{Featured Friday} "As of Late"

 

 (Photo by Erica Velasco)

 

 

Happy Friday All!

 

What can I say, the last three months of this year have been a trip. I feel like I'm finally at a place where I can stop and catch my breath for a moment. I have missed blogging terribly, as it really serves a foundational part of my life, my business, my creative check point.  But once momentum in my personal and professional worlds started gaining at a rapid pace...I knew I had to give something up...and sadly it had to be the blog for awhile. 

 

At the beginning of the year, I had declared that my "word" for 2015 would be "domestic".  And then the domestic gods laughed in my face and threw handfuls of amazing business opportunities at me.  I also quickly realized that having "twins at age two" was far different then have "newborn twins" or "one year old twins."  Oh my word, FAR different!

 

But as the old saying goes "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."  And that's exactly what I kept reminding myself has I ran marathons for the past few months...as crazy as life was (is) I'm now in a place in life that I've always day dreamed about....being a mom, and owning my own business as a Wedding Planner.....my dreams had turned into real things.  And those "real things" were kicking my hiney BIG TIME!  But, with the support of my husband, my family, best friends, and industry supporters.....big things were (are) happening and I am truly grateful. 

 

Highlights Over the Past 3 Months....

 

Professional:

•  Provided Planning Services for 5 Fabulous Weddings!
• Coordinated/Styled 6 Covers for Wedding Magazine Publications!
• J. Starr was featured a few times on local Wedding Blogs
• Coordinated/Styled a Shoot for a new beautiful Venue
• Continued Training for Assistant Coordinators
• Participated in a handful of Venue Open Houses
• Attended some fun Industry Sponsored Events
• Accepted some great leader roles for upcoming Industry Events (stay tuned)
• Networked with some ultra cool fellow Wedding Planners & Vendors

 

* Very special thank you to all of the people in my life that made these opportunities come to life. There's no doubt in my mind that success comes from people, relationship building, and having enough "crazy" in yourself to make things happen.  Cheers to crazy!

 

Personal:

• Two year old Twins....like tornados running around my feet, destroying everything in sight
• L.A. Extended Weekend with my hilariously wild BFF (I'll share more on this adventure later)
• Babies participated in their first dance class "Twinkle Toes"
• Tons of walks, fun times at the parks, a few play dates
• Lots of random family dates (Swap Meet, Lost Dutchman's Mine, Parks, Pizza Arcade)
• A few fun date nights with my cute hubby (not enough though, hopefully more soon)
• Babies started school! "Great Starts" a little one hour parent/tot class, SO CUTE
• Not enough time with friends (looking forward to the summer time slow down)

 

I'm so grateful for the past three months and I'm looking forward to the next few months ahead.  I had no idea this year would pick up so much speed right away.  I'm thankful that things will start to slow a bit and I can began to focus on projects that have been pushed to the sides...I'm also hoping that I can remove all the crayon that this currently covering my walls, that will surely keep me busy for the next 3 months.

 

 

Much Love All!

 

 

I hope you're able to spend some special time with your families this Easter weekend.