Inspirational ideas provided by Wedding Style Guide

Wedding Style Guide offers its readers numerous creative ideas.  It strives to be the ultimate design and decoration magazine for weddings.  No matter how creative we are, it is always nice to have places to provide inspirational ideas as well.  Wedding Style Guide has a section called “Downloads”.  They provide a idea and then a [...]

Quote: Building your business and your reputation

Here’s some great advice for every business owner.
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
- Henry Ford

Michael George a 2009 Modern Bride Trendsetter

Today the Wedding Industry Insider wanted to feature Michael George, one of the 2009 Modern Bride Trendsetters. Michael George performs his passion in New York.
He predicts because of the economy a return to a more practical natural look  in blooms. He says he likes flowers in abundance, advocating that brides use five colors of the [...]

What’s a DIY Bride?

We have some discussion about a DIY bride and DIY weddings on the Wedding Industry Insider.  If you are curious about what others would term as a DIY bride, see this excerpt from TheWeddingMarketingBlog.com.
* DIY Bride: (Budget: under $5000) Someone who probably doesn’t have the resources to get married just yet and is likely to [...]

Bridal Guide shares the hot 2009 wedding trends

Bridal Guide published a great article on the hot wedding trends being seen during 2009.  There is a ton of information on the current trends to keep you up to date. Here’s just a short list of some of those trends:
What is in for 2009:
Custom trays are a trend for the cocktail hour
The ‘it’ alcohol [...]

Lovebirds making history getting married in zero gravity June 20, 2009

A Brooklyn couple, Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan will become the first on the planet to say “I do” in zero gravity when they tie the knot this week on June 20, 2009.
The couple will board a modified Boeing 727-200 operated by Zero Gravity Corporation departing from the Kennedy Space Center. The 90-minute flight includes [...]

DIY Bride Projects offered by Today Show useless

Did you see the segment on the Today Show yesterday morning called Do It Yourself Wedding? I don’t normally even have the television on in the morning but today I was taking it slow and enjoying having a leisurely summer morning before the day got really busy.
There has been a lot of talk lately about [...]

Organizing Twitter for your business

Is your business on Twitter or are you still trying to decide if you want to tackle another social media opportunity? I must admit, I often wonder if there is enough time in the day to do everything necessary for your business much less the things that you haven’t decided if they are adding value [...]

Is your small business struggling?

CNN Money recently published an article entitled the “Seven Deadly Sins”.  The article shared the business killing traps that entrepreneurs must avoid in their small business. Here are those seven deadly sins:
1 – Sloppy accounting
2 -  Unrealistic pricing
3 -  Naive hiring
4 -  Fear of firing
5 -  Lack of standards
6  – Lack of controls
7 -  Poor [...]

Take the Cake amongst the 2009 Modern Bride Trendsetters

Mary Winslow of Take the Cake was amongst the Modern Bride’s Top 25 2009 Trendsetters.  Take the Cake is located in Chicago so I guess it should not be any surprise to anyone that Mary has been recognized by Oprah. Mary says:
Cake patterns and designs don’t have to be uniform on every tier. Mix things [...]