Name: Saundra Hadley
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Company: planning...forever events
Years in Business: 6 years
Website: planningforever.com
Blog: planningforeverblog.com
What do you specialize in (Day of Coordination, Full Service Design…):We specialize in making sure our brides have a fabulous day and laugh while planning their wedding. However we do offer Wedding Day Management up to Full Service Planning, and separate Design/Decor services.
What are your three favorite sources of wedding inspiration?
Blogs (life style design and photographer blogs), hip TV show set designs (I'll watch a Real World episode just to see how they designed the house), and my clients (it amazes me how many talented and creative people there are; they just don't know how to pull it all together).
Why did you get started wedding planning?
All my friends were getting married (this is early 90's) and I did not want to have to buy the hideous bridesmaid's dresses that we were subjected to purchasing (dresses now are fun, funky and elegant). So I offered my skills to stand in the back and coordinate/direct vendors. VOILA! Worked like a charm and I fell in love with a career.
What is one thing in your office that you could not live without, technology excluded?
My chocolate lab, Ranger. He loves everybody, licks my toes unexpectedly, a delight to hug which makes your stress just float away and gives me the needed breaks from my computer that I would normally forget to take.
If you could make one recommendation to a new planner, what would it be?
Do not try to be every bride's planner. Instead be unique and draw on your own strengths that make you different from others. Some people won't get it, but most will respect you for being different (and sometimes envy).
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