Posts in the 'The Biz' Category
September 1st, 2010 by The Broke-Ass Bride
‘Memba those fabulous DIY Louboutin-inspired petal sandals we featured from Love, Maegan a few weeks ago? Well, today we’re feeding to your fix with a matching petal bag that’s as simple as it is sexy. Thanks again to Maegan for sharing! Make sure to check out her fabulous site and love her long time. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did! …..and away we go!
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Christian Louboutin Satin “Petal” Bag
I used a 9″ x 5″ true vintage lace/satin snap clutch I found at Goodwill for 3.99 {if you’re going for an exact look …use a purse like this or this}
…I think I like mine better 
August 31st, 2010 by Britt
If you’re engaged, you’ve probably made, or attempted to make, what we here in the wedding industry call a wedding “Inspiration Board.” An inspiration board is a mix of images that reflect what you desire your wedding to look and feel like, and what elements you want to incorporate into it.
The first board I ever made incorporated a host of images that matched exactly what I wanted our wedding to look like — or at least what I thought I wanted it to look like. I had the beautifully dressed banquet tables… with perfect lanterns… and DIY decor that looks entirely too professional to be DIY that I could actually recreate. I also included the dress I thought I wanted… and the giant hair flower that I tried to convince myself would look good on me… BUT in the end, this board gave me more frustration than inspiration. There was no way I could have recreated such perfection, and it kind of drove me nuts thinking that I could. Here’s the first board I ever made:
Britt Inspiration Board #1
image sources: oncewed, watters, weddingbee, joetheguitarman, foldingtrees
After I realized I couldn’t possibly make our wedding look like this board, I made another one. One that was more eclectic… one with more of a loose color scheme… one that inspired ‘look and feeling’ as opposed to total re-creation. One that I made out of magazine clippings instead of images I found on bride blogs. Check it out:
Britt Inspiration Board #2
However, even though I connected more with this board than the previous one, I still didn’t know how the inspiration would manifest in our wedding. I would look at this board and think, “ooo pretty, but what exactly am I getting from this?” And the answer was always, “nothing much. Well, maybe in terms of color scheme? Sure…”
In the end, I stopped looking at and making inspiration boards many months before the wedding. Instead, I turned my attention to the venue and based my decor decisions on the vibe of the physical space, and on what we were actually capable of achieving. That’s when I decided to scrap a strict color scheme and just let it ride. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted it to look as cohesive as possible, but we didn’t have the funds, the talent, or the patience to completely back that desire. But it was a great feeling to finally let go of the inspiration board parameters. It was then and only then that I could let our true personalities shine… and the results were better than I could have ever imagined… turns out I needed to follow my own “Just be You” advice and let our wedding reflect who we are and what we love — even if who we are and what we love isn’t the picture of matched perfection, or doesn’t showcase Martha Stewart-quality DIY.
So if you are having trouble sticking to your initial inspiration board, take a look at an inspiration board I made from the actual pictures from our wedding and from the elements that we incorporated. How do you think these boards compare? Personally, I much prefer the board from our actual wedding. The first two are pretty, but this one screams US. And who doesn’t want the most personal day of their lives to reflect them? So if you are having similar troubles with recreating your wedding inspiration board, I’m here to tell you it’s okay to let go and and above all, just be you!
Britt Inspiration Board #3: Our Actual Wedding
How many inspirations boards have you created? Did your actual wedding look anything like the inspiration board you initially created? If not, how did it change and why?
August 13th, 2010 by liz
Yay!
This is pic is from the first same-sex wedding ceremony I coordinated back in 2007. The next year, Sarah and Pam did it all over again all legal-like, as one of the lucky 18,000 couples who got married before Prop 8 passed. Starting Wednesday, a lot more couples in California are going to be able to join them, so congrats to you all for the massive win yesterday. Congratulations to all of us really – an expansion of rights for any of us is an expansion of rights for all of us. Let me know if you need anything, okay? 
