by 27 Miracles | Nov 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
As a wedding professional do you often get asked by your brides what should I do for my make up and my hair on the wedding day? Or do you think my make up looks good now so that I can do it myself on the wedding day? My friend does hair and make up and we are going to save a ton of money because she is doing it for free, as you glance over at her friend’s make up that she is referring to in sky blue eye shadow with red lipstick and hair matted with hair spray (all you can think about is, we are stuck in an 80’s nightmare!) Those are the questions that can make any wedding professional look like a deer caught in headlights. But it does not have to be that way. Once you sign your bride up to work with you as your client, have a checklist of the things that you will go over with the bride for instance selection of photographer, videographer, dress shopping and all the other needed services, but most important have a category on your planning forms called health and beauty. This is where you can discuss with your bride about proper nutrition so that she has the energy that is needed on the day of, exercise to help her look the best that she can, skin care with a professional esthetician and lastly professional hair and make up that will make her look natural but beautiful on the day of the wedding.
The Association of Bridal Consultants had the pleasure of hosting their meeting at Marilyn Monroe Spa. At this meeting we had an opportunity to hear from each person that works at the salon to explain the process of taking care of the bride’s skin, hair, and nails in order to prepare for the wedding day. One of the take aways that stood out was to not wait for the week before to start planning the regime of hair, make up and skin. The bride’s skin should start preparation almost simultaneous to the day after engagement so that it does not become an expensive last minute process. As a wedding professional, feel comfortable talking about these beauty tips. Don’t forget to discuss teeth whitening and tips to maintain those pearly whites. One of my personal favorites, if you have to have that cola or tea, use a straw and do not swish your drink in your mouth, use whitening toothpaste and whitening mouthwash. Lastly if you are going to preach beauty, as a wedding professional don’t forget to check your own after all, our clients look up to us to be the best that we can be.
Thank you to our sponsors that made our meeting a success at Marilyn Monroe Spa.
Venue: Marilyn Monroe
Video: Treasured Moments
Photo: Captured By Elle
Floral: Peddles
Favors: Florida Candy Buffett
Linens: Connie Duglin
Dessert: Yogurtland
Chivari Chairs/Tables/Chargers: Orlando Wedding and Party Rentals
Catering: Rock n Brews
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Rosie Moore, MBC 407-905-5454
Diane Jenson, PBC 407-927-9245
Victoria Van Pelt, CWP 407-913-2893
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by 27 Miracles | Oct 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Is that a cliché’ to say live a healthy life, eat healthy and everything will be right with the world? We would all like to think that, but we know that things happen and in a spur of a moment, our lives change. At our Association of Bridal Consultants Meeting this past April, we had two speakers, Judith Topper, healthy living speaker and Alayne Gatto, Certified Nutritionist. Judith shared with the wedding planners and wedding professionals about healthy eating for our busy lives. We are all guilty as wedding professionals of eating at our desks, grabbing fast food in between client meetings and the worse one of all, skipping meals. Judith showed us through proper planning of our meals how we can maintain our health (and figures!).
Alayne Gatto, brought us some education on pregnancy for the pregnant professionals. But she also brought us information on how babies born too soon can affect our lives as well as the babies. This month the Association of Bridal Consultants invited The Gift of Life, a local non-profit organization that supports parents of premature babies and babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. The takeaway from this part of the meeting as wedding professionals, all lives matter, because that very premature baby can be our client and prematurity can affect anyone, even a wedding professional. Tying that back to taking care of our health so that we can be as healthy as can be during the pregnancy for the things that we can control, for example, proper sleep, nutrition, and exercise will help us be the best we can be during this stage.
Listen to both of these speakers as they give you a glimpse in to their topics!
When coordinating this meeting, we had to take in to account the topic of healthy eating. The Chef at the Sheraton, knew exactly what to make so that we were eating a healthy lunch ad dessert of fresh fruit for our day.
