tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77939675546036879792024-02-22T13:42:08.121-08:00Amber EventsLos Angeles based wedding coordinator Amber Gustafson is in love with texture, things that sparkle, and fabulous parties. The Amber Events blog will take you behind the scenes for a look at the world of wedding planning from a very informative, somewhat irreverent, and always sassy point of view.Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-56181272934012383612012-05-26T11:52:00.000-07:002012-05-26T11:52:02.858-07:00Guess what?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The party will continue <a href="http://www.ambereventsblog.com/blog/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-12731914067708969622012-05-18T10:18:00.002-07:002012-05-18T10:19:52.351-07:00The Amber Events Army will soon take over the world<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This photo makes me happy--it looks so regimented yet festive! I imagine that any second they're going to bust out into a regimented choreographed dance ala the dancing tea cups & saucers from Beauty and the Beast. I have these pins made out of bottle caps for my interns and assistants to wear on the wedding day to look not only official, but sassy.<br />
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you in attracting new clients?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A. My blog has set me apart as a
wedding planner with a wealth of knowledge and a
glimpse into behind the scenes of the nuts &
bolts of planning a wedding. Anybody can post
pretty pictures and inspiration boards, but I
explain the why and how of weddings. I also show
how much friggin' work it is to do what I do. When
a bride googles "how to bustle a wedding
dress", "what is a catering service
charge", or "how to get a fire
permit" they are going to find my blog and
they're going to learn about how much they need me
heading up their wedding. Also, some of the videos
that I've been involved in have garnered some
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://amberevents.com/video.html" target="_blank">Behind
the scenes at a Vibiana wedding</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rB1oEUqzyA" target="_blank">Joya
& Emre's Black Eyed Peas Music video</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://wedding.theknot.com/the-knot-wedding-tv-ondemand.aspx?id=oolvz733&MsdVisit=1" target="_blank">Amber
on The Knot TV as LA's insider's guide </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To read about how other wedding planners get their business, click <a href="http://weddingindustryexperts.com/r11.htm" target="_blank">HERE </a></span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-12036646266042125042012-05-15T14:31:00.001-07:002012-05-18T17:21:00.501-07:00Wedding Websites and your privacy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have saying that goes: <i>"forget diamonds, GOOGLE is a girl's best friend"</i> as I Google everyone I know and I tend to find out some fairly juicy stuff. In fact, before I meet with potential clients I just google their first names + weddings and many, many times I find their wedding website and I browse around there for a while.<br />
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While it will take away some of my nosy fun, I mean this when I say: password protect your wedding websites, people! Why are you showing all of that information to the world? There is an evil yet brilliant app called <a href="http://crashcorsage.com/" target="_blank">"Crash Corsage</a>" that allows people to find out all info about the wedding that they can crash: location, time, name of bride & groom, name of their bridal party, etc.<br />
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I doubt your crashers would be as fun as these guys... <br />
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These were used at our most recent destination wedding. Mark and Jessica's Mexico beach wedding was the perfect opportunity to use these lights. They were strung over the reception tables. Tables which were just a handful of feet away from the ocean water. It was stunning, and we can't wait to share these photos with you soon. These type of lights have several names: Edison lights and Italian bistro lights are the two I've more commonly heard. I've grown so fond of them, my own apartment balcony is drizzled with it. On warm breezy nights, I love to come out to my balcony with my laptop, a glass of Chardonnay and french Pandora playing in the background. I'm automatically transported to Europe. OoOh La La</div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">A. I had a groom get tangled up on the dance
floor with his six year old niece and in trying to
prevent her from getting hurt he completely
dislocated his kneecap as he fell down. As awful
as it is to say, thankfully this had happened to
him in the past and instead of having to be rushed
to the hospital, he snapped it back in to place
before it started to swell. The guests were in a
frenzy with worry and the silent room was becoming
more uncomfortable by the minute.<br />
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Immediately I got him ice and pain killers, sent
an assistant to the pharmacy to buy a knee brace,
kept all guests/family members away from him and
his wife as he attempted to compose himself, and I
got the party started again per his request. He
and his wife stayed outside for almost an hour due
to the pain and his intense disappointment at this
happening on a wedding day.</span>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">When they cut the
cake, he gave the MOST incredible speech to his
new wife and his guests. He said that while they
were outside together Alexis told him that they
had promised each other that day “for better or
for worse”. Steve said that while he was not
expecting the “for worse” to come so quickly,
he realized that the most important thing was that
he was married to the most beautiful woman in the
world and he couldn’t understand how he got so
lucky.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">He went on his honeymoon with a full leg brace.
