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		<title>A Minute with Matthew &#8211; Advice and Insight From Wedding Pro Matthew Robbins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meghan Ely, OFD Consulting, Richmond, Va. This year’s Association of Bridal Consultants annual conference, Business of Brides, set for Nov. 10-12 at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida, promises to be both insightful and entertaining as Matthew Robbins, a highly-acclaimed event and flower designer, shares industry insight as one of the featured speakers. Robbins combines his fine arts training with his passion for events in his company Matthew Robbins Design, based in New York City. A contributing editor for Martha Stewart Weddings, he is regularly seen in InStyle Weddings, New York Weddings, Elegant Bride, Modern Bride, and on TheKnot.com.  Robbins is also a frequent guest on the Martha Stewart Show as well as Martha Stewart Living Radio. Wedding Planner Magazine had the opportunity to visit with him for a one-on-one interview, where he talked about the latest wedding trends, dealing with unhappy clients, and what inspires him. WPM: What steps do you take with a bride to help her determine her own wedding vision? Robbins: I ask many important questions in the early stages, and I start listening. You have to listen to your clients. I like to know how they met, where they travel, what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Wedding &#8211; Indiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC member planner: Janice Board, Spectacular Soirees Wedding &#38; Event Planning, Terre Haute, Ind., 812.841.4311, spectacular.soirees@gmail.com,  www.spectacularsoirees.com. Photographer: Vintage Spark Photography. Non-member business involved: Brandon Harris Event Lighting, Heinl’s Flower Shop, J. Lin Catering The couple: Betsy Young and Matt Dillin live in Colorado and share a great love of the outdoors and sports. They weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty with DIY projects, which made the experience even more enjoyable. They were invested in this wedding process more than the average couple. wedding Date: Sept. 8, 2012. Inspiration: Betsy and Matt were inspired by the outdoors and a casual sense of style. Color palette: Teal, yellow, white. Approximate budget: $15,000. Guest count: 50. Most unique design element: Using the canoe as the bar, mismatched vintage plates for place settings, creating a clearing and aisle in the middle of the forest, hanging/draping a multitude of lanterns from wire 12 feet off of the ground surrounding the ceremony site, and using a great deal of burlap. Biggest challenge: By far, the ceremony site was the biggest challenge. We were excited to finally have a venue owned by the client. That meant we could take our time to set up both the ceremony and reception [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Wedding &#8211; Wisconsin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC Member Planner: Katie Hess, CWP,  ABC™, Seize the Day Events, Green Bay, Wis.,  www.seizethedayevents.com. Photographer: Photo by Aubrey. The Flower Girl Design Studio, Pat Rafferty Productions, Alpha Delights, Sound Dimensions Disc Jockeys, Gareth Woods, and Wildflower Linen. The couple: Katie and Daniel Adamany are a wonderful, giving couple with a beautiful son, Miles. Katie is an attorney and Daniel is the president/CEO of Ahead, a Chicago-based IT consultancy.  They both started a non-profit called Getting Ahead to provide educational, social, and cultural assistance to underprivileged youth and were planning its launch while we were planning their wedding. Wedding date(s): Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Door County and Saturday, July 21, in Green Bay. Wedding planning/style inspiration: The Thursday wedding was an intimate wedding and reception for close family. A musician was brought in from Chicago, and the event was held at Daniel’s mother’s home on the bay. Natural lighting elements, delicious catered food, and excellent music in an intimate setting were the hallmarks.  The Saturday reception (see photos on Wedding Planner Magazine&#8217;s Facebook page), with a distinctly different look, was for family and friends. Held at Daniel’s father’s restaurant, Wally’s Spot, this reception was in a classic, all black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Diamonds Don’t Sparkle Without Light—Make Your Event Shine With the Right Lighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[article and photos By Edward L. Griffin, MWV™, The Wedding DJs/Hardcastle Entertainment, Inc., Renton, Wash. Lighting is a powerful and effective tool for decorating, but it’s much more than that. Great lighting can transform a venue, capture a mood, tell a story, and add extra pizzazz.The key to polishing your event is finding a lighting designer who understands the event and that everything they put into the space is now part of the décor. Discuss what you want the room to look like, the colors and textures you will incorporate into the décor, and the budget. The three biggest things that limit a lighting designer are: their own skill and creativity, power, and the budget. As a planner, it’s also important to know the basics about lighting. Here’s a primer: Uplighting is Easy and Effective Uplighting is simply floor-based lighting. It’s a quick, easy, and very cost-effective way to enhance the atmosphere of any room. Consider amber lighting, which make rooms feel warmer and look richer. It’s also about the only color to make people look healthy and alive. It even makes those of us from Seattle look tan. Avoid green lighting at all cost! It makes people look ill, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding Not-So Confidential How to Successfully Discuss Pricing With Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Berg, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Kendall Park, N.J. There has been a lot of talk lately about the value of wedding planning services. A January television episode of 20/20, called “Wedding Confidential,” questioned the price of all things wedding and focused on ways couples can cut costs. This piece seemed to do more damage than good. How can you respond to questions about the value of your services? Start with fair pricing Whether you’re a Master Bridal Consultant™ or aspiring newbie, you have to decide what services you’re going to offer and then set a price for those services. How do you set your pricing? Do you look at what others charge and then determine whether you’re worth more or less? Or, do you sit down and figure your costs, financial needs, and the time it will take to perform those services? If you look at what others are charging and base your prices on that, you’re actually using the wrong metric. Theoretically, the other business set their prices based upon their financial needs, their costs, their inventory (how many weddings they want to plan this year), and other factors. Those factors work for that company, but they don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Talk Education:  ABC’s Seminar Series