2008 was a fabulous year here at Bliss Weddings! We had so many wonderful clients, fantastic happenings and even a few minor snafus. To top of the list, I brought in the New Year in January by marrying my sweetheart! It was an amazing day, shared with family and friends. In February, we started our busy wedding season with lots of paperwork and preparation. March and April didn’t hold back either. I took over as the owner and lead event manager of Bliss Weddings and made some really great changes, including our fun filled blog. The summer months were filled to the brim with the most unbelievable weddings and clients and the fall kept the momentum moving with events every weekend. To keep warm in the winter months, we surrounded ourselves with even more fantastic family, friends and functions. We even met some brand new members of the Bliss Weddings clan and welcomed fresh new faces to the staff as well as some great new clients for 2009. I even started a few new projects!

I couldn’t have made it through this year without the support of some of the area’s best vendors and venues, our close friends, ridiculously adorable clients, smiling staff and more love and romance than I could ever have imagined!

We had weddings that went smoothly and weddings that were a little more trying. Fun first dances, tears of joy and tears of sadness, memories of loved ones who had passed, glances of adoration and tons of intimate details rounded out some of my favorite moments of 2008.  We also had tomato sauce on dresses, missing ring bearer pillows, crazy photographers, late limos, shattered cake toppers and I can’t even count the number of broken shoes. With each year, we are given the opportunity to share in a couple’s special day. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it is a ton of work, but I personally left each event with a smile on my face and feeling completely content. You never know what you are going to get with a wedding, but I know that being surrounded by so much love, it is impossible to forget why I am there. I think the same goes for each passing year. We may have a few uphill battles, but the greatest part of it all is not knowing what will happen next.

I want to take this time to wish you all a very safe, prosperous and happy New Year and may 2009 bring you all you could ever wish for and more! Thank you all for being such a big part of my life. I am really looking forward to seeing what the coming years bring for me and for Bliss Weddings!

XOXO- Amanda