The Wedding Guild

Society of Certified Wedding Professionals of NJ

So many books are written, thousands of articles are published; endless blogs are overpowering the net… New trends are set every day…thousands of ads…

Where do we go? How do we select?  How do we make a decision which would be the best for our special day that we have dreamed of for years?  How much time do we need for preparation? How do we choose? What criteria should we use to decide who to trust? The list of questions is endless. It is too overwhelming and stressful – isn’t it?

Don’t worry. There are thousands of great professionals with solid reputation.  The only thing left to do is to find them which can take hours of research. You need to collect references and evaluate their performance, professional attitude, personality. For instance you just visited several photographers, who all are compatible in their work and pricing. Now you have to make a choice. And then a scary thought – “did I make the right choice”.

That is where we come in. For decades we have worked side by side with professionals in every aspect of wedding production. We have seen the success and the failures, and we want to protect our own clients from costly mistakes, from series of disappointments and frustration. 

To that end we created the Wedding Guild of wedding craftsmen based on the guilds of medieval times. A guild was composed by the most experienced and confirmed experts of their field. A prerequisite of any new member joining the guild is a thorough and careful evaluation of his experience, reliability and approval by all the other guild members. Our standards are set to be the highest in the industry and we enforce a code of professional responsibly by examining the knowledge of our members.

A wedding is very much like Broadway show, with a wedding planner as a director and all of the other professionals as cast members. The more we “perform” together, the better we know what to expect from each other. We become intuitive. We trust each other to provide everything necessary to make your event beautifully seamless.

We would gladly share this information with you and refer you only the best. Contact our concierge service; give them all the necessary details and criteria. They will find you a match who will suit your needs.

In case you don’t know yet what you are looking for, or have not picked your venue, theme and décor, again we can help. Make an appointment with one of our experienced wedding and event planners and they will coach you through.

Do you know what the most fascinating part of all is? It is absolutely FREE. You will not be charged for any of the event planning consultations or referrals.

Now you are asking yourself, why would anybody do this? What’s the catch?

 All of our members refer each other to their clients. We believe in “word of mouth” referrals, which only occur when you make your client completely happy. This is our highest reward.

One more benefit! When you call us, you will be given a unique pass, a number that you can take to any of the guild members and receive incentives as a Wedding Guild client. The more vendors you choose, the greater your savings.

So why not try it? What have you got to lose? Imagine…save time and aggravation, hire a team of professionals, and save money too. Call or email us today and obtain some valuable information that will help you plan the wedding more efficiently.

Story to tell…

 

Born in 1972 in Tallinn, one of the oldest cities in the Baltic States, Kristina started developing her interest to floral design at the age of 16. She helped to decorate various holiday parties and events throughout Estonia. Being a 17 year old exchange student she visited the United States for the first time; saw some incredibly breathtaking events that inspired her to dream about getting into a floral design world of creating spectacular weddings and events.

Driven by the national historical heritage of foreign countries she traveled when possible, learned about different cultures, history and customs. Europe had so much to offer. Rome – a gigantic open air museum with every stone telling its one story, romantic Venice with its canals and the world famous gondolas, Mediterranean coast of Spain, historical Prague and Budapest all of that had a remarkable influence on Kristina’s early development as a floral artist.

Then it was the time for a great shift; she decided to move to USA and open up her own business. It was not an easy step. Leaving behind the loved ones at 19 years of age she came to New York and realized that turning the dream into reality was not that easy. For several years Kristina worked in the fashion industry, and took bookkeeping courses at night. When she was hired to manage the financing of a 2.5 million dollar restaurant and banquet hall construction project, she met her future husband Michael, an entrepreneur and interior designer of many years. It took her 6 hard years to open her first shop in Shrewsbury, NJ.

Working as a floral designer for the next few years, she became a house florist in several high end banquet halls, the first of which was the Shadowbrook. Special thanks, appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Zweben, the owner of the Shadowbrook, one of the oldest and most reputable wedding venues in NJ, who started recommending Kristina to his clients. Encouraged by her customers’ testimonials she decided to move her career towards event design. By that time her husband had joined the business and a full service event design and production firm was formed. In 2004 one of the most unforgettable moments of their life took place – Valerie was born. The times were great but not easy. With a newborn daughter they still managed not only to produce hundreds of exciting weddings and events a year, but also to travel to international trade shows and competitions. Kristina came to a conclusion – it was time to work on her own style and exclusive designs. She decided to get back to her teenage love of theme events.  Her long time friend Martin Vered, a founder of Metz flowers USA, helped her to achieve that goal. Not only did he supply the best product, but also went an extra mile by getting flowers that were unavailable in local flower markets.

In 2007 Flowerful Events was honored to achieve the nomination by the Knot “The Knot Best of Weddings”. Kristina is known for her uniquely creative talent, outstanding reputation and utmost reliability and professionalism. Every wedding, every event that she works on she treats like it is her own.