Thank you to our Wedding professionals on this day:
Venue: Sheraton Lake Buena Vista
Linens/Angels Dream Events
Chivari Chairs/Chargers: A Chair Affair
Floral: Peddles
Photography: Captured by Elle
Videography: Treasured Momenst
DJ/MC: Roque Productions
AV Media: Sheraton Lake Buena Vista
Speaker: Judith Topper/Topper Productions
Speaker: Alayne Gatto/Mead Johnson
Charity: The Gift of Life
Your Co-Directors:
Mark Kingsdorf, MBC
Diane Jenson, PBC
Rosie Moore, MBC
Blog Post by: Rosie Moore, MBC
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by 27 Miracles | Oct 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered what it takes to work with a luxury bride? What is considered a luxury bride? In this market managing a luxury bride means managing large budgets and planning events for clients that have high expectations. It is not enough to have a degree in wedding planning services to call yourself a luxury wedding planner. The luxury wedding planner must have experience, etiquette and knowledge of what a luxury wedding entails along with exceptional service.
Luxury brides most of the time come referred to a luxury wedding planner through word of mouth. One rarely sees a luxury bride at a bridal show or being contacted through any of the online forums. To work with a luxury bride, you will need to learn where these brides eat, shop, get their hair done and work out. It is a circle that you would have to be willing to frequent. Most wedding planners starting out do not have the finances to invest in to their business right away so they start small which is okay as they develop their company.
If you are going to cater to the luxury bride, your prices will need to reflect that to the client, but with that will come a certain expectation of expert quality care. Ask yourself, does your website reflect luxury? Are the pictures that you are showcasing considered luxurious? You won’t appeal to the luxury bride if your pictures and videos that are being showcased reflect a DIY or budget conscious bride. For the right wedding planner the DIY or budget conscious bride is perfect, but for the luxury bride, from the moment they look at your website to the moment that they meet you, needs to say luxury.
A luxury wedding planner does not take on as many clients in a year due to the time that is invested in each client. The luxury bride is usually a very busy high-profile bride that will not have a lot of time on their hands; their expectation will be flexibility and trust in you as the luxury planner to plan their wedding seamlessly.
As a luxury wedding planner, you must always look and sound your best. From the location that the client meetings take place , to the purse and attire that is worn. When meeting the client it is not an option to be in slacks and a sweater or a shirt. The luxury planner should in a nice suit, dress, or pant suit. It does not matter if the bride and groom come in jeans and a polo, they are looking at you and how you fit in their inner circle. Think about your hair, is it professional looking in style, is your make up, professional, are your nails done? You might say all of that is vain and yes it can be if not looked at in stride, however, in order to capture that circle of clients, a certain level of expectation is going to be required.
Now dress code and professional attire should always be a must regardless of what client any wedding planner is meeting because you only have 60 seconds to make a first impression when you walk into a room to meet a client. Let the attire speak first, then what comes out of your mouth in the next few minutes is part 2 of selling yourself to the client and finding out if you are a good fit for them and if they are a good fit for you.
These are great tips to think about as you mold your business to the type of clients that you want to work with.
Heather Snively, Master Bridal Consultant spoke at our Association of Bridal Consultants luncheon recently. We wanted her to bring us a few points on working with the luxury bride. When coordinating the venue and the wedding professionals for the meeting, it was important to think of the topic and who we needed to obtain to showcase a high-end event. One of the points that Heather brought up in the meeting, was about meeting the catering manager of the high end venue for the first time. When the planner comes to the luxury venue to meet the catering manager, it is important to have an established relationship prior to the meeting, even if it is on the phone. When walking in to the venue with the client, exude confidence in who you are as a planner and have the knowledge to know the client’s budget, even though a luxury client may have a high budget, there is always an amount in their mind of what they are willing to spend but will most of the time spend much more because they go with a want and must have vs a need.
Listen to Heather talk about the luxury budget.
