Updated Blog With Baby Pictures!

For all of you who were just dying to see my baby’s pictures – they are here!  You can view samples on my original post back in March. 
I would like to say again how wonderful the photographer is – Trista!  You are amazing and thank you again for taking such beautiful pictures of my baby.  [...]

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Cristina & Umair

Since i’m adding pictures of way-back-when weddings, I absolutely had to showcase Cristina & Umair’s Wedding Celebration.  Their entire event consisted of several days and included the Mendhi, traditional wedding and Walima.  The snapshots i’m posting are a mixture of the different days. 
Cristina & Umair are just wonderful people and a couple that are so [...]

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Lisa & Sal

Ok, so Lisa & Sal got married back in September 2005 – but I never did update my website gallery to showcase their pictures so here they are!  Lisa has been a great friend and I was honored to be a part of her wedding day.  We have known each other since I was planning [...]

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Just Beach-y!

Summer is coming and many engaged couples dream of having their wedding on a beautiful ocean front venue.  Or even better, right on the beach!  The truth is, there are a lot of restrictions and guidelines to follow if you do plan to conduct your ceremony on the sand.  Orange County cities all vary in terms [...]

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Another Birthday

So, my birthday is next week.  I’m not even sure what day! I tried to stop celebrating it a few years ago but my husband won’t allow that.  I really should use the day as an excuse to celebrate, get all dressed up and eat & drink to my heart’s content.  But there is so much [...]

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Natalia & Yop

This past weekend I coordinated a wedding for Natalia and Yop at the Doubletree Hotel in Santa Ana.  What a beautiful couple!  Their family and friends were just the most helpful and happy people!  Their photographer was Eddie from Roman Studio (www.romanstudio.com) and Eddie and his team were great.  They even set-up a slideshow during [...]

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Interns/Assistants

We get lots (and I mean lots!) of inquiries here at Charming Events from those of you wanting to become wedding and event planners asking if we have any openings.  I am pleased to say we have had this opportunity available for a while now, however, not many folks take advantage of it!  The reason [...]

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Great website

Don’t you love stumbling onto a great, fun website that is full of fun party stuff?? I found out about this website from a colleague of mine.  The one item I was so thrilled with was the stickers you can custom-make and place on doors, floors, behind your cake table, the possibilities are endless!  Gobo [...]

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Green Weddings

I found this article about Green Weddings which are very popular right now.  You can’t get a wedding magazine without reading an article about how to create a green wedding. I love some of the ideas such as recycled invitations, potted plants as favors, using locally grown flowers.  These are things couples can do without sacrificing the beauty and [...]

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Vendor Relationships

It is absolutely vital to have great relationships with your vendors.  This goes for both Consultant and Bride.  One of the things you do during your first couple years or so of being a Consultant is to develop your “vendor list” which for me happened to be only those vendors I have personally worked with [...]

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