Taking Your Wedding Planning Business To The Next Level With Celebrity Wedding & Party Planner Mary Dann

It would be my pleasure to have you (and hopefully a friend can come) join me for my inspirational workshop!! 9.9.12 10:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday, Pasadena, CA I'm hoping to personally meet you for an exciting day of inspiration to grow your wedding business and ideally motivate you to take your dreams to the next level. I will be sharing my pivotal experiences in the 22+ years in the wedding business and 10 + years as a Marriage Family Therapist, Intern. I walk you through the journey of starting my wedding business with $3000 and a dream to building a worldwide brand. I will inspire you to think differently, try a new approach to selling yourself and help you build on your innate strengths through role playing and risking new behavior! This wedding business workshop will increase your positive approach towards the wedding business and life! I have invited successful wedding professionals to share their insights on trends in the wedding business. This fun and intensive workshop will be filled with valuable tools, education and networking that will leave you restored, focused, and excited to follow your dreams! __________________________________________________________ Special Guest Photographer and Author Beverly Hills & Pasadena Studios Jen O'Sullivan has been called a force of nature by her colleagues and is known for her ability to market her many businesses with ease and unusual precision. She graduated in 2001 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with a degree in Photography. Jen developed her passion - or rather, obsession for marketing and networking over the past 10 years. She has won several awards and her work has been seen in over 50 publications around the world. Jen owns a successful photography business in Beverly Hills as well as a business development group called Event Specialists International. She is the author of The Marketing Insomniac - Marketing for the New Economy. The book is a 120 page, book with a bonus workbook. It is packed with 27 tried and true marketing tactics as well as the most valuable aspects of successful business practice. Jen will be speaking on the heart and soul of small business marketing. What works and what doesn't. She will be giving you secrets that have enabled her to triple her business every year since the market crash. You won't want to miss this truly valuable and eye opening experience. Award-winning, Hall-of-Fame Videographer & Author John Goolsby - Master Storyteller at Godfather Films Voted One of the Top 25 Event Filmmakers in the World by the readers of Event DV Magazine, John Goolsby has filmed assignments in 23 different states and 12 countries. He is the author of "The Business of Wedding & Special Event Videography" and has presented more than 200 seminars on the business, art and science of the wedding industry including being a featured speaker at all 21 WEVA EXPO's and 5 Wedding MBA's. He has been inducted as a member of the Wedding Video Hall of Fame and received the Bob Lebar Vision Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spirit. John is an Honorary Lifetime Member of Professional Photographers of California and New York Professional Videographers and is a Certified Destination Wedding Expert by the Mexico Tourism Board. He currently service as the California/Nevada State Director for the Association of Bridal Consultants. Program Description If clients cannot find you online, they probably won't find you. John Goolsby of Godfather Films will show you how he produces valuable promotional films for event planners while at the event. It literally only takes minutes of the planners time but results in a valuable sales tool that when coupled with proper SEO text will be seen by brides searching for information about their wedding location..John's Promotional films won the Association of Bridal Consultants - Orange County Trendsetter Award last year. Click here to watch http://vimeo.com/33659399 Attendees are encouraged to bring six high-resolution images on a thumb drive for a complimentary promotional film produced by Godfather Films. You will also receive complimentary hosting and embed codes along with email links and files for your iPhones and iPads. http://www.GodfatherFilms.com ~Along With Other Luxury Vendors~ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Venue Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa 1401 South Oak Knoll Pasadena, Ca. 91106 626.568.3900 Accommodations: Rooms are available for $199 per night. When making reservations let the hotel know you are part of the Mary Dann's Workshop to receive this special rate. The Langham Hotel in Pasadena is unique among hotels in Los Angeles, California in that it embraces the legendary traditions of service and luxury of the original Langham grand hotel of 1865 and is set on 23 lush acres overlooking the immaculate suburbs of San Marino. ______________________________________________________________ Gratitude As a way of saying,"Thank You for investing in yourself", The first 10 people to sign up for my workshop, will be my personal guest at my networking, industry, Margarita Party in West Hollywood, CA., Thursday, August 23, at an undisclosed location! You will receive details upon registering. ___________________________________________ Investment The investment for this one day workshop - $500 Taking Your Wedding Planning Business to The Next Level Sunday, September, 9, 2012. Includes seminar, lunch, snacks and your certificate. ________________________________________________________________ Payment Options You have 2 payment options: CLICK HERE TO PAY IN FULL 1 payment of $500 2 Payments of $250 CLICK HERE FOR PAYMENT PLAN Final Payment is Due Saturday, September 1, 2012. _______________________________________ Cancellation No-shows or cancellations will not be refunded. Partial payments will not be refunded. _______________________________________ Information For Additional Information please e-mail the workshop coordinator Arlisia Williams of Wedding and Event Designs by Arlisia at marydann2013@gmail.com Looking Forward to Inspiring You to Grow Your Wedding Business Sunday, September 9, 2012.

