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Gearing up for 2011 Wedding Season

by Beverly Mason on 02/18/11

Hello NW Wed Pro!

It has 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 8^th NW Wedding Scoop in Salem * Jan. 12^th 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. 2^nd Wedding Wednesday at Old Spaghetti Factory * Feb. 3 Pretty In Portland Grand Opening * Feb. 4^th Soiree Grand Opening * Feb. 5^th Vancouver Bridal Show * Feb. 9^th NW Wed Pro at Ambridge Event Center * Feb. 10^th Peter Corvallis Events Open House * Feb. 13^th Persimmon Country Club bridal event *

And last but not least, this Thursday, Feb 17th was 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 9^th 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.

Events:

All About I Do wedding services and accessories had 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, great location downtown and next to a premier weding venue, wine tasting bar for the vineyard association, quarterly events of fashion, tasting & trunk shows, and much more. Contact Pamela Whelden if you would like to learn more about All About I DO. Open House was Thursday Feb. 17^th 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 Springs Vineyard.

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

NEXT NW Wed Pro meeting is March 9^th, 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

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