I have waited for this day to come for a long, long time, and finally it’s coming true in about 14 weeks! I am beyond ecstatic. Floral designer and photographer extraordinaires - Nancy Liu Chin and Kevin Chin are visiting Maui the first week of December, and we are going to hang out and do [...]
Karen first contacted me last April for her wedding this May. Although she and Micah didn’t get a chance to fly out to Maui for a scouting trip prior to their wedding, we did everything by phone and by email and we had a great time planning the wedding together.
They wanted a Filipino Catholic ceremony, [...]
Two months ago, my good friend Tad of Tad Craig Photography came to me and asked if I could help him with some marketing and branding projects. Having worked in the marketing field for over a decade, of course I was happy to oblige. I was actually honored that he approached me.
In exchange for my [...]
2 weeks ago, I received a lovely email from Kathy of “The MOB Mentality” blog. She is currently helping her daughter plan the wedding of her dreams in Florida, and she wanted to know if I can provide some tips and advice on hiring a wedding planner for a destination wedding.
I said yes of course, [...]
It doesn’t happen very often when wedding vendors get the same day off, but this past Saturday Ralph Giles and Daniel Southmayd of Catering from Soup to Nuts invited a few of us to their lovely house for a wonderful barbeque dinner. Besides my hubby and I, Mike Sidney of Mike Sidney Photography was also [...]
Oahu always holds a very special place in my heart because that’s where I got married a little over 4 years ago. So I was really excited when I headed out there for Kate and Jeff’s wedding at Lanikuhonua, one of my favorite venues on the “Gathering Isle”!
Here are some snapshots that I took with [...]
I receive emails, cover letters and resumes every week from those of you who aspires to be an event planner or designer, and wants to join the Events by Evonne team. Although currently there are no open positions available, every Spring I do conduct interviews for new interns to join us for that year’s wedding [...]
I am on Oahu right now, preparing for Kate and Jeff’s wedding tomorrow at the beautiful Lanikuhonua. I always love doing weddings on the neighbor islands, it’s a nice change of surroundings and vendors that I collaborate with.
Will have a full update later this week, but make sure you continue to visit Away Soiree. We [...]
I was super excited when Shawna first contacted me in February 2008. First of all, I love having at least 12 months (if not more) to plan each wedding… that way I get to really know my clients plus I will have tons of time to work out all of the details with them. Secondly, [...]
Here at Events by Evonne, although we have a specific busy wedding season every year, our “down time” is usually spent working on other projects such as updating and improving our website or our blog…etc. The last couple of months, my designer, Steven, and I have been busy working on website updates and tweaking a [...]
