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ALL THINGS WEDDINGS
There is a saying – he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. Retreating has gotten something of a bad rap in our Type A world but there is no lost honor in retreating, especially when it means we will come back from it stronger. For those of you who know me, you know I am more the type to retreat and recharge with a matinee with my daughter or a manicure-pedicure on Sunday afternoon than I am by meditating. However, I’m not above being moved by a Zen like this quote a friend sent me: “Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.” Osho I urge you, even in your busy wedding season, to take a moment to relax so you can begin vibrating with positive energy; to replenish your creativity so you have something to give back to your family, friends, clients and team. We are all in the business of being creative and creativity evaporates under stress. In order to give back, we need to have something to give. The way to do that is to replenish your inner spirit and refresh the mind. You can do this on your own in whatever way suits you, or you can do it with members of WIPA on July 7 for what I’m calling a mini WIPA Retreat! On that day, we are doing a program on how to get your work published. Four editors – from established to renegade – will talk about how to think like an editor in order to get press. But in order to get published in the first place, you need to produce fabulous, inspired work. And you can’t do that when you are frazzled and tired. So I hope you join us on July 7 in Malibu. We will be at the Church Estates Winery, a beautiful estate with a French chateau, rolling vineyards and gardens inspired by Monet. After our educational session, we’ll enjoy each other’s company and a relaxing gourmet lunch by the lake. Here’s to a one-day retreat to refresh and revive in order to come back strong and creative!Pauline Parry
WIPA'S JULY MEETING
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Think Like an Editor
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WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
WIPA would like to welcome and thank our newest Members for joining and supporting such a wonderful association, as we continue to expand across the Nation! We would like to highlight what it is that makes them “Wedding Industry Professionals!”
Kimberly Roberts
LVL Weddings and Events
714.718.3122
Kimberly@lvlevents.com
www.lvlevents.com
LVL Weddings and Events is a full service wedding and event planning company serving all of Southern and Northern California. The LVL team brings a fresh and personal approach to every wedding they plan. Finding joy in making others happy, the staff makes the day carefree and enjoyable for the deserving couple.
Kerrie Underhill
Platinum Weddings by Kerrie
201 Shipyard Way #6
Newport Beach, CA 92663
949.302.0970
Kerrie@platinumweddingsbykerrie.com
From chic and luxurious to charming and eclectic, Platinum Weddings by Kerrie helps couples create a truly unique and memorable wedding. Providing premier full-service wedding planning, owner Kerrie Underhill possesses the knowledge and upbeat demeanor necessary to orchestrate weddings of all shapes and sizes. Her impeccable taste ensures a fabulous end-result every time.
Carrie Gemme
TGIS Catering
2950 N. Airport Lane
Long Beach, CA 90806
562.492.9555
cgemme@tgiscatering.com
www.tgiscatering.com
TGIS Catering is a full service catering and event planning company with over 20 years of experience. Whether you’re simply seeking excellent cuisine or a fully planned event with custom motif, TGIS has your special event covered.
Lindsay Pitt
TOAST Signature Celebrations
10 Perimeter Summit Blvd.
#1206
Atlanta, GA 30319
678-637-2100
Lindsay@toast-events.com
www.toast-events.com
TOAST creates signature celebrations where details shine and execution is flawless. We pride ourselves on remarkable service and attention to detail.
WIPA INDUSTRY NEWS - JUNE 2011
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| Written by: Joyce Scardina Becker, CMP Events of Distinction joyce@eventsofdistinction.com WIPA Founding Sponsor and First President |
On May 22nd, WIPA Member Joel Maus of Studio EMP photographed a Mass Military Wedding held at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa.
Twenty-one military couples from all branches of the Armed Forces gathered seaside to be joined in holy matrimony for their dream wedding, sponsored by radio station K-Earth 101, The USO, The Hyatt, and supportive wedding vendors.
Congratulations to the following WIPA members who were nominated as Finalists for the BizBash West Readers’ Choice Awards:
- Liese Gardner, Mecca Communications – Publicist / PR Executive of the Year
- Vanessa Rockafellow, Cachet Wedding Designs – Social Event Planner of the Year
- Joann Roth-Oseary, Someone’s in the Kitchen – Caterer of the Year
- Joyce Scardina Becker, Events of Distinction – Social Event Planner of the Year
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| Cheryl Fish Vice President, Design Services Someone's in the Kitchen cheryl@someonesinthekitchen.net |
WIPA member Joann Roth-Oseary announces her new recipe for expansion revealing the opening of SITK Design Services Division, headed up by Cheryl Fish, Vice President Design Services. Joann and Cheryl have worked together for thirty years producing events and trailblazing the professional growth of the special event industry. Cheryl is on the WIPA Leadship Advisory Board.
