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May 5th 2009 2nd Annual Local Favorites
Executive Club Party.
What a great night. We had a terrific showing this year. With over 15
businesses represented we were able to network and talk through
some
very interesting topics. Several small groups broke off, while a main
core of people worked the center of the room. Drinks flowed from some
great Cinco de Mayo specials. The food was terrific and everyone got
to
sample some of the Crowns best appetizers.
We will be going public with the Local Favorites page. The website has
been reserved and efforts will start very soon to make it the best place
to shop for local wedding vendors. I can't wait to get it going. I might
never get to bed tonight. I appreciate some volunteers that are offering
to lend their expertise to the development of what will be the best site in
Springfield. Remember to send me your updated logos for the new
DVD
that is being worked on. I want to thank everyone that showed up
and let you know that with your positive inputs and support it makes the
time spent worth it. Four more 8x10 banners were taken for display in
local businesses. Terrific. New cards were handed out.
It was nice to see some familiar faces and to see some new faces. It
was great to meet the other half of each members team. Along with my
spouse, several of us are blessed to have such great family support.
With this being our second annual party and having an increase in
participants, we were able to talk about more things that we all want to
see in the future. We all want to build and grow our businesses and
with
everyone's help we will all network together and see an increase
though
referrals. Some one said that we resemble the starting of a chamber
like
group. With many of us already Chamber members it will be easy for us
to share the professionalism with the others and bring the level of
service to our clients beyond that of our competition.
I wish every local favorite member could have been there and I will be
calling all of you this week to bring you up to date on the in network
news.
Matthew Stevens
Executive Club Party.
What a great night. We had a terrific showing this year. With over 15
businesses represented we were able to network and talk through
some
very interesting topics. Several small groups broke off, while a main
core of people worked the center of the room. Drinks flowed from some
great Cinco de Mayo specials. The food was terrific and everyone got
to
sample some of the Crowns best appetizers.
We will be going public with the Local Favorites page. The website has
been reserved and efforts will start very soon to make it the best place
to shop for local wedding vendors. I can't wait to get it going. I might
never get to bed tonight. I appreciate some volunteers that are offering
to lend their expertise to the development of what will be the best site in
Springfield. Remember to send me your updated logos for the new
DVD
that is being worked on. I want to thank everyone that showed up
and let you know that with your positive inputs and support it makes the
time spent worth it. Four more 8x10 banners were taken for display in
local businesses. Terrific. New cards were handed out.
It was nice to see some familiar faces and to see some new faces. It
was great to meet the other half of each members team. Along with my
spouse, several of us are blessed to have such great family support.
With this being our second annual party and having an increase in
participants, we were able to talk about more things that we all want to
see in the future. We all want to build and grow our businesses and
with
everyone's help we will all network together and see an increase
though
referrals. Some one said that we resemble the starting of a chamber
like
group. With many of us already Chamber members it will be easy for us
to share the professionalism with the others and bring the level of
service to our clients beyond that of our competition.
I wish every local favorite member could have been there and I will be
calling all of you this week to bring you up to date on the in network
news.
Matthew Stevens
May 13th 2008 1st annual Local Favorites
Executive Club Party.
All I can say is that I'm glad someone brought a camera. Words can
not describe how great this party was. We shared, talked and had
some great new ideas to simply better the Springfield weddings for
you, our clients. We have laid the groundwork for a great group of
local wedding related business to work together and bring the level of
service up a huge notch for our brides and grooms.
Matthew Stevens
Executive Club Party.
All I can say is that I'm glad someone brought a camera. Words can
not describe how great this party was. We shared, talked and had
some great new ideas to simply better the Springfield weddings for
you, our clients. We have laid the groundwork for a great group of
local wedding related business to work together and bring the level of
service up a huge notch for our brides and grooms.
Matthew Stevens
June 2nd 2009 Press Release:
Today we have officially launched our site. We are a group of local
wedding related businesses that work together to give you the most
unique and fun events possible. We have been working for about two
years to be able to call ourselves a "one stop shop" for the entire
wedding reception. Today we can truly say that you will not need to go
to any other site in order to make your wedding dreams a reality. We
have a very special group that works well together and knows how to
get it done right. When you hire any or all of us, we will coordinate
together to make sure that every detail is taken care of to your
requests.
