Get a JUMPSTART on the New Year…
Get a Jumpstart on the New Year and be a biggest loser! I AM!
I think some of you might recall that in my “Tag, I’m it!” post from October, I announced one of the four things on my to-do list was to lose 40 pounds…
…I finally made the commitment to lose those 40 pounds! Today, I am only 16 pounds away from this first goal and have already lost 25 pounds! This time, I might even lose more!!
WHAT GOT ME STARTED?
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Shortly after my October weight-loss goal announcement, I met with a close friend whom I see on a regular basis. To my amazement, during the three weeks since I had last seen her, she had lost 17 pounds! Huh? I know, I know, I was on the same page…it sounded too good to be true! I asked her a lot of questions about her diet and the program. In the back of my mind, as she was telling me all of the details, I was thinking, it must just be her luck.
Then, I saw the same friend two weeks later, and this time, her total weight loss was already 25 pounds! So, I thought to myself, this can’t just be luck, there has got to be something to this program. Hmmmmm… At that point, all I could think about was how happy I would be if I could lose that same amount of weight in only 5 weeks. She had seriously caught my attention and got me thinking…A week later, I made the phone call to JUMPSTART MEDICINE.
I have since learned that if you are ready to make a change and learn healthy eating habits to last a lifetime, then the JUMPSTART MEDICINE program is for you. And as for me, I was more than ready!
Since my first meeting and weigh-in, I have lost 25 pounds, and have even gone down two clothing sizes. It has only been 6 weeks, and I feel great! I have discovered more about myself and my relationship with food through the JUMPSTART MEDICINE program than I have with any other diets or weight loss programs.
Before starting the JUMPSTART MEDICINE program, I had already lost about 25 pounds during the past year, by giving up drinking sodas and committing myself to regularly exercising. This past summer, I began walking with a friend, Stacie Tamaki, who is the founder of The Flirty Guide and Best Wedding Blogs. Together, we started a new networking group called, The Wedding Walkers. Walking, Talking, Getting Fit! A wedding networking twist!
The Above Flirty Illustration Created By Stacie Tamaki
Overall, I feel very lucky to have discovered a weight loss program that works for me! I have spent time over the last few weeks cleaning out my closet and donating all of my big clothes to The Goodwill, Career Closet-San Jose, and The American Cancer Society. There is no reason to keep them, because I am convinced I have made a change for a lifetime!
Track my weekly weight loss progress here on the sidebar of TWC (The Wedding Chat). I hope this post inspires some of you to make a change. I can’t think of a better way to go into a New Year, can you?
To learn more about JUMPSTART MEDICINE, visit www.jumpstartmedicine.com
Style Your Bridesmaids…Haute!
These dresses are much too “haute” to keep hanging in a closet with the other 27 dresses! Let your bridesmaids walk down your wedding aisle in style and choose a LAZARO! The LAZARO Bridesmaid Collection, each and every season, is designed using unique colors, fabrics, and modern styles. See for yourself in the pictures and runway video below!
LAZARO Bridesmaid dresses featured on KnotTV!
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THE UNIQUE BRIDE, a bridal salon in Burlingame, California, is a LAZARO full line retailer. To learn more about THE UNIQUE BRIDE, visit www.uniquebride.com.
To see more LAZARO bridal fashions or to attend one of their upcoming Trunk Shows, visit www.lazarobridal.com.
Bridal Bouquets Made Out of Clay
Is your favorite wedding flower out of season? Are you looking for that perfect destination wedding bouquet? LOOK NO FURTHER!
Introducing the incredibly talented Diane Phillips of DK DESIGNS. She can make your dream bouquet OUT OF CLAY! Every bouquet is customized to fit your floral vision, and each delicate bloom is individually handcrafted. Diane’s craft is so special, she was recently featured on the Martha Stewart Show, and side-by-side, she taught Martha how to make an hydrangea bloom. Must see DIY TV! Watching Diane in action makes me appreciate even more her talent and patience for making these beautiful blooms and bouquets that last forever. See for yourself!