Our Luxury Wedding Professionals at our Association of Bridal Consultant Meeting:
Venue: Citrus Club
DJ/MC/Lighting: White Rose Entertainment
Floral/Linen/Chivari Chairs/Chargers: RJ Glamour and Innovation
Photography: 123 Photography
Videography: Treasured Moments
Harpist: Christine MacPhail
Our Speaker: Heather Snively, Master Bridal Consultant
Listen to some of the points that Heather had for the wedding professionals:
Thank you on behalf of the Local Association of Bridal Consultants for attending the meeting on Working and Attracting the Luxury Bride.
Co Directors Association of Bridal Consultants:
Mark Kingsdorf, MBC
Diane Jenson, PBC
Rosie Moore, MBC
Blog Post by : Rosie Moore, Master Bridal Consultant
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by 27 Miracles | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
What does it mean when you say a love that lasts forever? Is it a love that lasts until the first fight? A love that lasts until one gets bored with the person they are with? Or is it a love that withstands the test of all times? Let me share a love story that surpasses the fairytale romance of the wedding day. For those that don’t know the story of Gabby and Frank, read their engagement blog here to see their story https://27miracles.com/2016/03/31/high-school-sweethearts-fall-in-love-gabby-and-frank/
Today, a man and a woman stand before God and their families to declare their love. Neither of them have any idea what the future holds, but does anyone? However that did not matter to either of them. They were best friends and they were in love.
If you recall in our engagement story, the Orlando wedding community joined together to give this deserving couple the wedding of their dreams. With the many challenges that they faced financially for all the medical care that Gabby had to have, their would not be anything left to plan a wedding.
April 2, 2016 the day had arrived. Thunderstorms were not going to keep this wedding from happening. The day started out hot, muggy and stormy, but no one seemed to notice, all that mattered on this day was that hundreds of people were coming together to make a couple’s wedding dreams come true!
Gabby started her day getting her hair and make up done by Stylist Professor Maria Ivette Hernandez and her team of hair and make up artists as Gabby contemplated this day and her wedding dress
Gabby’s mom helped her in to her dress while her mother in law to be looked on..
As Frank awaited the moment that he would see his bride…. It’s time for the wedding….Rings and bouquets are ready, the church is ready and the team of 27 Miracles planners and assistants were ready.
First the mothers came in and lit the candles, it was a touching moment as they entered. to the song Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion. Now it is time for the groom to enter accompanied by the best man and the officiant. The song that they selected was A Thousand Years- Christina Perri
The bridal party started their entrance and as the flower girl enters and lines the aisle with petals, the groom looks on as he knows that the bride will soon be by his side…Everyone rise, announces the officiant…here comes the bride escorted by her father. Gabby selected Marry your daughter-Brian Jr and Niko McKnight as the special song that she wanted to enter to as she approached her best friend, waiting for her at the altar.
Frank gets filled with emotion at the sight of Gabby…
As the father of the bride gives her away….you can see the emotion he is going through knowing that he is giving away his little girl to a man who will now be taking care of her for the rest of her life.
The ceremony has begun and as Officiant Marcus Moore, takes the couple through the wedding ceremony… The bride and groom share their own special vows…there was not a dry eye in the church, it was so moving..
As they entered in to prayer and the ring ceremony they lit the unity candle, uniting their marriage to one another.
“I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride.”
Congratulations to Gabby and Frank as they take their special family pictures…
The bridal party celebrated with Gabby and Frank as they know the struggles this couple went through…
The Bride and Groom share special moments alone ….
It is time for the Ballroom Reveal, when Gabby and Frank get to see their ideas come to life!
The reception was held at First Baptist Orlando Faith Hall, the catering was provided by Oley’s Catering, the decor by RJ glamour and Innovation. The up lighting was provided by Roque Productions and Orlando DJ and Lighting.
Juan Carlos and Rigo Lugo of RJ Glamour and Innovation captured the Bride’s vision to the last detail.
The cake a 4 tier Amaretto flavored cake was made by Cut the Cake. The bride had always dreamed of having a 4 tier cake that would be taller than she was when she was cutting it……..Gabby and Frank, could not believe their eyes when they entered in to their dream wedding…
As Gabby and Frank walked around the ballroom, they wanted to take it all in and not miss anything. They started by the photo booth with Eddie from Just for You Photo Booths.
