Lucky Girl Weddings

About a month ago I sent a quick note to friends and family stating that although the wedding business is my passion real life still happens and I was in need of some additional income.  Thanks a lot economy!!!  Low and behold I was contacted by a friend and fellow wedding planner Aletha Vandermaas of Pearls Events. 

Aletha is a first class wedding planner and is very well know in West Michigan and all over the nation.  She is an excellent blogger and marketer which really propelled her business into the powerhouse that it is today.  Not many internet savy brides-to-be in West Michigan haven’t heard of Aletha or Pearls Events.  Need I say more?!

Aletha, being a smart business woman, preferred that I work for her rather than give her business away.  I was thrilled!  How can you say no to an opportunity to work with one of the best!  To make a long story short I have been hired by Pearls Events on a contract basis for the 2010 season. 

Q & A for my current and potential clients:

Q: What is going to happen to Lucky Girl Weddings?

A: Nothing! It’s not going anywhere…I will continue with my business as usual and will still be working with my current brides and looking for additional clients for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

Q: How will you keep up the dual presence? Won’t this be hard?

A: It will get a bit interesting if Pearls Events clients learn that I also own a wedding planning business but quite frankly I will have to cross that bridge when I get to it.  I am guessing that not one bride will be upset to find out I am a professional and that I have experience in this field.  I will work for myself and for Pearls Events this season and will re-evaluate what the plan is for the 2011 season when that time comes.

Q: Now that we know you work for Pearls Events too should be just go through that site to book you? 

A:No, if you want me and what Lucky Girl Weddings offers (price, packages, etc.) you would still go through my site.  If you find that you have a larger budget and you prefer the style and packages that Aletha offers then you can go through her and request that I be your coordinator. 

To sum it up this is a phenominal opportunity for me.  I  can’t wait to work for Aletha and work with my clients and see where God leads me!

This morning during our church service my husband and I were amazed to find out a juicy tidbit from history that I never knew.  I was even more fascinated about it because it was wedding related.  Our Pastor said that back in the Middle Ages people took their one bath of the year about April, when the weather was starting to warm up. Marriages traditionally took place in June and, by that time, people were starting to smell a bit ripe. Therefore the bride would carry flowers to help cover the offensive odor. I am not sure how true this is but it is an interesting theory! 

It has also been said that brides in the Greek and Roman eras included the use of herbs or flowers, often worn as garlands to bring good luck or ward off bad luck. It wasn’t until the mid-19th century that bouquets as we know them came into fashion.

So, would I suggest putting garlic and herbs in your bouquet….no!  Would I suggest taking a bath every day instead of once a year…YES! 

History has it’s place but please do not repeat it before your big day!

This November I am “hosting” I guess you could say my High School 10 Year Reunion!  It was almost a year ago now that the class President (and close friend of mine) asked our classmates if anyone was interested in planning it.   As you could imagine the response came back void. 

Again she asked if anyone would be interested in planning it.  Again no reply.  Ok, ok…I get it I am a planner, I will do it.  Jessica merely suggested it but I took the bait.  Stupid???  Yes and no.  It is alot more work than I thought tracking down 176 people…about 170 of which I have lost touch with.  But, in the end its been good for me. 

With everything else going on in my life I have squeezed it in and its made me more aware of what those 170 people have been up to and it’s made me appreciate where I came from and where I am going.

High School can be an awesome or scary memory but a 10 Year Reunion is an adventure.  Who cares “who’s who” anymore.  Who cares who is not married, who is chubby, who is still in their home town, who cares who moved an hour away because they didn’t want to be that far away from home but wanted to be…away from home.  (That last one is me if you couldn’t tell.)  WHO CARES!  We are all people trying to live our lives and having a ball doing it. 

I am looking forward to this reunion and I hope my other 1999 classmates are too.  We are all just getting so big!

The image of this calendar is what my brain feels like today!  Hey…at least it’s somewhat organized! 

This summer is starting to heat up!  Well, not temperature wise yet, but activity wise!  Our summer is full of Baby Showers, Bachelorette and Bachelor Parties, Anniversary’s, and of course WEDDINGS!  We are also excited to get our boat out andstart having people over!  Hopefully this summer will be successful for my Mary Kay business as well.  Not to mention some very busy afternoons floating on a raft with my best friend on our lake!

My summer Wedding schedule: (more…)

The time has come!  The Blog has begun! I want to first give a huge shout out to Dustin and Sandi at Stony Beach Studio for making this website and blog possible!  Secondly I want to tell you all that although blogging is a big deal these days…I myself, am very new at it!  So have patience with me! I cannot promise each entry will blow your socks off but I will get better with time I hope!  Today is just an introduction. I hope to have all kinds of topics in the future about anything and everything wedding related.  I want this to be a place where my clients and those interested in weddings and wedding planning can come and see whats new, whats happening at LGW, and be able to converse back and forth about what interests them.  My goal is to blog at least once a day!  If there is a certain topic you want to read about let me know.  Enjoy!