I remember growing up, waiting for my dad to get home from the factory to give em hugs. Mom would have supper right at 6pm. Even our springer spaniel wouldn’t be late. My older brothers, sister and I HAD to get our daily chores done. Today the factories are almost gone, 6pm dinner sometimes becomes [...]
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The Wedding industry embraces a Network that connects wedding vendors for the common purpose of increasing professionalism while continuing to build and grow their own businesses through sharing and learning. Tucson Wedding Network was first created by Michael McCune of Weddings of Distinction who brought on Networking guru Marc Summersett of CE Entertainment to bring [...]
I was always taught to appreciate what you have and to respect others. Nothing holds more to this than your wedding vendors. I recently met up with a great wedding coordinator, Anne Bryan of Creative Events LLC. We were talking about an upcoming wedding and how we really liked our client because they appreciated us [...]
“Well that’s how we always do it!” says the caterer to me at a wedding. Uggg! Those words alone bring me to a boil. However, I kept my cool and replied back, “I’m sure you do and it probably works for a typical wedding, however this is Paula and Drew’s wedding and this is how [...]
Customer service is the key to any businesses success. It can elevate or close any business. Recently I had a friend go to her favorite Sub shop and ask for extra pickles. They originally put three pickles on a six inch sub. Naturally she asked for more. They put three more…seriously! I’ve noticed over the [...]
One thing I’ve learned over the past 10 years is that you can have the most beautiful flowers, decorations, set-up and design, but it doesn’t mean anything if you don’t understand what your day is about. I had a wedding that they obviously spent a lot of money on making it the most beautiful wedding [...]
Up-Lighting has burst into weddings and other events. For years we’ve had to look at those ugly, stained, brown dividers in banquet halls. Not anymore. This affordable option can now turn a ordinary room into an extraordinary room. For those that do not know what I’m talking about, I will explain. Up-Lighting is just that, [...]
This is an article I’ve written in a local bridal magazine: When you open up most bridal magazines it is pages and pages of dresses, flowers and other visually appealing pictures. It usually lacks how to make it successful. What I like about this magazine is that, the publisher and staff encourage you to look [...]
Alcohol has been a big part of celebrations. From my experience, the best celebrations has had it. However it can also spell disaster. Weddings or any type of celebration that has alcohol should be aware of a few things in order to reduce your chances of having a problem. Avoid an open bar. But if [...]
Recently I was the Entertainment DJ/MC. I left out director as they didn’t hire me to be the director. I excluded it, so they could save a few dollars…big mistake. Here were the problems: Not enough seating for guests, because it was in a tent we had power issues, checkered dance floor (Monogram wouldn’t work [...]
