When I was planning my own wedding, I suffered from a lot of stress & anxiety. I couldn't afford a planner and had to do the leg work on my own.
And guess what? I had no idea what I was doing.
Not because I wasn't capable of the task but because I had never planned a wedding before.
And because of that, I stressed about forgetting something... I stressed about knowing what I didn't know... I worried constantly if all of the decor I had purchased would look good together on the wedding day... and anytime someone brought up the wedding, I felt anxious, not excitement.
How did the wedding turn out? I missed final payments for vendors, none of my decor went together, I didn't even plan for a card box or guest book- so we didn't have one. I over spent on decorations. I definitely overspent on catering. And at the end of it all, we didn't even get pictures back from our wedding because the we didn't read the contract carefully enough. (no I'm not kidding, that actually happened)
I mourned my wedding. It was the only one I'll ever have. And I felt like I didn't enjoy a second of it, all because I just didn't know what I was doing. It wasn't fair.
But because I'm stubborn and wanted to run from the failure, I decided the only logical thing I could do is dive into the wedding industry and help couples avoid every mistake I made.
I've spent 6+ years in this industry. Studying, learning, creating; and it's all led up to this moment. All of my knowledge fueled by my own experience all wrapped up into one course. Because even if I help one couple avoid the mistakes I made, it's worth it.