Cheryl is a lifestyle expert in the field of design and décor, a proud recipient of 29 Gala Awards, a visionary and seasoned event specialist. Cheryl was Owner/President of one of the premiere Los Angeles production companies, It’s the Main Event, Inc., then moved to Las Vegas, spear-heading the first event production company for a Hotel/Casino as Vice President of MGM Mirage Events and was honored as One of Nevada’s Most Influential Women. This “winning combination” has the ingredients for success.
MEMBER DISCOUNTS ALL WIPA members will receive a 20% discount to attend Budget Truck Rental Savings - Members receive a 15% Discount on Budget Truck Rentals by presenting their WIPA VIP Savings Number. For more information on obtaining your VIP Savings Number, email corinne@wipausa.org. Constant Contact-As a member of WIPA you receive a deeper prepay discount of 20% off for 6 months and 25% off for 1 year. That's an additional 10% off Constant Contact's standard discount. |
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MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM OUR JUNE MEETING
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| Written by: Liese Gardner Mecca Communications liese@reachmecca.com WIPA 2011 Education Director |
Destination Weddings that WOW
Indulge me for a minute. I want to get personal. I have only been on the board of WIPA for a few months but I’m impressed. We come together all in one room only rarely. Of course we talk on the phone monthly and volley e-mails back and forth so much you’d think we were Gabrielle Reece (we’d like to think so too)! But for the most part, we each take on our roles, working with our committees seriously, professionally, and separately. Sometimes we know the extent of each other’s work only when we arrive at the program.
This past program in San Diego was the perfect example. While most seem to come together easily, this one was a difficult birth. It wasn’t finalized until about three weeks before the date. And in those three weeks we asked the program chairs to move the location and to ask their sponsors if they wouldn’t mind making a few teeny tiny changes too -- like altering the location, date and time.
Credit for this event, coming together as it did, goes to co-chairs Nahid Farhoud of Wedding Elegance by Nahid in San Diego, and Lindsey Longacre from LVL Weddings & Events in Fountain Valley, led by Programs Director Anseth Richards from Bridal Bar San Diego.
They immediately picked up on the title and spirit of the session -- A Sense of Place: Creating Destination Weddings that Wow. So while the speakers, Ali Phillips from Engaging Events in Chicago, and Dina Douglass from Andrena Photography, imparted valuable lessons learned from the myriad destination weddings they have produced and photographed all over the world, the décor, entertainment and food shared the bill equally.
The Park Hyatt Aviara was the perfect venue for a theme that transported guests to a 1920’s cruise with ports of call in exotic India, Morocco and Turkey. Eighteen sponsors in all were showcased. Nahid and Lindsey took on the challenge of being cruise director to an audience of their peers creating a full itinerary that included vintage décor, five entertainment segments including belly dancers and henna artists, a hookah bar, a nitrous ice cream bar and a turkish coffee barista.
I don’t mean to call out these activities over any other but I do want to point out that it takes a village to produce an event and it takes an association like WIPA to raise the bar on what a meeting is. Sandee of Candee by Sandee summed it up with a post on WIPA’s Facebook page, “I can hardly call that a “meeting!” Thanks Sandee. We hope to create more non-meetings like this in the near future!