One, Two, and Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elise Enloe, MBCTM, ABC Vice President of North American Operations &#38; Director of Education, Oviedo, Fla. The Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) seminars are being refreshed with consistent branding and are no longer being referred to as “Expanding Horizons.” A cadre of select, senior ABC masters-level members facilitates the seminars, the strength of which lies in its small group interaction. All seminars include a workbook with additional reading, checklists and samples, skill-based activities, and ample time for networking, sharing experiences, and questions and answers. All of the ABC’s one-day seminars earn two points in Education and Professional Development for advancement. The first three seminars in the education series provide wedding and business skills to those getting established as wedding professionals. “While there are so many opportunities for wedding professionals to attend conferences, seminars, and workshops on marketing, branding, and building their business, the ABC provides more wedding education than any other source. That’s what ABC education does to set the standard of excellence for the wedding industry,” says David Wood, ABC President. Series One— ABC’s World of Wedding Planning Last fall, as part of the restructuring of the educational track, Gloria Boyden, MBC™, and I introduced the World of Wedding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master Bridal Consultant™ &#8211; Mary Charmoli, MBC™</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saratoga Weddings, Inc., www.saratogaweddings.com, Webster, Wis. Employees: 2 full-time, plus independent contractors Revenue Breakdown: 30% consulting/coordination, 20% officiating, 50% rentals. Contact: 715.349.8383, consult@saratogaweddings.com, Facebook, Twitter Family: I am married to Jim. I have three stepchildren, and we have two grandchildren. Education: I received my registered nurse diploma through Norfolk General Hospital and took undergraduate classes through Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. I received a Master Gardener certificate through the University of Wisconsin Extension Office. Getting started: Mary Olson and I opened Saratoga Weddings in 1993, combining my background in wedding floral design and my business partner’s experience in wedding fashion. Goals: Eventually, I plan to slow down to “retirement status,” perhaps planning only occasional weddings and officiating more, although I am still contemplating this route. For now, I’ve accepted a position as event coordinator for a newly renovated venue in Siren, Wis., so instead of slowing down, I’m starting a new chapter. On the ABC: We joined the ABC at the same time that we opened our business. We called the main office to learn more about the industry, spoke to Jerry Monaghan, and the rest is history. It was the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding Crasher Provides Glimpse Into Brazil’s Wedding Scene</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonia Adleta, PBC™, Aribella Events, Philadlelphia  Photos by Wender Borges of Mega Studio Fotografias With the approach of the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup finals and the 2016 Olympics, all eyes are on Brazil—and with good reason, as it has the fifth fastest-growing economy in the world. As a delegate with Rotary International, I spent several weeks in the capital city of Brasilia and surrounding Distrito Federal region. In addition to getting an insider’s look at the far-reaching humanitarian programs Rotarians have implemented, I was able to “crash” a wedding as the guest of Wender Borges, of MegaStudios, Anápolis, one of the premier photographers in the area. Borges invited me to one of his client’s weddings at the historic St. Anne, the first church in Anápolis, founded in 1692. In addition to experiencing Brazilian hospitality, I now had a constant source of bits and pieces of information on customs, traditions, and trends from an experienced professional. Better late than never Even though churches often carry heavy fines for a bride arriving late to her own wedding, says Borges, most choose to pay it in order to make a grand entrance. Our bride did not disappoint, arriving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider Catering— A Pinch of This, a Dash of That Could Save the Day for Tented Weddings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cate Buscher, National Association for Catering and Events,  Baltimore   Creating a successful tented affair requires a lot of careful planning. Anticipating the needs of the caterer can reduce the number of potential complications and make the experience much more rewarding for everyone involved. As a wedding planner, before I became an off-premise caterer, I loved the challenge of tented weddings—and still do. Far from routine weddings at familiar venues, tented events allow couples to embrace a location that truly means something to them and offers the stunning ambience of a photographer’s dreams. They also make hiring a planner pretty crucial. Someone’s backyard doesn’t come with a dance floor, tables, chairs, restrooms, or marked parking spaces. An empty field does not necessarily offer electricity or running water. Identifying and obtaining all of these things can be a daunting and expensive process for couples—and nearly impossible with no guidance. Therefore, it’s up to the planner to pull together all of those elements and create a realistic budget to make it happen. But careful planning can be undone if the logistics of what the caterer needs to prepare the food interferes with the flow of the event. The needs of the caterer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Ballroom— Tented Weddings Offer Groundbreaking Venues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cris Joseph, Classic Party Rentals, San diego The request is always the same. “I want a tented wedding, but I don’t want it to look like a tent.” It’s a little riddle that an experienced event rental consultant can help you solve. Today’s trends in tenting and décor allow you to create an extension of the venue or home where the wedding is taking place. If your client’s home has modern or craftsman-type elements, the tent in the backyard can, too. Many celebrities understand the allure. Couples like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves, Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher have incorporated tenting into their special days. One of the most appealing features to celebrities—and the rest of us—is the ability to create privacy and have complete control over the venue. Along with that control comes the responsibility of creating a venue from the ground up. Although it may seem like a daunting task, having an experienced event rental consultant as part of your team from the start will save you a lot of time and headaches and allow you to focus your attention on other special details. Customize from the ground up Wood floors for the entire [...]]]></description>
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