S.L.F. Team
Today we have officially launched our site. We are a group of local
wedding related businesses that work together to give you the most
unique and fun events possible. We have been working for about two
years to be able to call ourselves a "one stop shop" for the entire
wedding reception. Today we can truly say that you will not need to go
to any other site in order to make your wedding dreams a reality. We
have a very special group that works well together and knows how to
get it done right. When you hire any or all of us, we will coordinate
together to make sure that every detail is taken care of to your
requests.
S.L.F. Team
June 26th 2009 New Logo
Today our very own Lisa Lu Designs made us a logo. It is
fabulous and we want to make sure that we give her credit for
working very hard. Please add the logo to your page and link
back to the Springfield Local Favorites site. We want to thank
those of you that sent designs and helped Lisa and I create such
a masterpiece of ideas. It truly captures a little of all the ideas
sent. We can not thank you enough.
S.L.F. Team
Today our very own Lisa Lu Designs made us a logo. It is
fabulous and we want to make sure that we give her credit for
working very hard. Please add the logo to your page and link
back to the Springfield Local Favorites site. We want to thank
those of you that sent designs and helped Lisa and I create such
a masterpiece of ideas. It truly captures a little of all the ideas
sent. We can not thank you enough.
S.L.F. Team
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Bergners’s Bridal Great Beginnings In Store
Registry Event
Thursday, July 23-Sunday, July 26
Register with us and receive a Free Wedding & Gift Planner
Add 10 or more items to your new registry and be entered
into our Great Beginnings Giveaway!
Stop by our Estee Lauder counter for a Signature service
Plus receive a FREE bonus sample.
Receive information from local vendors and be entered
into a drawing for Many Door prizes!
For an appointment, call Stephanie @ (217)793-2010 x4443
Registry Event
Thursday, July 23-Sunday, July 26
Register with us and receive a Free Wedding & Gift Planner
Add 10 or more items to your new registry and be entered
into our Great Beginnings Giveaway!
Stop by our Estee Lauder counter for a Signature service
Plus receive a FREE bonus sample.
Receive information from local vendors and be entered
into a drawing for Many Door prizes!
For an appointment, call Stephanie @ (217)793-2010 x4443
| 2nd Annual Bridal Bash When: Sunday, September 27th 2009 From: 2pm until 6 pm @: The Rail Golf Course Sponsored by: SpringfieldLocalFavorites.com |
August 7th 2009 Sweet Life Treats
We welcome our newest member to the group. Chocolates, ice cream,
coffees, candy and the newest coolest thing around: edible chocolate
pictures. This shop can satisfy that sweet tooth. They have penny
candy and a few hard to find selections. Located behind Family Video
off of Koke Mill and Iles. This location is perfect for little kids and big
ones. With the choices of treats it is no wonder why this shop will
become your favorite very quickly. They can customize items for your
wedding reception.
We welcome our newest member to the group. Chocolates, ice cream,
coffees, candy and the newest coolest thing around: edible chocolate
pictures. This shop can satisfy that sweet tooth. They have penny
candy and a few hard to find selections. Located behind Family Video
off of Koke Mill and Iles. This location is perfect for little kids and big
ones. With the choices of treats it is no wonder why this shop will
become your favorite very quickly. They can customize items for your
wedding reception.
October 12th 2008 1st Annual Bridal Bash
What a great day. I arrived at 8 am and was the first vendor on site.
Party creations set up their big stuff the night before. It was fun and
exciting to see some of Springfield's best wedding related businesses
work together to put on a free show. We had over 50 guests attend
this
show and one very lucky bride to be took home a fabulous vacation trip
for 3 days and 2 night to a wonderful resort form Savvi Formal. Davids
Bridal showed off some great dresses. Studio 7 showcased some
spectacular photo albums on every table so that brides could sit and
look. Poe's Catering had some of the best food and I even got a take
home plate. Thanks, it was just as good reheated for dinner. Denny
Jewelers had a magnificent display of rings, Crista found that one
diamond she always wanted. It was bigger then a CD. Mary Kay,
Treetop Productions, Simply Springfield Weddings were all on hand to
talk to brides and teach them the importance of every detail. To cap it
off we had cake from Specialty Cakes, my favorite desert place.
