Any Southern california wedding coordinators out there?
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Try Craigslist.  Start here...\nhttp://losangeles.craigslist.org/about/cities.html\n\n\nFind the city you live in, or live closest to, or are \nplanning to visit.\n\n\nThis is a large community site with free ads for housing \nand rentals, finding new friends or lovers, pen pals, \nvarious items for sale, want ads, personals, \nservices,volunteers, job openings, local events and \nclasses, and global discussion forums, ...\n\n\nBest of luck,\nJeffrey
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There are a lot of reasons people go with an independent officiant/celebrant for a wedding. There are people who are new to the area (people move around a lot) or for some reason not a part of a congregation. \n\nWe had a humanist minister because we both had family members that are from various faiths (atheist, buddhist, catholic, and various protestant denominations -- the mother who was a catholic jew) plus we had friends who were also very varied in faiths (including Sikhs). We wanted someone who would be respectful of all faiths, "god of all people" so to speak, but someone who can put some gravitas to the proceeding (ie. not some dude who got his status from a magazine ad). \n\nAnother reason we went with an independent is that we wanted the ceremony in a redwood grove. So, independent clergy are great for outdoor weddings and non-traditional venues or settings. They are also great for couples doing interfaith ceremonies. \n\nWhat we looked for in an officiant was someone who we connected with, who was incredibly articulate and projected warmth and wisdom. He had been doing it for over 25 years and wrote a book about custom weddings. Eventually, he would officiate my mother's memorial service, my son's blessing/christening, and my best friend's wedding (they were both non-religious). He would meet with us and provide counseling and get to know us so he could personalize it. He was a great educator and as to our options borrowing from all faiths and cultures. \n\nI think whether people pick a certain officiant is comfort level with the couple and their families. It is very personal and has to do with personal chemistry and your ability to give them plenty of guidence in realizing the vows and ceremony they want but cannot quite articulate. Do they want to memorize lots of lines, have audience participation, borrow from different traditions, or do they want you and others do most of the talking?\n\nSome people are not going to be comfortable going outside the church and will spend the time seaching for a church, just to get married in a church. These people will not be seeking you out. \n\nPeople who are looking for an independent officiant are looking for someone with the expertise with organizing and elevating their ceremony with wisdom, humor, and dignity. They are thoughtful people who are uncomfortable with dogma, but want spirituality and even christianity (as long as it is inclusive). \n\nPeople will seek out an independent officiant because they have been married before, or many times, or they are making a committment outside the boundries of their church. They can be pagans who have family members who would object to a pagan ritual, and a non-denominational celebrant would be a good compromise. \n\nGood luck and I wish you a wonderful journey being a vital part of two people's public pledge to each other and their god or to the earth. Hope this helps you on your way.
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check out Electra cruises in Newport Beach. They have wedding packages at good rates.\n Hope this helps :D
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i would think your best bet is a craft store. They usually have everything under the sun for weddings. I know when i was planning my wedding i spent a good four hours in one
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My husband and I got married in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  It was fantastic and I'd recommend it 100%.  We worked with Eva and Michael, a married couple who have been planning weddings for 15 years in PV (their excellent website is www.vallartaweddings.net).  She's from the area and knows all of the best vendors; he's Canadian; they both speak perfect English so nothing gets "lost in translation."  We emailed with them back and forth for about 6 months planning the details--for example, I said I wanted a bouquet of tropical flowers and Eva emailed me 8 pictures to get a better idea--I chose 1 of them, and the bouquet arrived at my hotel the day of the wedding.  They took care of ALL of the details and I had a completely stress-free wedding--all for a total of less than $2,000, which is unbelievably less than you'd pay in the States - that included the entire ceremony set-up, flowers, musician, photographer, and officiant, plus all the paperwork to make it legal.  They also recommended hotels for my family to stay in the area, plus worked with a local restaurant to plan the meal for our reception.\n\nThe city of PV is fantastic too--people there speak enough English that non-Spanish people won't have any problems at all.  There's a ton to do there--fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, sight-seeing, and tons of shopping.  It's on the beach, so many people just relaxed as well.  There are a ton of places to stay, from good budget hotels downtown to luxury all-inclusives on the beach.  Plus, weddings in Mexico are recognized as legal in the US, so there's no red tape to go through.\n\nGood luck!
