Did you ever have a time in your life, that you asked yourself, How did I get here? How did I get to this point in my life. How did I end up with this job, I never thought I would be doing this? I think maybe most of us have at some point.
When I was growing up, I never gave a thought to planning weddings, or designing weddings, or even being in a wedding! I was a Tom Boy through and Through. Loved sports, though I really enjoyed gymnastics, and I played the piano. In fact, I ended up going to college to be a classical pianist. (Maybe that wasn’t so tom boy)
However, after college, my interests quickly pivoted to business, and in particular the business of weddings. I enjoyed planning my wedding, and I discovered how lucrative I thought it could be, so I started investigating. I called wedding vendors, started asking them questions. I called chef’s to understand the catering component better. I researched every detail I could think of.
Interestingly enough, I was blessed with many talents. I believe God gives you the talents, according to what he plans for you in this life! I was creative, which is important in the wedding business. I was intuitively business smart. I was a hard worker, and I loved to cook. When it comes to planning weddings, and owning this business, you need many talents. To learn more about the talents of my wedding planning business, Heart Events, visit our website here.
In my mind, wedding planning is one of the most stressful, and difficult businesses . The pressure toward perfection is immense. Whenever I discuss the business and why I work every angle to leave nothing to chance, I tell people if I own a restaurant, and mess up my clients dinner, that wouldn’t be the best night, but the patrons would probably get over it. However, if I mess up a wedding, that couple will remember me for the rest of their life, and maybe even their children’s lives! It is just not a comparable situation.
Some people thrive under pressure. I might be one of those people. I never lose my cool. My mind is immediately geared toward fixing, or seeing a problem before it really becomes a problem. This lets me jump into any situation as might be called for if somebody got sick, or couldn’t fulfill their obligations for any reason. It is also important to recognize, when someone else is falling short. Even if a vendor, or heaven forbid someone you hired as the planner, fails to live up to your expectations, or what you think the brides expectations are, you need to be prepared to fix it. I can’t tell you how many centerpieces I had to repair, or flowers I had to re-arrange because that is not what the bride was thinking at all! Yes, you need to know your client that well!
Even in the high stakes, high reward business of weddings, for me, it is the challenge that is the thrill. The challenge of not 1 wedding in one night, but 6 weddings in one night. Not all the same type of wedding, but some sit down dinners, some food stations, or even family style. They all had to be perfect!
My favorite time of the evening would be about the 3rd hour of the weddings. I would just walk from room to room, watching the happy people, the wedding couples dancing, starting their new life together, they looked carefree on this night. Knowing that I played such a big part in this night, makes everything we went through, to get here so worth it! How about you? How did you get here?
Life has changed drastically for so many people and our country in general. First we have the pandemic, then riots and back to the pandemic again. It’s enough to make your head spin.
Being quarantined for several months has impacted so many people. But truth be told, it was nothing new for me, and many families like me. In fact, I find it interesting just how adversely the quarantine affected people, when for me, it was life as usual.
You see for 20 years I have not been able to come and go as I please. Being a caregiver of a vaccine injured child has limited my comings and goings in a big way. Depending on how my son is doing, I cannot leave the house at all.
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