Two years later these two are still madly in love
(with a new baby girl!) and I think that the way
that they handled the incident so gracefully
together set a precedent for their marriage. The
way I see it, because of the way they came through
it, they had a perfect wedding. Something is
perfect only if you see it as perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To read stories from the other wedding planners, click <a href="http://weddingindustryexperts.com/r10.htm" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-33324837921688983242012-05-10T10:52:00.000-07:002012-05-10T10:52:48.588-07:00Pretty Pictures: Red Lips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I may be biased, since red is one of my favorite colors. And let us not get started with Amber. Queen of Red and all things that sparkle. Though there is something very alluring about red: a confident color, powerful and even erotic. This picture of <a href="http://www.oliviapalermo.com/" target="_blank">Olivia Palermo</a>, is the perfect example of how to execute a red lip. Red lips is standard for a classy french woman, but for the everyday American? It's a bold move and I feel like more women should attempt this look. Even with a bare face it'll automatically make you look more put together. </span></div>
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It's always a good day that starts off with a feature on a major blog. It's an even better day when that blog is the largest wedding blog in the world, Style Me Pretty! Today Michelle & Ben's Rancho del Cielo wedding is gracing the Little Black Book blog on Style Me Pretty! Click <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/2012/05/08/malibu-wedding-from-amber-events-llanes-weddings/" target="_blank">here </a>to view it! <br />
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I'm a huge, huge proponent of engagement sessions prior to your wedding as if gives you and your fiance a chance to experience what it's like to be the focus of a camera's attention for long periods of time, helps you bond with your photographer, let's you try out your hair & makeup prior to the big day, and gives you gorgeous photos of you and your love. <br />
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Photographer <a href="http://www.jasmine-star.com/" target="_blank">Jasmine Star</a> has some aaaaamazing tips on how to prep for your engagement photo session, and if I may be so bold as to add one more tip to hers? Booze. Have a drink before your session so you can really loosen up in front of the camera.<br />
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Enjoy! <br />
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These days I see so many engagement sessions styled within an inch of their lives: entire living rooms set up in fields, elaborate staging, major period costuming (i.e., Mad Men) and while there is nothing wrong with that type of drama if you are genuinely that dramatic of a couple, in my opinion all you really need is LOVE.<br />
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Lately the summer brides are having their engagement photo shoots and stressing a bit much over what kind of "theme" to have for these sessions as the wedding blogs can sometimes make them feel like they have to do that. These few photos of one of our summer couples, Katye & Brian, completely prove that you just need each other, a great photographer, and good light.<br />
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How romantic are these photos? Kudos to <a href="http://www.brandon-david.com/" target="_blank">Brandon-David Photography</a> and Kayte & Brian for being so in L-O-V-E. <br />
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Next post: some tips on how to be comfortable in front of the camera for these sessions. <br />
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</div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-41503669609750327532012-05-03T09:02:00.002-07:002012-05-11T09:50:58.356-07:00Wedding Industry Experts - Question # 9<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What a lovely surprise to see an Amber Events <i>shout out</i> on Christine Chang's <a href="http://www.christinechangphotoblog.com/2012/04/tips-for-planning-a-wedding-from-a-photographer/" target="_blank">Blog</a>! Christine is a phenomenal photographer who features video tutorials and advice columns for brides and budding photographers alike. We had the pleasure of going to Mexico with her for<a href="http://amberevents.blogspot.com/2012/04/engagement-session-featured-on-grey.html" target="_blank"> Mark & Jessica's </a>wedding. It was nice to see her unwind as guest for that one. She deserves it. This is a hard working gal! Thanks CC!