Wedding Planner School

I've decided what I want for Christmas!

And it's for someone to pay my tuition for Wedding Planner School!

I've been looking at all these websites that talk about becoming a wedding planner, and the fever is upon me. I'm so going to make this happen one way or another!

While doing my wedding research, I came across the Association of Bridal Consultants, the Association for Certified Professional Wedding Consultants, and the American Association of Certified Wedding Planners, all big names in the industry. Or at least they're the three associations that kept on popping up as I was browsing around. Everything is either ABC or ACPWC or AACWP certified, so that's where I'm leaning towards. I just need to find time and money to do it now!

Or I can convince my mom that this is legit and I'm serious about it and ask her for a Christmas/birthday conjunction present of paying for my coursework. It's really nothing compared to what I have to pay at Kennesaw, but I highly doubt that FAFSA covers this kind of 'higher education.'

I'm also back on my mission to find someone to intern with. Last time I went wedding planner internship hunting, it was a huge flop, but maybe with spring/summer season coming up (I know it's only the beginning of October, but May/June weddings aren't planned in April!) they might be looking for someone to get them coffee and file papers and maybe learn some tidbits of wedding wisdom from them! Who knows? I sure won't if I don't try!

And in the meantime, my friend, Jennifer (not Lopez), is getting married and I'm helping her plan it! So who knows? Maybe I'll be able to put her wedding on my portfolio as I apply for internships!



I am on my way to becoming an awesome Jennifer Lopez-David Tutera Wedding Planner!!!           

















Now just to find someone who wants to make me one!

        

Wedding Planner

So I have this secret desire to be a wedding planner, just like J-Lo!

I think I'm pretty qualified, I mean I do have six Pinterest boards dedicated completely to everything from my Bachelorette party, to my dress, to all the things I need to do to prepare, to the pictures I'm going to take with my hubby, to the big day and more.

I would have so much fun doing this. All the dresses and cakes and songs and tuxes and venues and flowers and veils and party favors and guests and dancing and true love and and and and and wedding party FUN! It would be a dream come true (:

Not to mention that I'm absolutely obsessed with MY wedding (have I mentioned that I have SIX Pinterest Boards dedicated to my future wedding? See here and here and here and here and here and here). I'm a Pinterest-aholic, it's true.

It's not even like I'm completely experience-less. I have run Brunna's Bakery for the past 4 years (although it is in a short intermission until I move somewhere with a kitchen). I already know about listening to the customer to see their vision and recreating it. I've even done all the desserts for parties before and helped decorate for a wedding. I have TWO wedding cakes to my repertoire. I've already got a foot in the door.

So now my goal is to find a wedding planner who will take me on as an intern so I can get some experience. I've searched and searched and googled as much as I could. There are no courses to take to be a wedding planner, it's just something that you gotta be good at and that's that. So I have to find a good wedding planning, or even just an event planning in general, company, convince them to take me on as an intern (hopefully a paid one), eventually branch off into my own company, and become J-Lo. It's a flawless plan, truly.

Now to find a wedding planner willing to take me on. Anybody know a good one?