with our readers. It really makes a big difference to get the tips and advice directly from a bride who’s “been there, done that”! Hopefully [...]