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A. Initial consult meetings are done after a bit of email exchange or phone time, after the bride or groom has been informed of my planning rates, and after he or she has filled out a questionnaire that helps me gauge if they are realistic or not. I don't have time to meet with clients who have impossible budgets. In this pre-meeting stage I'm also sniffing out the crazies--if you text me on a Sunday morning why on earth would I sign up to work with you for one year???? You crazy.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once a meeting is actually set I have a pretty good idea that this is the type of couple I want to work with, but sometimes I do get surprised. In order to do a great job I have to genuinely LIKE my clients! I'm happy to say that I truly adore my clients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Meetings are a combination of getting to know the couple on a personal level, showing my portfolio, and seeing if we are the right fit for each other. I believe that this is a chemistry based relationship and we all have to be on the same page. As much as they are interviewing me, I'm interviewing them and sometimes I have not accepted a client because it did not feel right.</span></div>
</div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-50115852441777594692012-04-18T07:45:00.000-07:002012-05-11T09:51:24.870-07:00Engagement session featured on Grey Likes Weddings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mark and Jessica's engagement photos were featured on <a href="http://www.greylikesweddings.com/" target="_blank">Grey Likes Wedding's</a> site and we are very happy to share them with you! <a href="http://www.carolinetran.net/" target="_blank">Caroline Tran</a> is the photographer who captured this couple so beautifully both for this engagement session <i>and </i>their wedding at Bel Air Bay Club. The wedding photos are soon to come, but for now please enjoy <a href="http://www.greylikesweddings.com/3-resources/photography-resources/engagement/venice-canals-canoes/" target="_blank">these</a> images. I especially love that they used their own canoe in a nearby Venice Canal. What a perfect date! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wouldn't go as far to say that these pictures fit the category of<i> Pretty Pictures</i>, but I just couldn't help but sharing how <b>cool </b>these are! Seth Casteel is the very talented lifestyle pet photographer from <a href="http://www.littlefriendsphoto.com/index2.php#%21/home" target="_blank">Little Friend's Photo</a>. This underwater experiment was to showcase how dogs playing fetch look like under water. Drink a glass of wine, I'm sure these images will end up looking 10x more amusing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After spending a week with my family and their two dogs, Penny and Benji, I realize how people like they can be. Penny is a little hot dog and Benji a black lab (similar to the one pictured below). Their expressive eyes and and desire to please make them the most perfect companion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved playing fetch with them too! Well that's till their toys got so slobbered on, I called it quits. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even my neighbor just got himself the cutest Boston Terrier, and quite frankly...I'm jealous. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Boston Terrier wears T-shirts every other day with cool messages on them, like "California Cool" and "I'm the Man". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, I think I need to get myself one of these cool guys. I'm more convinced the more I write. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For now, I'll have to settle by looking at their pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Jeff, the Marvimon site manager, and I went to talk to the traffic officer to explain the situation. At first he would not relent, but after begging, asking to talk to a supervisor, and finally bribing him with doughnuts and red velvet cupcakes he gave us permission to let our valets park cars on the blocked off street. One crisis solved, now to get our guests through the barricades...</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jeff spoke to the officers north of us and finally got permission to let the wedding guests onto the closed street, and once we routed out a way get them to us, I called Matt's mom and asked her to spread the word to the guests.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">People had trouble getting to us, but once they arrived, things just fell into place beautifully. We started the ceremony 10 minutes after our scheduled start time.