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By Mae Richards
“It all started in July
1999, when my daughter asked me to help her plan her wedding,” She
was in Atlanta, Georgia, and I was in Chicago, so we had endless
telephone conversations
for the next several months until the wedding day.”
When I arrived in Georgia for my daughter's Wedding, I brought
handcrafted accessories to be
used at the wedding. Little did I know that the guests loved
the handcrafted accessories so much that many asked me if the
accessories were for sale?
In
addition, the guests gave endless compliments on my planning
and organization skills, when my daughter told
the story of how
I assisted her with the entire wedding via long distance telephone
calls. “My daughter encouraged me to start my own event
planning business, because many of the guests thought I did an
excellent job,” the rest was history.
I believe in one stop shop. “One stop shopping offers
several benefits." One of which is efficiency, because you
don’t have to run around town to find the items you need.
Another benefit is discount. When you purchase several products
through one vendor, the vendor is likely to offer discounts.
When planning events, unlike other vendors, I like to get to
know my clients.
" This is important to event planning because every client
has different needs, and this takes "guessing"
out of the eqation." The clients also enjoy the extra attention,
so they often recommend by business (Mae’s Accessories)
to other organizations. In the past 3 years, Mae’s Accessories
has helped planned 22 weddings, and all of them came from word-of-mouth
referrals.
Mae’s Credentials
Certification in the following areas:
Wedding arrangement
Arts and Crafts
Consulting and Planning |
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