Matthew Stevens
What a great day. I arrived at 8 am and was the first vendor on site.
Party creations set up their big stuff the night before. It was fun and
exciting to see some of Springfield's best wedding related businesses
work together to put on a free show. We had over 50 guests attend
this
show and one very lucky bride to be took home a fabulous vacation trip
for 3 days and 2 night to a wonderful resort form Savvi Formal. Davids
Bridal showed off some great dresses. Studio 7 showcased some
spectacular photo albums on every table so that brides could sit and
look. Poe's Catering had some of the best food and I even got a take
home plate. Thanks, it was just as good reheated for dinner. Denny
Jewelers had a magnificent display of rings, Crista found that one
diamond she always wanted. It was bigger then a CD. Mary Kay,
Treetop Productions, Simply Springfield Weddings were all on hand to
talk to brides and teach them the importance of every detail. To cap it
off we had cake from Specialty Cakes, my favorite desert place.
Matthew Stevens
The 2nd Annual Bridal Bash was held September 27th 2009 from
2-6 pm at The Rail Golf. This event was even better this year as we
had more booths and more brides. Everyone had a great time and
we have had numerous positive comments by brides to be and from
the local businesses. Savvi gave away a 8 day 7 night honeymoon
vacation package to one lucky bride to be. Stephanie and Jake are
going to enjoy one of many locations that they get to choose from.
Thank you Amanda from Savvi for donating this great grand prize.
Lauer fine Jewelers donated a diamond necklace that was hidden
in one of the gift bags. Some Lucky Bride to be will discover it
hidden in her bag this week and will need to go to the store to claim
it. Thank you Bruce for such a great hidden prize.
We asked each vendor to supply two helpers to set up the show. A
special thanks goes out to Petals and Company for sending four
big strong guys to move stuff. Longaberger, Specialty Cakes and
Double A Carving stood out from the crowd as they never slowed
down and really carried the big loads of heavy stuff in the tent for
our wonderful ladies to set up. Party Creations made huge hit with
setting up the outdoor chapel and turning it a new direction that
looked fabulous. At the end of the event, Bella Milano grabbed the
hand truck and carted all of the chairs. I know that everyone helped
out and without volunteers this show would have cost a small
fortune. I take my hat off to everyone that showed up early and
waited on the trucks, to everyone that stayed late and made sure to
double check to make sure we were done. Thank you all so much.
With door prizes, food, comedy and the areas best, this show was
first class all the way. We had terrific table center pieces by Petals
& Company and Party Creations Floral. Sweet Life Treats, Magical
Events and Specialty Cakes made a huge hit with the sweet tooths.
Secret Recipes, Nelson's and Bella Milano served up some great
food. Everyone did a great job in making this the best fall show of
the year. We raised the bar for next year pretty high. The ice
sculptor did a fabulous job with our logo and some very cool pieces
at his booth.
Mike Unland was working the room from start to finish. He took
pictures and video for every booth. He truly stepped up and did
above an beyond what was asked of him. I asked him to snap a few
minutes of film and he never set his camera down. Truly
professional. Can't wait to see the edited versions. Thank you Mike.
Give us a call to discuss how to make next year even better.
585-4008. Send us an email to comment on the event.
2-6 pm at The Rail Golf. This event was even better this year as we
had more booths and more brides. Everyone had a great time and
we have had numerous positive comments by brides to be and from
the local businesses. Savvi gave away a 8 day 7 night honeymoon
vacation package to one lucky bride to be. Stephanie and Jake are
going to enjoy one of many locations that they get to choose from.
Thank you Amanda from Savvi for donating this great grand prize.
