As a wedding planner, I am always planning weddings for others. This event though, is more like my baby. I am formulating it from beginning to end and my vision, not my client's is what will be when all is said and done. I must say, as much as I love planning weddings, I am having an absolute ball planning this Bridal and Fashion Show!
There are going to be quite a lot of elite vendors there to service the brides and grooms who attend and the event is even going to be catered (meals, not just snacks). That in itself should bring in the crowds. : )
I look forward to it, and I hope to see you there!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Upcoming Bridal and Fashion Show
A Bridal and Fashion Show is headed to Carson! Visit www.4wedjoy.com to pre-register today for free entry!
Brides, are you looking for those perfect vendors who will "get" you? Are you anxious to get started planning your wedding but you are confused on where to start?
Come to the 4 Wed Joy Bridal and Fashion Show and allow our expert vendors to cater to you. As an attending bride, you will get to meet elite wedding professionals in over 25 different categories who were specially picked for the event. The idea is for each bride to be able to walk away with complete formation of her "Vendor Dream Team".
Brides in attendance will be privy to a wedding fashion show and given the opportunity to meet with couture designers, purchase items, place orders and forge meaningful working relationships. Brides will be given a tote bag full of goodies and a magazine made specifically for this upcoming event. Brides will also gain the opportunity to win prizes. Those who register during the month of February will get a free catered meal at the event.
This will be a helpful and fun event, you don't want to miss out!
Visit www.4wedjoy.com to download the pre-registration form, complete the short questionnaire and fax it back to the toll free number listed on the form today! Or RSVP by clicking the icon above!
For all your wedding and event planning needs contact:
4 Wed Joy
1.877.4.Wed.Joy
Monday -Friday 9am-5pm PST
801 East Carson Street, Carson, CA 90745
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Makeup & Hairstylists
Are you a makeup artist or hairstylist whom caters to Brides and their wedding parties? If so, you may be interested in showcasing your talents at the upcoming Bridal and Fashion Show to be hosted by 4 Wed Joy at the Carson Doubletree Hotel, February 27, 2010 between 9am - 4-pm, with a second show between 5pm - 11pm. Chose one show to participate in or showcase your talents at both.
You will have the opportunity to work with live models who are going to step out on the runway and strut their stuff. You will receive photographs and video of your work for your own marketing efforts and to add to your portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are just starting out in this industry as well as those who are looking for more clientele and to expand.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting event please contact Carla at 1-877-4-Wed-Joy to register your talents. This is an ongoing offer, as 4 Wed Joy plans events year-round. The next event is scheduled for: February 27, 2010 at the Carson Doubletree Hotel, Carson, CA. 9am – 4pm & 5pm - 11pm. Don't miss it!
You will have the opportunity to work with live models who are going to step out on the runway and strut their stuff. You will receive photographs and video of your work for your own marketing efforts and to add to your portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are just starting out in this industry as well as those who are looking for more clientele and to expand.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting event please contact Carla at 1-877-4-Wed-Joy to register your talents. This is an ongoing offer, as 4 Wed Joy plans events year-round. The next event is scheduled for: February 27, 2010 at the Carson Doubletree Hotel, Carson, CA. 9am – 4pm & 5pm - 11pm. Don't miss it!
Fashion and Accessory Vendors
A Bridal & Fashion Show is coming to town! 4 Wed Joy is producing two shows at The Carson Doubletree Hotel February 27, 2010 between the hours of 9am and 4pm & 5pm - 11pm. Vendors are now being selected to participate and for those of you in the fashion industry - this is for you!
Are you a dressmaker extraordinaire?
Do you have couture wedding apparel you would like to showcase and sell?
Or do you specialize in selling wedding apparel, and accessories and would like your items to be featured in our upcoming Bridal and Fashion Show?
By having your fashions in our fashion show you can increase your visibility, secure future clients from promotional photography and video footage of the event, which will be provided to you after the event for you to use in your own marketing efforts.
Along with that, you will gain the opportunity to sell items directly to your target market at the upcoming event.
For consideration, please contact Carla at 877-4-Wed-Joy (877-493-3569) as soon as possible. As this is one of the highlights of the show, we will need to begin working together as soon as possible to maximize success for both your company and the Show itself..
Call Carla at 1-877-4-Wed-Joy to set a viewing appointment and to secure your spot at the Event.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
5 Must Have's on Your Wedding Day
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! My family and I did not stick to tradition this year but our holiday was definitely enjoyable! While preparing for our New Year and New Decade celebration, I realized a post was long overdue. Today I will share five things a bride should have with her on her wedding day.