So, in the past three weeks, I’ve been hired by three new couples, so, you know, yay me. But the point is they are all so different, and want such different things for their weddings, it just reminded me of how much I LOVE the stuff you guys come up with. Penny and Sheldon are actual rocket scientists and they want a wedding cake shaped like the solar system. Michaela and Steven are getting married on an Air Force Base and are all ready to choose the flavors for their must-have ice cream buffet. Traci and Bennett want to build their reception around the Ferris Wheel at their venue. And they’re all so excited that I can’t help but get excited right along with them. It’s part of my job, even.
But, truthfully, I have favorite things at every wedding, the moments I love to see and be a part of.
The First Look
It's the smiles that get me every time.
The first time the couple sees each other at their wedding is my all-time favorite wedding moment. Whether they’ve decided to do that before the ceremony or at the beginning of it, I always make sure I’m right there to see it. That’s what it’s all about – the two of them and the journey they’ve finished and the one they’re about to start. It’s all about the love, baby.
The Cake
I have never met a wedding cake I didn’t love. Sure, I like butter cream frosting the best, but I won’t turn down fondant, either. It’s chewy, like licorice, and licorice is God’s candy. Nothing wrong with that. But if anyone tells you that I’ve ever had more than one slice, they’re lying, okay? That second piece was totally for my husband. And the third piece, too. What?
Yummy Sweet Chewiness!
The First Dance
Special, romantic, and also a great source of about 25% of the music in my itunes library. Big smiles all around. I love this gig.
Life is but a dream...(courtesy of Winnie Cheng Photography)
I really do have one of the best jobs in the world. But what’s your favorite wedding moment? What are you looking forward to at your own wedding? Also, given what I’ve covered in past posts, and what’s going on with your own wedding, let me know what topics you’d like me to cover next week, too.
This Week’s Wedding Deals:
Photographer Gina Zeider is looking for an out-of-the box, unique photo shoot idea, and she’ll do it with you. What do you feel passionate about? Leave a comment describing your idea on her blog today and this weekend, and she’ll choose the winner on Monday. Go forth and dream!
Preownedweddingdresses.com is giving away 5 pairs of earrings from the super stylish Amelia Rose Jewelry Collection – a perfect gift for bridesmaids.
Speaking of chewy yumminess, Wedobo.com – think of it as Groupon for weddings – is going to let you have a box of 18 (life-changing) salted carmels at only $4 each, discounted from $7. These were favors at the last wedding I did, and no, I didn’t take a bag of these home with me, either. You can even customize the labels for them. You’re welcome!
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See you at the end of the aisle,
August 10th, 2010 by Britt
Greetings, fellow Broke-Asses! Since I’m all marrified now… my new husband (swoon!) and I decided to join forces for today’s post and really give it to you straight about a few cheap wedding alternatives we chose, and why we may have chosen differently had we known what we know now. Don’t worry. We’re not suggesting we should have spent more money on said things. Imaginary money wasn’t going to come to our rescue. But, there are definitely a few ways in which we could have moved the budget around to make it all work.
Let’s start with DIY decor.
As you all know, we completely DIYed our wedding. From cutting the tablecloths to crafting the centerpieces, signs, chandeliers, bouquets and bouts on down to brewing the beer, we did it all. And it was certainly A LOT cheaper for the effort. However, transport for getting everything into the venue was slightly nightmarish. We didn’t expect or prepare for the enormous truckload of wedding stuff that we accumulated over the last year. It was like moving an entire apartment, almost.
Luckily, we made it through the transport storm… but the hardest part was yet to come. It was the clean-up and transport the day after our DIY wedding that was the hardest. Hangover + No Sleep + Physical Labor + Heat = No Bueno. Luckily we had the help of our amazing friends and family, but even with everyone pitching in, it took us nearly 3 hours to get everything packed up and out of the venue. And we still had to return the keg and unload everything into our 3rd floor apartment. (Craftstorm is back. Boo.)
Wait... you mean all that stuff we've been crafting for the last year has to be stored at our apartment until we find a new home for it? YUP.
Beer Bottle Chandeliers for Sale! Anyone... Anyone... Bueller?