Lauer fine Jewelers donated a diamond necklace that was hidden
in one of the gift bags. Some Lucky Bride to be will discover it
hidden in her bag this week and will need to go to the store to claim
it. Thank you Bruce for such a great hidden prize.
We asked each vendor to supply two helpers to set up the show. A
special thanks goes out to Petals and Company for sending four
big strong guys to move stuff. Longaberger, Specialty Cakes and
Double A Carving stood out from the crowd as they never slowed
down and really carried the big loads of heavy stuff in the tent for
our wonderful ladies to set up. Party Creations made huge hit with
setting up the outdoor chapel and turning it a new direction that
looked fabulous. At the end of the event, Bella Milano grabbed the
hand truck and carted all of the chairs. I know that everyone helped
out and without volunteers this show would have cost a small
fortune. I take my hat off to everyone that showed up early and
waited on the trucks, to everyone that stayed late and made sure to
double check to make sure we were done. Thank you all so much.
With door prizes, food, comedy and the areas best, this show was
first class all the way. We had terrific table center pieces by Petals
& Company and Party Creations Floral. Sweet Life Treats, Magical
Events and Specialty Cakes made a huge hit with the sweet tooths.
Secret Recipes, Nelson's and Bella Milano served up some great
food. Everyone did a great job in making this the best fall show of
the year. We raised the bar for next year pretty high. The ice
sculptor did a fabulous job with our logo and some very cool pieces
at his booth.
Mike Unland was working the room from start to finish. He took
pictures and video for every booth. He truly stepped up and did
above an beyond what was asked of him. I asked him to snap a few
minutes of film and he never set his camera down. Truly
professional. Can't wait to see the edited versions. Thank you Mike.
Give us a call to discuss how to make next year even better.
585-4008. Send us an email to comment on the event.
This was our radio spot from WDBR. Thanks Dave
Marquis @ WDBR for working hard on such short
notice. Call Dave @ 691-0707 for advertising.
Marquis @ WDBR for working hard on such short
notice. Call Dave @ 691-0707 for advertising.
January 10th 2010 WDBR Crowne Plaza Bridal Show.
With about 50 vendors present at this years show, the
brides had plenty to absorb. Overall, it was the perfect size
and many brides commented that it wasn't to much for one
day. The SLF had about 17 of its members at this show. We
definitely made the competition raise the level of
professionalism. The vendors area was full of food, dresses,
tuxes, music, decorations, photos, videos and so much
more. It was nice to see some familiar faces and some new
ones. We want to thank everyone who displayed a SLF logo
on their booth. Next year we will have plaques made for
everyone to display. Being a member lets the couples know
that you are referred by other people in the industry and
gives them the comfort knowing you are trusted. When you
proudly display the SLF logo, you are letting others know
that you are one of the best in your field. Respect, honor,
integrity and pride in doing a good job are reflected by SLF
members.I was asked at my booth about being a local
owned and operated DJ and was proud to say yes to my
now clients. She asked several questions and was ready to
book when I told her that 17 other member of the SLF at
that show would gladly refer me. It was with great honor that
I sent some clients directly to other SLF members. I hope
everyone did well at the show and will have a great year
ahead for all of us.
With about 50 vendors present at this years show, the
brides had plenty to absorb. Overall, it was the perfect size
and many brides commented that it wasn't to much for one
day. The SLF had about 17 of its members at this show. We
definitely made the competition raise the level of
professionalism. The vendors area was full of food, dresses,
tuxes, music, decorations, photos, videos and so much
more. It was nice to see some familiar faces and some new
ones. We want to thank everyone who displayed a SLF logo
on their booth. Next year we will have plaques made for
everyone to display. Being a member lets the couples know
that you are referred by other people in the industry and
gives them the comfort knowing you are trusted. When you
proudly display the SLF logo, you are letting others know
that you are one of the best in your field. Respect, honor,
integrity and pride in doing a good job are reflected by SLF
members.I was asked at my booth about being a local
owned and operated DJ and was proud to say yes to my
now clients. She asked several questions and was ready to
book when I told her that 17 other member of the SLF at
that show would gladly refer me. It was with great honor that
I sent some clients directly to other SLF members. I hope
everyone did well at the show and will have a great year
ahead for all of us.