If you hire a wedding planner, they should be equipped with a fully stocked emergency kit, thereby making sure the things listed above are handy as well as a host of other things. Also, if you hire a wedding planner your chances of needing anything from the emergency kit become drastically reduced.
If you are in need of a wedding planner, contact 4 Wed Joy at 1-877-4-Wed-Joy for a complimentary consultation and together we will see if we are a compatible match. Your wedding day deserves special attention and your wedding planner should be someone you feel comfortable with, after all, this is someone you will be working closely with for the next several months.
Written by: Carla McCurthon
1. ) Sanitary supplies (napkins or tampons): Even if your cycle is not due, certain stressful conditions could bring on either spotting or even a full blown cycle. Let's hope you don't need it, but it's best to be prepared.
2.) Band-aids: Yes, you may not have had to use them very frequently since your childhood, but again, it is best to be on the side of caution. A long day ensues and mishaps do happen. Even if you don't need them, someone else may find themselves in need and who really carries band- aids with them all the time?
3.) Breath-mints: You will in close contact with a lot of people on your wedding day. A lot of people will be hugging and kissing you, make sure your breath smells fresh all day long!
4.) Snacks: Yes, there will be food at the reception but ... the time between you waking up, getting ready, getting married and dinner being served at the reception is long. True, the time will fly by, but while it's flying by, you will be busy, being tugged in this direction and that direction and may not find the time to sit down and enjoy a meal. With all the activity, your metabolism will be working just that much faster and you will get hungry, trust me. In case the day begins to slip away from you and you find yourself famished, keep a snack near you during the day. Trail mix or an energy bar are good filling choices.
5.) Sewing kit (or at least some safety pins): Just in case there is a burst or bulge that occurs during the day, have a sewing kit on hand to mend anything that may need mending. If you aren't handy with a needle and thread and there is no one on your team whom is, consider bringing along some safety pins.
If you hire a wedding planner, they should be equipped with a fully stocked emergency kit, thereby making sure the things listed above are handy as well as a host of other things. Also, if you hire a wedding planner your chances of needing anything from the emergency kit become drastically reduced.
If you are in need of a wedding planner, contact 4 Wed Joy at 1-877-4-Wed-Joy for a complimentary consultation and together we will see if we are a compatible match. Your wedding day deserves special attention and your wedding planner should be someone you feel comfortable with, after all, this is someone you will be working closely with for the next several months.
Written by: Carla McCurthon
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A budget for engaged couples
by Crown Financial Ministries
Because finances have tremendous potential to create either harmony or conflict in a marriage, engaged couples need to prepare their budgets both individually and together to demonstrate before marriage that they can live on their income. Couples who decide not to budget usually end up trusting credit instead of trusting God.
Engaged couples should talk about credit cards and how to handle them. They should agree to cut up the cards and never use them again the first time they are unable to pay the full balance at the end of the month. They should talk about savings. Usually, one will want to save and the other will want to spend, so engaged couples need to set boundaries before they marry. They will need to decide what type of insurance and how much they will need. They should talk about whether the wife will work after having children, and if not they should prepare early to live on only one salary.
If an engaged couple can't agree on money issues before marriage, they may need to postpone their marriage until they can. In the Articles section of our Web site under Pamphlets, is the online pamphlet, “Before You Say I Do”. Using this pamphlet as a springboard for discussion, engaged couples can start working through important financial issues. At some point they may want to talk about buying a home, but there are so many big decisions and adjustments early in a couple’s life together that we encourage newlyweds to rent for the first year of their marriage.
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Because finances have tremendous potential to create either harmony or conflict in a marriage, engaged couples need to prepare their budgets both individually and together to demonstrate before marriage that they can live on their income. Couples who decide not to budget usually end up trusting credit instead of trusting God.
Engaged couples should talk about credit cards and how to handle them. They should agree to cut up the cards and never use them again the first time they are unable to pay the full balance at the end of the month. They should talk about savings. Usually, one will want to save and the other will want to spend, so engaged couples need to set boundaries before they marry. They will need to decide what type of insurance and how much they will need. They should talk about whether the wife will work after having children, and if not they should prepare early to live on only one salary.
If an engaged couple can't agree on money issues before marriage, they may need to postpone their marriage until they can. In the Articles section of our Web site under Pamphlets, is the online pamphlet, “Before You Say I Do”. Using this pamphlet as a springboard for discussion, engaged couples can start working through important financial issues. At some point they may want to talk about buying a home, but there are so many big decisions and adjustments early in a couple’s life together that we encourage newlyweds to rent for the first year of their marriage.
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The sales portion of this article (the last two paragraphs) have been omitted as they were a sales pitch to engaged couples to purchase books and tools to help them plan their finances. If you are interested in these materials, please visit: Crown Financial Ministries.
