Often I draw on something I’ve seen in my travels. Some weddings trigger flashbacks to my first time in Paris, to the sensation I had of being in an atmosphere of romance. The spark was not provided by the people per se. It was rather in the finials, the stark elegance of the floors of [...]
Every space has a spirit, a voice. When venue shopping, keep in mind Goethe’s declaration that “architecture is frozen music.” So, as I look at a church or private estate, I also listen. I take in the walls, doorways, moldings, light fixtures – I never fight the architecture, whether art nouveau or rococo. I never [...]
Welcome to my new blog! For years, I have expressed non-traditional views and a diverse array of interpretations of love for women around the globe and I am thrilled to now have this forum to share my creative outlook with all of you. The wedding industry, in my opinion, has become a bit stagnant. With [...]
Diann Valentine knows weddings. And with a last name like Valentine, a career in love seems like almost a given. So the celebrity wedding producer and author of Weddings Valentine Style isn’t venturing far from home by becoming host of TNT’s new reality show, Wedding Day, which premiers June 16. Each week, Valentine and celebrity [...]
Mark Burnett leaves “Survivor‘s” Tribal Council behind and enters the wedding wars, when he arranges for deserving couples to have their dream weddings on TNT’s first reality series, “Wedding Day.” “‘Wedding Day‘ was very challenging, because you not only need to find couples that have compelling stories, where you really care and feel emotion toward [...]