Exclusive Behind The Scenes Video of Jamie & David's Wedding

Greetings,

We have a special treat for you this week with an exclusive behind the scenes video!

Recently, Mary headed down to the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Puerto Rico to plan the wedding of Jamie & David Franco.  Mary met the lovely couple one time in Orange County only 6 months before their wedding for a destination she had never been to!  Truly extraordinary if you think about it and this is a sneak peek of more details to come from this tropical destination wedding!

Huge thank you to John Goolsby from God Father Films who was the videographer for the wedding and shot this cool video!

More details on all of our vendors in case we missed anyone on the video portion.  We couldn't have pulled it off without them!

Stay tuned!

Susan & Brian: The Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey

We had the pleasure of working with Susan & Brian, a lovely couple from New York for their July 7th wedding at The Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey.  This was Mary's 500th wedding at this luxury landmark in Marina and it was pure perfection!

Thank you to Harriet Booth & the special events team from The Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey and their first rate banquet staff.  A huge thanks to all of our fabulous vendors including:

Photography: GinaSabatella with Jen O Sullivan Photography
Videography: Isabel Gonzalez, Cinematheque Videography
Flowers-Sherene Hulugalle, Wisteria Lane Flower Shop
Lighting-Images by Lighting
Entertainment-DJ Johan Suh
Photobooth-Cheesy Photobooth

Check out the gorgeous photos below!  Enjoy!

Ceremony Site covered in gorgeous shades of purples & pinks

The wedding bands

Seeing each other before the ceremony for the first time

Vibrant bouquets by Wisteria Lane Flower Shop

Menus designed by Mimio Papers

Simple & Classic Place Setting

Lavendars & Soft Pastels

Wedding Cake provided by the very talented pastry team at the hotel

Traditional American Ceremony

Stunning views of the Marina

 Korean Paebaek ceremony

 

Group fun

What a sweet couple....Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Choi!!!

CONGRATS TO YOU GRADS!

We've been so busy with wedding season that we wanted to take a moment to congratulate all the graduates of 2012!  We often get asked to plan other special events and wanted to share a grad party we did last month at a private residence. 

We loved working with the uber talented Cherie Starke from Cherie Stark Photography.  All the cake pops were done by our friends at Cake POP-in', which of course are the best ones in town!  The graduation decor had unique elements from Suzy's Sentiments,  Party Paper Scissors,  BC Paper Designs, & cupcake toppers by Craftin Crystal (who was in the middle of moving when we asked her to do this...thank you!)

Check out some pics below!

Remember we are always happy to create a special event before or beyond the wedding!

Happy Friday Friends,
Janel

A REAL WATER BREAK!

Greetings,

It's officially Summer and we know you will all be thirsting for water, but do you know where it has been?  We don't but the people at Real Water do!!!

Real Water knows most of the water you drink every day may actually be damaging your health. And it’s not just plain water, how about juice, tea, coffee, soda? You see, nearly everything you drink has water as its foundation. And, this also includes you! Your body is over 70% water.  So doesn't it make sense, that you should drink water and use water based products that help improve your health instead of harm it? Of course it does.

