Greetings
Last year strategically placed me in amazing
standing for 2015. You never know who is watching you work or whose ears are
free of wax and waiting to hear how you’re developing. Last year in Boston, during what I consider
the BEST concert of all times… one of my faves THE Mrs. Karen Clark THE Sheard reminded me of this very scripture, “A man’s
gift makes room for him, and brings him in front of great men” (Proverbs 18:16). Okay so this is
not going to be a Holy Ghost filled post…but ahhh DASSIT! Powerful stuff. I’m quick to forget that I have been empowered
to make room for myself. My gift (which encompasses so much more than “talent”)
will open doors of opportunity if I continue to delight myself in the ultimate giver…the
one that gave his begotten son. I could
probably spend a few pages on that…but I won’t. lol.
So I’ve been doing an extreme amount of venue and
vendor consulting. I arrange the interviews, we pick the lucky winner, and I’m
out. This works well 90% of the time. My top 3 favorite events since I’ve blogged have been an 80s themed party, an 1 year olds
lady bug themed party, and an engagement party.
The 80s themed party had real life break dancers and printed pics as
favors. The 1 year old actually had onesies made that read “LENA BUG” over the cutest
graphic of a black and red lady bug; her name is Elena. The engagement party
was enchanting…from the candlelight to the amazing words spoken by those
closest to the couple. It’s always my honor when people entrust their events to
me...it’s like a quick marriage where I spend the majority of my time proving I’m
worthy of their love. Oh but once it’s
proven…I’m in there forever and they refer me to their loved ones. That’s the
BEST place to be.
I recently hired a vendor for my own 30th
celebration based on a reference. It was going good until the increased price.
I ate it because, well, I was on limited time and at the time I thought it
included more things than it actually did. I was excited to give this particular
vendor a chance because I knew I needed some new blood in this line of work.
CAN YOU SAY I was handled awfully? I’d shown myself polite in doing a favor, as
I often do, because in real life I provide a service and it’s hard to put a
value on every single thing you do until the very end. Not everyone understands
that tipping for a service is customary, so you do favors here and there
because you know you’ll get it back in the end. Pay if forward if you will.
Well honey…after receiving some rude texts and some things I could have
probably gotten out of…I paid in full and concluded to never use this vendor. How
unwise it is for a vendor to mistreat a client…you don’t know their reach.
Everybody is on their hustle and references are golden. Who I won’t work with again is…well…you get
the point. The world turned and as life would have it some newborn blood did recently
develop in that same month (insert praise hands). I’d take a less experienced
person with raw talent ANY day. In fact, that excites me. They work that much
harder…they’re HUNGRY. Grrr. Heck I’m hungry too so let’s get these stacks
together. “You ready Bey?” “Let’s go get ‘em.”
~xoxo