Seated or Buffet? The answer is shocking!
Many couples wonder if they should have a seated or buffet dinner at their receptions. Many wedding planners and caterers will say that buffet is less expensive. They say this because the type of food served at a buffet usually is of a lesser caliber than the food served at a seated and plated dinner. The lesser quality food is actually less expensive - seemingly but, I have shocking news. Buffet is not less expensive than seated and plated, but rather, seated is actually cheaper! Wow, did that shock you? Let me tell you why.
When you have a buffet meal, the guests are preparing their own plates. They have stood in a line and are hungry and probably a bit crabby because they had to stand in a line to get their food. They pile the food onto their plates for more than one reason. One reason guests pile the food onto their plates is because they are expecting they will eat all that food. They want to have their seconds, and thirds all on their plate to avoid standing in line again and just in case the food runs out (because they can't be certain that it won't). They also pile food onto their plates in anticipation that the food will be simply scrumptious.
You can curtail this by having servers at the buffet line to dish the food onto the plates with explicit instruction as to how much of each item to put on each plate, but then it's up to the server to adhere to your directives. But, here's the thing, even if they do follow your instructions, the food has already been prepared and yes, you will still have to pay for it. Therefore, if the food is not actually consumed at the reception, you will have excess food when the reception is over that you will have to either give away or take home. Now, how does this make buffet more expensive? It makes it more expensive because the caterers know that when there is a buffet dinner, the guests get greedy and their eyes get larger than their stomachs. The caterers know this and prepare extra food for this occurrence, and yes, you are paying for all this excess. So in reality, when you give your caterer your final headcount, the caterer figures in the amount of excess they will need to prepare, and you get charged accordingly.
Now, with seated and plated meals, all the food is actually prepared for the exact number of people on the list (and yes, you should feed your vendors the same thing you feed your guests). You will have waiters, but you don't need a lot of them to have an elegant affair. The portions of food the guests receive is predetermined and actually a lot smaller than if the guests were given free range at the buffet table.
Oh, but are you worried that with the lesser amount of food served, your guest will not get full? No worries. When you have a seated meal, there are various courses that are served to the guests. When a guest is finished with one course, they have to wait until a specific predetermined time until the next course is served. This lag time in between courses allows the body to start digesting the food and allows the guests' metabolism to begin working. This results in the guests getting fuller much quicker. A person who eats slowly usually eats less and gets full faster than a person who wolfs their food down and seemingly never gets full.
So which is less expensive? Seated or buffet? Now you know!
Written by: Carla McCurthon
When you have a buffet meal, the guests are preparing their own plates. They have stood in a line and are hungry and probably a bit crabby because they had to stand in a line to get their food. They pile the food onto their plates for more than one reason. One reason guests pile the food onto their plates is because they are expecting they will eat all that food. They want to have their seconds, and thirds all on their plate to avoid standing in line again and just in case the food runs out (because they can't be certain that it won't). They also pile food onto their plates in anticipation that the food will be simply scrumptious.
You can curtail this by having servers at the buffet line to dish the food onto the plates with explicit instruction as to how much of each item to put on each plate, but then it's up to the server to adhere to your directives. But, here's the thing, even if they do follow your instructions, the food has already been prepared and yes, you will still have to pay for it. Therefore, if the food is not actually consumed at the reception, you will have excess food when the reception is over that you will have to either give away or take home. Now, how does this make buffet more expensive? It makes it more expensive because the caterers know that when there is a buffet dinner, the guests get greedy and their eyes get larger than their stomachs. The caterers know this and prepare extra food for this occurrence, and yes, you are paying for all this excess. So in reality, when you give your caterer your final headcount, the caterer figures in the amount of excess they will need to prepare, and you get charged accordingly.
Now, with seated and plated meals, all the food is actually prepared for the exact number of people on the list (and yes, you should feed your vendors the same thing you feed your guests). You will have waiters, but you don't need a lot of them to have an elegant affair. The portions of food the guests receive is predetermined and actually a lot smaller than if the guests were given free range at the buffet table.
Oh, but are you worried that with the lesser amount of food served, your guest will not get full? No worries. When you have a seated meal, there are various courses that are served to the guests. When a guest is finished with one course, they have to wait until a specific predetermined time until the next course is served. This lag time in between courses allows the body to start digesting the food and allows the guests' metabolism to begin working. This results in the guests getting fuller much quicker. A person who eats slowly usually eats less and gets full faster than a person who wolfs their food down and seemingly never gets full.
So which is less expensive? Seated or buffet? Now you know!
Written by: Carla McCurthon
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