Q: Tell me about your background.

A: I grew up an Air Force Brat, living in Japan for 3 years and settling in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas.  I graduated from UCSB in 2004 and have lived in San Francisco ever since.  I’m 26 years old and love living in a city so vibrant and artistic, and so different from where I was raised!

Q: What are your interests besides weddings?

A: I am very passionate about wine and take advantage of living so close to wine country.  I also perform and see as much theater as possible.  I like take part in what San Francisco has to offer, spending time in the parks, arts and music venues, and museums.  I try to get to the driving range or beach with my boyfriend on pretty days off, this city is beautiful and an interest of mine all on it’s own!

Q: Why weddings?

A: Being a wedding planner is absolutely a dream come true for me.  I used to spend hours at the city library “studying” archives of wedding magazines, and that started in fifth grade!  I love the idea of any heightened experience and weddings are a perfect occasion to create that rare occasion for a couple.  I love being a part of, or helping to create a day where people are brought together and collectively embrace the sentimentality and importance of the event.  

Q: How did you become a Wedding Consultant?

A: All of my experience in theater and restaurants added up to two major components in becoming a wedding planner: multi-tasking and detail oriented service.  Since college, I have worked to balance passion and business in my life.  I have been a part of creating a theater company from the ground up, financing and budgeting, venue scouting, contract negotiation, set up, break down and performing.  Having a hand in every aspect of an event translated perfectly to wedding planning.  I sat down and thought about how I could be a business woman doing something I am passionate about, I immediately researched the wedding industry and enrolled in the certification program.

I started working for Michelle before the class started, having called her about an internship at exactly the right time (she was 9 months pregnant and needed a little help!).  I have worked in her office ever since Fall of 2007, learning the Allure way. 

Q: Tell me about your previous experience working on weddings?

A: Working for Michelle has been my introduction into the wedding industry.  As her assistant, I have been a part of planning weddings from the first meeting to the day-of.  As a coordinator, I have assisted both Michelle and Kristen.

Q: How would you describe your personality when working with brides?

A: I want the weddings I plan to be the realization of the couple’s dreams.  Not just the actual wedding, but the months of planning leading up to it as well.  I will find out what needs to be done for this realization to happen and I will do it.  I want the whole experience to be fun and I want the reason for the wedding to always be in mind, not the stress of making it happen.  I am focused and attentive during weddings, but I always try and put the clipboard down to listen to the toasts.  They never fail to remind me of why I love my job.

Q: What distinguishes you from other Wedding Planners?

A: I think a few things do.  First off, I am young enough to be full of energy, keep up on current trends and am very much in love with what I do.  I consider myself mature and judicious, though, understanding that this is not MY wedding and I am working to make a couple’s celebration uniquely their own.

Also, I am a Certified Wedding Consultant (CWC) and completing that class and exam is a feat I am very proud to have accomplished.  It absolutely separates the Allure
planners from others.

I am outgoing and open with people.  I love a flair for the dramatic.  I want my clients to feel in very good hands and I will be working to ensure that they do.