Monday, February 14, 2011

Wedding Pro News 2011

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

It’s been a very busy start to the new year for many of you. 2011 started off with a bang. Everyone was gearing up for 2 months of

Bridal Shows, Open Houses and Showcases. It has certainly offered great opportunities to see and visit with all of my favorite wedding vendors though.

January 8th NW Wedding Scoop in Salem * Jan. 12th NW Wed Pro meeting at Bell Tower Chapel * Jan. 15-16 Bridal Show at the Convention Center * Jan 21-23 BABC traveling gown sale * Feb. 2nd Wedding Wednesday at Old Spaghetti Factory * Feb. 3 Pretty In Portland Grand Opening * Feb. 4th Soiree Grand Opening * Feb. 5th Vancouver Bridal Show * Feb. 9th NW Wed Pro at Ambridge Event Center * Feb. 10th Peter Corvallis Events Open House * Feb. 13th Persimmon Country Club bridal event *

And last but not least, this Thursday, Feb 17th is the vendor open house for All About I Do wedding services and accessories store in Oregon City!!

This is the time of year to really push to promote your business. This will be the turn- around year for the biz and you’ll want to be on top of the game when that happens.

We had a wonderful networking meeting of the NW Wed Pro network on February 9th at The Ambridge Event Center on MLK Blvd. in Portland. MacKenzie Bullock hosted and provided a wonderful meal including a chicken & pasta dish, salad, garlic bread and dessert. It was delicious. We filled the room to capacity for this meeting. We had a great educational speaker, Michelle Brubaker, who taught us all the tricks and tips for using FREE optimization on the internet for your website and business. A $20 cash door prize was won by Ryan

Hein of Perfect Memory DJ and a JBLOOMS bouquet was won by Todd of Busy Bee Catering. Our featured vendor was Jessica of JBLOOMS floral. She brought many bouquets in a Valentine theme for us to see.

In attendance was Purple Iris Weddings, Vanessa’s Flower Shop, Duo con Brio, Always Perfect Catering, Born2Dance mobile DJ, Bella Victoria Boutique, Asparro Video, JBLOOMS, Perfect Memory DJ, Canyonview Events, The Grooms List, Unique Weddings & Events, A Breathtaking Moment, All About I Do, Busy Bee Catering, Leach Botanical Gardens, Weddings By Angel, Sarah Galbraith Photography, Mobile Music DJ’s, Wedding Belle Bridal, MichelleBrubaker.com and Radiant Touch Weddings. Thank you for the great showing and be sure to check your listing on www.nwwedpro.com for accuracy and functioning links.

Upcoming Events:

All About I Do wedding services and accessories is having an informational open house for wedding vendors to learn about the partnering opportunities at the store. Display your product & services year round, consultation room to meet with clients, wine tasting bar for the vineyard association, quarterly events of fashion, tasting & trunk shows, and much more. Rsvp today to Pamela Whelden if you would like to attend All About I DO. Thursday Feb. 17th 5-8pm 1512 Washington St. Oregon City, OR (next to the Abernethy Center and Forte’ Floral) free event, vendor displays, appetizers, wine tasting and by the glass from Santori Vineyards.

Bravo Wedding Affair at Embassy Suites Feb. 20th, 2011 details

NW Wed Pro meeting is March 9th, 2011 at The Troutdale House in Troutdale. 6:30pm – 8:30pm $15.00 registration MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Contact Beverly if you would like to be a Featured Vendor. (additional $15.00)

Be sure to always send me email notifications of events you are involved in so that I may list it on NW Wed Pro Events page.

Thank you for being a part of the NW Wed Pro team. Remember, there is NO ANNUAL membership fee. You only pay for meetings that you attend. Bring a guest to a meeting and receive $5 off your admission.

See you soon!

NW Wed Pro Network

Beverly Mason

www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com

www.nwwpnetwork.com

Monday, February 7, 2011

NW Wed Pro launches into 3rd year!

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

As January has come and gone, we can really feel the wedding season creeping up on us. Are you ready?

Have you prepared yourself and your business to reach all of the prospective brides you would like? Do you have a business plan?

You will want to attend the next Networking meting so that you can say YES to all of these questions. New ideas, new businesses, new contacts and new concepts will be available to you at the meeting being held..

Wednesday February 9th 6:30 – 8:30pm

http://www.ambridgeevents.com/images/rooms_lg/ballroom_002.jpgAmbridge Event Center

133 NE MLK JR Blvd.

Portland OR 97232

Guest Speaker:

Michelle Brubaker

www.MichelleBrubaker.com

Featured Vendor: JBLOOMS www.JBlooms.com

In other news:

Broetje House is officially closed as a wedding venue. East Fork Estate is no longer in business.

View Point Inn is closed until February 14th. There was rumor that they had closed down completely but considering they were in the Bridal Show, Bride Magazine and on a billboard recently, I think that the announcement may have been a little premature.

Abernethy Center will be adding an exciting element to their wedding venue and complex.

A historic replica wedding chapel with bell tower and all, that will seat 155 guests and have a full daylight basement, will be constructed this year. October is the projected completion date.

Ainsworth House has begun an expansion project to their conservatory. This will allow for more indoor seating in their beautiful venue.

All About I Do wedding services and accessories is gearing up to open an Oregon City store this Spring. Stay tuned for more news of that!

Weatherfords Grand Lodge and Ballroom has been updating and refurbishing the Bridal room upstairs. A new event coordinator is hard at work making Weatherford's a wonderful wedding venue option for brides.

Wedding Wire has announced the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards. Congratulations to so many of our vendors who have received this honor!

The Gala meeting is scheduled for February 9th at 4pm in the fireside room of The Governor Hotel. If you are interested in being on a committee for this event, please plan to attend this meeting. Committees are for promotions, charity, décor, food, sponsorships, advertising, entertainment and more. The 2010 Portland Gala was a huge success and we look forward to the 2011 Gala to celebrate with the entire Portland area wedding professionals of each Networking group.

Please RSVP for the NW Wed Pro networking meeting Feb 9th at the Ambridge Center to bmason@ccwebster.net

Sincerely,

Beverly Mason The Radiant Touch Weddings www.TheRadiantTouch.com

www.nwwedpro.com www.nwwpnetwork.com