Carmen has inspired me to blog!

Last night, Carmen from Blink of an Eye Photography and I carpooled down to the grand opening of the studio with Glass Eye Video, TM Photography, Timothy's and Details by Dawn. We had an amazing time networking with lots of great vendors, including some of my favorites from Poeme, Ford-Ellington, Tres Bell, Maribelle's, Courtenay Lambert, Forever Wedding Video, just to name a few of the 100+ people there!

Anyway, Carmen finally helped me to understand the direction my blog needs to take. I have been reading other people's blogs and thinking to myself, "what is so interesting about me that people would want to read about?" She told me that the stories from wedding days that I have from behind the scenes, inside scoops on the industry, and the vendors I network with, in addition to wedding photos, are enticing to readers. So I hope you enjoy the new direction of this blog.

Thanks so much Carmen!!!

Fun stuff this week...

This week has been a week of networking. During the late fall, the number of weddings slows down so wedding vendors use it as a chance to catch up with each other, promote their new service offerings and talk about the upcoming year.



The Knot hosted a party for all its advertisers on Destiny Yacht on Tuesday night. I heard it was a lot of fun -- I was home sniffeling. I didn't think going out on a boat in the cold rain was a smart idea. On Wednesday, the Association of Bridal Consultants hosted a meeting at Poeme in Hyde Park with guest speakers Kristen Folzenlogen (Poeme) and Courtenay Lambert (Florist). We learned about the cost of designing wedding invitations and what a specific budget will buy you for invitation. Good rule of thumb -- if you see it in Martha Stewart, it's expensive!



As far as clients go, I have a 500 guest wedding being held on a private estate this July 4th. This week, we finally hammered down all of the rentals for this event with Prime Time Party Rental. The bride really wanted chivari chairs. However, in order to have chivaris outside, you need to install a complete floor (in this case 7200 feet!) so you don't damage the chairs. However, you don't have to do that for white woods. To save $5,000 (chivari chairs are more expensive to rent) we went with the white wood option instead.



In addition, Chateau Pomije is having a free paella tasting tonight. It's located in Oakley. Be sure to stop by! Also stay tuned ... I am putting together a contest with a few other vendors for brides whose weddings are in January and February 2009.