Good Morning!

I found this article that I have to share. I am not sharing it to make anyone feel bad! I just want to make that clear. However, I am sharing because I hope couples will understand that we (Event Planners) are good at our job and to please respect us :).

With that said.......I understand that times are tough and sometimes couples feel as if they are being taken advantage of. You need a DJ so you will pay what they are asking or I want great photos so I will pay that fee as well. I don't want to be stressed on the day of wedding because so will "you" do if for me? YOU CHARGE WHAT!!! I will have my BFF do it instead.

This article from Positively Wed and I hope most couples after reading it understand that we (most of us) are NOT here to take advantage of you.

Happy Planning!
~Melissa

Good morning budget brides!! I had an amazing once and a lifetime deal for you!!

Amazing price reductions in all departments: bridal, bridesmaids, mothers, social occasion, guest of the wedding, flower girl and accessories.

• Bridal Gowns as low as $89!
• Bridesmaids, Mothers, and Flower Girls as low as $9.99
• Plus: Fill a bag with select dresses for $50!

Call now to set up your appointment! (262) 628-1217

Amelishan Bridal
1329 Hwy 175
Hubertus, WI 53033

Hope you get the dress you have always dreamed of!

Happy Planning!
~Melissa

With todays economy weddings and honeymoons are needing be more on a budget than ever!

Brides and Grooms come to me thinking they can't afford what they have dreamed of or want. I am here to tell you that is NOT the case. As Wedding Planners our job is to make your dreams come true no matter the budget. Many Brides and Grooms can't afford to go on a honeymoon because they went over budget on there wedding. I found something that every couple can enjoy.

BlueBay Villas Doradas – Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic is offering a great deal of Four-Night Stay, Plus All-Inclusive Food and Drinks. They have Three Options Available to choose from!!

Lively Adults-Only Seaside Resort Near Prestigious Golf Course Resting beside a glittering aquamarine bay, BlueBay Villas Doradas is an all-inclusive, picturesque resort tucked between verdant clusters of tropical trees. Nearby, the challenging par 72 Playa Dorada Golf Course, designed by master course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr., situates putters between palm-studded bays and turquoise waters. BlueBay Villas Doradas caters to club swingers by assisting with a tee-time reservation at the resort's front desk as well as providing players with a golf swag bag and a golf-cart shuttle to the seaside course.

After a day on the links, the air-conditioned, earth-toned standard plus double room cossets overnighters in one king-size bed or two queen-size beds. A minibar refreshes thirsty visitors with a one-time welcome pack of soda, water, and beers. Travelers can surf through cable- satellite channels on the room's television set, and, for an extra free, store their valuables on a rented golf rack or in an electronic safe.

As an all-inclusive resort, BlueBay Villas Doradas sates its boarders with a quartet of eateries serving cuisine ranging from the international buffet at Las Grazas Restaurant to à la carte steaks at El Dorado Restaurant. A pair of alfresco bars, including a swim-up drinkery, flank the resort's two expansive outdoor pools. Back inside, a team of aestheticians pampers guests with massages and facials in the full-service spa, and hairstylists sculpt stylish coifs in the beauty salon. A steady throb of Caribbean drums entices passersby to partake in a merengue dance lesson, and health hunters can hit the resort's gym or square off against like-minded vacationers on the volleyball or tennis courts. A multifarious hotbed of entertainment, BlueBay also packs three casinos into its compound.

Puerto Plata: Adventure and History Amid a Bustling Beach Scene The sparkling sands and cerulean waters of nearby Playa Dorada proffer a panoply of seaside activities, such as windsurfing, sailing, diving, and water-skiing. History buffs undaunted by the two-hour drive can ditch the surf in favor of Parque Histórico La Isabela, the site of Christopher Columbus' first settlement in the New World. Visitors can hike around the remains of a church as well as the village ruins where Columbus routinely woke his neighbors by blasting the Santa Maria's foghorn.

For an aerial view of Puerto Plata, a teleferico, or cable car, whisks passengers up 2,565 feet to the apex of Mount Isabela de Torres, a towering mountain crowned with blooming botanical gardens and an open-armed statue replicating Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer. The mountaintop affords sweeping panoramic views of the bay's glinting water and lush greenery. For a high-octane excursion, guests can take a tour of Rio Damajagua's charcos, a series of 27 cascading, crystal-clear waterfalls etched out of limestone. With tour guides as chaperones, adventurers work their way up and back through the falls, scrambling, jumping, swimming, and racing mermaids down the sleek cascades.

There is only 6 days left on this deal so get it while you can!

Happy Planning!
~Melissa

I am happy to announce that we are now excepting credit cards! I have put it off for as long as I could and with an offer like this I couldn't refuse.

We are expanding and with that come more change. With the technology that we have today we are able to take our office on the road.

So no matter where you are we can always come to you. Give our office an call today and meet with us about your upcoming event.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy Planning
~Melissa

Congrats to Ann and Sean on their wedding day!