The lesson here is simply this: If you don’t want to spend the next day cleaning, transporting, and housing your DIY decor until you figure out what the hell you are going to do with it all… then perhaps it’s a good idea to use some of the budget to hire a cleanup crew. Or, get hardy volunteers to do it for you, and have a plan ready for them so everyone knows what to do. You don’t want to wake up the next morning giving orders and making sure your keg deposit gets picked up. You might have loved ones, best buds, or kidnapped children doing your heavy lifting, but they’re all equally ignorant when it comes to your wedding — and they will attempt to escape unless you tell them what to do… and rightfully so
Next up: Lessons learned from honeymooning on the cheap.
When we got word from Mike’s uncle that he we could stay a week for FREE in his private vacation condo in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico… we jumped at it. Didn’t even think twice. We were ecstatic. The problem with that is that we failed to check the weather in PV during that time of year. Which was pretty unlike us not to do… but planning a wedding is a crazy time — and when someone offers you something for free (in an industry that usually offers you nothing for free) you feel awesome, and you jump on the offer without fully thinking it through.
When we got off the plane in Puerto Vallarta, the weather was in the 90s at 100% humidty and it was during monsoon season. Hello, heat blanket we would never escape!
The monsoon was so out of control, the river level rose up and tore down the suspension bridge near our condo.
We probably would have chosen a different honeymoon option had we known this. We would have much rather spent our honeymoon driving up the coast of California in beautiful weather, and it would have been the same price, or even cheaper, as it was to go to Puerto Vallarta. The weather would have been more comfortable, and we might have enjoyed some true relaxation after a very long and emotional wedding planning journey.
Are you guys scared that your shoestring budget might be exposing you to some uncomfortable or disappointing outcomes? Has choosing cheap ever gone awry for you? Let’s make a contingency plan together!
August 6th, 2010 by liz
I don’t watch bridal shows on television. Bridezilla makes me anxious, Platinum Weddings creeps me out, and even David Tutera has become a little too condescending for his own good. But I can’t stay away from the movies. Put Julia Roberts in a Vera Wang and I’m all over it. I think it’s because these movies are hardly ever about the mechanics of weddings, they’re about the relationships involved. But some of them definitely offer insight on how to (and how not to) manage both:
Bride Wars
Courtesy of entertainmentwallpaper.com
Marion St. Claire: A wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life. You have been dead until now. Were you aware of that? You’re dead right now.
Emma: I understand.
Marion St. Claire: [Nodding over to her assistant] Angela, for example, will die dead.
Oh, God, NO. I had completely blocked this flick from my memory when I was coming up with movies for this post, because just thinking about it makes me twitch. I was so uncomfortable that I knew I had to leave out “The Wedding Planner” just so I could talk about this one. “Bride Wars” Is one of the worst cinematic examples of girl-on-girl crime every filmed. Even though Liv and Emma do both end up getting married at the Plaza, they still hate on each other in the most vicious, passive-aggressive manner, when this would be the perfect opportunity for so-called life-long friends to find many, many ways to make the situation work. And I know that this is fiction, but the fact that this is out there in the universe offends me greatly, the off-handed shrug, “Well, you know, that’s just the way women are!” Gah! But there are things to be learned here. For one, check all your contracts to make sure you’re getting what you need. When something goes wrong, the first question you ask, while you’re silently wondering if you’ve been cursed and why these things always happen to you, is, “Okay, so what can we do about it?” And if you meet with any vendor who finds it necessary to criticize other vendors, or, even worse, their own staff, yeah, RUN. It happens. And, yes, your wedding does mark the first day of the rest of your life. But so does today. And tomorrow. So chill.
Rachel Getting Married
Kym: I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
Courtesy of weblo.com
As I once said to another Annual Pass holder, “Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. But you can bring a human pocket of unhappiness with you.” Same thing goes for weddings. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Kym, the human pocket of unhappiness. She’s just back from rehab, sleeps with the best man, gets into a fist-fight with her mother, hijacks her sister’s wedding rehearsal dinner with a step in her 12-step program, and generally behaves badly. And it’s no one’s fault but her own. So, when your sister/bridesmaid/future mother-in law/groomsmen (boys can be bitchy, too, and how) is giving you a hard time about whatever, remember – it’s not about you, it’s about them. You’re just trying to get married and be happy, and it’s not your fault that they find that annoying. Smile, and keep moving towards the aisle. Plus, I just LOVED the actual wedding in this movie – home-grown -ish, and filled with all the things that were important to the bride and groom, including lots and lots of music. You can have the wedding you want, no matter what else is going on around you. Anne Hathaway filmed this movie after she filmed Bride Wars, so I like to think she was trying to restore her karmic balance. I’ll give it to her.