Please send me your booth photo so I can display everyone on this page.
Cinco De Mayo Springfield Local Favorites
3rd Annual Executive Club party.
This party just keeps getting better every year. We had some food &
drinks and then got down to business. As you can tell from the
pictures we partied a little more than we worked. This is our way of
building teamwork and getting to know each other outside of work.
This builds better friendships and results in better events for our
clients. Imagine what a good team can do at your reception, well we
are a Great Team that loves weddings. Thanks to everyone that
showed and shared. Some new and exciting things are going to
happen this year for all of us. We have plans to take our association
to a higher level than previously thought. Pins, Plaques, Banners,
Posters, Membership Awards and so much more will make our group
the best wedding networking group period. When we trust the
person next to us with our reputation, your clients can too.
3rd Annual Executive Club party.
This party just keeps getting better every year. We had some food &
drinks and then got down to business. As you can tell from the
pictures we partied a little more than we worked. This is our way of
building teamwork and getting to know each other outside of work.
This builds better friendships and results in better events for our
clients. Imagine what a good team can do at your reception, well we
are a Great Team that loves weddings. Thanks to everyone that
showed and shared. Some new and exciting things are going to
happen this year for all of us. We have plans to take our association
to a higher level than previously thought. Pins, Plaques, Banners,
Posters, Membership Awards and so much more will make our group
the best wedding networking group period. When we trust the
person next to us with our reputation, your clients can too.
The Rail Golf and Reception Facility. Front door. One step in the tent. The new bar.
| Green LED paint the dance floor. Double buffet lines on the dance floor make a fast serve for dinner. White DJ skirting blends it together. |
| Using SLF members for this event made it even better. The Rail, Stevens DJ Service, Hamilton's Catering, Specialty Cakes. 5-29-10 |
Stevens DJ Service had the pleasure of being the first DJ
in the new State House Inn. We took extra time to setup
each system so you can see what looks best for you. We
also set up the best lights and sound. By positioning the
extra set of speakers facing the crowd we are able to have
much clearer sound. The dance floor rocked pretty hard
late in the night and the quiet guests were able to carry on
a conversation in the back of the room. Platinum setup
looks huge but from the back of the room it fit right in.
in the new State House Inn. We took extra time to setup
each system so you can see what looks best for you. We
also set up the best lights and sound. By positioning the
extra set of speakers facing the crowd we are able to have
much clearer sound. The dance floor rocked pretty hard
late in the night and the quiet guests were able to carry on
a conversation in the back of the room. Platinum setup
looks huge but from the back of the room it fit right in.
| Silver |
| Gold |
| Platinum |
From the back of the room.
| Sound positioning. |
July 17th 2010
This couple put a huge amount of trust in to Stevens DJ Service with
this performance. This is called "Copy The Kiss". As you can tell it
turned out more than great and everyone enjoyed showing this newly
married couple just what a kiss looks like after years of marriage,
dating and friendship. Thanks to Elise from Studio 38 for such a great
picture. It was great to work with Secret Recipes, Specialty Cakes and
Studio 38 to make sure this event
was picture perfect for our couple. By the overwhelming positive
response that we have all received, this event will have fond memories
for many guests, family and a great couple for years to come.
If you want to know how to do this at your event just book
Stevens DJ Service for your wedding.
This couple put a huge amount of trust in to Stevens DJ Service with
this performance. This is called "Copy The Kiss". As you can tell it
turned out more than great and everyone enjoyed showing this newly
married couple just what a kiss looks like after years of marriage,
dating and friendship. Thanks to Elise from Studio 38 for such a great
picture. It was great to work with Secret Recipes, Specialty Cakes and
Studio 38 to make sure this event
was picture perfect for our couple. By the overwhelming positive
response that we have all received, this event will have fond memories
for many guests, family and a great couple for years to come.
If you want to know how to do this at your event just book
Stevens DJ Service for your wedding.