red and purple wedding

I really want to do a red and purple wedding!!!! It is not your most common color combo but I LOVE IT!!!!

a sweet 60 birthday party

I was able to help out my mother in laws friend. She had a "sweet 60th" birthday party. It was fun. It was a nice day, very low stress :) She asked for donations of soap and washcloths for a local woman's shelter. I thought that was nice. Her favorite color is purple so we carried that throughout the day. She had a bunch of family pictures as decor too. We added them to all of the tables along with the floral centerpieces we made. She also loves tea so she wanted to incorporate that into the day. I used a lot of different tea pots and arranged the flowers in them. It had a neat eclectic feel to it. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

Hi There,

I had another wedding this past weekend. It was great! I knew the bride pretty well before all of the major planning began but she decided to bring me on for assistance a few months before the wedding. She was on a very tight budget and I was happy to help. I can't emphasize enough that a bride on a budget CAN afford an event planner. I was able to help her cut some corners and save some money. I did all of her table decor. I used branches, vases, rocks, orchids, and beads for one centerpiece and the total cost was less than $10 per item! She had long banquet tables all lined up so we lined ribbon down the center of all the tables. I also used some clear vases and put pink roses in each vase and lined those down the center of the tables. We also added votives. We decorated all of the tables for under $200 it was all very impactful and fun. The food was amazing. They used Famous Dave's for the catering. MMMM who doesn't like barbecue! It was a great day despite the weather.

Congrats Andrea and Jason !

YEAH!!! Here are a few pictures from Anne and Matt's wedding that I promised a while ago. The gallery and testimonial page will be added to my site by September 27th!

STAY TUNED!!!

Thanks :)

Mike and Sarah

Hey there everyone!
I did a wedding on the 22nd and it was amazing! They were married at Holy Redeemer in Detroit and had their reception at the Masonic Temple. The staff at the Masonic were great to work with. Mike and Sarah hired me for Collection Two, my partial planning option. One glitch in the day would have been the cake. YIKES!!! They ordered their cake from a local bakery because they only wanted a small cake to cut into. Mike went in a week before the wedding to pay off the balance. After that, they asked me if I would pick it up and take it to the masonic temple for them. I said I would and I was fine with that. When I got to the bakery Friday morning (the morning of the wedding) it wasn't done!!! All of the contracts said August 22nd but when I spoke to the woman she said she thought the wedding was in September! OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I got right to work on it and got the cake issue taken care of! WHEW!! One more reason to work with a wedding planner... reputable vendors!

Mike and Sarah are such a great couple. Sarah looked absolutely gorgeous! One of my favorite parts of the evening was when Mike, the groom danced to "Billy Jean" by Micheal Jackson. I later found out that it was an act he learned when he was younger. What a great night!
CONGRATS MIKE AND SARAH!!!

My hectic schedule, Matt and Anne, and my upcoming gallery.

Hey everyone! WOW!!! I have been so busy lately. I am helping a d.j. friend with his website, working on back to back weddings this month, helping out at the tux store, and getting all of my papers ready to start school this fall. AM I CRAZY?!?!?!?!!! hahaha. Well I feel like I am in a really good place right now and I am finally able to take all of this on.

On to more important things. I worked a wedding last night that was just amazing. The bride and groom are such a beautiful couple and they are so nice. I enjoyed working with them from start to finish. Anne called me back in May to ask for my assistance with the day of her wedding. She did all of the planning herself, she does event planning but in a different field. She did an amazing job! The entire family on both sides were such great people. I will be posting my gallery soon so stay tuned for pics from last night and weddings in the past and weddings to come. I hope to have it up by the last weekend in September.
I'll post a couple of pics from last night here in the blog by tomorrow. I got a new camera and have to install the software... actually my husband will have to install it because I am not the best at the technical stuff.

thanks for reading

Rachel :)

All Things Creative has been nominated for "4 the Best"

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! I am just so excited about the nomination!!! Make sure to log on and vote for All Things Creative!!!
Here is the link
http://wdiv.cityvoter.com/all-things-creative/biz/100714

I really appreciate it!

~Rachel :)

I'm addicted to another blog

I forgot to mention that Ryan from Epic Motion turned me onto blogging. Funny thing is that I am addicted to his blog!!! :) He posts a lot of his work on there and every time I watch it, I am amazed by his work and I am so excited about working with him. You should check it out.

here is his website
http://epicmotion.com/
and here is his blog
http://www.epicmotion.com/blog/

MY FIRST BLOG!!!!!!!!

Helloooooooooo!!!!!!!!

So here it is... my first blog. HMMMM what to blog about??? Well I can fill you in on my daughter Claire bear. She is just getting over a cold, poor little pumpkin. She had a fever Thursday night so I took her into the doctor on Friday. She also has a bunch of teeth coming in. She had 2 come in the week of the 19th, 2 come in the week of the 26th and I just noticed her 8th tooth coming in... YIKES!

She is such a little trooper though. :)