How to get a groom involved in wedding planning…

 
Cabel Sasser got married. His wife, Nicole, gave him a little room to run on invitations and theme.
 
Words will not do it justice. Check out his blog post.
http://www.cabel.name/2008/10/on-wedding-design.html
He doesn’t spend anytime raving about how great his DJ was, but they did some really cool things.
Letterpress printed their own invitations.
A photobooth. (old school style).
Cabel – Congrats! [...]

We have reached the tipping point.

We have reached the tipping point. I was at a wedding last weekend with more cameras; disposable, digital, regular 35mm than people.
Skip the disposable cameras
Do the math and show your work!
(cost of the disposable camera) X (Number of Cameras)
plus
(Number of Cameras) X (developing cost per Camera)
It follows…
20 Cameras X $5 = $100.00
20 Cameras [...]

The Mystery is Solved

The bride and groom from the Best First Dance Ever have been found!
They were on Ellen today. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2007/12/newlyweds_got_back.php
There names? Michelle and John Brubaker!
How much easier would this have been if the MC had said. “John and Michelle’s first Dance” or “Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker’s first dance”?
Not that hard… Much easier to remember in a once [...]

Best First Dance Ever

I can’t believe how much traction this video is getting. If you don’t know what I am talking about click here.

The first dance mis-direction magic.
With the right tools, putting together the music is pretty simple, but doing it poorly will ruin it for everyone who comes after you. Get a good [...]

The Best Wedding Reception Ever!

A friend of mine, Peter Merry, wrote a great new book on creating amazing wedding receptions. The book is called The Best Wedding Reception Ever!
It’s a great book. The first half is all about why you should pick a great entertainer. The second is chocked full of killer ideas that you might include in your [...]

There is only one Entertainment and we are all a part of it.

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with another entertainer.
Charles Rex of Chicago. He plays accordion and has for longer than I have been alive… Probably longer than my parents have been alive.
It was amazing to watch him work. He was an absolute pro. One minute he was getting ready to get setup. The next [...]

Toasting Wedding Toasts

Apparently, I am still on the “do unto others” soap box. You may not be planning a “crashed” wedding, but you have probably selected a best man and maid of honor. The same should apply for best man and maid of honor during toasts.
So here is the pledge and promise. Yes, I will coach the [...]

The State Dinner In Honor Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

President George W. hosted his first white tie event in honor of Queen Elizabeth.
I am a big fan of etiquette. This event amounts to pretty much the high water mark of formal events in the US of A.
For those of you playing at home.. White Tie is a step up from Black Tie. White Tie [...]

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