Cake Wrecks — Great Blog!

I love Cake Wrecks.  It says on their blog, “When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.”  And boy do they…
Here are some of my favorite cake disasters:

This blog is right up there with another one of my favorites.

Cocodot: My New Favorite Online Invitation Site

I first learned about the online invitation site, Cocodot, from watching the Techcrunch 50 conference, an event put on by the tech blog, TechCrunch, highlighting some of the newest technology startups.
I thought Cocodot’s invitations looked cool, but what hooked me was the free trial.  After having used Evite so many times, I wasn’t going to [...]

It Takes a Village to Throw a Wedding on a Budget

I was just talking to Christine Long-Plotkin, who recently added her wedding photos to our site.  She got married in November 2009 in Los Angeles, and threw a $30k wedding on a budget of $13k.
How did she do it?  With a “can do” spirit, by finding people who were willing to work within her [...]

We’re Giving Away an IPod Nano!

Because we’re so excited about our site, Catch My Party, we wanted to share some of that excitement with you.  So to 1 of the next 100 new users who add their party photos to our site, we’re giving away a new iPod Nano.   Yup, it’s the one with the built-in video camera, the cool [...]

Wedding Photographer, Jules Bianchi, is Obsessed With Capturing Moments

PART 2 in my series on wedding photographers…
Yesterday I talked with Jules Bianchi, of Jules Bianchi Photography in Los Angeles, because I love her photographs and needed to understand what inspires her.
Jules, who is very close to her family (her sister, Joy, is her partner and still cries at every wedding they attend), feels that [...]

Kate Watson, Wedding Photographer, and How She Captures Love

PART 1 in my series on wedding photographers….
One of the first things Kate Watson, of Kate Watson Photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, said to me was, “I shoot love.”  And that’s exactly how she sees her job.  Of course she cares about aesthetics and shooting beautiful pictures, but her main concern is capturing [...]

Paper Olive and their Gorgeous Wedding Invitations

I was just talking to Marleine Pacilio, owner of Paper Olive, a fabulous couture stationary company based in Los Angeles.
When Mareine was a bride, she wanted to do something a little less traditional with her wedding but couldn’t find an invitation to reflect that.  Because she has a flair for design, she tackled many of [...]

Forget the Cupcake Cake, What About A Twinkie Cake?

I consider myself a mild foodie, I shop at the farmer’s market almost weekly, and I go out of my way to avoid trans fats. 
However, my husband and I were recently in North Carolina visiting family and we went to a local Walmart, walked down the snack aisle and couldn’t resist the Hostess Cupcakes.  [...]

Wedding Photographers with an Off-Kilter Style

I stumbled upon a link to Snap Photography, a photography company based in Calgary directed by the husband and wife team Mike and Ashley Kitchen, and fell in love with their work.  I  would describe their photos as having a raw emotionality mixed with a touch of off-kilter whimsy.
What I do when I’m a fan [...]

How to Throw The Unforgettable Unconventional Party

I was talking to LA based party planner, Suzanne Carvlin, also known as Suzanne The Party Girl.  She specializes in throwing parties that are a little less conventional than your typical hotel ballroom wedding with rubber chicken.
So I asked her some questions to get her expert advice on how to approach throwing a [...]