Congratulations to Washington Wedding Network USA Membership Appreciate Award winners, Shindig Events & Taylor'd Events by Jennifer

Between all the beautiful outdoor weddings and awards that summer season brings to our beautiful Northwest, we can hardly keep up with all the congratulations that are due to our Weddings in Woodinville 2013 vendors! 

This week we want to share with you the accolades and congratulate Kelli Bielema, Shindig Events, for winning the Best Spirit Award & Fresh Thinker Award and Jennifer Taylor, Taylor’s Events by Jennifer, for Best Attendance, in the Washington Wedding Network USA Membership Appreciate Awards!

The annual membership appreciation award honorees are chosen by their peers.

Wedding Network USA is a networking organization focused on everything and anything weddings! Their goal is to provide wedding professionals with a variety of opportunities and resources to help grow their individuals businesses as well as advance the wedding industry as a whole.  Through the sharing of business expertise, educational topics and networking we hope to positively impact the wonderful world of weddings.  Wedding Network USA is the networking and educational partner of mywedding.com.  

Congratulations 2013 Weddings in Woodinville vendors for your wins in the Northwest Meetings + Events' 2013 Readers’ Choice Best Of Awards

Congratulations 2013 Weddings in Woodinville vendors for your wins in the Northwest Meetings + Events' 2013 Readers’ Choice Best Of Awards!

Lisa Dupar Catering (featured at Columbia Winery) for Best Catering Company in Washington

Pedersen’s Event Rentals (also featured at Columbia Winery) for Best Rental Service in Washington

and

Butler Valet and Transportation (featured throughout the tour as transportation providers & coordinators during the tour) for Best Transportation Provider/Valet Services in Washington
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Rare Form Limousine LCT 2012 Operator of the Year

Congratulations to Eli Darland, owner of Rare Form Limousine, for winning Limousine, Charter & Tour Magazine’s 2012 Operator of the Year Award!

Limousine, Charter & Tour Magazine recognizes excellent performance among chauffeured transportation operators each year with its Operator Of The Year Awards. Since 1990, qualified finalists and winners have been recognized for their achievements and promoted as positive examples to the industry.  This award contest is the most prestigious and longest running business awards contest in the chauffeured transportation industry and Washington native, Eli Darland, of Rare Form Limousine, and Weddings in Woodinville Founding Board Member has won this prestigious award in the 1-10 Vehicles category.  Only fifteen-chauffeured transportation companies worldwide were selected as finalists in the 2012 LCT Operator of the Year awards.

Congratulations Eli on your well-deserved award! 

2012 LTC Operator of the Year Award Winners

For more information about Rare Form Limousine services please visit:

www.rareformlimo.com

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Emerald City Applause Award Congratulations

We would like congratulate all of the winners of this years Emerald City Applause Awards!  We are especially proud to share with you the following vendors who participated in Weddings in Woodinville this year who received the following recognitions for their great talents.

Lisa Dupar Catering for BEST OFF-PREMISE CATERED EVENT for their
"Intel AppUp Elements 2011" event

Marni Good of Coat Check Complete for BEST EVENT SUPPORT SERVICES for the "Corbet-Cawley Inaugural Ball"

Jacky Grotle of Event Success for BEST EVENT PRODUCED FOR A NON PROFIT OR ASSOCIATION with a BUDGET UNDER $25,000 for "The Seattle Foundation Luncheon"

The Emerald City Applause Awards celebrate the very best achievements of locally based event experts, non-profit organizations and wedding and meeting professionals and is produced by ISES, the International Special Events Society – Seattle Chapter.

ISES Seattle Chapter membership is comprised of special event professionals from all over the Puget Sound region. These companies provide invaluable resources and services that will benefit your efforts in producing a successful special event.  They promote professional development: CSEP certification, education, recognition, resources, strategic alliances & networking.

Many of their members are nationally and internationally recognized for their high quality of products and services, as well as their expertise and creativity.

Interested in joining?  Attend the next ISES Seattle Chapter Meeting, held the third Wednesday of every month and showcase different venues and members. To learn more about the exciting opportunities to network and learn from the industry’s best, please visit www.isesseattle.com

World's Best Planners named by Junebug Weddings at Weddings in Woodinville

We are bursting with excitement that 2 of our wedding planners, Jacky Grotle of Event Success and Janel Ellefsen of Occasion, LLC have been named World’s Best Wedding Planners by Junebug Weddings. 

Here’s what these award-winning planners had to tell us about this distinct title:

What does it mean for you to be titled World’s Best Wedding Planner by Junebug Weddings for wedding planning?

Jacky:  It is an honor and privilege to be recognized for the work we do.  We have won Local & National awards but WOW "The World's Best Wedding Planner" that is truly special.

Janel:  It’s a huge honor!  I’ve been a member since they started and I would never leave!

What about you & your style make you in this elite group for Washington State?

Jacky:  I think it is a combination of things but definitely years of success in this industry and the complexity of events that we have successfully executed both locally and at destination locations.

Janel:  Because we’re awesome!  Clearly! Ha ha.  No, really I think it’s because we specialize in full service more complex weddings with many details.  We strive for a very complete look for every client.  We each bring a very strong talent to the table so we pull from the specialist in that category if need be.  Between the three of us we give 150% to each full service client.

4.  What are other titles you've held/hold for planning?

Jacky:  We have won "Chapter Program of the Year" Award from National Association of Catering Executives, Top 3 Planners by Evening Magazine/King 5's Best in the Northwest designation, & most recently the Emerald City Applause Award for "Best Event Logistics".  I hold the title of CMP (Certified Meeting Professional), which you must have at least 10 years in the industry and pass a very difficult exam too. 

Janel: Best of Planner for the Knot, State Coordinator for ABC and we are on the Style Me Pretty Preferred Black Book.

5.  What is one of your favorite wedding moments during each ceremony?  Or what particular moment stays with you after all these years from that one unforgettable wedding?

Jacky:  I love when the couple exchanges their vows; I tear up almost every time.  I surprise myself that after almost 500 weddings, I still get emotional!  I can feel the commitment the couple is making to one another- it is an intimate moment that they are sharing and I think that is very special.

Janel:  When the bride makes it down the aisle!  Father of the bride toasts!  Hands down the best part.

Janel Ellefsen & team, Occasions LLC named World's Best Planner by Junebug Weddings
Jacky Grotle, Event Success named World's Best Wedding Planner by Junebug Weddings