Ho-hum... The show is creeping up which equals S-T-R-E-S-S. So we THOUGHT we had the pipe & drape all figured out... well we found out today that the ONLY color drapes that they carry is BLUE... um no. Blue for a wedding fair is just ugly. So we had to find a different vendor and got that all ordered today. WHEW! So the drapes will be black & white. Much more neutral. I have been on a new ordering frenzy as well. New metal prints, new photo boxes, new bevel gallery wrap... and MORE. Getting the new stuff ready for the show.
PLUS Jill & I are getting excited for our newborn baby session on Sunday! It is a baby girl & we are super exited. It is an area we (when I say we, I mean HER-- LOL) are trying to better ourselves in. We have Emily Kate coming to meet us on Sunday & Jill has been on a mission looking for a few things she wants to use for props.
Until after the 20th I may not be as blogging friendly as I try to be, so please forgive me. I get myself all stressed out this time of year just before the show. Humm... I hear a warm tropical vacation calling my name... Happy Thursday all!
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Showing posts with label wedding showcase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding showcase. Show all posts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
It is Saturday
Last night we went out to Buffalo Wild wings with some friends... the kids were being too antsy to allow us have much fun though. When we go there we like to hang out & play that trivia game & just have fun... with the kids all we could do was eat & go. Not much time to chat with our friends which was a bummer. Laura drank 3 cups of chocolate milk, and then ate none of her food ( I did not realize Daddy had already gotten her a 2nd refill- oops). The twins are 99% potty trained... so they must check out each and every restroom there is, and often. Then me & my germ-o-phobia has to scrub their hands down... UGH not fun! Thank-goodness my friend helped me with the twins. Some days those two girls of ours can really be too much!
We also had a pipe freeze/break in our laundry room. Thank Heavens there is no carpeting in there. We are not for sure, but it appears that the pipe to the outside hose it what broke.. so we had water in the laundry room. We shut off the water & all seems not so bad now. I called the insurance company just in case, and YES it is covered, but is an almost $2000 deductible. OUCH. Our laundry room is a laundry room/ craft room/ storage room. So really nothing major got wet since most things are in plastic totes.
The wedding showcase is looking good too. I had SEVERAL calls this past week from vendors asking to participate in the showcase, so we are still getting more in that is good. We are FULL on photographers and have been for a while yet still get the calls from them to be IN the show. We are preparing though... Jeremy & I were in the Monticello Bridal Expo this past Fall, and there is a DJ in Buffalo who rather than pay the money to BE IN the expo last fall, chose to be a cheap-skate and went and put his fliers on the windows of those in the parking lot. Now, Monticello HAS a city ordinance against this... but Buffalo does not. So we will just need to inform our vendors to be on the look out & help prevent Freeloaders like this guy from doing this. To me I feel that is so LOW, and simply not FAIR to those vendors who are paying money to be in the showcase. He cannot pay the money to be IN the show, but still feels he is worthy to hand out his information? I don't think so. The person who is in charge of the Monti show gave us a head up so we will try our best to not allow him to do this. I do not even think he realizes by him doing that and then leaving a very negative email when he was called out on doing it he has lost a lot of networking opportunity. He probably had no idea that we TALK to the people who hold other wedding expos... DUH. So we will wait to see what happens. Regardless... the showcase is coming along nicely. I am getting excited for the show... and of course nervous as I plan the show & tend to forget the stuff about my own booth. But I don't mind really, as long as the show is a success for others then it that sense it is a success for me as well. I mean of course I would like to get some business out of it, yes... but the showcase being a success for the vendors enough to have them return each year is what I hope for the best outcome. I hope we do not end up with nasty weather that day.
Today we may venture to IKEA & the mall. There are some photo props & stuff I am needing from IKEA, and the mall is just fun to go to... they have ALL my coffee places there! I can get my skinny cinnamon (only 60 cal) from Starbucks, then get a cinnamon Northern Light -also very low-cal from Caribou. Ahh... I better not get started talking about coffee... I won't be able to stop... have I mentioned my major Coffee addiction? Yeah it's bad. If I was smart I'd invest in stocks. LOL. Enjoy your Saturday & stay warm! ;)
We also had a pipe freeze/break in our laundry room. Thank Heavens there is no carpeting in there. We are not for sure, but it appears that the pipe to the outside hose it what broke.. so we had water in the laundry room. We shut off the water & all seems not so bad now. I called the insurance company just in case, and YES it is covered, but is an almost $2000 deductible. OUCH. Our laundry room is a laundry room/ craft room/ storage room. So really nothing major got wet since most things are in plastic totes.
