NW Wed Pro Bridal Fair a HUGE success

What a great event! The first bi-annual NW Wed Pro Bridal Fair was a huge success! We had hundreds of brides visit us at the beautiful Willamette Valley Country Club in Canby, Oregon on February 6th & 7th 2010.

The displays were beautiful. The fashion shows amazing and the live musicians performed great music by Duo con Brio, Notes of Celebration and Misha Rubic. Willamette Valley CC provided food all day long and St. Josef's Winery offered wine tasting. Portland Wedding Workbook sold out on their wedding workbooks at the registration table. Hundreds of dollars were raised for the Clackamas Women's Services Charitable organization.

Fashion shows featured the services of Magnifique Boutique, Divismo Jewelry, Flowers by Floral Sunshine and Punch Floral, hair styles by Pretty In Portland and Heidi's Hair Design, makeup by Luminary Esthetics and Pretty In Portland, photography by Absolutely Only, SG Photography, Buenger Photography and Paradise Photography. Modeling by Amanda Hilton & Misha Rubic.

"How-to" demonstrations were presented by Purple Iris Weddings and Sweet Dreams Bridal Consultants. Cake tastings from White Rose Bakery and SeriousCake.com were delicious. Other featured vendors were CS Country Weddings with Cear Springs Estate, Forever In Stone, Minute Man Press Oregon City wedding Invitations, The Aussie DJ, Sun Connections Travel, A Perfect Ceremony, Adventure Weddings, Canby Pioneer Chapel and Angelina's Day Spa, The Radiant Touch Weddings and Asparro Video Productions.

The event was MC'd by Big Screen Presentation who also provided music throughout the show.
Don't miss our next Bridal Fair in the FALL October 16th & 17th, 2010 at the Clackamas County Event Center! It will be bigger and better still.

2010 NW Wed Pro Bridal Fair

NW Wed Pro is excited to announce the 2010 Bridal Fair. Presented by NW Wed Pro, hosted at Willamette Valley Country Club and promotional contributions by Wedding Workbook!

Mark your calendar for February 6th AND 7th of 2010. Two days of fabulous wedding professionals, all under one beautiful roof in the banquet facilities of Willamette Valley Country Club in Canby, Oregon.

This is a Bridal Fair that you won't want to miss. If you've ever attend a Bridal Show at the Expo or convention center, you know how impersonal, crowded and overwhelming it can be. Vendors pay thousands of dollars for those booths and recoup it by charging higher fees for weddings.

NOT so with the NW Wed Pro Bridal Fair.

Enjoy your time, take in the wonderful views, stop and visit with the professionals while viewing samples of their work. With wine tasting, catering samples, "how-to" demonstrations, makeovers and fabulous prizes and drawings, you'll want to spend your day here. The vendors don't have to pay high booth fees, so those savings are reflected in their prices.

Your admission to the show is only $2. All proceeds will be donated to Clackamas Women's Services!

So SAVE THE DATE of Feb 6&7, then check back for more details soon to come.

NWWP at The Broetje House

Hello NW Wed Pro’s!

I hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend. The cooler temperature is perfect for our weddings this weekend!

Thank you to all of the people who attended Wednesday night’s meeting at The Broetje house. It was a very fun meeting. Here is a recap of the evening.

Lorraine, of The Broetje House, set up a beautiful space for us in the Conservatory. The A/C was greatly appreciated on that 90 degree day.

Our featured vendor tables were presented by Buenger Photography, His Bakery and Whiskey Creek Outfitters.
Buenger Photography displayed her talents in video, framed prints and also an incredible Italian crafted Wedding Album.
Whiskey Creek Outfitters couldn’t exactly bring the horse and carriage, but she displayed framed prints of her massive and beautiful black horse and the carriage. Some photos showed the bride sitting on the actual horse!
His Bakery provided us with samples of three different wedding cakes. These were delicious!

