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Category Archives: Real Bride Blogger
The DJ- Sound Image Entertainment- Northern California Real Wedding
When Will and I first decided we were going to have a DJ for our wedding entertainment we asked around for some recommendations. After screening a few “DJ’s” through the phone, we met up with Brandon and Kami from Sound Image Entertainment. Continue reading
Balancing wedding planning, career and life
I am by no means an expert at wedding planning in this stage of the game. In fact, I am sure there are lots of lessons still to be learned and there will be plenty of hindsight when all is said and done. What I can do is provide you with some insight that I have gained over the last couple of weeks about planning, delegating and utilizing reliable resources. Continue reading
Reception Site Woes- Northern California Wedding, Amber and Will
Over the last few weeks, I have been trying to get somebody to meet me at our reception venue so that we could check it out post-renovation. I needed some measurements and some reinforcement of my mental map that I’ve … Continue reading
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Engagement session- Northern California wedding
I would like to introduce you to our photographer, Charleton Churchill. I stumbled on to his blog when he was just starting out as a full time photographer and I wasn’t even thinking about planning a wedding yet. I have thought from the very beginning that his artistic skills with a camera are amazing and he was the first person we hired when we got engaged. Continue reading
Meet our Officiant- Amber, Real Northern California wedding blogger
Really, he isn’t just our officiant he is my uncle first. My Uncle Michael has been officiating weddings for more than 20 years. When I was a little girl he preformed my aunt’s wedding in Golden Gate Park.
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Tagged Amber and Will, Real Bride Blogger
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Wedding Judgement Day- Northern California Wedding
I’m not sure if you heard, but last weekend, on April 21st, the “Rapture” was supposed to occur. Judgment Day. The end of modern times. On the same day, I received another prophetic, though slightly less dooms-day-ish email. Continue reading
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How to make your own quickie photo booth- Northern California wedding blogger- Amber
We made our photo booth for our Engagement party in about twenty minutes with materials we had on hand. As I said before, it was by no means perfect technologically, but for the memory/fun factor it was one of the BEST things we did at the party. Continue reading
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The Engagement Party- Real Wedding Blogger- Amber!
We finally had our engagement party. It was SO FUN! As you may remember we had given our party a theme of “The Hangover”, and boy did our family and friends take it and run. My Aunts and Grandmother made food and lent us furniture. My Dad some how came up with an honest-to-goodness blackjack table for people to play blackjack at and some of Will’s guy friends even made themselves shirts with quotes directly from the movie! Continue reading
Paper Doily Project Round-Up
Have you checked out the post by Amber about her tea staining paper doily adventures? Fun and easy! She was nice enough to send over a round up of projects involving paper doilies. Continue reading
How to Make Tea Stained Paper Doilies- Bride Blogger, Amber
If you are anything like me, you love DIY projects that require very little set-up, and even fewer supplies. If it requires me to special order a part or piece on-line, or make trips to five different stores for the right supplies… it probably isn’t going to happen any time soon. That simple fact is why I love paper projects. Who doesn’t have paper lying around? Continue reading
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