The wedding showcase is looking good too. I had SEVERAL calls this past week from vendors asking to participate in the showcase, so we are still getting more in that is good. We are FULL on photographers and have been for a while yet still get the calls from them to be IN the show. We are preparing though... Jeremy & I were in the Monticello Bridal Expo this past Fall, and there is a DJ in Buffalo who rather than pay the money to BE IN the expo last fall, chose to be a cheap-skate and went and put his fliers on the windows of those in the parking lot. Now, Monticello HAS a city ordinance against this... but Buffalo does not. So we will just need to inform our vendors to be on the look out & help prevent Freeloaders like this guy from doing this. To me I feel that is so LOW, and simply not FAIR to those vendors who are paying money to be in the showcase. He cannot pay the money to be IN the show, but still feels he is worthy to hand out his information? I don't think so. The person who is in charge of the Monti show gave us a head up so we will try our best to not allow him to do this. I do not even think he realizes by him doing that and then leaving a very negative email when he was called out on doing it he has lost a lot of networking opportunity. He probably had no idea that we TALK to the people who hold other wedding expos... DUH. So we will wait to see what happens. Regardless... the showcase is coming along nicely. I am getting excited for the show... and of course nervous as I plan the show & tend to forget the stuff about my own booth. But I don't mind really, as long as the show is a success for others then it that sense it is a success for me as well. I mean of course I would like to get some business out of it, yes... but the showcase being a success for the vendors enough to have them return each year is what I hope for the best outcome. I hope we do not end up with nasty weather that day.
Today we may venture to IKEA & the mall. There are some photo props & stuff I am needing from IKEA, and the mall is just fun to go to... they have ALL my coffee places there! I can get my skinny cinnamon (only 60 cal) from Starbucks, then get a cinnamon Northern Light -also very low-cal from Caribou. Ahh... I better not get started talking about coffee... I won't be able to stop... have I mentioned my major Coffee addiction? Yeah it's bad. If I was smart I'd invest in stocks. LOL. Enjoy your Saturday & stay warm! ;)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
WOW 2 days in a row?
So, Jill, the second photographer of Kellie Allyn's Photography still has not read the "BLOG" yet. he he he. Nothing bad... right? Those of you who had hired me in the past & remember Alicia, she is still around too. She is the #1 assistant, and helps out when we need her. With Jill now as a 2nd photographer she and I then work together as each other's assistants too. At the moment we are waiting to hear back about a possible studio change. We will keep you posted as we get it figured out.
Getting to know Jill a little bit... Jill is ALSO a hockey mom. That is how she & I met! She was my son's team manager a couple of years ago. Jill in now known in our Buffalo Youth Hockey Association is the "SUPER MANAGER". I managed my son's team last year & this year I am co-managing in the shadows with Jill (LOL). Jill has a 12 year old Daughter, Nicole who my twins LOVE... & we also hit up to babysit. Jill also has a 9 year old son, Carter. He is 'the big kid' my son wants to always hang out with, who are on the same hockey team as well.
Jill is also SUPER MOM. She works for a childcare center, and it so shows in all else she does. I think you can point out a child-care provider a mile away. My sister is also one of these moms. These are the moms who have a suitcase of snacks, & 3 outfit changes "just in case", plus swim suits & the snorkel gear in case it stops raining & they get to go swimming... just to spend the day at my house. Humm.. and when I drop my kids off I just drop off my kids & go... I feel like the pathetic mom compared to any daycare mom! LOL! Jill is THAT great to work with too! When I forget say my bottle of water, she has me covered. Or forget something back at the studio, she is going back to get it driving mach 3 speeds in her mini van that no cop would ever think to pull over ha ha ha (try to keep up with her I dare you!) And being a nervous bride... Jill is that person with the calm voice to just ease all the tension away as well.
OK Now that I have said enough about Jill today & myself yesterday... tomorrow, I will start chatting about the wedding showcase more we are planning. It is already NEXT MONTH! woohoo!!
Getting to know Jill a little bit... Jill is ALSO a hockey mom. That is how she & I met! She was my son's team manager a couple of years ago. Jill in now known in our Buffalo Youth Hockey Association is the "SUPER MANAGER". I managed my son's team last year & this year I am co-managing in the shadows with Jill (LOL). Jill has a 12 year old Daughter, Nicole who my twins LOVE... & we also hit up to babysit. Jill also has a 9 year old son, Carter. He is 'the big kid' my son wants to always hang out with, who are on the same hockey team as well.
Jill is also SUPER MOM. She works for a childcare center, and it so shows in all else she does. I think you can point out a child-care provider a mile away. My sister is also one of these moms. These are the moms who have a suitcase of snacks, & 3 outfit changes "just in case", plus swim suits & the snorkel gear in case it stops raining & they get to go swimming... just to spend the day at my house. Humm.. and when I drop my kids off I just drop off my kids & go... I feel like the pathetic mom compared to any daycare mom! LOL! Jill is THAT great to work with too! When I forget say my bottle of water, she has me covered. Or forget something back at the studio, she is going back to get it driving mach 3 speeds in her mini van that no cop would ever think to pull over ha ha ha (try to keep up with her I dare you!) And being a nervous bride... Jill is that person with the calm voice to just ease all the tension away as well.
OK Now that I have said enough about Jill today & myself yesterday... tomorrow, I will start chatting about the wedding showcase more we are planning. It is already NEXT MONTH! woohoo!!
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