</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION0"> </span></span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-72924213594174213782012-04-12T09:36:00.001-07:002012-04-19T13:50:33.016-07:00Lockell and Chris's engagement session at Union Station<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So excited to share this engagement shoot for Lockell and Chris! When Lockell told me she wanted her wedding to include a <i>train</i> theme, I thought " Ooo how fun! I'm in!" What's great about this concept is that we are creating a fresh and stylish wedding to include elements of the modern metro train system we use today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, for their <i>engagement</i> shoot, she was looking to bring out the nostalgia and romance of this theme. I loved Chris's argyle and Lockell's vintage pieces. <a href="http://www.luminaireimages.com/" target="_blank">Luminaire Images</a> did a wonderful job capturing all this, especially utilizing LA's historic Union Station. Make up by <a href="http://jencmakeupartist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen Castelo</a> and Hair by <a href="http://www.theverynatureofthings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ursula Campbell</a>. I look forward to sharing photos from their September wedding at <a href="http://www.huronsubstation.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Huron Substation</a>! Stay tuned! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">{nira}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-12035275269616520902012-04-06T10:02:00.001-07:002012-04-06T10:03:46.683-07:00Wedding Industry Experts - Question # 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqeEz-SCpI6NMhQfrlMMpyvxn_dmXAaBrfnjxsF7_PhI6Yc7xDTHQ5RsoRgmzBXrKllUUVFZ9gyfISNJEfwQ6PuEfitPlbSOwVwpH1Glob-fxja9WFMppoiFME1MddBZQKrYvgAR2cU4/s1600/logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqeEz-SCpI6NMhQfrlMMpyvxn_dmXAaBrfnjxsF7_PhI6Yc7xDTHQ5RsoRgmzBXrKllUUVFZ9gyfISNJEfwQ6PuEfitPlbSOwVwpH1Glob-fxja9WFMppoiFME1MddBZQKrYvgAR2cU4/s1600/logo1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wedding Industry Experts asked this week: </span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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A person who can juggle multiple clients who all have different personalities and ways that they need to be treated.<br />
A person who can work closely with vendors yet still maintain their loyalties to their clients.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A person who can handle client family issues and know when to shut their mouth and when to give advice.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who can know their value and not accept less than they know their worth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who can figure out a way to balance out their personal and family life in order to prevent burnout.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who can ok with 14 hour days, intense manual labor, and the loss of weekends.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who possess tact, speed, composure, grace, propriety, intelligence, a backbone, a sense of humor, and incredibly thick skin.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who truly cares about people and provides the type of support that the client needs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A person who knows that nobody is going to build a business or a career for them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And a person who will work very, </span><i style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">very</i><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> hard. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-30696006501629638492012-04-06T07:00:00.000-07:002012-04-04T18:45:30.648-07:00want 5 quick wedding planning tips?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Then head over to Amy Nichol's <a href="http://amynichols.blogspot.com/2011/06/five-quick-tips-with-amber-gustafson-of.html" target="_blank">blog </a>and see what they are! <br />
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</div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-54643502020515031192012-04-05T07:00:00.001-07:002012-04-05T07:00:01.315-07:00Marvimon Wedding: Shannon & Ernest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Shannon and Ernest got married last fall at <a href="http://www.marvimon.com/" target="_blank">Marvimon House</a> in Chinatown. They met in the pharmacy: Shannon is a Pharmacist and Ernest is currently finishing up his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Their wedding was a classy and warm as the two of them are and the guests had a wonderful time celebrating their union! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marvimon has recently undergone and incredible renovation and we're excited to work at this wonderful venue as soon as possible! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>The Team that made the magic:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Venue:<a href="http://marvimon.com/" target="_blank"> Marvimon</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: grey;">Event Design and Coordination: Amber Gustafson of <a href="http://amberevents.com/" style="color: #cd9b9b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amber Events</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: grey;">Photography: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%C2%A0http://www.nataliemoserphotography.com/" target="_blank">Natalie Moser</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Florist: <a href="http://hollyflora.com/" target="_blank">Holly Flora</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Caterer: <a href="http://www.heirloomla.com/" target="_blank">Heirloom LA</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">DJ: <a href="http://redshoela.com/" target="_blank">RedShoe</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Makeup/Hair : <a href="http://blog.kellyzhang.