PWG Luncheon at The Hall and Gardens at Landmark

 

Welcome!

Samantha Heart of Heart2Heart Ceremonies, a Raleigh Wedding Officiant 

  here to share my experiences attending the PWG luncheons.

Another amazing luncheon with my fellow Professional Wedding Guild friends www.pwgnc.com.

This luncheon was on Wed. July 23 and held at the Hall and Gardens at Landmark in Garner, NC .

I arrived early for the 11:00 AM event and boy was it a hot and humid day.     

 

You know you have arrived when you see this breath taking water fountain.

 

 

As I opened the door to the first floor, I was greeted by a large lighted sign board divided into quarters. Scrolling pictures of wedding table settings, a bride & grooms photo and The Perfect Wedding Guide appeared.

 As you can see by the photo, the sign board is enveloped in a very elegant setting. 

I stepped onto the elevator and up to the third floor & went.

The registration table matched the elegant room covered with a gold cloth and the ladies sitting in those beautiful chairs looked so royal.

Catherine Katz of Cherished Celebrations  and Lachelle Howard of Knot your Average Events were busy registering Laura McMillan from Confectionate cakes and Kimberly Williams from Weddings by the Vine.

 

 

I loved the design of the signs and the elegant writing. We had our luncheon in the Marie Antoinette Ballroom.

 

Here’s Kelley Kennedy of Teacup Floral with her business display.

 

 I think the idea to have the tables set up for the attending wedding professionals to display their business cards, brochures and tablets with photos of their work is a great way to network.

 

 

         The hall set up for the luncheon.

Even the carpeting says posh all the way.

 

 

Beautiful table settings provided by Andy Karris with A Special Event

 

   The Farmers Table Restaurant Group catered our luncheon with their Harvest salads: tuna, egg, chicken, potato with a fresh green salad and gourmet dressings.  

The beverage table offered ice tea, strawberry and mint water, sweet tea and direct from France a fizzy wine that was champagne on our lips.

 

 

In the picture is Quinton, new catering manager with the Farmer Table Restaurant Group

 

 

Confectionate Cakes beautiful display of cupcakes. There were 3 kinds to choose from and they were so ‘melt in your month’ delicious I think everyone took one of each.

 

 

Nina and Victor with AllEvents DJS 

set up their sound system for us.

 

 

 In the picture is Victor.

 

 

I couldn’t resist snapping a shot of the cupcakes with the table center piece.

 

What a lovely turn out. It’s always fun socializing with old friends and new one too. Gail is always mindful to introduce any new comers to the regulars so everyone feels at home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Wurster from Knots 'NSuch Events enjoyed looking through the beautiful wedding portfolio of David Kuhn from Kuhn’s Photo

 

 

 

 

Tenekia Parker from Triangle Party Rentals 

is enjoying a refreshing beverage. I love her business shirt.

 

 

A special treat was to see the Bonaparte Room! This is the waiting room for the groom and his groomsmen.

 

The gentlemen attending the luncheon so graciously agreed to pose for this totally awesome photo in the Bonaparte room.

 

Our host for The Hall and Gardens at the Landmark were Jamie Norris and Joyce Jones. They explained about The Hall & Gardens for weddings and events. Jamie was especially attentive to everyone’s needs including hooking us up with WiFi.

 

I was so pleased to meet Keith Bishop from The Gardens at Gray Gables

 

 

 

 

Gail Galloway, our fearless leader, with the Perfect Wedding Guide .

 

 

Here she has a cow bell to call us to attention. Gail always has something very entraining in store for us. This month it was playing the Speed Networking Game. The perfect opportunity to hone our professional business skills.

 

Speed Networking

 

 

A big thanks goes out to Caroline Z Dickson the luncheons’ photographer. She has allowed me to use some of her beautiful photos in this blog. Her business name is   caroline z photography  and she is located in Durham, NC



 

 

 

 

The luncheon ended with a guided tour of the enchanting gardens that serve as such a romantic setting for wedding ceremonies.

 

A group photo of all the wedding professionals eager to serve all your wedding needs.

New Wedding professionals are welcomed to join us at the next PWG luncheon for fun, networking, a tasty lunch and the opportunity to grow your business. Please contact Ashely or Gail at Raleigh@pwg.com or go to  www.pwgnc.com to learn more about the Professional Wedding Guild

Feel free to contact any of the wedding vendors listed in this blog. I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog. I welcome your comments and appreciate it when you share it with your friends.

 

Rev. Samantha L. Heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWG Luncheon at Cobblestone Hall June 25, 2014

Perfect Wedding Guide Provides The Perfect Marketing Program for Triad and Triangle Wedding Professionals!
Triangle Professional Wedding Guild holds luncheons every other month for wedding professionals to network and promote their businesses. This month’s wedding Venue was Cobblestone Hall in downtown Raleigh, NC.

This historic 100 year old brick building is surrounded by cobblestone streets and quaint storefronts, making it a
destination in and of itself. With 7,000 square feet of flexible function space, Cobblestone Hall is the ideal canvas on which to paint your picture-perfect event.  

During each luncheon wedding professionals dazzle us with their talents such as the lovely floral center pieces designed by Teacup Floral. Owner Kelley Kennedy has such a flair for floral design.

This luncheons theme was Red, White & Blue.

As you can see by the flowers, decorations added and the blue linens from A Special Event www.aspecialeventtriangle.com  to create the festive theme.

 Catherine Katz of Cherished Celebrations  and Jennifer Lloyd Ball of Knot Your Average Events, greet us at the sign in table.

Ladyfingers Caterers delighted everyone with the delicious feast they provided and Leigh Jackson their Event Coordinator was on hand to tell everyone all about this family owned & run business. 

Our desserts were provided by Sugar on Top, a Daylight Donuts company in Wake Forest and Tanner Barbiere. The raspberry cupcake melted in my mouth as I listened to others at my table comment on how wonderful the pies, cookies & cake tasted.  

Like them on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/daylightdonutswakeforest

We always have a speaker at the luncheons with very helpful business topics. This month’s speaker was Tobi Bowen and she is the president of Instinctive Branding.

Her company is a full-service brand focused organization that works with clients to grow their business and brand through printed literature, internet presence, social media presence, promotional product sourcing and complete marketing programs.

Thanks to Gail Galloway, publisher, Perfect Wedding Guide  for keeping our luncheons fresh and interesting. I was posing with Gail at a luncheon last year.

 Everyone had a wonderful time at the luncheon getting to meet new wedding professionals and catching up with old friends.

Beth Mandel of BWPW Photography, based in Durham, NC and serving the Raleigh-Durham and surrounding areas was this luncheons photographer.

She did a fabulous job of photographing so many happy faces.

A couple of my colleagues that I was lucky enough to pose with and get someone to take the photo.

 Ariel Gray of Graceful Wedding Management. 

 Kayelily Middleton, a Wedding Minister

If your a wedding vendor be sure to join us at the 

PWG Luncheons.