I have only known this couple for about a year but from the stories that I have heard they are a match made in heaven.

I can't wait to see everything come together!

Congrats again to a wonderful couple!

Here is another groupon just for my brides and grooms!

With wedding season coming everyone wants to have a white straight smile for photos. Here your opportunity to have both!

A glowing smile charms irritable librarians, stern highway-patrol officers, and judges with highfalutin ideas about driving through the library. Flaunt your beaming beauty with today's Groupon for cosmetic dental services from Stephanie Murphy, DDS in Glendale. Choose between the following options:

• For $49, you get a Six Months Smiles exam, x-rays, and impressions (a $200 value) plus $500 off the braces system.
• For $99, you get an in-office Whiter Image teeth-whitening treatment (a $300 value) plus 50% off take-home whitening trays.

Stephanie Murphy, DDS blesses clients with healthy, bright smiles through effective, industry-known systems and modern treatments. Bring oral gatekeepers into alignment with a Six Month Smiles exam, x-ray, and impression service, a comprehensive session that drafts the most effective plan for transforming crooked nibblers into upstanding oral citizens. The combination of evaluations measures pearl cobblestones' current configuration, both from a visual inspection and a bone-visible x-ray, and creates an impression of the upper and lower jaw. The resulting 3-D mold is used to craft the customized brace system—Six Month Smiles' braces use thin wires and see-through or tooth-colored brackets, resulting in nearly invisible bracing. Patients who elect to equip the straightening braces also receive $500 to use toward the full service, freeing funds to use for professional headshots or giant smile portraits to gift friends on special occasions. The braces system can cost up to $3,500 depending on the individual.

Alternately, dental care-seekers can banish enamel stains and discoloration with a Whiter Image in-office teeth whitening. Lay back and relax as a trained tooth whitener outfits jaws with two prefilled trays of advanced whitening paste. Groupon customers who choose to continue the brightening service at home by purchasing the Whiter Image take home trays will receive 50% off the trays.

Happy Planning
~Melissa Helt

Good Morning brides and grooms!

Having you been telling everyone that you are going to be working out before your wedding? But still have not found the time to go to the gym or think you can't afford to go since you spend A LOT of money on your wedding. What is i told you that you get in shape for only $20.00!! Would that interest you...maybe even help to get you motivated??

Martial arts, like an advanced calculus book, contains many lessons that require intense concentration and may be used a means of intimidation against middle-school bullies. Bolster your knowledge of self-defense with today’s Groupon: for $20, get one month of fitness-martial-arts classes (one class/week) at Futen Dojo's Bayview location (a $60 value). This Groupon is valid for students ages 15 and older.

Futen Dojo enlightens novices on the study of kobudo, an ancient martial art of Japan. Trainer, founder, and sixth-degree black belt, Michael Coleman, shepherds pugnacious pupils in a four-week self-defense program, uniting fitness with basic defense mechanisms and effective punch lines. Students who attend classes once a week engage in more than the kicks and battle horns of self-defense; they also tighten their cores, arms, and legs with stretchy yoga exercises and whole-body conditioning. After warm-ups and yoga-enhanced stretches, each week’s lesson concentrates on core skills of kobudo, which includes topics such as "how to drop an attacker in two seconds," "how to escape common attacks and grabs," and "how to turn a flying kick into a graceful triple toe loop."

Futen Dojo students harness their chi in the serene, wood-paneled walls of the studio. Founder and sensei Michael Coleman, named a social visionary of 2010 in Shepherd Express, inspires his students to follow the tenets of the traditional warrior: compassion, sincerity, calmness in the face of adversity, and collectedness in the presence of funny faces. Check out the class schedule to see available times.

Happy Planning!
~Melissa

Good morning!

We at Elegant Events hope you enjoyed the weekend and 4th of July with your family and friends like we did! It was HOT day but all well worth our freedom.

We would like to take this opportunity thank all of the men and women serving for our country. Come home safe and soon!

Good morning!!

It is hard to believe that July is only a few days away and our daughter will be 1! Where has the year gone? Better yet where has the summer been? To honor her 1st birthday we will be giving 10% off any package* the WHOLE month! That could be a savings of up to $650.00!

Date must be booked on or before July 31st, 2011. Call today to book your free consult! This is a deal you are NOT going to want to pass up!

We look forward to meeting you!

Happy Planning!
~Melissa


*10% off on available dates only. And does not include linens

Being an Event Planner we mingle with photographers, caters, DJ's and of course other Event Planners. We follow there Blogs, Twitter and even become friends with them on Facebook. We give each-other advice and bounce ideas off of each other.

With that said I have been following Preston Bailey from New York, NY and he has Dear Preston section on his blog which I thought is a great idea. So I am going be adopting the idea for Elegant Events,

If you have questions that you would like answered please email us at dearmelissa@eventsbymelissa.com. I will pick one question a week and answer here on our blog!

I can't wait to see what you ask!

Happy Planning
~Melissa