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Zhang</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Valet: <a href="http://jeffreyvalet.com/Ignition.html" target="_blank">Jeffrey Valet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cd9b9b;"> </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Rentals: <a href="http://townandcountryeventrentals.com/" target="_blank">Town & Country</a><br />
Dessert: <a href="http://www.mysweetandsaucy.com/" target="_blank">My Sweet & Saucy</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: grey;">Bar:<a href="http://sunseris.com/" target="_blank"> Sunseri's</a></div><div><br />
</div></div></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-80227177113485454902012-04-04T07:00:00.000-07:002012-04-04T07:00:09.777-07:00Pretty Pictures- Almost Naked<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I put on an outfit, I intend on it staying that way till I get back home. Same with my hair and makeup, but the outside temperature will probably change my plans on that one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No really, a girl has pride in the way she puts herself together. Most of the time it's carefully thought out. Do these shoes go with this top? Will my belt clash with this purse? Etc Etc..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The moment we are pretty pleased with what we have on, is when we walk out the door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, what if our journey that day takes us to the airport? Ahhhhhhh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The instance I'm in line to go thru security I automatically begin to think, what's the most efficient way of getting thru this line and not holding it up? I think to myself, Okay, laptop out, shoes off (what socks am I wearing?), sunglasses off, jacket off (what bra am I wearing?), Where's my ticket and passport? Does jewlery count? Wait separate bin for just the laptop?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I get through, after successfully holding a triangle over head, and being looked over like a criminal. Whew! I made it. Now here comes part two of the game: putting everything back on quickly while moving along. Limping along to the nearest chair to finish putting on my overly complicated shoes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh why does TSA have to break me down so?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-88623817782350732572012-04-03T07:00:00.000-07:002012-04-03T14:21:12.574-07:00Hotel Room blocks for weddings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few things you should know about booking room blocks in LA for your wedding: </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">1. When people come to stay in LA they have an image in their head of the ocean and the Santa Monica/Venice boardwalk. If your wedding is nowhere near the beach, you might want to think twice about creating a room block near your wedding venue. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">2. Resorts and popular hotels many times make you sign a contract stating that you are liable for <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">all</span></b> of the rooms pulled off of the market (meaning, if you have a block of 30 but guests only book 20, you still have to pay for 10 rooms), but many times guests don't use the room block because they find a cheaper rate on <a href="http://hotels.com/" title="http://hotels.com/">hotels.com</a> or similar. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">3. Hotels will give a bit of a discount for you when they set aside 30 rooms, but not much because they're taking them off the market and not booking them their normal way. Depending on what is going on in the area (such as a convention nearby), they could get a LOT more money per night for the room, but they're obligated to give you the room at the rate they signed a contract with you one year ago. <u>The contracted rate is to protect both you and the hotel, NOT to give your guests the lowest rate</u>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">4. Many brides & grooms do not know the above before they jump in and sign contracts with hotels, and many times the contracts get a bit snarled. By getting too involved with their guests travel plans, they inadvertently become the travel agents for their guests. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">5. Many hotels will let you have a complimentary room block of up to 9 rooms that you do NOT have to sign a contract for.