Featured in the current edition of Event Solutions Magazine are Hunter Lowder of Holman Ranch and Karissa Paxton of Coastside Couture Kudos to our rising stars!

Our very own Amy Byrd of Amy Byrd Weddings  and Rene Ramirez of Floral Designs by Reina  were featured in  Style Me Pretty  Congrats to you both!

Leadership Seminar at August General Meeting

Coming up on Tuesday August 9th our General Meeting will feature guest speaker Trish Bergstrom of the Knowledge Resources Group who will show us how to be a better leader. Trish helps people to understand that “Developing leadership at all levels of the organization is what drives extraordinary results”.

She says, "Leadership isn’t simply a title or a job; it’s a quality that can be found at all levels of an organization, in all roles, and at all stages along the career path. While some people are “born leaders,” for many of us the talent for leading needs to emerge and be developed. We believe that leadership is a set of skills—skills that can be learned, practiced, and refined by each one of us. Igniting the talent as well as training the skill are both fundamental to the leadership development process."

Members and first-time guests Welcome
RSVP to Wendy Melrose: wendy@fionnafloral.com

Date: August 9, 2011
Location: Kula Ranch Island Steakhouse, Marina.
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm.


Coming up for October General Meeting . . "The Blog Coach" Mark Burrell.

New Board Member Elections

Election Results are in!!!

Here are the newly elected MBWEP board members:

Membership of Santa Cruz County
John Kaemmerling- Kaemmerling Photography & Video

Membership for Monterey and San Benito Counties
Jennifer Church- Jennifer Church's Excellent Focus

Public Relations
Peri Basseri- BigTime Video Services

Showcase Coordinator
Karissa Paxton - Coastside Couture

Website Development
Sara Edwards Marsh - Crescent Moon Paper Company

Thanks to Jennifer Dunbar of Kennolyn, Connie Moore, The Wedding Florist and Laura Manriquez of Bargetto Winery for running the first ever election of board members by the MBWEP general membership. You are awesome!

MBWEP Members make The Knot's "Best of Weddings" 2011 list

Here are the members who made the list:

Holman Ranch
Scott Campbell Photography
Amy Byrd Weddings
DNA Entertainment
Sound In Motion DJs & Video
BigTime Video Services
Shawn Cavlan Beauty Co
Freedom Bakery and Confections
The Buttery
Alexis Party Rentals
Kelly Productions
Eventscapes

Here is the full list for Northern California:
The Knot 2011 Best Of Weddings List

An Amy Byrd production - by BigTime Video Services

Margo and Paul have known one another their whole lives. He was, while not exactly the "boy next door" he was the boy in Margo's grade school class and they didn't pay much attention to each other at all.
Well all of that changed in later years, once Paul started liking girls. He picked a nice one too. In fact he scored with the whole family. They both did. This is a really wonderful group of folks. You can feel the energy at this party. So much fun!

The following wonderful MBWEP members companies participated in this big day:
Reception site: Holman Ranch, Carmel Valley
Wedding Planner: Amy Byrd, Amy Byrd Weddings
Caterer: Paradise Catering

HD Video by Peri Basseri, Patrick Dougherty and Jayna Kersh
Video Editing by Peri Basseri for BigTime Video Services, Monterey
BigTime Video Services

What's New?

Well for starters, we have been terribly remiss in not posting new info on this blog.

We have a bunch of new members:  Check out the website mbwep.com under Our Experts.

MBWEP is growing every month and will be adding a few new members next week in time for our
new print brochure. Deadline for applications of members wanting to be included in the brochure is Monday, October 25th.

This brochure will be available at member businesses and will be handed out at two Bay Area wedding shows (The Ritz and The Claremont) happening this winter. .  More info on that to come . .

We're coming up on the one year anniversary since last year's kickoff party at Holman Ranch and so much has happened since then.  This year's big Holman Ranch bash on November 18th is for MBWEP members and by invitation only.  If you want to come, get that application in!

To find out the latest on what's happening with MBWEP, go to the Bulletin Page of the website. You'll find our monthly newsletter with updates on our showcases and general meetings and our Facebook and Twitter links which include lots of news on member activity.

MBWEP Bulletin Page