Frank had a special person in his life that could not be there for him on his wedding day and that was his Godfather. A special place setting was created for Frank’s Godfather in his memory as well as a picture collage placed on the gift table.
It was time to let the guests inside the ballroom and get the festivities started.
They had their first dance and you could feel their love was so strong as they danced together to How Will I Know by Sam Smith.
When a father gives his daughter away it is a difficult thing. Gabby’s father was taken with emotion as he Danced with Cinderella…
Frank wanted to dance a special song with his mom and he selected Momma, for all the things she did for him to support him in this journey called marriage.
Gabby found her mother to be such a huge support for here she did not want to pass a moment to dance with her mother.
The happy couple had many well wishers as they toasted to their new life together.
Before the night slipped away, Gabby wanted to thank all her guests and wedding professionals for making her dreams come true.
The bride had always dreamed of a 4 tier simple white cake with flowers around it. Sharon Haller of Cut the Cake captured the vision as the happy couple cut the cake.
Cirque Kalandra and 27 Miracles wanted to give the bride a Disney experience with one of their acts at Disney…
Now no wedding reception would be complete without everyone dancing and having a good time, even our fun-loving DJ’s Andres Roque of Roque Productions and Adam Rubman of Orlando DJ and Lighting joined in!
No one wanted the night to end, but it came to that time and yet another surprise, a chauffeured driven car from Southern Elegance Limousine to take them to a downtown Disney hotel for their honeymoon for a few days.
Today we keep Gabby in our prayers for health and Frank for strength as they embark on this journey together. Do not marry the person that you can live with, marry the person that you cannot live without. Enjoy your love with the person you are with for tomorrow is never promised. Take the example of Gabby and Frank, best friends in love, riding the waves of life together. Some days the waves are crashing high and they hold on to the boat of life a little tighter as they ride the wave, other days they can sit back and relax in the boat as they rock gently back and forth.
Thank you to all our wedding professionals that donated time and service to make Gabby and Frank’s wedding day special.
On the Wedding Day…
1. First Baptist Orlando/Venue for Ceremony and their staff
2. Faith Hall/Venue for Reception Robin and her staff
3. Wedding Officiant/Marcus Moore
4.RJ Glamour and Innovation/Decor/Linens/Floral/Chivari Chairs
5.Pianist at Ceremony/Teresa.
6.123 Photography
7. Treasured Moments Videography
8. Oley’s Kitchen/Catering
9.Orlando DJ and Lighting/Adam Rubman/Uplights,DJ and MC
10.Roque Productions/Andres Roque/Uplights/DJ and MC
11. Our Volunteer Catering Servers, Alyssa, Anderson, Krystin Lapage, Enrique, and Jose
12. UCF Wedding Planning Students Shaye Glover, Tony-Ann Walker, Harriett Whitcombe, Moriah Tate, Kelli Hanrahan
13. Wedding Coordinator: Rosie Moore/27 Miracles 14. Day of Wedding Planners: Diane Jenson( The Wedding Party), Alla Vinnikova, (ABC Member) Elizabeth Fontaine ( First Baptist Orlando and 27 Miracles)
15.Hair and Make up for Bride and Wedding Party: Professor Maria Ivette Hernandez, Eric Clark and her senior students at Florida Technical College
16. Dessert Station/Pastry Chef Students at Florida Technical College
17.Wedding Cake/ Cut The Cake/Sharon Haller
18.Southern Elegance Limousine/Miguel Hernandez
19. Photo Booth/Just for You/Eddie Lebron
20. Entertainment/Cirque Kalandra/Vitaly Vinnikova
Without this team none of this could have been accomplished! I don’t say this to boast of what we did, but of what a community of wedding professionals is capable of doing when they put their heart and mind to help someone in need. On Behalf of 27 Miracles We want to say thank you for being who you are! God Bless your businesses always.
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