For the Love of Brides...

...Complete Wedding Preview!

That's what the fabulous--don't you wish you lived in Atlanta so you could attend this--event will be called.  I am SO INCREDIBLY excited about this event.  We have so many amazingly talented vendors interested in participating.  The best part to me is this:

When you go to a "bridal expo" you feel like cattle.  You are being herded through this HUGE arena and you are BOMBARDED with vendors who are all competing with other vendors in their category. 

For The Love of Brides Complete Wedding Preview will be so different.  Passed appetizers.  Champagne.  Great music.  And the best part?  Only ONE vendor per category.  So they can relax-and the brides won't be inundated with information.  

And now...I present to you...the amazing venue for this fabulous event...

GORGEOUS!

Intimate. Urban. Industrial. Perfect. 

If you are in Atlanta-email me for details.  You will WANT to be a part of this event, I promise.

It's a busy life...

So while in the throes of planning our October wedding, I am also starting a wedding planning business.  This is so exciting because it's something I've wanted to do for a very long time.  I have never felt more drawn to anything than I am to planning and entertaining.  This new venture is exciting, but it's also a little scary.

What if I don't know enough?

What if no one wants to hire me?

What if I make a mistake and (dare I say it) mess up an element of someone's wedding?!?!

GASP!

As long as I don't let myself worry about these things and doubt myself--I'm ok. 

I am in the middle of planning a very exciting event to jump start my business.  It's going to be a CLASSY, UPSCALE and FUN bridal show.  So far we have:

Venue

Caterer

DJ

Florist

Baker

Stationer

Plastic Surgeon's office (mini-facials)

Make-up artist

Bridal shop

Videographer

Photographer

The list continues...

The venue is this AWESOME urban industrialized hall that is going to be perfect for this event.  We'll have great music, fantastic food, fun things to do and of course, COCKTAILS!

My hope is for brides to bring their girls with them and have a fun night.  They can sample food, cake, look at invitations, table decor and more.  Doesn't that sound like a blast??

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Now I just have to come up with a super catchy name for it...

Any suggestions??

Logo excitement!!!

Here is the LOGO for my new company....(click to enlarge)

I am SO in love with it.  A highschool friend of mine told me on facebook that she is a graphic designer-and we started working on this together.  I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.  I love the bride (we named her Betty) and I love that I'm not stuck with one color...she gave me 4 options!  I also got letterhead, envelopes and business cards-Rachel is amazing-and if anyone needs an identity for your company-she's your girl!  Email me for her information.

The main page of my website is up and running as well!  You can check it out by clicking HERE!

I'll be posting on EAD again tomorrow, so check me out over there!

Check me out!

I've been asked to guest blog on Elizabeth Anne Designs blog for the next 6 months!  I'll be posting twice a week over there, so check me out!  

Times they are a changin'

Two of my engaged girlfriends and I went to the NotWedding last night here in Atlanta.  It was a lot of fun!  I ended up spending most of the night hanging out with our ever cool photographers who were the main photographers for the evening.  The NotWedding was basically a big, fake wedding that showed off some of the city’s most talented vendors in action. Guests could partake in a cocktail hour, an all-out ceremony, and a reception.  It was fun.  I will be trying to do something similar with my business in the near future...so stay tuned for that!

Speaking of my business...I will be linking my website to this blog, so my blog will be changing a little in the near future.  I'm going to change the blog name to For the Love of Brides.  This blog is still going to be about life, love, and weddings-it's just going to feature brides and weddings that I'm currently planning-instead of just my own wedding.  

I'm not sure what the process is yet to make these changes, but I'll be sure to let you all know as soon as I do!  Thank you so much for all of your encouragement and support-this is such a new and exciting venture for me-and I couldn't imagine doing it without all of you wonderful bride/wedding bloggers out there!