Thank you to all our sponsors of the June 2 meeting: Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club and Spa, La Tavola Linen, Shawna Yamamoto Event Design, Ambiance Designs by Shawn Adams, Denny White Music, Sohaila’s Academy of Artistic Dance/Sohaila International Promotions, Mobile Music Plus, Henna San Diego, Fumari, Luminaire Images, A Vibrant Wedding Invitations & Stationery, Classic Film Works, Pow Wow, Artistica Event Design, Eurobar Coffee & Beverage Events, and Sensational Treats.A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS
Venue/Catering/Accommodations
Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club and Spa
Kelly Smorzewski
7100 Aviara Resort Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92011
760-603-6828
kelly.smorzewski@hyatt.com
www.parkaviara.hyatt.com
Linens
La Tavola Linen
Whitney Werts
2655 Napa Valley Corporate Drive
Napa, CA 94558
707-257-3358
whitney@latavolalinen.com
www.latavolalinen.com
Florals
Shawna Yamamoto Event Design
Shawna Yamamoto
471 West Lambert, Suite 109
Brea, CA 92821
714-255-0900
shawna@shawnayamamoto.com
www.shawnayamamoto.com
Ambiance Designs by Shawn Adams
Shawn Adams
4621 Central Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
877-742-9623
studio@ambiance-designs.com
www.ambiance-designs.com
Entertainment
Denny White Music
Denny White
4360 Camero Avenue #4
Los Angeles, CA 90027
714-625-6463
denny@dennywhite.com
www.dennywhite.com
Sohaila’s Academy of Artistic Dance/Sohaila International Promotions
JoEllen Handelsman
P.O. Box 46-1062
Escondido, CA 92046
760-519-9615
sohaila01@gmail.com
www.sohailaInternational.com
Mobile Music Plus
Spencer Bezy
13109 Old West Avenue
San Diego, CA 92129
858-538-5740
spencer@mobilemusicplus.com
www.mobilemusicplus.com
Henna Artist
Henna San Diego
Tejal Shah
13077 Trail Dust Avenue
San Diego, CA 92129
858-752-3628
hennasandiego@hotmail.com
www.hennasandiego.com
Hookah Bar
Fumari
Oscar Erdem
320 G Street
San Diego, CA 92101
619-501-0613
oscar@fumari.com
www.fumari.com
Photography
Luminaire Images
Molly Ann
P.O. Box 8069
Huntington Beach, CA 92615
714-809-1626
molly@luminaireimages.com
www.luminaireimages.com
Menu Design and Printing
A Vibrant Wedding Invitations & Stationery
Dimar Owens
1029 Hawthorne Creek Drive
Chula Vista, CA 91914
619-852-6886
avibrantwedding@aol.com
www.vibrantweddings.com
Video
Classic Film Works
Nan Grenier
1415 Lisa Way
Escondido, CA 92027
nan@classicfilmworks.net
www.classicfilmworks.com
Decor Rental and Design
Pow Wow
Melissa Strukel
2734 Katherine Street
El Cajon, CA 92020
619-994-9278
mspowwowvintage@gmail.com
www.powwowvintagerentals.com
Artistica Event Design
Jesika Leszewski-Grove
5121 Santa Fe Street, Suite G
San Diego, CA 92109
858-270-5706
bleufloral@yahoo.com
www.artisticaevents.com
Coffee and Cappuccino
Eurobar Coffee & Beverage Events
Brock Thorpe
302 Washington Street #702
San Diego, CA 92103
619-295-2511
brock@eurobarespresso.com
www.eurobarespresso.com
Ice Cream Bar
Sensational Treats
Sheri Karpinski
5173 Waring Road #3
San Diego, CA 92120
858-776-4999
sheri@sensationaltreats.com
www.sensationaltreats.com
Thank you to our co-chairs for this event:
Nahid Farhoud, Wedding Elegance by Nahid
Lindsey Longacre, LVL Weddings & Events
Wedding Elegance by Nahid
Nahid Farhoud
9921 Carmel Mountain Rd, Ste. 210
San Diego, CA
619-920-2976
info@weddingelegancesd.com
www.weddingelegancesd.com
LVL Weddings & Events
Lindsey Longacre
16300 Myrtlewood Street
Fountain Valley
714-718-3122
lindsay@lvlevents.com
www.lvlevents.com
Future Meetings
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – Ralston Hall, Belmont
Speaker: David Merrell, AOO Events
Thursday, September 8, 2011 – Palm Event Center, Pleasanton
Speaker: Daniela Faget, Bella Signature Design
September TBA, Southern California, Joint ISES/WIPA meeting
Tuesday, October 4, 2011– Beaulieu Garden, Napa
Topic: Luxury Weddings
Speakers: TBA
Tuesday, November 1, 2011– Crevier Classic Cars, Costa Mesa
Speaker: Lara McCulloch, Ready2Spark
SEND US YOUR HOT TOPICS!
If you have an idea or story to share, tell us about it!
WIPA, we need your input to tell us what you and your colleagues are discussing so we can bring it to the forefront at WIPA meetings and address it together as WIPA professionals. You matter, your feedback matters so we can educate our wedding industry, other event professionals, and most importantly, educate brides and the media as to what we have to say in accordance with our vision and mission and core values! We can't wait to hear from you! Please email your "Hot Topic Ideas" to your Education Director, Liese Gardner at liese@reachmecca.com.
