A Divine Affair: WPIC

Monday, 16 May 2016

A Divine Affair is 5!

A Divine Affair - Niagara Wedding & Event Planners

Happy 5th Anniversary!

In May of 2011 I started A Divine Affair in hopes of having the opportunity to bring a few couples Dream Weddings to life!

I had experience with Weddings for years before but was so excited to take a chance and start my own Planning Company! After Getting my WPIC Certification in April 2011, I officially got my Business name and registered it on May 5th, 2011! A Divine Affair was born and I spent all of my free time designing my website and marketing material.

A Divine Affair has come a long way in 5 short years! We have rebranded and grown much more aware of the types of Weddings we want to plan and the couples we would like to work with.

We have had the opportunity to plan and coordinate over 100 Weddings and Events and 2016 is our busiest year yet!

In 2015 Martina came on board as my Coordination Assistant. She was my right hand man at all of our 2015 Weddings. She had also started coordinating weddings on her own. Just this month... she officially became a WPIC Certified Coordinator herself!

This year has been such a great year for A Divine Affair... I got our very first office space. No more home office or coffee shop meetings... It was a huge step and something I am super excited about and proud of!

To celebrate A Divine Affair's 5th year... Any Month-of Wedding Coordination Package that is booked before May 31st, 2016 will receive a huge discount of $105!

With 24 Weddings so far in the books for this summer... we don't have many available dates left... but yours may just be one of those lucky days we still have free!

Thank you so much to everyone that has helped me and A Divine Affair get to where it is today. My Family's support and my Husbands help and love have had a huge impact on my success... Encouragement from my friends and family has pushed me to keep going and creating bigger goals... The amazing Vendors and Venues that I have had the opportunity to work with over the years have made my job even more enjoyable than I could have ever imagined. The Niagara Wedding Industry is an amazing group of people to be included in and I consider so many of those amazing professionals not only Co-workers but also great Friends.

Cheers to 5 amazing years and excited to see what is to come in the next 5!

xo Jennie

Friday, 27 February 2015

WPIC 2015 Kick Off

WPIC Be Bold 2015 Kick off Event

On February 19th, nearly 100 incredibly talented WPIC alumni gathered at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto to "Be Bold" and celebrate the start of a new year!

The evening started off with a lovely cocktail hour. Upon entering the cocktail hour, alumni were asked to choose a balloon to pop and inside was a coloured gem signifying a table they got to choose a prize from. I got a gift card to Victoria's Secret :) ... During the cocktail hour alumni was able to enjoy lovely music by the Ernie Kalwa Jazz Trio. We were able to enjoy delicious gelato from Cremahh, desserts by Cakeholics, a photobooth by Best Event.ca, nail art by A Pink Nail and watch cigar rolling by Corenti Cigars and topless eye candy.

After cocktail hour, we enjoyed a delicious dinner which included the following 3 courses:
The First Glance – warm honey mushrooms in a frisée nest with sweet and spicy pecans, raspberries and boursin crumble
The Embrace – Brie and almond filled chicken breast with asparagus tips and potato
The Seduction – Macaroon cloud with raspberry crème and chocolate, with Grand Marnier cherries.

During dinner we were entertained by Wayde and Devon of D&W Entertainment Group. The very talented Olga Pankova our live event artist was painting a beautiful painting throughout the evening, which captured the theme perfectly.
Our guest speaker was Leyla Rezeghi from DivaGirl Preneur, talking about building an empire. "People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe". "Create your tribe... Pick your posse". We also learned some things about the Eaton Chelsea Hotel from Rebecca Babineau. We were to answer questions about the hotel and my table got the first question and won delicious chocolates... they didn't last long.
The entertainment for the evening was 2 lovely Burlesque dancers from the Toronto School of Burlesque. The talented Kitty Litteur and Agatha Frisky gave a show I am sure none of us will forget anytime soon.

After dinner, D&W Entertainment Group got the dance floor rocking. As we left, we were handed a huge swag bag full of goodies...

It was a lovely evening of inspiration and networking. It was great to catch up with fellow planners and meet new ones. I love this yearly event and look forward to seeing what the WPIC regional reps have in store for us next year!

Enjoy some photos from this fabulous event... all photos credited to: Cardozo Photography