Welcome to Mahalo Weddings
Whether you're trying to plan a lavish ceremony or planning on a budget, your wedding is one of the most important events in your life. Our wedding experts include Dana LaRue and Hunter Stiebel of budget wedding website The Broke-Ass Bride and Kat Keane, founder of event planning company Eventesque. If you have any questions or video requests, e-mail them to requests@mahalo.com.
Check out our YouTube.com wedding channel, MahaloWeddings, for a plethora of useful information, including tips on budget-friendly bachelor and bachelorette parties, choosing/creating save-the-date announcements, negotiating with vendors, booking a hair stylist, even tying a tie!
Even though you're still experiencing the excitement of the proposal, it's never to early to start thinking about what kind of wedding you want. In the video below, Hunter and Dana have some ideas to get you started.
Mahalo's Weddings Playlists
Planning a wedding doesn't have to be stressful. When you need a little help, Mahalo has you covered with instructional craft videos and planning tips.
DIY Wedding
Dana and Hunter offer a wealth of Do-It-Yourself weddings tips. Check out these helpful topics:
Planning
A lot of planning goes into a wedding, so it's important to be informed about the details. Kat offers several excellent planning tips on topics like these:
Bridal emergency kitCheck Out a Sample Video
Mahalo wedding expert Kat Keane explains how to find the right DJ for your wedding. She recommends listening to sample mixes, asking how they make announcements and going to a live performance.
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Meet Our Experts
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Dana LaRue
Dana is the creator of The Broke-Ass Bride, a website providing wedding inspiration on a budget; and founder of Bride$hare, a social media network designed to help brides save money and be green through the sharing, swapping and reusing of all things wedding related. Her savvy approach to weddings and money delivers entertaining and informative outside-the-box planning inspiration, and teaches readers of any budget that it's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it.
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Hunter Stiebel
Hunter works with his wife Dana on their joint venture, The Broke-Ass Bride. He also co-writes a column with Dana for Eco Beautiful Weddings e-zine. Outside of the wedding world, Hunter has performed with several of the country's best theaters, including Chicago’s Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Repertory, Chicago Shakespeare and National Playwrights Conference. Being a New Yorker married to a Chicagoan, Hunter would like it publicly known that he misses good pizza.
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Kat Keane
With 20 years experience in the business of producing, designing and coordinating events, Kat has established herself in the event planning industry. Her approach to bringing concepts and ideas to life is a break from the norm. She began producing events at the age of sixteen, landing a job working production for a predominant large-scale Los Angeles special events venue. Kat then started her own event planning company, Eventesque with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Her company has planned events for companies like Google, Yahoo!, NBC Universal, DreamWorks Animation, Red Bull and Lexus.
