End Of The Year Review

Dec 26, 2022

 

Relocated Headquarters for WSU

 

Started Workshops Back up

 

Launched the Maven's

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Merry Christmas!!

Dec 19, 2022
 

 Never stop believing.............

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Dec 12, 2022
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Prepare Your Clients For The New Year Panic

Dec 05, 2022

This time of year can be pretty quiet as far as client contact goes.  From November 1st through the holidays, they are pretty busy just like the rest of us, but you may soon find out, that as soon as the holidays are over and the new year comes, it is like they all of a sudden realize their wedding is now this year.  

It took me a little while to realize this pattern.  Honestly, from November - to the 1st part of January, I really enjoyed the break.  After all, I wanted to enjoy the holidays too.  

But once the new year rolled around, I would get call after call of a couple's in panic mode. Our wedding is this year and there is still so much to do! Even if there wasn't much to do, they had not been focused on the wedding for months and they need to get refocused on it.

After years of this happening, I decided to make a small change.  Every year, I would schedule 1 week of solid appointments with my clients. Even if we didn't have anything to...

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Nov 28, 2022
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Thanks Giving[Moments of Reflection]

Nov 21, 2022

Thanksgiving is a time that we all want to look back and reflect on the things that we are grateful for. It fills my heart to think of all of the things God has blessed me with. As many of us know there truly is nothing greater than the spirit of giving.  Knowing that you have helped someone in some way can leave a lasting impression that very well could change a life forever.

I am so proud of my partnership with Wedding State University because together we have been able to provide over 24 scholarships this year alone.  These scholarships allow smart, talented, and motivated individuals to create a life for themselves and their families to provide for themselves.

When we started this program, it was important to provide opportunities for those who may not be in a position to afford it. To be a Certified Day of Coordinator can make a huge difference to a single parent who has limited time to work and can make a full-time income working part-time.  Being able to be...

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Nov 14, 2022
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Nov 07, 2022
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Halloween [Theme Events]

Oct 31, 2022

Theme Events Help Maintain Your Sanity

As many of you may know, I am not only a Wedding Planner but also an Event Planner.  I have planned everything from a small baby shower to large festivals and everything in between.  I always look forward to planning themed events.  I love taking every aspect of the event and putting it into different elements of the decor, the food, music, invitations, activities, etc... really the list goes on and on.

On average our company does about 100 events per year. Only about 34 of them typically are weddings. One reason, is weddings are much more time-consuming and emotionally taxing than other events.  

Bigger Budgets

What I love about our theme events is that they usually have a larger budget for decor.  Which is typically required to carry out the theme, but it also has an entirely different feel when planning it.  They don't have a lot of family dynamics that affect the client planning it. ...

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Myth Conceptions [Google Vs. Real life]

Oct 25, 2022

Who is the expert here anyway?

When doing an internet search to do your fact-finding, you have to ask yourself, what qualifies the expert as the expert?

I remember sending one of my clients to a baker that she decided to use that I had not used before.  I prepared her with the list of desserts she was to order for the dessert buffet.  We planned to have all mini/single bite desserts so guests could have 2-3 of each option. (Check out more about my thoughts on dessert bars on our other blogs post.) When she came back she told me she only ordered 4 types of desserts because the baker said, that people really on want 4 choices and the rest would go to waste.  At 1st it seems like she is the baker and she would know, right? Let me ask you this, who goes to more weddings and stays to the end? Me or her?  She may drop the desserts off, but does she stay to the end of the night? How does she know how much goes to waste? Ummm, let me ask you, when have you ever...

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