Attention Wine Lovers

Recently, I made the move from Orlando, Florida to Kansas City, Missouri. I am still getting settled in but I wanted to leave a great website for all of you wine lovers out there. If you even remotely like wine you should check out The Wine Library. Gary Vaynerchuk knows his stuff and is also quite entertaining as well!

Caribbean Cruise

I just returned from a Caribbean cruise about two days ago and it was by far one of the best vacations I have ever had! I had never been on a cruise before so everything was a new experience for me. The food was fantastic and the staff on the boat were friendly and accommodating.

Most of all, I was inspired by the places that we went. We stopped in Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize. I was thinking about a Caribbean wedding and the food, colors, and weather would be super fun! (an inspiration board will most likely be coming soon).

Here are a few pictures from our trip!

Our cruise boat in Belize. Belize was my favorite place out of all three stops. The water was such a beautiful color and we went scuba diving here too!

I was able to take pictures of a sunset at sea and as you can tell it was a good one! We literally sailed into the sunset!

some of the beautiful Hibiscus flowers in Panama. I love the bright colors!

I was also inspired by all of the history that Central America had to offer. I loved the Aztec and Mayan artwork as well as the history and culture that backed it. In fact I loved it so much I bought a Mayan vase that I am very proud of!

Are you having or have you had a wedding inspired by a different country? What about it inspired you?

Once Upon a Time

I know some of you may be wondering how I chose wedding/event coordinating as a career path, so today I will expand on that just a little bit.

As a college student, I changed my major a few times in the first two years because I wasn't completely sure what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I finally decided I was going to be a teacher by the end of the second year. Before I started classes that fall, one of my best friends inspired me to look into something that I was naturally good at outside of the classroom. I did a little bit of research for event coordinating and started to specifically look at weddings simply becuase I LOVE weddings.

While doing a little bit of research, I came across Mrs. Melissa Distefano from Masterpiece Weddings and I fell in love (to say the least). Masterpiece Weddings offered a certification class for wedding planning and I thought that it would be a great way to start of this new adventure that I was so excited about! I walked away from her class so full of information that I wasn't completely sure what to do with myself, haha!

As part of the certification class, it is required that you intern with vendor(s) to see the different aspects of a wedding and not just from the wedding coordinator's point of view. Personally, I completely agree with this requirement. The more you understand who you are working with, then the easier it is to work with them.

While doing my internships, I continued to get me bachelor's degree in science with a focus on management and marketing. I am now confident in the tools that I have learned through my education, internships, and certification to be able to become the best coordinator that I can possibly be. The most wonderful part about this is that I love what I do! I love what I do so much, I forget that it is work!!

Melissa has a class coming up in late April for those who are interested. She is an A-mazing wedding coordinator and one of the best in the industry to learn from. She is also an incredibly inspiring mentor. If you are in the least bit interested in taking wedding coordinating seriously as a career then I suggest you look into her classes. It will give you insight to everything you could possibly want to know and so much more! :)

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First Inspiration Board!

Jim and Joel Pruetting are two of my roommates that will be graduating this week from Full Sail University. I have started to play around with inspiration boards so I did one centered around their graduation celebration. This is my very first inspiration board so let me know what you think!

Full Sail Logo, Cupcakes, Soda, Buttons, graduation, hot wings, beer, Full Sail shaded

Florals!

So, I intern with Lee Forrest Design in Orlando, Florida and had the opportunity to help out with a FABulous bridal shower party. I took a few photos at the shop and the location (pardon my photography from my hand-held camera).

Lee and his team did such a great job designing the party to make it amazingly FABulous :) I also had a blast helping out!

In the Beginning

So I would love to introduce myself to the blogging world by telling everyone a little bit about myself and where I am in my life/career. By the way I am still working on my blog colors :)

Starting off, about two years ago I took a wonderful class with a wonderful wedding coordinator. Her name is Melisssa Distefano and she owns Masterpiece Weddings. This class solidified where I wanted my career to go and what I wanted to do with my life. I moved to Orlando, Florida and currently I am in my last two classes to finish my bachelor's in science with a focus in marketing and management. I am very, very, very excited to complete my degree :D

I am also in the process of completing my wedding coordinating certification through Masterpiece Weddings. This involves interning with an amazing florist by the name of Lee Forrest. He owns Lee Forrest Design in Winter Park, Florida (right outside of Orlando) and his work is fabulous! I also intern with Melissa learning the ins and outs of wedding coordinating. I LOVE weddings and I LOVE everything that goes into my internships.

To pay my rent I am a pharmacy technician with CVS pharmacy. I am going on five years as a pharmacy tech. I like my job, and I am crazy about my coworkers. However, this is not my true passion in life and I would really like to pursue something that I LOVE to do.

My major hobby right now is working out. I typically work out every day for about two hours. I am not really a health freak, but I want to be fit, healthy, and live longer. I also really like to read, but lately I have not had a lot of time to read for enjoyment because I have been so busy with everything else.

This is where I am at in life, and this is where my blog will begin. I will try to post about my journey as I learn and experience things within the wedding industry. I will also try to incorporate pictures, ideas, and inspiration.

Happy blogging everyone!

Brand New!

This is my first blog and I am very excited! I am still playing around with my colors and settings but I wanted to say Hello to the world as I get started with my blogging adventure.

I will be back soon to post more about weddings, experiences, and ideas that I have picked up along the way.