you've been busting your butt the entire wedding season and you're so exhausted that you've started having nightmares about forgetting your DSLR at home, writing guest names wrong on the escort cards, or forgetting to move cocktail hour from the bar to outside. You need a vacation, my dear, and you need it now. And whether you're jonesing for a staycation or a wild-and-crazy trip to a ...
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The Business Hierarchy of Needs
I've been mulling over that question myself since I officially started Sablewood three years ago, and after much trial and error, I think I've found the answer. This isn't a guide to marketing yourself (that will come later), but this IS the first step to understanding your business, what it takes to run it, how you have the same needs as your business, and how you AND your business ...
The Golden Rule of Client Interaction
Let's start off this week by getting a show of hands: how many of you have run into a problem of some kind with a client in the past? How many of you have dealt with a demanding client? How many of you have had to reign a client in? Brides are a little bit like teenagers (and I really hope none of the brides-to-be out there take offense to this, ha!): If they sense you don't know what you're talking ...
Digital Housekeeping: How It Made Me Happier
I recently did a digital housekeeping thing, and it was ahhh-mazing. Ready for it? ...
Why You Should Forge Your Own Path
my college guidance counselor told me. In my head, my jaw dropped. What did she just say to me?! In reality, I cocked my head to the side. I clutched my daily planner so hard my fingers turned white and said in my most passive-aggressive voice, "Oh? How so?" She leaned forward, put her elbows on her desk and steepled her fingers. With her pointer fingers pressed against her lips, she gave me the ...