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I have a site that you an request a free book about how to and thingss needed for wedding ? and a book for new mothers about babys and there first 5 years too..\n\ngo to :\nhttp://www.statefarm.com/lifevents/married.htm\n\nNEar the bottom you will see this: For current customers\n(Contact your agent for the login ID and password.)\n\nDon't let the actual planning of the wedding cause you undue stress. Order our Wedding Planner to save you time … and headaches.\nClick on the wedding planner  it will open up ..\nIt will than ask you for your name and password ..\nEnter:\nUser Name: good\nPassword: neighbor \n(WATCH - this is USA spelling)! \n\nHOpe that helps ya out some :)\nHappy Going
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We planned our wedding, in six weeks, for the week before Christmas.  We also had the ceremony at the reception site.  First, you should see if the site will already be decorating for the holidays.  Ours did and it saved us so much money.  We served Roast Beef and Chicken family style (trays were brought to the tables and people served themselves).  The guys wore silver vests and the girls wore apple red.  Our cake was white with a silver ribbon wrapped around it.  For our wedding favors I purchased 150 small silver bells with hearts on the top that also doubled as placecard holders.  We also had a friend bake us gingerbread men and woman and "dressed" them up with tuxes and dresses (using basic frosting).  The bells were perfect for those guests who are obsessed with having the bride and groom kiss every ten seconds!  I think it would be a great idea to do a christmas theme.  It always seems to put people in great spirits and we got some amazing pictures in front of the decorated christmas tree.
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Try contacting Pagan, Wiccan or ULC groups in your area.  The wedding may still not be legal (I'm not sure what the current state of affairs is in regards to that in LA), but at least you'd have a spiritual ceremony that you'd want.\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/hm/usca.html\nhttp://ulc.org/index.php?destination=Directory&state=California
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See if this site helps!\nhttp://weddingplanning.50webs.com
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The problem is that most courses like "Wedding Planning" actually don't lead to any work. In this business it is experience that is A&O. The best two ways to get that experience is to contact a Wedding planner/company in for ex Sidney, tell them that you have a deep desire to do this kind of work, and then ask to do a mounth practice at there office or side-by-side with an experienced planner(that mounth will probebly be unpayed, so you need some savings). If they think you have potential to exceed in that carrer, they might take you on as a wedding-assistant and train you up to be a Wedding Planner. This is by far the best option to get into a very competetive business, and you will bypass LOADS of outher people with "WP-courses" behind them. The outher thing you can do means a lot more work from you from day one, but you don't need to move to do it. Plead with your friends(and even people you used to know from school, but only know by name). Offer to take care of all there arrrangemangs for there wedding-day(for FREE) and tell them they only have to pay for the actual cost of the arrangements, such as the food, the venue, the Church etc, but you give your services for free. This will not only give you a lot of important experience, but if the wedding goes well and smouth, use them as a reference. I can promiss you one thing: If it (the wedding-arrangements) go goes well and the cuple are happy, they will tell there friends and you will get work automatically... but by then you need to charge for your services. Good Luck!!!
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Visit: www.weddingdetails.com or www. uasbride.com they help a lot!!!!
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Try the larger hotels who may have on-site wedding facilities.  They may be able to help you - look at their websites.
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Talk to bridal stores, florists, hotels in your area for events/shows/sales where you can present yourself and meet clients.  Call wedding planners that aren't in the same area as you (find them online) and ask how they did it.  You won't be competing with them, since you're out of town...they might be willing to give you advice.  There are also plenty of books on becoming a wedding planner.  Check out your local library.  Hook up with a church.
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The estimated national average is 20k...however, I have seen them done for 10-15k and I've seen them done for 100k +...it jsut depends on how much money and time you're willing to put into things. Orange County is an expensive area all around, so you might have to go looking elsewhere to find what you need. Wedding dresses are typically cheaper in smaller towns and you can get favors online.
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I am not Southern Baptist, but a wife/fiance should go with him on an interview. The selection committee would love to meet the wife/fiance and I'm surprised you haven't been invited.
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Hi, I am a wedding florist in Northern California.  I recommend the book:  Creative Wedding Florals you can make by Terry Rye.  It shouldn't cost too much.  Try half.com this book is wonderful for doing your own flowers.  Note:  I wouldn't recommend doing your own flowers though.  I tried it myself, and had a hard time.  You have so many other things to worry about besides the flowers taking up a lot of your time to create.  I'm a florist, and it takes me 3 days for most weddings (to create the arrangements).  Hope everything works out for you!  Sincerely, Jessica
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The important thing is for you and your beloved to have a day the feels special to the both of you.  Depending on where you live, some states allow a lay person(someone who is not a minister or a justice of the peace) to get a special license for 1 day, and they can marry you.  So that wouldn't be too expensive(maybe the person you ask to do it would even pay for the license themselves).  You could also find a justice of the peace, or go to your local city or town hall and ask if they do wedding ceremonies.  You could keep your ceremony small, and just have immediate family.  That way you don't have to pay for a lot of flowers or decorations.  Then for the ceremony, it depends on how many people you want to invite.  My ceremony was in my church, and then our reception was at a small hotel.  We had less than 50 people, but our total cost was still over $5,000, which included my dress, alterations, flowers, food, hubbies tux, etc.  If either of you belong to a church, you should be able to get married in it for a small fee(if any).  Then you could just do a small ceremony afterwards.  Some people are doing just appetizers, or just desserts.  It's basically just an hour or so, lets everyone mingle, then there could be a toast and people can go on their way.  As far as invitations, you can buy nice paper at an office supply store and print them yourselves.  If you have a small reception with just apps or desserts, include that so people don't expect to be fed.  But it's all perfectly okay!!