27 dresses
Courtesy of Telegraph.co.uk
Kevin [motions to a "Gone With the Wind"-style dress] What the hell is that?
Jane: Theme wedding.
Kevin: What was the theme? Humiliation?
As I’ve said before, your wedding party is happy to be a part of your wedding. Don’t make them unhappy to be a part of your wedding day. When something you’ve requested is over the top or will cause duress – you know when you’ve gone too far. If it sounds wrong in your head, it’s wrong. Also, weddings are not the place to, as the main character Jane’s friend Casey says, “unleash twenty years of repressed feelings in one night.” Turn towards the light, y’all. But I have to say that I love the ending of that movie, because Jane was right – she was there for her bride friends, and they ended up being there for her, in those horrible dresses, no less.
Shakespeare in Love
Courtesy of www.greatbooksandfilm.com
Phillip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do?
Phillip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
Hugh Fennyman: How?
Phillip Henslowe: I don’t know. It’s a mystery.
I told a friend of mine that I was going to use this movie and she replied, “What’s the moral? Don’t marry the man you love, marry the guy that has the money?”
NO.
Insurmountable obstacles on the way to imminent disaster… sound familiar? You’ve worked so hard on your wedding, dotted your i’s, crossed your t’s. It has, truthfully, become your part-time job, and is maybe taking up more time than your real one. But stuff is going to go wrong along the way, or even on your wedding day itself. But it’s going to all work out, even if all your reception chairs don’t match, even if the caterer is late showing up with your appetizers. At the end of the day, you’re marrying the love of your life, surrounded by the people who love you both the most in the world (whether they act like it or not), and you’ve done the best you can to plan a wonderful day. It’s no mystery.
So, what are some of your favorite wedding movies? There’s going to be a Part The Second, so let me know which you would like me review next time around.
This Week’s Wedding Deals:
Wedding Chicks continues to bring the cool with this next deal, but you have to use it by today. Yes, I know, it’s always something. Use the code weloveyou to receive 40% off your order in their shop. Forty Freakin’ Percent. Go!
Still need some form of wedding stationery? Save the Dates, Invites, Place cards, Programs, etc? TinyPrints.com has a slew of discount coupons this week -
TPFAN – $10 off orders of $49 or more
AFFNEW – $10 off orders of $59 or more
PRT2010 – 10% off orders of $40 or more
And At Hello Lucky, you use the code 12WS to get 15% off wedding stationery orders of $99 or more.
Alfred Angelo is having a bridal gown sale until August 15th – save $50 – 300 on your dress, just download the coupon on their site and drop by.
Weddingish.com is slashing 50% off their personalized porcelain dishes – great gifties for bridesmaids!
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See you at the end of the aisle,
July 23rd, 2010 by liz
Congratulations! You haven’t had the shiny, shiny diamond on your finger long enough to get a ring tan, so now it’s time to put first things first. If the bridal show is your first bridal rite of passage, your invite list is the first bridal gauntlet run. After the wedding date, it’s the primary question any venue is going to ask: How many guests are you having? Well, let’s see…
It is a truth universally recognized that the more guests you have, the more you’re going to have to spend on your wedding. 20 guests at, say, $50 per person (not including tax and service, of course) is $1,000. Once you figure out how many guests you have, you can reasonably figure out how much you’re going to have to spend.
Where to begin, where to begin? First of all, before you get your list together, try to avoid making any promises to anyone. Don’t tell them the date (though you should have this figured out before you start), don’t promise to send them an invite, don’t even go as far as to say that you’re trying to keep it small. If they ask, just tell them that you “haven’t even gotten that far.” Because you haven’t. Do not add “But I’ll let you know.” Managing expectations is the first step to managing your guest list. Make sure your fiance gets the memo on that one.
