Kick up your heels

How many times have you watched wedding guests yanking their heels out of the grass as they struggle to pick their way across the grass to the marquee? Worse still have you watched on in horrified silence as you witness those same gorgeous heels fall victim to the horrors of grass stain? Well you need look on [...]

Win a Scholarship to the Wedding 360 conference

The conference is held in San Francisco in March and is for wedding professionals who wish to educate themselves more in the area of wedding and event design.  There is a variety of ‘how to’ classes which are hosted by some of the industries top professionals covering many subjects including, design trends, creative inspiration, the art of [...]

10 Secrets of Organised People

If you are regular reader of this blog you will know that we do have a bit of thing for getting organised.  We approach organisation in our own typically creative way (see Kylie’s recent blog on her office makeover) but at the heart of it is an understanding on our behalf that organisation is a [...]

Martha Rules!

I am a big Martha Stewart fan.  There I said it!  I know that she is not everyone’s cup of tea so to speak but I enjoy her on many levels.  I am nothing like her, but there is a part of me that wants to be.  I love her approach to home, decorating, cooking [...]

Divorce Party – the latest trend in post weddings

I guess we really will use any excuse to party and eat more cake. One of the latest trends to rear it’s ugly head is the Divorce Party and as wedding & event planners we need to be aware of any new trend that hits our industry – and a divorce is after all an event. The [...]

Do you have Passion?

I took my 11 year old daughter to the movies over the weekend as she is a huge Twilight fan and she was busting a gut to see New Moon. I have to admit I am bit partial myself to the new buff looking Jacob and his pack of spunky werewolves, but I digress. The [...]

The Special Event Show

I love this time of the year as we are start to wrap up one year and move into the next. So much to celebrate and so much to look forward to. It has certainly been an exciting year for the Academy with the launch of our UK & US offices and so much more [...]

Going Carbon Neutral

For today’s Event Manager it is not enough to be super organised, with the stamina of an athlete and the heart of an artist, you must now also be environmentally aware.  However over the last year, this increasing awareness of the impact of what we do on the environment has had to be weighed up [...]

Image and the Home Office

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I run my little ‘empire’ from my home office.  I have even blogged about the importance of having a creative space to work from within the home and we have given you tips on how to set up your home office so [...]

Don’t stress – competition is healthy

As wedding and event planners we are in the business of being creative. As such we get allot of our inspiration from others by reading blogs, scanning magazines, watching videos on You Tube and checking out what other people in our industry are up to. So how creative are you being if all the ideas [...]

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