Stephanie & Sean

(Please ignore the “quality” of photos in this post – they’re from my camera phone.  I wasn’t going to include them but the wedding was so amazing that I wanted my readers to get a visual of what I was seeing!)

This past Saturday I had the privilege of being involved as day-of coordinator for the wedding of an old friend from high school, Stephanie.  What an AMAZING event it was!

Stephanie and her husband Sean were married in the historic Masonic Temple in Detroit.  The venue was incredibly romantic, featuring rich colors, dark woods and the unmistakable feeling of a historic atmosphere.  The décor of the ceremony was simple – white kissing balls on tall glass vases and an aisle highlighted by white petals.  Let’s face it…when you’re in Masonic, you don’t NEED anything else!

The couple held their reception at the beautiful Roostertail, also in Detroit.  The wedding was one of the more unique ones I’ve done because the couple had the entire building upstairs and down.  They began the evening with drinks and appetizers upstairs, music from Elite Entertainment’s DJ George Munger, followed by an amazing dinner served by the Roostertail staff. 

After dinner, the party moved downstairs to the lower area that was setup with a nightclub feel.   George went downstairs with all of us, but there was also a full 9 piece band waiting to entertain guests!  The band and DJ rotated playing music throughout the night and kept the dance floor hopping!

The bride and groom started the dancing with a very touching dance to Etta James’ At Last, highlighted by the floor raising up during their first dance (if you haven’t been to Roostertail, it’s a really cool feature on the downstairs dance floor!).  The evening was full of fun, dancing and the AMAZING dessert table provided by the facility.  Guests also enjoyed using Elite’s Photobooth to capture fun memories from the night.

 

So on this, almost one-week anniversary, I’d like to wish the new couple all the best!  May you have years and years of a loving marriage and be very blessed in everything you do! 

What A Year!

Wow!  What a year we have had!

I just received notification that Beautiful Day Planning has received one of the 2012 Bride’s Choice Awards from Wedding Wire!  This award is given to the top 5% of professionals listed on their site and is based on the feedback and ratings from past clients.  I feel very honored to have received this award and can’t thank everyone enough for all of their support this year.  Thank you to my past clients that took the time to rate the company on the site, and thus get me this award, and to all of my friends / family and supporters that helped us achieve our other awards!!

What a year 2011 was for Beautiful Day Planning, LLC!  I’m looking forward to keeping up the momentum in 2012!!

2011 / 2012 Beautiful Day Planning Awards:

2012 Wedding Wire Bride’s Choice Award

2^nd Place, 2011 Detroit A-List Best Wedding Planner

3^rd Place, 2011 Click on Detroit 4 The Best, Best Wedding Planner

BDP On Wedding Wire

Beth & Patrick's Fairytale Production

This summer, our blog begin anew with the post “How About A Wedding?!”.  The entry featured the stunning nuptials of Beth & Patrick, who were married in downtown Detroit.

At this event, I had the privilege of working with the VERY talented crew of Fairytale Productions.  Although I had never worked with the company before, I was immediately blown away by their professionalism, how friendly they were and what I envisioned for the footage they were capturing.  It turns out, the end product was more than even I was expecting.

The company captured the true essence of the wedding and the exact feel of the bride and groom – from their completely heart-felt vows that left few with a dry eye, to their fun-loving attitude and absolute devotion to each-other.

Don’t believe me?  Why not have a look….

Fairytale Productions

Happy New Year! And Happy Birthday BDP!

I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a HAPPY 2012!!

I am also VERY proud to wish a HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY to my company, Beautiful Day Planning!!  Hard to believe we’ve been “official” for three years now… You know what they say, time flies…

This year is going to be a very exciting time for us.  I am thrilled that the company did so well in our competitions last year – earning 2nd place in the “Detroit A-List “ Best Wedding Planner competition and 3rd Place in the Click on Detroit 4 The Best competition!  Both are huge achievements and I couldn’t have gotten there without all of your support!

We are also going to be moving the office into a new dedicated space in a few short weeks!  Although the office will still be located within my home residence, I am THRILLED to finally be getting a truly dedicated space – free of baby toys and other miscellaneous personal items.  It will be GREAET to begin our fourth year with a place all our own!

And of course – the weddings!  We already have a number of wonderful 2012 weddings lined up – beginning with Stephanie and Sean’s nuptials on the 21^st of this month and culminating with the busiest month in our history – September 2012!  However we still have PLENTY of openings so please contact BDP if you’re interested in hearing more about our services!  We are also already booking 2013 events, so please pass on the word!!

To everyone – Happy New Year!  May 2012 bring you everything you want – Life. Love. Laughter.  And, of course…Happily Ever After!