Amazing woman, superior mother, exceptional friend – that is how I can describe my wife. We are together 24/7 for more than 15 years and I still feel like it’s our first date.

I love you

Michael

 

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NJ and NY Newlyweds & Recent Wedding Couples…Attention Please!!!

You may or may not have heard about us.

 

If you got married in NJ or NY you probably have, or we might have even provided some services for your event. For over a decade we accommodate our clients daily with all their wedding needs regardless of the size and nature of their affair.

It is very true that every bride is different, every wedding is unique and every party one-of-a-kind. Being a full service event design & production company we respect that. Much like a producer of a Broadway show, we are trying to bring out our clients’ personalities by providing a diverse range of products and services for their events and accommodating their various creative needs.

I’m sure you have researched a lot of information on covering the various topics of event and wedding world. Internet, bridal magazines, platinum weddings on TV will show spectacular events, unbelievable, breathtaking set ups and much more – it’s very inspirational.

 

However, the real challenge starts when we are asked by our clients to take those ideas, twist them around and create “a reality show” out of “a fairy tale”? Due to the uncertain times in our economy we have to be pragmatic, work with our client’s budget, and yet create a one-of-a-kind, lifetime memorable event. Over and over again the couples are asking “how can we save”, “what is a common thing to do” or “what do other people do”. And although we said before that every event is unique, there is some truth hidden in those questions, some similarity in certain elements and basic configuration of each celebration still exists.

 

Attention Newlyweds! You have already done your leg work and probably experienced your share of victories and frustrations with vendors that you selected. Who would be the greatest critic and judge of everything and everybody related to the wedding planning, but the bride who just got married? Why not share this valuable knowledge with another bride to be? I’m sure she would appreciate it. Your advice would be crucial, your pictures inspirational, and the vendor information most valuable.

 

We are currently working on publishing a book, a useful guide that helps the future brides to make accurate decisions, save time and have more fun planning their wedding instead of spending days and months searching on the internet, accumulating and absorbing the overwhelming information in order to choose the right wedding professionals, the best venue, find the right theme décor, or get accustomed to the new trends. Let’s shelter them from any frustration, costly mistakes, and save them some money.

 

We invite you to be a part of our book by evaluating all the wedding professionals and venue that serviced your wedding and judge how well their job was done. Our first book is targeting NJ and NY weddings.

 

You can enlighten us with your story, make any comments, give suggestions and advice; tell us about some scrunches that took place, funny moments that made you laugh or just anything that you would find essential for the new bride to know, look out for, or be aware of. They would love to hear about your feelings, learn from your mistakes, value the victories you accomplished, share the most rewarding and disappointing moments that you experienced. Send us your wedding photos (preferably in a digital format), we will publish them in the book as well as post them on our blog and use them for the future references to show our new brides to be what can be done. 

 

We cannot do it without you!

 

Flowerful Events

47 Brookside Rd.

Clarksburg, NJ 08510   

www.flowerfulevents.com

info@flowerfulevents.com

By Kristina Valdmaa

Would you like save time & money?

After helping hundreds of brides for over a decade, we realized that our brides deserve a new and less time-consuming concept of planning and budgeting their wedding. We know how busy you are and how important it is to save your money and time.

By using our NEW FREE PHONE SERVICE you can get a detailed cost calculation along with expert advice on how to create a truly unforgettable day.

 FREE PHONE consultation and INSTANT estimate of your wedding flowers & event décor will give you advantages to:   

 ·                     Budget your wedding in the comfort of your home

·                     Tips on flower décor

·                     Price comparison

·                     Flower availability

·                     Color coordination

·                     Other valuable  information

·                     Free help with vendor selection 

 Call us toll free at (800) 640-1930 and receive a detailed proposal. 

Why rent life-like “silk” centerpieces for your wedding or special event?

More than can you ever dream of – At less than you can imagine.

Although renting of life-like silk centerpieces is not yet as common at weddings as having fresh flowers, it is rapidly becoming more and more popular. 

1. No more worries about your favorite flowers not being in season at the time of your wedding or room temperature being too high for the most fragile flowers that wilt.

 2.      No doubt your first concern would be – whether they look real? Working as fresh floral designers for the past ten years has influenced our ability to work with silk flowers and we can assure you that designing each centerpiece we use only the highest quality silk flowers that look incredibly real. Different materials have been added which make the flowers look natural. Our Brides are astonished when they see the life-like appearance of their centerpieces. 

1. Although the flowers are an money-saving solution, they are not cheap in anyway. They are extremely expensive to make- and, they are made of the finest silks.

  The advantage of renting silk centerpieces and ceremony arrangements is only too obvious. They are affordable for any budget, always look perfect and their variety is endless. There are also no surprises, the entire order may be previewed in advance. 

Now you can accomplish “a million dollar look” that you dreamed about on your wedding day without spending thousands of dollars.  

Enjoy the Magic of Silk…