My twin sister and I are often interviewed about how and why we have continued to grow without marketing or advertising. The key is happy clients who refer us over and over again. Cindy was the first to climb on board with my unique idea to create a People Over Profit based Events business. Sure, … [Read more…]
Now and then, one of my readers will refer to my twin sister and I or even one of our clients as a “hillbilly.” Ignorance speaks without forethought. While I would love to educate everyone regarding their perceptions that are often inaccurate, I simply don’t have the time. Rather than being offended by such presumptions, … [Read more…]
Today’s blog title is based on my twin sisters ingenious way of “summing up the situation” and used on Pawning Planners Apparel. Cindy’s Redneck Reality Quotes are shared worldwide and incredible poplar. An example of #Cindyism would be “You don’t MEND fences WITH the NEIGHBORS by BORROWING a LADDER, to STEAL fruit FROM their TREE” … [Read more…]
As children, my twin sister and I were separated in schools because administrators thought it was a good idea. The truth was that separation in school caused me to develop a chronic stutter that would stay with me for years. Speech therapy finally accomplished the difficult task of overcoming my speech disability. Fighting for the … [Read more…]
Bending over backwards to accommodate clients who booked you months ago for a wedding ceremony that changes to a wedding and rehearsal after the agreement has happened more than once to me. You see a wedding ceremony fee is $75-125.00 based on distance. However, a wedding ceremony and a rehearsal are $125-175.00 based on the … [Read more…]
A lot of folks have heard me say “I’ve been poor and that’s why I understand clients who have no money and their needs.” My twin sister, Cindy Daniel has been poor too. When I say poor I mean dead broke. Broke enough to sell our furniture and sit on the floor to buy food. … [Read more…]
We call them the “Wedding Wild Card Moments” because often at our events something unexpected happens. Recently, I was asked to describe my thoughts at the time of how I overcome a “problem” on location so, today we will revisit the Wedding Heckler, the Woeful Wedding Bouquet, Attack of the Arbor, the Meddling Mother, Bounced … [Read more…]
Yesterday evening, I traveled to Villagio Resorts to meet my client Macy Reeve for her wedding ceremony. After 5 years of officiating weddings, LBGT unions, baptisms and funerals as well as planning Pawning Parties (rent parties) estate Liquidations, birthday parties, anniversaries and everything in between- I’ve “worked with” many event planners and had no issues … [Read more…]
Centuries ago daughters were thought of as their father’s property and giving them away at the marriage ceremony was a moment when ownership was transferred to the groom. The father would walk into the church with his daughter and give her away at the altar. Nowadays, it’s simply a wedding tradition and the bride chooses … [Read more…]
If something weird is going to occur- it usually pops up at the rehearsal not the wedding but 5% of the time, the unexpected happens at the wedding. While patiently waiting on the processional today at Rivercrest Country Club listening to the harp player, a golf ball nearly took me out buzzing by my head. … [Read more…]