Karen Clark
Karen Clark, a Durham native, is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the UNC- Chapel Hill. Her desire to pursue a career in broadcast led her to a 4-year stint in commercial radio. Karen’s experience included on-air work G-105 (WDCG) and K97.5 (WQOK) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Karen’s radio experience led her to a Promotions Manager position with Columbia Records. While working with Columbia, Karen promoted and marketed albums for national recording artists such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Beyonce, Wyclef Jean and many others. This promotions position was Karen’s first foray into event planning, allowing her to coordinate parties, autograph signings, performances and regional itineraries for dozens of artists. After three years with Columbia Records, Karen landed a position with West Coast based Capitol Records. Capitol Records boasts an impressive roster of artists including The Beatles, Coldplay, Corrine Bailey Rae and Snoop Dogg.
After seven years in the music industry, Karen, along with her mother, started Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a nationally-recognized wedding and event planning company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Karen’s events have been seen on the Style Network shows Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? and Married Away. She has been a featured contributor for InStyle Weddings, The Knot and various local news programs and publications
Karen is currently the Midday On-Air Personality at Foxy 107.1/104.3 (WFXC/WFXK.) She enjoys cooking, working out, playing with her young son and volunteering in the community.
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We’ve all seen television shows and magazines that feature pictures of fabulous, over-the-top weddings. If you’re a bride, you’ve googled different pictures of blinged-out bouquets, awe-inspiring invitations and flower arrangements larger than a small child.
Amazing, right?
But how do you get YOUR wedding to look like that? It’s not as difficult as you think. It’s all in the wedding design. If you want that over-the-top wedding look, it’s going to take more than a hot pink floral arrangement in the center a table that’s covered in a white linen.
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Here’s a quick list of design tips that will make your wedding reception pop:
Event Lighting – This is a must. The proper lighting will give your room the gold-ish, pink-ish or blue-ish glow that you’ve seen in so many wedding magazines. You NEVER see a celebrity wedding without event lighting. If you don’t do anything else, you MUST have your reception space properly lit.
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