The Tuesday night last event of the Conference was the OC Seaside Soiree. It was held at the Ocean Institute located in Dana Point Harbor. We were transported by chartered motorcoaches to the Institute.( 45 minute drive). The food was set-up in stations for the attendees that consisted of a Mini grill cheese and tomato soup station, seared ahi-tuna station served on a bed of specialty cole-slaw, martini glass salad station and a beef short ribs with mashed potato station. The specialty drinks consisted of California-tini’s , mojito’s and maragrita’s. There was also a photobooth to dress up and get photos taken. We had a great time playing in the photo booth, enjoying the beautiful oceanside and dancing the night away to the Dj. We made it all the way until the end of the party and were sad when we realized it was all over and that we would spend all of Wednesday traveling home. Enjoy the pictures from the photobooth and the pictures of the event that we took also.
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008
After such an exciting Lunch it was hard to top that for the rest of the conference. We finished up the end of the conference with an interactive session. We were divided up into teams of 8 and were given a description of a Bride’s dream for her wedding along with location, theme she would like, etc.. We had 30 minutes to design an inspiration board of the client’s dream with the materials they supplied us with our what we could borrow from another team. It was a great experience and we got to meet a few new consultants from Illinois. ( Which is the state the conference is being held next year.) We do not have a picture of our finished board, but I have attached a few boards that are similiar to what we created below. After this session, the conference was officially brought to a close. The Special Moments team got ready for the last event that night. That will be in the next posting for you to hear about. Enjoy the pictures below of sample storyboards or as most brides know them … Inspiration boards…
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008
After the Master’s Breakfast, we had breakout sessions to attend from Practice Makes Perfect Wedding Rehearsals to Exploring Opportunities with corporate members. The best part of Tuesday was the lunch and the speaker. Colin Cowie was the speaker for the lunch and we got the opportunity to hear his presentation on how he designs and manages his events. We were treated to a slideshow of the before and after pictures of his events along with renderings with the clients to the finished products. ABC conference attendees also had the opportunity to bid on a chance to shadow Colin for the day on one of his events. The bidding ended at $ 10,000 dollars and 13 ABC consultants jumped at the opportunity and the money that Colin raised was donated back to ABC for the Miss Dorothy Scholarship Fund. The luncheon decor was amazing and we have included many pictures below of the luncheon decor along with pictures of Colin Cowie speaking as close as we could get to him. We do have one picture that is most special to us we have included first. The Special Moments team ( Tammy, Erin and Krissy) with Colin Cowie as he signed our books for us. The gallery will follow after the Special Picture.
The linens for the luncheon were supplied by Wildflower Linens the favors were supplied by Kate Aspen and the florals were supplied by 3 different floral companies- Three Petals, Elegant By Design and Mille Fiori . The menus and programs were supplied by Ink Invitations .The signature cakes that were designed for the luncheon were unique in themselves and we have also included pictures of all of the cakes that were designed by The Cake Studio . We were totally impressed and already have ideas to share with all of our Special Moments Brides on decor , menu cards, table numbers, etc… Enjoy:
ABC Annual Conference 2008-Day 3-November 11th, 2008
On Day 3 the conference opened with a Master’s Breakfast, which consisted of a Master Bridal Consultant at each table and 9 conference attendees.The breakfast was located in the tent that was set-up on the property of the Faimount Hotel. The breakfast was sponsored by the ABC state of Arizona’s Team along with the linens being suplied by BBJ linens. It was Open seating for the breakfast so Erin and Tammy choose Shay Freeman’s table(Master Bridal Consultant from Little Rock Arkansas) and we have included some pictures below of the the Master’s Breakfast set-up and decor and also a picture of Shay doing the Barbara Wallace Camera Couture pose.
