A Minute with Matthew – Advice and Insight From Wedding Pro Matthew Robbins
By Meghan Ely, OFD Consulting, Richmond, Va. This year’s Association of Bridal Consultants annual conference, Business of Brides, set for Nov. 10-12 at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida, promises to be both insightful and entertaining as Matthew Robbins, a highly-acclaimed event and flower designer, shares industry insight as one of the featured...
Real Wedding – Indiana
ABC member planner: Janice Board, Spectacular Soirees Wedding & Event Planning, Terre Haute, Ind., 812.841.4311, spectacular.soirees@gmail.com,
www.spectacularsoirees.com.
Real Wedding – Wisconsin
ABC Member Planner: Katie Hess, CWP,
ABC™, Seize the Day Events, Green Bay, Wis.,
www.seizethedayevents.com.
Even Diamonds Don’t Sparkle Without Light—Make Your Event Shine With the Right Lighting
article and photos By Edward L. Griffin, MWV™, The Wedding DJs/Hardcastle Entertainment, Inc., Renton, Wash. Lighting is a powerful and effective tool for decorating, but it’s much more than that. Great lighting can transform a venue, capture a mood, tell a story, and add extra pizzazz.The key to polishing your event is finding a lighting...
The Wedding Not-So Confidential How to Successfully Discuss Pricing With Clients
By Alan Berg, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Kendall Park, N.J. There has been a lot of talk lately about the value of wedding planning services. A January television episode of 20/20, called “Wedding Confidential,” questioned the price of all things wedding and focused on ways couples can cut costs. This piece seemed to do more damage...
Let’s Talk Education: ABC’s Seminar Series One, Two, and Three
By Elise Enloe, MBCTM, ABC Vice President of North American Operations & Director of Education, Oviedo, Fla. The Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) seminars are being refreshed with consistent branding and are no longer being referred to as “Expanding Horizons.” A cadre of select, senior ABC masters-level members facilitates the seminars, the strength of which...
Master Bridal Consultant™ – Mary Charmoli, MBC™
Saratoga Weddings, Inc., www.saratogaweddings.com, Webster, Wis. Employees: 2 full-time, plus independent contractors Revenue Breakdown: 30% consulting/coordination, 20% officiating, 50% rentals. Contact: 715.349.8383, consult@saratogaweddings.com, Facebook, Twitter Family: I am married to Jim. I have three stepchildren, and we have two grandchildren. Education: I received my registered nurse diploma through Norfolk General Hospital and took undergraduate classes...
Wedding Crasher Provides Glimpse Into Brazil’s Wedding Scene
Tonia Adleta, PBC™, Aribella Events, Philadlelphia Photos by Wender Borges of Mega Studio Fotografias With the approach of the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup finals and the 2016 Olympics, all eyes are on Brazil—and with good reason, as it has the fifth fastest-growing economy in the world.
Consider Catering— A Pinch of This, a Dash of That Could Save the Day for Tented Weddings
By Cate Buscher, National Association for Catering and Events,
Baltimore Creating a successful tented affair requires a lot of careful planning. Anticipating the needs of the caterer can reduce the number of potential complications and make the experience much more rewarding for everyone involved.
Beyond the Ballroom— Tented Weddings Offer Groundbreaking Venues
By Cris Joseph, Classic Party Rentals, San diego The request is always the same. “I want a tented wedding, but I don’t want it to look like a tent.” It’s a little riddle that an experienced event rental consultant can help you solve. Today’s trends in tenting and décor allow you to create an extension...
Letter – Volume 3, Issue 2
Wedding planners are superheroes. So, too, are other wedding industry professionals who go about their ordinary lives like Clark Kent and Diana Prince until they are called upon in a moment of need. In those moments, they shuck off their everyday persona and don the cape and tights to leap tall steeples in a single...
One Bad Apple… How to Handle Bad Business Reviews
By Mark Kingsdorf, MBC™, The Queen of Hearts Wedding Consulting, Philadelphia Recently, the industry was abuzz with the story about a wedding vendor who, because of a very negative review by an unhappy couple, ended up in court, was losing major amounts of business, and was watching everything fall apart. Unfortunately, in this day and...
