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Your Turn: Best Local Band or DJ

Photo (via) Thank you so much for the amazing feedback you gave me about the best planners and best florists in your area. I am now on the lookout for the best Band or DJ in your area. As you all know, these folks can make or break a party. So, please send me info [...]

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Your Turn: Best Venue In Your Area

Gotham Hall in New York City (Before) HELP! I am having a hard time finding great new venues to recommend to my clients when I am working around the world. I find that a lot of venues have these amazing pictures online, but when I visit either the upkeep leaves a lot to be desired [...]

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What’s In or Out? Giveaways

Last week’s In or Out was pretty clear: there is no bad season to have a wedding. In some locations, the weather can be a slight hindrance to throwing a fabulous event, but even that doesn’t stop most couples from getting what they want. Here’s to celebrating love and marriage no matter what the season! [...]

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Frequently Asked Questions: Should a florist or designer act as a planner too?

I took the liberty of asking for your favorite florist and planner in your area (thank you for your huge response), and I was very surprised to see by your comments that this is still a very confusing issue. I received a few planners that acted as designers as part of their services, and designers [...]

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Your Turn: The Best Local Wedding Planner In Your Area

Last week I requested names of the best florist in your area, and the only thing I can say is: OMG. I had a chance to look at the websites of the folks you nominated and there is a lot of amazing talent out there. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ll keep this list [...]

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What’s In or Out? The Seasons

Last week’s In or Out was a toss-up–there was no clear winner. The preference for band or DJ falls to each person’s taste and in some cases one will use a band/DJ combination. I do, however, think this is probably not the case in all parts of the world, especially as one commenter from South [...]

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What’s In or Out? DJ vs Band

In last week’s In or Out the winner was “dressy.” Evening attire is still very much in, regardless of the country, though we have seen this mixed in with the “theme” idea of having your guests follow a theme or dress code. For this week, let’s talk music. I have seen a big switch around [...]

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What’s Your Color Story?

I also want to let you know that we’ve just launched a new tool on my site called: What’s Your Color Story? We created this to help brides, planners and event designers find just the right color palette for their next event. Click here to find your color story. Let me know what you think [...]

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Frequently Asked Questions: Do I really need a planner for my event?

Let me ask you this: do you need a doctor to deliver your baby? Or would you prefer doing it yourself? Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration but you get what I’m saying… If you are giving a small, intimate party, have lots of time and you enjoy entertaining then no, you do [...]

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Common Mistakes: Not Having a Plan B

You have to plan for the unexpected. Let’s focus on one circumstance where this is always true: unless you have control over god or mother nature, you need a rain back-up plan for an outdoor event. You can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard, “It never rains in this month.” One can create [...]

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How to Make Money: Success is About Endurance

My friend Marcy and I had the most invigorating weekend with our mentoring program, Bailey and Blum. At first, we were ambitious in thinking we could have a large group of folks for the weekend. However, after some discussion and thought, we decided the most important part of the seminar was spending one on one [...]

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Common Mistakes: "This is not what I had in mind."

When I first started years ago, these were the most dreaded words to hear from one my clients (in reference to the design and services I had promised verbally). I just could not understand why they would say that. After all, this was exactly what I promised and saw in my head all along. A [...]

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How to Make Money: Clients

I’m constantly thinking about what kind of information I’d like to share with you on this blog. I think about what will be most helpful for you to read as well as for me to share, so I always ask myself one question: What would I have wanted to know when I was first starting [...]

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Thoughts on Mentoring and Events

Being self-taught and having learned many lessons over the years (sometimes the hard way), sometimes I wonder how different it would have been if I had a mentor. There’s nothing wrong with figuring things out for yourself, but having a person to help guide you and teach you what they’ve learned certainly doesn’t hurt. A [...]

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The Lowdown on Buffet vs. Sit Down

I am thrilled to be able to work in many countries around the world (not to mention earning those frequent flyer points!).  It never ceases to amaze me how different customs can be among different cultures. For instance, the choice of serving a sit down dinner or buffet style dinner. I know it seems like [...]

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Conversation with: Marcy Blum, Event Planner Extraordinaire

Similar to how doctors shouldn’t treat their own family, it doesn’t work for me to plan my own parties. So, I turned to the best for help with the Celebrations launch party (and many others–Marcy and I have worked together for years). …And just because she happens to be one of my longtime friends who [...]

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More Information Is Up on BaileyandBlum.com!

As promised, we now have all the details up about the mentoring weekend Marcy Blum and I will be giving from March 5th-7th for a limited number of 40 attendees. Visit http://www.baileyandblum.com/ for more information about the weekend agenda and how to sign up.

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Party Planning: The Final Invite

As we talked about in an earlier post, the invite is an important first step in party planning. Today, I’m really happy to share with you the final concept we came up with for the invitation to my Celebrations book launch party.  But first, I have to say that I loved hearing all your ideas [...]

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Busy Day

The “before” picture of the Armory There’s so much to share today–I did a walk-through of the Armory with my team and we discussed the specifics for transforming the space for my Celebrations party. It’s so exciting to walk into a raw space and instantly begin to see how my vision will come to life. [...]

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Party Planning: Making Sure Your Party Flows

Let’s talk about something important that can sometimes be overlooked: the length of your party. One of the biggest mistakes many people make is they plan an event that is too long.  Most parties should be no longer than 4-5 hours. The beauty of a fabulously planned event is that you always leave people wanting [...]

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