CLICK HERE to watch Diane Phillips of DK DESIGNS instruct Martha Stewart on how to make an hydrangea bloom from clay!
To see more of DK Designs Clay Floral Bouquets, visit www.dkdesignshawaii.com. Also, check out the DK Designs Blog at www.dkdesignshawaii.blogspot.com
Make yourself a MOVIE STAR!
Now you can share with your friends and family that you are ready to be a leading lady and create your very own wedding MOVIE poster!
James Burkart of BURKART VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, a San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Video Production Company, took inspiration and created these eye-catching, fun, wedding movie posters.
Put another creative twist on this already great idea by using old photos or engagement photos to create a SAVE THE DATE movie poster. Just imagine the ‘oohs and ahs’ you will get from all of your fam and fans when they see a star was born!
Poster Designed by James Burkart with Photo Courtesy of Rhee Bevere.
Poster Designed by James Burkart with Photo Courtesy of True Beauty Photography.
Poster Designed by James Burkart with Photo Courtesy of Fima Photography.
Poster Designed by James Burkart with Photo Courtesy of Fima Photography.
Learn more about BURKART VIDEO PRODUCTIONS and visit www.burkartvideo.com
Truly Divine & Delicious…
What is a Petit Four?
For some of us, this means a small taste of a French dessert that can be eaten in one bite, such as a tartlet or éclair. For others, it means a miniature, multi-layered almond butter cake with a flavored filling, covered in icing and decorated with a rose bud, a ribbon bow, or monogram pattern. Mmmmmmm! Just where do you find these little pieces of heaven?
DIVINE DELIGHTS is a company whose specialty is making delicious, miniature cake petit fours. Their cakes and fillings are made from scratch using only the finest ingredients, such as real lemons, pure vanilla, the finest chocolates, and real fruits. These small bites are sure to delight any party crowd and can be delivered right to your door!
To see their full selection of traditional and seasonal petit fours, visit www.divinedelights.com
TWC Spotlight! - Wildflower Linen - Episode 2
You are watching TWC Spotlight! featuring Wildflower Linen.
Watch this episode to hear more about linen color, texture trends, and appliqué from Lily Yeung, the showroom manager of San Francisco’s WILDFLOWER LINEN.
WILDFLOWER LINEN was started by a former fashion designer, Youngsong Martin. She has taken her experience of high fashion for runway models; and lucky for us, she has brought these fashion–forward colors, textures, and patterns to our wedding and event tables. With locations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, and New York, this linen company has taken the ordinary and transformed it into the extraordinary, having established a niche in the wedding and event industries.
Check back soon to watch more episodes of TWC Spotlight! featuring Andrew Hsu of Studio MSV and more Wildflower Linen.
To learn more about WILDFLOWER LINEN and their selection of linens, visit www.wildflowerlinens.com
TWC Spotlight! - Wildflower Linen - Episode 1 Credits
Created and Hosted By Lea McIntosh - www.leamcintosh.com
Produced and Directed By Andrew Hsu of Studio MSV - www.studiomsv.com
Lily Yeung, San Francisco Showroom Manager of Wildflower Linen-www.wildflowerlinens.com
Betsy Rose, Script Copy Editor & TWC Fan!
TWC Podchat - Well Rehearsed
You are about to listen to the premier episode of TWC Podchat interviewing Kathy Goodman, an event planning and design talent who has sprung onto the wedding scene with her innovative new company, WELL REHEARSED.
 
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While Kathy was growing up, her family’s parties always had themes and carefully planned details. Her expectations were set pretty high as a child, and she credits this with starting her down a path that led to event planning. Kathy has taken these childhood experiences and memories, as well as her years of corporate event production and marketing expertise, and has brought to brides and mothers a new form of wedding planning, making her the “go to” gal for memorable, exciting, and unexpected rehearsal dinners! In this interview, learn about Kathy’s moment of inspiration, her favorite past parties, how she works with brides and grooms’ mothers, rehearsal dinner trends, and more!
