"The Beginning" is such a hard place to spot...because really what is the beginning? To start let me tell you what this blog is about. After much deliberation, I have decided to start a program/course in Wedding and Event Planning. How did this all start? Well, to be honest, it all started with planning my first event at D'Vine Wine Cafe in Charlotte, NC. I was planning a fund-raising event to help raise funds for my first ever walk in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
I loved working that event so much, I just wanted to keep planning. Then some mutual friends, of my boyfriend and I, got engaged and I jumped at the chance to help them with their planning. I talk about this like it happened years ago, but really, they have only been engaged since last fall. So, yes I am still in the middle of planning their wedding. And since then another close couple of ours has been engaged and I will be helping in that wedding too. (oh and we threw them the most amazing engagement party....more on this later!)
....Or I will just tell the story now...I planned this very fun engagement party "sport themed". Some of you may be a bit confused, but both the bride and groom to be are HUGE college football fans. She loves her Gators, while he is through and through a Nittany Lion. So we had blue and orange as our colors...with some white to bring in the Penn State University colors. There were over 35 people in attendance and not one of them didn't have fun! It suited the couple to the T and the food...oh yum the food!
Below is a picture of the graphic I had created just for them, it was featured on their cake:
So now that you can see how much fun I have had/am having in planning some events! I wanted to get more information on the event planning industry and see if this is possibly something I would want to do as a career. The only way I know to do that is to take a course, because I've already read several books on the topic. I am officially enrolled in a program that comes to me. It includes lectures on CD, textbooks, study guides and my favorite....multiple choice quizzes!
There you have it folks...I am in the event industry! I am taking a course that will provide me with much information and a certificate to prove I am capable. I have planned my own events, and now other peoples as well! Maybe one day soon I will be planning your event.
~Mackenzie

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