Happy Monday! Your Wedded Bliss!

Monday won't be blue when you wake up a newlywed!  Now that your action packed wedding weekend is over, it's time to start nesting with your new groom.  Wedding day hangovers don't always come with remnants of an alcoholic haze.  Knowing how to ease into your new life and routine is an important recipe to planning your wedding without ending up with a headache.



Top Three Tips:

1. Show Me The Money!  How do merging bank accounts work?  Do you combine your bank accounts or keep them separate?  A good place to start?  Most banks have personal bankers.  Visit your local branch and establish a relationship with a banker you can trust to guide you to the right choice.  Be honest and make sure you and your groom have an allied front on how you think the coins should flow.
2. The Name Game:  Women traditionally take their spouses last name when the wedding day is over.  However, the task of changing your maiden name can be daunting and overwhelming.  First, make sure you and your fiance have agreed what name you wish to take, or keep.  Use a service like Name Change Express to keep it simple.
3. Stuff It!  My stuff, your stuff, OUR stuff.  Combing households and STUFF can be as bad as the next episode of hording!  Don't fall victim to early disagreements by avoiding the 'my stuff' talk.  Make a list of deal breaker items that must be brought with each of you.  Make sure the conversation is fair, honest and non threatening.  Men and women can feel like they are losing a piece of their identity when forced to give up precious treasures.  Tread lightly and make sure you combine your stuff and not your emotional baggage.

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Professional Socialites: Planners with High Society

Houston’s New Event Planning and Public Relations Firm Puts a “Spin” on Tradition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Houston, TX– Professional Socialites, a new Houston company specializing in event planning and public relations, was founded in April 2009 by Crystal Milton and Megan Ford, the Creative Director and Public Relations Director, respectively. They saw a void in the event planning industry for fresh, chic consultants, and stepped in to fill that role. This boutique firm handles coordination for mid-to-high-end weddings, social events, and corporate special events. The company also touts itself as the “go-to” resource for finding up-and-coming venues and hot parties in the Houston area.



“Houston’s social calendar is constantly overflowing with parties and events. We attract clientele that reflect our company and its image: young, hip professionals who want their event to be an exciting twist on the normal. Even when clients opt for ‘traditional’, we help figure out special ways to make the event unique to them and their personal style,” said Milton.
In addition event planning, Professional Socialites handles public relations for small business vendors within the special events industry – a previously untapped PR specialization in the Houston area. While publicity for events and companies is not a novel idea, the concept of “wedding PR” is relatively new. Professional Socialites sees the potential for widespread local and national exposure for the vendors in the Houston market.



“There are several great small business vendors within Houston’s event industry who do not get any exposure outside of bridal shows. While the shows are a great opportunity to showcase a company, they aren’t the only way to get the name out,” said Ford. “Many wedding and event shows are dominating television airwaves, making people increasingly aware of the capabilities – and the need – for highly skilled vendors.





Through branding strategies, content creation, social media and targeted media placement, we increase visibility – thereby increasing revenue – for our small business clients, who traditionally have not had access to these outlets for exposure.”
Free-flowing libations, flashing paparazzi, a live deejay, and a bevy of desserts and hours d’ oeuvres – from 20 of the city’s best vendors – greeted and entertained the nearly 200 guests in attendance at Professional Socialites’ launch party. The late summer event, held at the Darryl & Co. showroom, has set the tone for the company’s all-but-subtle entrance to the industry.
With a strong assembly of vendor relationships and confidence in their inimitable abilities, Professional Socialites is primed to make its distinctive, untraditional mark on a highly traditional industry.



For more information on Professional Socialites, visit http://www.professionalsocialites.com/.






Megan Ford Professional Socialites, LLC


Megan@ProfessionalSocialites.com


Office: (713)581-0486 Fax: (713)583-1386