So, let’s say that your initial estimate is 100 guests, and that’s also how many guests you want at your wedding. That’s fine, but don’t just guess how many guests you’re going to have, write it down. I’m a big fan of doing things in batches, so you should each make a list of the first 25 people who come to mind, which will probably include your families and close friends. Multi-task to make it less of a task. Schedule a time to do it together, over dinner or something. Then, while you’re still sitting down, add another 25 each, which will get you to 100. Make sure you’ve added everyone’s significant others. Don’t worry about addresses right now. Check each others lists for duplicates. Then send the list off to your parents or anyone else who could possibly have a say, and give them a week to get back to you.
You now have entirely too many people on your guest list.
But it’s not time to be ruthless, not just yet.
Who ARE all these people? (Photo courtesy of Sun Dance Photography)
Now that you have the “master” list, divide it into 3 categories:
1. The people you absolutely want and who need to be there, even if it’s political (Boss and his wife, your Dad’s new step-children, you get the idea).
2. The people you know probably won’t be able to make it for whatever reason, but who will need an invite anyway.
3. The people one or both of you have never heard of, or have a passing acquaintance with. Include those who you know don’t care if they get an invite or not.
Make a note next to each name, as to who submitted it – you, him or your family. Okay, now is the time to get ruthless.
How many folks do you have to cut? Let’s say it’s a semi-drastic amount, like 50 (= $2500). Breathe. Statistically speaking 10-15% of all of your invitees will decline, but you can never tell which ones! No, really, BREATHE.
First of all, eliminate the folks in #2, who you are 85-90% sure are not going to show. We’re talking about your cousin in Zimbabwe, your college roommate who’s due to have twins halfway around the country at that time, your mentor who’s going to be on the last Space Shuttle mission, you know who these people are. Make a note if you have to send them an invite anyway.
Okay, where are you now? Time to tackle the names in #3. Schedule a time to start with your lists, first. Who are these people that one of you has never heard of or doesn’t know? Do they really need to be invited to your wedding, and be expected to attend? Can any of them be put into list #2? Which ones already know about it, which ones have expressed an interest in attending? You can eliminate more people right there.
It’s your parents’ names in this category that could be the hardest. You each need to deal with your own set. Come armed with specific names. Be nice about it, mention your budget, that you would really like to invite everyone, but you can’t, and ask them the same questions that you’ve asked each other. Thank them for understanding. If you don’t have that type of relationship with your parents, now is a good time to start.
Guest list still too big? Repeat the process. I never said this was going to be easy! If you’re still having problems, eliminate any co-workers, teammates, or other business associates. Once you realize that this is what you have to do, start floating around the idea that this will be a small wedding that’s going to be mostly family and family friends. Don’t use the term “close friends” because you’re affirming that they are not in that category, which is.. mean? Tacky? Just avoid it.
Where are you having problems cutting your list? And what tactics/rules are you using to get it done? Let me know and ask your questions in the comments!
This week’s deals:
WeddingChannel.com and Us Weekly are launching their 3rd Annual “Dream Wedding” program – a contest for celeb-loving engaged couples to win a $100,000 Hollywood-style wedding. Wedding planned entirely by WeddingChannel.com and their fabulous A-list wedding experts? Check! Wedding profiled in Us Weekly magazine and Wedding Channel.com? Check! You have until Thursday, July 29 to enter at www.usmagazine.com/wedding. On August 3rd, 10 couple finalists will be announced, and America votes for their favorite couple. The Dream Wedding winning couple will be announced online on August 13th, and the wedding planning begins!
Rima Campbell photography is giving away a free destination wedding photography package. Follow the link for details, and good luck!
Alajon Printing and Design is offering 100 letterpress invitations and enclosure cards, like the one right here, for only $439, which at less than $5 each is such a steal.
David’s Bridal, always upping their game, is selling Wedding Invitations, too. DIY kits start at $24.00, and pre-printed invitations start at $59.00 for 100.
