I am one of life’s natural helpers, nothing makes me happier than making someone smile by helping them achieve something they are finding difficult.
So my previous careers of nursing, and then more recently Wedding Planning were a natural step, As the cliche goes I wanted to “help people” and that rings true today.
I married my husband Neill, nearly 10 years ago, and was very lucky to be blessed with my children, Kathryn and Leo. Life brings you swings and roundbouts, and motherhood, and redundancy on my husbands part brought me to the Wedding Industry, something I felt quite passionate about, and which blended with my skill set from nursing. Further to this and in the last year, ill health has brought me to full time Wedding Blogging.
The Market / Industry is constantly at you to have that one set thing, that having that set niche increases your chances of Business survival... well hello, I’m still here! In a world that thinks you need that one special thing to set you apart, to make you different from
your competitors, well here it is...I am all encompassing...broad minded...generalistic, whatever you want to call it, and the blog reflects that. Sometimes, its OK for everything not to be so clearly defined, its OK to be allowed to have different passions, to be able to talk about different things. The MrsPandP/Plans and Presents Wedding Blog features my thoughts, my creative ideas, some Inspirational Real Weddings and Events and information about fabulous new Suppliers and Venues to comprehensively cover areas that I believe will engage interest and provide great information and advice.
I blog because I am passionate about weddings, I am passionate about sharing the knowledge I have gained in my wedding planning career, and the talents of those I have been privileged to meet and work with. But mostly I blog to feel that joy, its exhilirating to be able to share a glimpse of someones special moments. Further to this I am very active on social media, extending the help I give with the Blog. On Twitter, I’m Mrs P and P and I’m known as the lady that loves to help, and on Facebook you can find me as Plans and Presents.
I have also been a Judge
at the 2013 and 2014
Wedding Ideas Awards,
and in 2014 will also be
a Judge in the Bridal
Buyer Awards. I regularly
contribute to Wedding
Industry publications
such as Wedding Ideas
as well as blog advice
features. I also currently
hold No.1 in the UK Wedding Tweeter List (a position I have held for over 2 years).
So thats basically me in a nutshell.