Tyler and Shelby Turner's Wedding

June 20th, 2015, the day Ty and Shelby have been waiting for their entire lives was finally here! After months of planning, it was time for me to shine too. For their wedding, I played many roles: the wedding planner, maid of honor, d.j., and cake decorator! I know what you're thinking, this girl is in over her head right? Just about, but I managed!

I had the tentative schedule ready from the moment that Ty woke up, to when the wedding was over. I made the cake the night before, working on it till 1:30 in the morning, and had the playlist of songs ready to go for the reception. It was time to put my game face on. I got up, headed over to Ty's to take her to get her hair and makeup done, left the salon, grabbed food for Ty, and went to buy fresh flowers for the cake topper. Eventually, I arrived at the Art Center where the wedding was being held. All of us girls got dressed and then I was off to do the finishing touches on the wedding cake. Once the cake was finished, it was time for our photo-op! During the time of taking pictures, before the ceremony started, I had people come up to me asking how to set the stereo system up. Keep in mind, I was only in charge of making the playlist and know nothing about how to operate a stereo system because I'm not a professional DJ. The stereo system owner didn't show up till last minute and I quickly asked him how to set it up. He said he didn't have time to do it before the ceremony began, so I had to quickly problem solve how to play music for the ceremony. There was a microphone that would be used during the ceremony, so we decided to play the music from my phone into the mic and much to my surprise, it sounded great! Despite that minor bump in the road, the whole first half of the day went rather smoothly! The ceremony proceeded as I cued everyone on down the aisle, an event managing skill I had learned at my previous internship.

It was finally time for the reception where I was in charge of the playlist for the rest of the evening and making sure that the night was on schedule. I had several song requests which, for a while, had me distracted from my duties as the manager and brides maid, but I eventually told people to write down what they wanted to hear to play later. My experience with the wedding taught me that I can't do everything at once. That's what vendors are for! I needed to break down my roles from most important to least. It would have made my job much easier if I wouldn't had been the d.j. Everything else was manageable. Having that schedule really helped make the day go smoothly with minimal complications!