Food and beverages were provided this month by NWWP Network.

We opened the meeting with a discussion of building portfolio photo books. Portfolio’s are important for ALL vendor services. They are classy, elegant and sophisticated to show floral, cakes, venues and all other services. They are affordable and easy to make. In fact, Shutterfly and Photoworks are giving 20% off photo books. Give it a try! What have you got to lose?

The money game “It Pays To Be a NW Wed Pro” paid out a lot of dollar bills to anyone who gave a referral to someone in the group and to anyone who brought a guest to the group.

Our door prize winner was Mel O’Brien of Absolutely Only Photography. He won a leather bound planner. Congratulations Mel!

Rob Patton of “Enter The Net” spoke to the group on SEO (search engine optimization) and answered questions to everyone.
George of Awesome Wines brought his 1927 Chevrolet for us to view. He offers it for weddings, receptions and photo shoots.

After round robin introductions were done, we had plenty of time to visit with each other, exchange cards and information and also stroll the beautiful grounds around The Broetje House.

Thank you to the following people who made it an exceptional event!

Floral Sunshine, His Bakery, Buenger Photography, Awesome Wines Co, Lyneil Vandermolen, Noryne Robinson, Whiskey Creek Outfitters, Notes of Celebration, Kelcema Productions, Sara Gray Photography, Paradise Photography, Tiny Impressions Photography, Heather Scott Photographic, Snapdragon Studio flowers, Fliptography, Seriouscake.com, Absolutely Only Photography, Duo con Brio, Enter The Net, The Broetje House, The Radiant Touch.
Our next meeting is on a Monday. September 14, 2009 6pm-8pm at Pacific Crest Grand Ballroom

If you’d like to attend or be a featured vendor, please rsvp by emailing to radianttouch@ccwebster.net

In October we meet on Wed. October 14, 2009 6pm-8pm at Holy Names Heritage Center in Lake Oswego.

The next few months is when most vendors are holding consultations and bookings for Summer 2010. Be sure to refer every bride to NW Wed Pro for all of their other needs. Attend the monthly meetings so that your company is sure to be listed on NW Wed Pro.

I look forward to seeing in Oregon City in September!


Beverly Mason
The Radiant Touch Weddings
http://www.theradianttouch.com/
http://www.nwwedpro.com/
http://www.nwwpnetwork.com/

NW Wed Pro's at Broetje House this month

This is an exciting month for the NW Wed Pro meeting of NWWP Network!

Wednesday, August 19th from 6-8pm, we will meet at the beautiful wedding venue "The Broetje House".

Our featured vendors this month that will be showcasing their services are:

~Buenger Photography ~

~His Bakery~

~Whiskey Creek Outfitters~

~The Broetje House~

Our special guest speaker and presenter will be The Portland Wedding Workbook. The first printing of their new publication just came out this month and they will be bringing it to the meeting. (update: 8-15-09 Portland wedding Workbook will not be attending this month)

We have some great door prizes to give away also!

Everyone that attends the meeting is given time to introduce themselves to the entire group, and there is plenty of time to share your business cards and chat with other members.

Admission to meeting is only $10 please rsvp to bmason@ccwebster.net

This will be a great meeting to attend. Building your referral base and business relationships with other professionals is priceless! Look who's coming:

Buenger Photography, His Bakery, Whiskey Creek Outfitters, Players, Cave Jewelry Design, Sun Connections Travel, Absolutely Only Wedding Photography, Seriouscake.com, Adventure Weddings NW LLC, Silverline Photography, Heritage Center, Aussie DJ, CS Country Weddings, Floral Sunshine, Tiny Impressions Photography, Heather Scott Photography, Paradise Photography, Snapdragon Studio flowers, Notes of Celebration, Duo con Brio, A Perfect Ceremony, Sarah Galbraith Photography, Kelcema Entertainment, Sara Gray photography, Rose City Mobile DJ and Radiant Touch Weddings.