
Hello from NY Bridal Market! It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for me – from press proofing the new issue of Southern Weddings to Katharine’s wedding at Harvard to Salt Lake City for WedSmith and kicking off the MTH Tour to launching V3 and jetting off to (more…)

I grew up a very independent child. I never read instruction manuals when putting things together (still don’t). I get great pleasure out of figuring things out for myself. I never got in a lick of trouble outside of an overdue library book, but I didn’t like being told what (more…)

I know why I danced the night away with Randy and Todd at the closing night Engage!10 gala: it was the only thing that came close to expressing my pure joy after what we had experienced that week. We danced and laughed and genuinely celebrated life, relationships, the past, failures, hurdles overcome, and (more…)

Sitting in a hospital bed two weeks ago, I was convinced I wasn’t going to Engage. I shifted my weight a little in church, feeling a small pain in my stomach. I thought to myself, Maybe it’s the Indian food from last night. Maybe it’s the bread and grape juice from communion. It’ll go away. (more…)

A few weeks ago I twittered… Who wants to shoot our next cover? After a overwhelming response, we decided to open this opportunity up. I wrote this post asking for photographers and designers to submit proposals for our next cover. Well, little did I know that (more…)

2009 was the year that everything changed. I learned how far I can push myself, my capacity for love, and that I have a choice every day to make good things happen. Looking back, I cannot believe how much has happened. I had a mild panic attack (more…)

We’re back with a brand new Branding Beauty, and this time around it’s Caroline Colom Vasquez of Paloma’s Nest. Unlike our last two, shall we say, branding sleeper hits (Lisa Lefkowitz and XOElle), Paloma’s Nest is almost as famous for (more…)

The SW girls are beyond thrilled for our upcoming print edition, due out on newsstands nationwide on November 3! To share some of our excitement, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 reasons why Southern Weddings is the most dynamic and valuable magazine (more…)

I’m thrilled to be speaking at the Eventology conference next year in Indianapolis. You can read my fireside chat on the Eventology blog to get to know me a little more. (more…)

Here’s a good branding story for y’all. When we arrived at the WaterColor Resort for our SW photoshoot, we were faced with an eight-foot stack of packages from various vendors. We spent most of the first afternoon tearing into one package after another and honestly, (more…)
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