March Madness.

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All across the country people are glued to their televisions watching as the ACC and March Madness (the college basketball tournaments) heats up. This is my favorite time of year, because I’m from North Carolina (basketball country) and a basketball fanatic to my heart! As I watched the N.C. State vs. UNC Tarheels and Florida [...]

Selecting Venues.

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    One of the perks of my job is to conduct site visits and select suitable venues for my client’s events. For some selecting venues can be a daunting task, but for me I  look at it as an opportunity to explore the natural beauty of the best man made architecture on the east [...]

Plan Your Own Oscar Party!

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Everyone knows that I look for any excuse to throw a party,but this year I will be traveling during the Oscars. That doesn’t mean that you can’t throw your own Oscar Party for your friends and family. As I looked online for ideas I came across a few ideas for you that would definitely turn [...]

Wedding Planning Myths….Exposed! Pt.1

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“Do all things with love.”   Og Mandino   Valentine’s Day just past and either you ran into people who were head over heels in love or people that are cynical about the holiday altogether. I happen to be a hopeless romantic and I am in love with the idea of being in love, which [...]

The Merry Martini

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I love it when I run across vendors that offer services that help me customize events and I have just landed another resource for stationary and invitations, The Merry Martini! I was looking for some invitations for a 10 year anniversary and I decided to go around the corner from my house and see if [...]

Weddings Magazine.

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    Virtue recently became one of the featured event planning firms in the triangle issue of Weddings Magazine. We are so excited to be in the 2012 issue of this must have publication for the wedding industry. It was such a pleasure to work with Robyn Mangrum and Maureen Powell who display the warm and [...]

Celebrating February.

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  February is black history month and we chose this opportunity to highlight all of the special events that you could use to highlight all of the wonderful accomplishments of a specific culture and ethnic background. One of my favorite themes that I look forward to using is “The Harlem Renaissance”. This era in our [...]

Introducing the E-plan Bridal Suite from Virtue!!!

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  I am so happy to introduce to you Virtue’s newest bridal suite for the tech savvy and economical bride and groom. Creating our wedding suites is something that we take very seriously in an effort to provide each of our clients with a custom wedding experience for an attractive cost. This time I believe [...]