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">My advice? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">I recommend talking to your immediate friends/family and finding out where they want to stay, then moving forward with a small (complimentary) room block at that hotel. For all other guests, you can use your handy dandy wedding website to give the names & price ranges of hotels both near the beach and close to your wedding venue. </span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-51267143426855017802012-03-31T13:32:00.000-07:002012-03-31T13:32:17.433-07:00Flying high!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Yesterday was my husband Eric's birthday and instead of buying him a present I planned a day of fun for him. I surprised him with a trapeze class with <a href="http://www.richiegaona.com/" target="_blank">Richie Gaona </a>at his elaborate trapeze set up in his backyard in Woodland Hills. It was adrenaline fueled fun and athletic Eric was a natural at flying! After swinging through the air on the flying trapeze we headed up to <a href="http://www.malibufamilywines.com/" target="_blank">MalibuFamily Wines</a> for a picnic and wine tasting.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUpQ72jZbZtGuOtjniqae3GYyvDoJqs1kPkT66BuSSGwt0Df0AEUllFqyDubGVnMEhDWDi6QdAzvSABzejq7hTf7H11fOm4pvOeMVqH4bZPoWO0BNReF_c1oQk0-obbarWQndduJqfO0/s1600/IMG_1572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUpQ72jZbZtGuOtjniqae3GYyvDoJqs1kPkT66BuSSGwt0Df0AEUllFqyDubGVnMEhDWDi6QdAzvSABzejq7hTf7H11fOm4pvOeMVqH4bZPoWO0BNReF_c1oQk0-obbarWQndduJqfO0/s640/IMG_1572.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazUAbJRLnNpJSZ1pU0QiD3BPI1_l6pz-tzAHPYkURhlvZCXjmQTOaTix12v_MpTOiOV7vKIBf-xuLsUFvFIprYQy9OgzOA7PtWqsDslhomkLMQyw4Rz91NVaJSjlAkuaIwE4gxEkKSiY/s1600/IMG_1585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> For the bachelorette or bachelor party that has to stay local and short (as in, no 3 day cruise to Ensenada or weekend in wine country) this trapeze class would be a fun and bonding experience for you and your crew.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Granted, you probably won't be able to re-catch the bar on your first lesson like Eric did because he has unreal ninja-like skillz, but you'll love the feeling of flying and cheering your friends on. Just don't do this within a few days of an important event where you have to walk gracefully </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>(ahem, wedding) </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>as your calve muscles will be so sore you'll hobble. It was worth it though! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazUAbJRLnNpJSZ1pU0QiD3BPI1_l6pz-tzAHPYkURhlvZCXjmQTOaTix12v_MpTOiOV7vKIBf-xuLsUFvFIprYQy9OgzOA7PtWqsDslhomkLMQyw4Rz91NVaJSjlAkuaIwE4gxEkKSiY/s1600/IMG_1585.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazUAbJRLnNpJSZ1pU0QiD3BPI1_l6pz-tzAHPYkURhlvZCXjmQTOaTix12v_MpTOiOV7vKIBf-xuLsUFvFIprYQy9OgzOA7PtWqsDslhomkLMQyw4Rz91NVaJSjlAkuaIwE4gxEkKSiY/s640/IMG_1585.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Now I'm of to join the circus....</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">Q. What is the name of your business and why did you choose it? Do you have any advice for people trying to decide on a name for their Wedding Planning or Designing business? </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: times;">A. My clients are highly educated and powerful career women so I knew I could not have a cutesy name like "Precious Dream Fairytale Diamond Rose Platinum Princess Weddings" that would make them barf, so I chose "Amber Events". It's clean and easy an it doesn't limit me to just weddings. It doesn't hurt that it starts with an "A" either. </span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></div>Amber Eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541660472789576538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793967554603687979.post-36477344420969273622012-03-26T07:00:00.006-07:002012-03-26T07:00:09.466-07:00One Year ago today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We created the below with the coolest couple ever and an amazing team of videographers (<a href="http://www.davidrobinfilms.com/" target="_blank">David Robin Films</a>) and photographers (<a href="http://www.callawaygable.com/" target="_blank">Callaway Gable Photography</a>)! Happy anniversary, Joya & Emre! xoxoxoxo<br />
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To see how it was made, check out this <a href="http://amberevents.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-of-time-dirty-bit-wedding-music.html" target="_blank">BLOG </a>I wrote on it and read all about the wedding on <a href="http://junebugweddings.com/blogs/what_junebug_loves/archive/2011/05/06/joya-emre-wedding-music-video-black-eyed-peas.aspx" target="_blank">Junebug Weddings. </a><br />
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