Last weekend I celebrated my 35th birthday! Fortunately for me it helped me to realize something VERY IMPORTANT: I could have used a party planner! Before I started my business I always wondered why people hired party planners when in my eyes planning a party is probably one of the funnest things you can do!
But since then I have come to realize that not everyone enjoys party planning as much as I do or they may not have the time! Since I was a little girl I had so much love for planning parties. I remember being in the second grade and writing my guest list, planning my menu with my mom, blowing up the balloons and strategically placing them all over the dining room. And whenever anyone touched my decor I was pretty upset because I wanted everything to be PERFECT for my guests arrival! Who would have known that my party planning love would continue to grow into an adulthood passion! As a coordinator I am use to planning any type of event for my clients. But I must say planning mine was definitely "different"! Why? Because I am a coordinator so everyone is expecting a certain "type of party" of course I have an image to uphold! What I can say is even with all of my planning, shopping, shopping, shopping, :-) and set up, I still needed someone the day of my party! Luckily I have some really good friends who stepped up and helped when it came to serving the food. But the downfall to this is they did not get to enjoy my party, actually my best friend never really made it out of the kitchen (and the party was catered) everyone was asking me a million questions, I had to do some work in the kitchen and for set up, and I didn't "really" get to enjoy myself because I was worrying about other details! Which made me think about my clients. My clients are SPOILED because they don't have to do anything on the day of their event. 
My goal is to handle EVERY DETAIL for my clients leaving them time to enjoy every aspect of their event. When you are hosting a large event the time goes by so fast because you are trying to squeeze in those few minutes to talk to all of your family and friends and by the end of the night you realize there just was not enough time! That night played over and over again in my head as I wondered did I spend enough time with everyone! There were some guests that I felt my time was way too short with and by the time the night was over I realized I only took two bites of my dinner and never even tasted my birthday cake! Over all, it was a successful event but I do wish I had someone who could have actually helped with running my last few errands and actually being there that day to make sure my family and friends had a chance to enjoy themselves instead of working. From my experience I do see that no matter what size party you are having it is a good idea to have someone who is a professional planner orcoordinator to be there to make sure you are able to enjoy your event. Trust me I am one who believes in helping clients save money but having someone there to oversee your event is a true investment. After all what is the point in spending hundreds or thousands of dollars, spending countless hours with the planning and decorating when you are too busy too actually enjoy all of your hard work!
Thank you to:
Decor and DJ Service:
Flowers on Mars
Videography Service:
Planet Zaya
1 comment:
Well said. I agree. As a designer (vendor) Having a planner makes our job so much smoother.
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