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Wedding
& Event Planner Round-Up! Welcome to the Southwest Blend Magazine’s
Wedding & Special Occasions Department covering Event Planning for
Weddings & Special Occasions including Anniversaries, Birthdays, Memorials
and more.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Feature Articles & Interviews
Is
Your Wedding One Month Away?
Whether you had 18 months, six months or less to plan your
wedding, most of your activities happen during the last month!
Sally Manglicmot shares how to get focused, be flexible and stay
balanced until you leave for your honeymoon. Read more.
Fundraising
Events – Helping the Cause: Many organizations,
especially non-profits, have the need to raise money. Most
fundraising is event driven, and Joan Burns our Event Planning Guru,
how events can bring an organization new money, superb public
relations, potential new donors and volunteers, and serve as an
opportunity to build team spirit among volunteers and staff. Read more.
Historic
Yuma ‘The Oldest City on the Colorado River’ – On SouthwestBlend.com’s
radio show ‘Champagne Sundays,’we recently interviewed Tina Clark the historian and archaeologist for
the Yuma Heritage Area. Tina also owns St. Paul’s Cultural Center which is
home to Old St. Paul's Church which was built in the style of the English
chapel in 1909. Considered an Arizona treasure, it is the location of
Yuma’s most beautiful weddings. To read more, and listen to her
fascinating interview – Click Here.
Quick
Cost-Saving Wedding Tips: Sally Manglicmot shares five
quick cost-saving wedding tips from catering to flowers, and more.
Read more.
For
Karen Sherman's May Wedding Planning Tip, please double click
on the Play Button below. For more about Karen, click
here.
For
Sally Manglicmot's wedding article and tip of the Month, please
click here.
For Sally's Tip of the Month,
Click Here. For more about Sally and her wedding planning software kit, please
click here.
For
Joan Burn's article of the month, please click here.
For more about Joan, please click
here.
Garden
Weddings
– Karen Anne Sherman of Twin Oaks House & Gardens in San Diego,
shares how to plan your dream garden wedding. Read on.
Personalized Wedding Gifts & Décor Ideas
-Here are two unique wedding gift and décor ideas that will
become treasured keepsakes of your wedding day. Read on…