What a great New Jersey wedding Ceremony!

We never like to see a “tip cup” on the bar at a hosted event like a New Jersey wedding, but this might be an exception that warms everyone’s hearts and does some good in the world.
Advise your bartenders that soliciting tips is not what you had in mind,and take care of them ahead of time. Then station a big brandy snifter (or dog bowl!) at the bar, and a photo or two from either this wonderful charity that does beagle rescue (http://www.beaglepaws.com/news.html), Unicef(www.unicef.org), or any other cause that is dear to you. At the end of the celebration, you’ll have a gre

at donation,and you can thank your guests for their generosity in your thank you notes.

My colleague Brandy Blackford had a problem.   Like so many small businesses out there, this one started with something  that she and her fiance (now husband!) wanted to add to t heir reception, but couldn’t find!  A Candy Buffet!  (Hey, Brandy; I want to add it to my living room!)   They thought it would be a fun and delicious alternative to traditional favors.  Who wouldn’t want to depart with a sweet, color coordinated reminder of the wedding celebration?  Great idea; no one to actually create it. While setting up their own candy buffet, they realized that it was entirely too much work to add to an already stressed out bridal agenda.  So they started their company, Sweet Ido’s. They have an amazing array of candy in all shapes, sizes and colors, and their huge collection of stylish vessels allows them to carry oht the theme of your wedding right until the sweet ending! 

Brandy was nice enough to feature a guest article by me, on her wonderful blog, “The Sweet Scoop” .  I hope you’ll check it out, but I’ll warn you…you’ll be reaching for jelly beans before you’re done!

On me, actually, lol, in this neat little interview (that you can see right  here ).  Mostly, I’m talking about starting a building a business after, um, a ‘certain’ age, no matter what that age is.  Good advice that I’ve culled from a number of sources, but one of my favorites is a book called, “The Chic Entrepreneur”, by Elizabeth Gordon. This great little book, “teaches women how to get out of the trenches and take their business to new heights by mastering the 9 dimensions of a flourishing business.”   It’s an easy read, full of wonderful ideas and inspirational stories!  I highly recommend adding it to your shelf of biz books, but READ it first!