Need help with events?

February 24, 2010 Mary-Kate Roan

mkroan@connectstatesboro.com

    Planning a wedding has changed a lot since my mother's generation got married, or so I'm told. For example, instead of catering to the bride and making everything about her, it was once upon a time all about the mother of the bride.
    These days, it's pretty tough planning a wedding and working. Trust me, I'm going through the process now, and with five months to go sometimes it can get more than a little overbearing. To make matters worse, I'm trying to plan a wedding away from home and about four hours from my family and the groom's family. You don't have to be a scientist to know how tall of an order that is.
    Truth be told, I could have used some help, and here's some advice for you blushing brides. Ladies, if you're getting married, there is a new organization you should check out.
    It's called Elevated Events, and while they do a lot of weddings they're not just about promoting themselves for nuptuals. They also have a market squared in the overall event department. From family reunions to big parties, these people know it all.
    There are several well-known businesses around town involved with this group. It's a unique concept of trying to come together and promote one another to help get more business in Statesboro.
    I was lucky enough to attend a meeting with this group, and it was refreshing (and a little eye-opening) to see just how much I had been targeted as a bride by vendors around Savannah (where I'm getting married).
    From getting the dress to the flowers and the tents and everything else you can possibly think of, Elevated Events seems to be on the verge of cornering a market that has thus far been left silent. Following the same theory as the 3/50 Project (spend $50 per month at three local businesses to help keep them around longer) they like to keep their money in Statesboro.
    Brides, they're here for you. Let me tell you this as someone who is in the final stages of planning her wedding: Get as much help as you can, especially if you're planning a wedding and you can't physically plan it out with your mother or anyone else.
    Trust me on this. You don't want to pull your beautiful hair out right before your big walk down the aisle just because you forgot to do something really small. You'll look terrible. Oh, and no one really likes a Bridezilla.

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