your wedding venue, a blank canvas…
Have you been looking for a venue for your reception? In rural areas, there are a lot of venues such as county buildings or community centers. They are big enough to handle your large guest list, but lack in the aesthetics.
We regard venues like this like a blank canvas and a challenge. And we adore challenges. Take a look at the real wedding reception of Natalie + Roddy, who married in October 2008. She chose the Posey County 4H Community Center for the wedding reception. it was a convenient location based on the ceremony and it kept to the West Side of town, which was important to our clients and their guests. Our clients hired us for full service planning and design/decor.
The Venue:
Let’s take a look at the space:
A large room, definitely! Challenges: metal chairs, cement floor and roll up doors. Venue Coordinator told us that most clients put their head table on the stage. Dually noted, and we won’t be doing that.
This is a side viewpoint of the room. Bride is worried about those walls. We are not.
On the far end, across from the stage there is a large roll up door. Can you say camouflage?
Okay, so we have our work cut out for us! Luckily, our bride Natalie has exquisite tastes and has put together a collage of colors and ideas she’s likes. We LOVE that because it helps us know her style and tastes.
Because Roddy liked brown, we determined that would be our base color. Tomorrow we’ll show you how we begun to transform the room, into a breathtaking, romantic reception. Trust me. You will be amazed!
plan on!
easy tips on reducing your guest list
We all know the quickest way to reduce your budget, is to reduce your guest list. In this region, the average wedding is approximately 250 guests. In areas like Jasper, Indiana the guest list could be 500-700 people! Large families = big weddings!
If you have already gone through the excruciating process of selecting your guests and cannot seem to delete any names off the paper, here are a few tips:
- DO NOT send out save-the-dates. If guests don’t know your wedding date in advance, they can’t reschedule their lives to attend!
- Pick a holiday weekend for your wedding. There are always conflicts when it comes to holidays and guests may need to choose visiting family for graduation or going out of town over your wedding.
- Choose a Friday or Sunday for your wedding date. Perhaps choosing a less traditional day of the week may make it more difficult for the majority of guests to attend.
- Destination wedding! Get out of Dodge and fly away to a beautiful destination for your wedding!
Can you think of other ways?
plan on!
breaking news: executive inn, evansville
Many of you may have heard earlier this week that the Executive Inn in Evansville had their liquor license expire due to back local and state taxes. I’ve received phone calls from clients of Executive Inn asking if we have heard any other information. I spoke with a representative from Executive just yesterday and she informed me that they would be able to honor any events that would be needing a liquor license by bringing in external bar services. Then just a few minutes ago:
Today the late breaking news from Channel 14:
Evansville hotel under new ownership
Posted:Jan 23, 2009 03:27 PM Updated:Jan 23, 2009 03:32 PM
Posted by Melissa Greathouse
EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) – The Executive Inn hotel in downtown Evansville announced that it is now under the ownership of Mutual Hospitality Management Company of Chicago. The 470-room Executive Inn is Indiana’s third largest hotel and conference center.
If you have an event scheduled at Executive Inn, please do not panic. I’m sure the event coordinator will be able to answer your questions. I hope this will be a positive move for Executive Inn as we’ve had the pleasure of holding some beautiful weddings there (our last one was just three weeks ago). In fact, we’ll be on location tomorrow for several consults.
Again, please don’t think the worst, we know it’s hard to do considering the Executive Inn in Owensboro (they are owned by different companies). Be patient as I’m sure their staff will be fielding a lot of questions/telephone calls.
plan on!
super bride sunday in evansville, indiana!
It’s that time of year again! The largest bridal show in the local area, Super Bride Sunday! Join us on February 7, 2009, 9am – 4pm at the The Centre in Evansville, Indiana.
We love doing bridal shows and the most exciting thing is dreaming up the design for our booth. Sometimes our designs are formulated throughout the year and sometimes we pull it together within the last week. You never know, but you will always be amazed.
2009 is no different, so you’ll have to stop by the booth to check it out. Here’s a hint: we’re going to be as cool as ice.
We’ll be showcasing our real wedding pictures through-out the past five years and you’ll get to talk to us about our services:
Full Wedding Planning Service
Partial Wedding Planning
Wedding Day Management
(unique) Design and Decor
You’ll also be able to take pictures with our real floral bouquets!
If you need some tips on how to prepare for the show, take a look in our archives how to prepare for a bridal show. Or if you want a glimpse of last year’s booth (can’t tell you how many people mentioned it to us ALL year long), our booth pictures of super bride sunday 08.
See you in a week!
plan on!
business beat: news from planning…forever events
It is busy, busy, busy at the planning…forever events studio. We love the beginning of a new year with so many couples to meet and expectations to fulfill! Here’s a few things to update you on some business news…
I am honored and excited to be participating and speaking at eventology 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. I’m actually the lunch speaker (which means I have to keep people awake after they have a full belly of yummy food…no pressure). Here’s the info:
eventology 2009 is an intimate, collaborative and intensive business conference designed especially for wedding professionals. The speakers will bring you real-life, applicable marketing and business information to use to enhance your wedding planning business.
Three highly successful and renowned wedding planners will be discussing their insight and perspective on how to create and cultivate a prosperous wedding business. Chat with Saundra Hadley of planning…forever events on How to Close the Deal: Sales Methods for the Wedding Industry. Discuss how to Turn Brides into Fans: Nurturing Your Relationships with Clients with Terrica Skaggs of Fabuluxe, Inc. and iWed: International Network of Wedding Designers. Lastly, learn how to Leverage Your Brand to Reach Today’s Bride: Marketing in a Post-Modern World with Liene Stevens of Blue Orchid Designs and The Smart Planner. This event is being produced by Katasha Butler of K Sherrie + Company.
When: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 to Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Where: Indianapolis, Indiana at the Omni Severin Hotel
Cost: Early Bird registration is $150 and includes networking event on Tuesday night and breakfast and lunch on Wednesday. A select amount of rooms will be available at the Omni for the special Eventology rate of $115+tax per night. Space is limited for this conference.
You can see more about this exciting event on the eventology 2009 website:http://www.eventology2009.com/ orblog http://www.eventology2009.blogspot.com/
To be included on the email list for eventology 2009, please send an email to hello{at}eventology2009{dot}com with Mailing List in the subject line.
We make it our priority to attend industry events every year, to learn the latest trends and network with other wedding professionals. Social Media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook have propelled us in getting being in touch with more peers than ever before. This helps our business, which in turn, benefits our clients.
I’m personally so excited to be asked to speak…and can’t wait for April to get here!