Visit www.wellrehearsed.com to read more about Kathy’s Custom Rehearsal Dinners.
Haven’t you heard?
Soon you will be able to tune in and listen to TWC Podchat interviews with local wedding professionals and trendsetters hosted by Lea McIntosh, an award-winning event planner and wedding designer, who can anticipate and pose those Frequently-Asked-Questions to get the answers that brides are anxious to hear. Soon you will be able to access these interviews by company name or search related to a specific category here on The Wedding Chat.
Our intention is to help you find that “perfect” wedding professional for your style and vision. We hope that these podchat interviews bring you inspiration and introduce you to some of the “best of the best” in wedding and event professionals and their companies.
To learn more about the Host of the show, Lea McIntosh and her event/wedding planning & design services, visit www.leamcintosh.com.
Oodles of Doodles!
DIY Brides! Create your own wedding invites, shower invitations, thank-you cards, stationery, and more with these Wedding & Party Doodle fonts by OUTSIDE THE LINE DESIGN.
OUTSIDE THE LINE DESIGN is a one-woman company created by Rae Kaiser, a graphic artist and digital font designer. I would say she has a “feather in her cap,” since her wedding doodles are even featured on invitations currently offered by the well-known retail stationery store, PAPYRUS.
If doodles are what you love, then visit OUTSIDE THE LINE DESIGN to see her her entire collection that includes other fonts, such as Diva Doodles, Holiday Doodles, and Baby Doodles. Clearly, these doodles are more INSIDE the lines than out!
Visit www.outside-the-line.com to see oodles more of Outside The Line doodles!
TAG! I’M IT!
Blog tagging has hit wedding blogs, and I was blog tagged by DK DESIGNS. Visit her site to check out her beautiful handcrafted clay floral designs! Thanks Diane!
Read below to learn more about me!
4 Things I Did Today:
1. Woke up at 6:30am to go walking with Stacie Tamaki. She is my Wedding Walker partner-in-crime.
2. Went to the Nordstrom Rack to buy a pair of athletic shoes for a ‘Hip-Hop’ dance class I am planning to start next week.
3. Finished up a logo and business card design that I have been working on for my new client, The Style Match. Maybe…You need to ignite your image?! Check it out! www.thestylematch.com
4. I ended my day playing upright bass fiddle and singing in a bluegrass jam. I do this every Thursday. It forces me to get off of the computer!
4 Things On My To-Do list:
1. Spend more time with my husband and my brown, fuzzy, little baby boy!
2. Lose 40 more pounds.
3. With passion and fervor, grow all of my businesses. Do what you love, and money will follow. Right?
4. Finish launching the Ready to Propose and Ready to Say Yes! websites.
4 Of My Guiltiest Pleasures:
1. Buying Designer Bags! I only have a few posh labels left to complete the collection.
2. Reading US Weekly and OK! Magazine. I look forward to Friday night when the issue arrives. For me, it is the perfect way to unwind after a week of nonstop work and meetings.
3. Watching The Girls Next Door! Returning to the “E” channel are 20 new episodes. Go Holly! Go Bridget! Go Kendra!
4. Eating Junk Food! Especially, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
4 Random Facts about Me:
1. I am an opera singer. I got my tonsils out in June, and I still have a couple of months before I can sing again. But I am soooo looking forward to it!
2. I am from Southern California. Maybe, someday I will go back and live in a house on the beach.
3. I love horses. I rode equestrian-style and loved to jump horses.
4. I met my husband when I was 17 at a Denny’s. Truly, it was love at first sight, and we are getting ready to celebrate 15 years together!
Here’s who I’m tagging:
Michael Soo of Soo Photography
Dave Ethridge of A Video Reflection
Rich Amooi of Hey Mr DJ
Ashley Dicksa of Creative Events by Ashley