According to Real Water, "Most water and water-based products we drink and use have two very common problems. First, the water has been damaged. Before it gets to you, it has traveled through pipes, filtration devices, and various systems. During these travels, it has been stripped of electrons (-). The result is water that is positive (+) ionized. Second, the water is very acidic."

And guess what...acid in the body is a negative!  It causes us to feel WEAK, TIRED, CAUSES HEADACHES and FATIGUE.  In some extreme cases even SHOCK, COMA or even DEATH. 

So this year do yourself a favor and BALANCE your body with Real Water.

Call our friend Shannan Sweeney to order some REAL water!!  shannan@drinkrealwater.com

We think Real Water would also make a great giveaway to guests at your next event because it will show how much you care about them!!

For more information on Real Water go to http://www.drinkrealwater.com/

Much Gratitude,

Mary

Simple Elegance in Santa Monica

We recently had the pleasure of planning a gorgeous beach wedding at the Loews Santa Monica.  Our lovely couple Niki & Evan wanted to have a formal affair with a bit of a relaxed feel so the Loews Santa Monica was the perfect choice!

We loved working with Jean O’Loughlin and the entire banquet staff....talk about a flawless event!  They were so kind to include this wedding in their latest ad campaign...we are so thankful!

Check out some of the beautiful photos courtesy of Andre Niesing...we simply love his style & he captured the day perfectly! 

A special THANK YOU to all of our other vendors KC Campbell & Aaron Hillier with Vox DJs who provided the photobooth, lighting and entertainment, Floral Design by The Flower Lab, Cake by Jin Patisserie, Makeup by BeautifulFaces By Denise, Hair KojiToyoda Salon & Event Rentals by Town & Country who helped us put carpet over the sand to create a pristine ceremony site! 



Niki on the 6th floor feeling on top of the world

Yes that's carpet...beautiful setting & clean feet!

A Persian-Jewish ceremony with the Sofreh elements

Beautiful florals by Flower Lab

The Venice Room at The Loews Santa Monica

Fun way to display guests entree options: Beef or Fish?

Yummy cake by Jin Patisserie

 Having fun with the Hora

Congrats Niki & Evan!

Thanks Loews Santa Monica!!

Beach, Blanket, Bingo!  Happy Friday Friends!

Janel Gonzalez & Carrie Goldberg

 

Friday Favorite Find: Hotel Sofitel Los Angelels

Our social calendar has been quite busy as we've been scoping out the latest hot spots for cool and modern wedding receptions and we've got one for you: Hotel Sofitel Los Angeles.

Last night the Hotel Sofitel along with California Wedding Day hosted the first ever "Spring Into Summer" Event.  It was great to see the Beverly Ballroom completely transformed into a white oasis with gorgeous florals designed by our friend Inna Savluk from Butterfly Floral and all the custom lounge furniture provided by Reflections Event Rentals.  The music was provided by Biz Bash Nominee "Act of the Year" 11H Entertainment.

We've always loved the Hotel Sofitel for it's stunning interiors featuring French style and Hollywood glamour.  Now we love it even more as a unique venue for chic weddings and events in the Beverly Hills area.  The Beverly Ballroom is the ideal location for weddings and can fit up to 300 banquet style.  Your guests will be treated like stars with catering provided by resident celebrity chef, Kerry Simon.  Other fun perks include themed menus, an exclusive event floor and poolside VIP treatment for you to relax before your big night!

A special thanks to Jen O' Sullivan who gave us the "pre-party" VIP treatment along with Design Visage and The Original Mobile Barber Shop that gave the guys a nice shave...great for the groom and his men! 

Check out some of the pics from last night taken by one of our favorites Duke Photography.

Happy Friday!
Janel Gonzalez, Event Manager
Mary Dann Wedding & Party Coordinators

The Beverly Ballroom in crisp white

Crystals always add a warm glow

11H & The Infusion Experience getting the party started

Chamapagne Girl

That's Janel from our team dancing

We love Duke and Jen

Group shot with our wedding planning friends