Everything in The Knot.com Shop is 15% off. Yes, Everything.
Oh, and take a look at Candy Buffet 101 at Project Wedding. Find out how to put one together, and how to put it together under budget. Enjoy!
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See you at the end of the aisle,
July 14th, 2010 by The Broke-Ass Bride
I had performance anxiety dreams three nights in a row last week. And this, from a gal who has two degrees in acting and countless years of experience onstage.
But yet I still find myself all wumbly in my jumbles, because this Monday July 19th, Hunter and I will be taking a different kind of stage…. sans character, sans director, sans costumes and curtain. We’ll be (gasp) playing ourselves, and speaking at the Association of Bridal Consultants (Greater LA region) meeting! Eeep!
Click for the full invitation
In all seriousness, I’m more excited than nervous. It’s going to be really cool! We’re working up a presentation on Blogging, Branding & Balance that will be super fun and bring a surprisingly unique and interesting approach to some old topics. We’re even integrating some of our acting school lessons into the workshop, but translating them into practical business applications!
The best part is that the event is at The Bungalow Club, where we had our wedding… so its a familiar space where I know I can count on a killer mojito to lend a li’l liquid courage my way. Hey Hey!
Tickets are $35 for ABC members, and $45 for the general public, and you can register here. The food is delish, the atmosphere is sexytimes, and the drinks are straight up addictive. Come on out and play with us!
…and if you can’t make it, wish us luck! We’ll let ya know how it goes
July 9th, 2010 by The Broke-Ass Bride
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July 8th, 2010 by The Broke-Ass Bride
For most of the time that I’ve been “running this site”, its actually been running me. That is, at least, until I attended The Simple Plan Business Planning Workshop, lead by my friends at Sage Wedding Pros, and the businesswoman in me came alive with a vengeance.
I was petrified before walking into this workshop. I thought, “Oh god. I didn’t prepare enough. I don’t know how to run a business and I certainly don’t know what my goals are!” Shortly after we began my fears dissolved as all the parts of running a business that had previously intimidated me were broken into easily digestible (and, dare I say, fun?) chunks… and for the first time, I was able to gain real clarity for my business and nail down exactly what it is we’re doing over here, and where we want to go!
photos by fellow attendee, Suthi Picotte of Picotte Photography
Of course, learning from such admirable and amazing women like facilitators Michelle and Kelly (of Sage Wedding Pros), and special guests Blair de Laubenfels (of Junebug Weddings) and Holly Jakobs (of Envelopments) was a huge treat, but being surrounded by such a creative and clever group of local fellow wedding pros didn’t hurt either. It was a truly empowering, enlightening and enjoyable 2 days… my only complaint is that I wish it could have gone on longer!
To give you a clearer idea of what I’m talking about:
Sage Wedding Pros is a consultancy with a mission to create sustainable business in the wedding industry.This July they will be in Seattle & Portland with their business planning workshop, The Simple Plan. It is an all-encompassing business strategy session where business owners will:
- Write a mission statement and define a company vision
- Set short and long term goals
- Refine their target market and niche
- Find the pricing sweet-spot
- Determine how many weddings are needed to be profitable; write a sales plan
- Examine branding and determine whether their branding projects their vision and values
- Create a marketing plan, operational plan, and financial plan
It is open to all professionals who do business in the wedding industry: new and experienced, in all segments (photo, video, flowers, planners, etc.) YOU WILL WALK OUT WITH A BUSINESS PLAN IN HAND, WRITTEN BY YOU.
While my time there certainly helped grow my confidence, inspire me to dream bigger than I ever imagined, and honed my vision for our future… I think my biggest tangible takeaway from the event was defining our mission statement for once and for all, and I’m pleased as punch to share it with you:
Broke-Ass Media empowers brides and beyond to spend wisely, live richly and thrive creatively…
crafting a bad-ass life on any budget!
Now doesn’t that sound nice?
I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to attend, and I highly reccomend attending the next time they come to your city, whether you’re a knee-knocking newbie or a seasoned pro. Your business is ever evolving and shifting, and being armed with a business plan and keeping it up to date is half the battle.
