Planning and Wedding and Having Fun?

Planning a wedding can be overwhelming for any bride and groom. Whether you've hired a wedding planner or not their are a million details and ideas running through your head. Of course I think hiring a wedding planner is the best way to organize yourself but their are ways to get started without going crazy. First steps are important and that's where you should focus. What kind of wedding do you want to have? Do you picture yourself getting married on a beach in the Caribbean or in an old elegant church that you and your family have been going to since you were 3? Of course the reception is important as well but without the ceremony there is no need for a reception so think about that first. From their you can picture what type of reception you want to have. Once again ask yourself where you want this to be - outdoors in a garden, in a hotel ballroom or an open loft with floor to ceiling windows?

Once these decisions have been made the rest can fall into place. Make yourself a wish list of details that are the most important to you both and then work these most important items into your budget. From here start working through your checklist and take things one by one.

Remember, this is suppose to be a fun time that you both will remember for the rest of your lives. Yes, this is cheesy to say but it's true! If you feel yourself getting stressed out in a bridezilla fashion take a step back. Call you friends and go out for drinks or coffee and don't talk about the wedding! Also, as the wedding gets closer take time out, once a week, once a month or whatever you can do to spend time with you future spouse to have fun. Not every moment needs to be about the wedding so find a way to have fun and blow off some steam!

A Rockport Wedding

The wedding day for Matyi Specht and Mike Hord has come and gone and we've had another Bright Spot Success!

By choosing a picturesque location, The Rockport County Club, we worked to enhance the beauty this location provided and use Matyi's bright and exciting colors make this a perfect day. The day started with an excited but relaxed bride and groom and the deliveries of linens, sashes and flowers in lime green, hot pink, turquoise blue and bright orange.

After a long day of setup the room was transformed and the guests began to arrive at 5:30 to sip on cool cocktails before the outdoor ceremony. This took place on a green overlooking a pond as the sun was low in the sky.

Mike and Matyi walked together down the long sidewalk and up the aisle lined with hanging lanterns overflowing with flowers. The ceremony, performed by a close family friend, was performed under and arbor flowing with tulle, greenery and white flowers. Following the ceremony guests were invited back inside for appetizers and cocktails and were then treated to a seated three course dinner. The room was decorated with white chairs, sashes tied in bows, colorful centerpieces and napkins tied with simple bows matching the chairs.

After a wonderful dinner guests watched as Mike and Matyi cut the cake, made by Matyi's cousin Hannah, and took to the dance floor for their first dance to "Night and Day." Guests danced the night away and at the end of the evening the bride and groom left for their honeymoon.

Best wishes in the future to the new Mr. and Mrs. Hord from Bright Spot Events and thank you to all of our partners who helped to make this day a Bright Spot for Mike and Matyi!

Venue: Rockport Country Club

Florist: Aransas Flowers

Rentals: Marco Rentals

Photographer: Linda Kay Photography

Band: Kevin Hill Band

Valet: Harbor Parking

Wedding Day Morning

It's wedding day for Bright Spot Events. Today is Mike and Matyi's wedding in Rockport, Texas. Though rain was predicted we woke up this morning to beautifully cool weather and clear blue skies. For an outdoor wedding ceremony I couldn't be happier since earlier in the week we were forecasted for thunderstorms! The Weather Channel assures me, yes me personally, that the clouds will stay away but it will be 86 degrees today, ah, April in Texas! The 6:00pm ceremony should be beautiful.

The day today brings lots of setup for the beautiful and colorful decor designed for this wedding but for now, I sit in a rocking chair on the patio of my quaint hotel room in the pretty town of Rockport drinking coffee and running through my task list mentally.

Best of luck today for Mike and Matyi!

Greatest Compliment!

I love what I do for a living. Weddings are a happy and stressful time in a couple’s life and I like to think that what wedding planners do is make this a more enjoyable and less stressful time. The goal of every wedding should be (besides the obvious) to be happy be able to look back and remember a joyous time, not a time of insane stress. By hiring a wedding planner couples should be able to take the time to have moments that they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Bright Spot Events had a wedding on January 9^th of this year at Maggiano’s Restaurant. I’ll have a post up soon with photos and details about their special day but I wanted to share something that I think epitomizes the goal of what every planner should strive for. Nicole and Jason’s wedding was an afternoon wedding, finishing around 430 in the evening when they were then whisked off to the Four Season’s Hotel in downtown Houston. Around 800 that evening I receive a text message from Nicole that I will always remember. The text message was

“Ok, so I know it’s my honeymoon but I just had to send you a message and tell you that you did an amazing job today – it was the best day of my life! Thank you for all of your help!”

When I saw this message I knew that my entire goal was achieved… to make this a day to remember for Nicole and Jason. Check back for some great pictures of their wedding day!

Welcome to Thoughts on A Bright Spot

Welcome to Thoughts on A Bright Spot, the blog for Bright Spot Events. Wedding, anniversaries, birthday parties and more are special moments in many people's lives and I love being a part of them. With this blog I'm hoping to share the fun moments of the events that Bright Spot helps produce and maybe some other fun things that we see and want to share.
I thought I should take this opportunity to tell anyone reading this a little more about myself. Of course my name is Abby and I'm originally from Chicago but I've lived in Houston since 1999. I moved down to Houston to attend the University of Houston's Hilton College where I earned a degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management. After college I worked for a restaurant where I planned everything from corporate events to weddings to holiday parties and then for a boutique hotel managing all of the social events. One of my favorite moments to remember was catering an event for 350 people out of an oversize elevator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. They said it was locked in place but we spent the whole time a little unsure.
Their are hundreds of stories I could tell about event production and the fun moments I've had along the way but what I really excited about is the future. Their are hundreds of new stories waiting out their for us to experience and with Bright Spot Events I'm looking forward to all of them.
Thanks for checking out the Thoughts on A Bright Spot Blog and please check back for future postings.
Cheers!

Abby Dudziak
Owner
Bright Spot Events