Author Archives: Dorinda Duclos

Where is the love?

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Where is the love? Isn’t that what the wedding industry is all about?  Couples, pledging their love and life together.  How come this same concept doesn’t hold true for the people who help bring this event to fruition, aka the wedding vendors?  If you think the nasty and negative comments you leave on different social media outlets can’t be seen by potential clients, you couldn’t be more wrong.  Word of mouth is huge in the wedding industry.

It’s a new year and in the past 7 days I have seen more bickering and bullying by wedding vendors, to and about other vendors, their so-called peers, than ever before.  This is part of the reason I left the industry.  However, just because I left doesn’t mean I’m not paying attention to what’s happening.  I just have a different perspective.  I’m no longer the vendor, now I’m the client.  What I am seeing is other vendors posting about how disgusted they are that this is even happening.  Is it really necessary to be so rude to someone who may be asking for advice on a particular subject?  Ridicule does not belong in an industry based on love.  There are plenty of opportunities for everyone associated with weddings.  If you’re doing well, there really is no reason to tread on the those who are just starting to make a name for themselves.  It’s easy to step on toes, until someone steps back.

Bully – n; A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.

Consider how you would feel coming into any industry without the knowledge of those who have been in it for years.  I’m sure some of you were lucky enough to find a mentor.  Pay it forward.  Instead of stomping on someone’s dream, help make it a reality.

No one likes a bully.  Unless you want your good name associated with the term, you might want to consider your words before actually saying them.

On a personal note, Congratulations to the hard working wedding vendors who won the “Couple’s Choice Award”.  An award well deserved by most.  Some have put down the award, stating it’s meaningless because it’s based on reviews. I’m thinking they’re putting it down because they didn’t receive one. 😉

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She Found Her Voice

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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She found her voice,

Among the quiet thunder,

A sound so loud, it could only be heard,

As a wave crashing along the shore,

A bee humming softly in its hive,

Building to a deafening crescendo,

Awaiting the last word.

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What Is It About Snow & French Toast?

03 Friday Jan 2014

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The weatherman says we’re in for a major snow event…start your engines.  You know you have to get to the grocery store for the most important three items on the list…milk, eggs & bread aka French Toast.  What is it about snow that makes everyone crave this irresistibly delicious breakfast food?

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Of course I’m kidding.  But I really do want to know why people panic when a weather event is announced. It’s weather, it happens every day.  And it’s not like we haven’t been through it before.  The media hype is just that, hype.  Unless you’re a transplant from Hawaii, most Northerners know how to handle the snow.  You may even get a day off from work or school.

Look at it this way, it’s Winter.  It’s going to snow.  It’s going to sleet.  Put on your Winter coat, go outside, build a snowman, have a snowball fight, flop in the snow and make a snow angel.  Be a kid again.  Then wait for the roads to clear, the deliveries made and then go buy your milk, eggs & bread.  Make your French Toast and be sure to invite me over.  I’ll bring the syrup. 😉

original photo via thebossysister.blogspot.com

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Happy New Year

31 Tuesday Dec 2013

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“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” ― Brad Paisley

As we prepare to say goodbye to 2013, we look forward to new beginnings in 2014.  Wishing you a new year filled with love, happiness, health & prosperity!!

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What do the clouds say?

30 Monday Dec 2013

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We all need an escape, from the mundane political crap that’s spewed upon us on a daily basis, whether via the news on TV or any of your social media feeds, and of course the ever dramatic wedding industry.  When I saw this go by in my Facebook feed, via my friend Kitryn Marie, I couldn’t resist sharing it.  It’s brought about giggles from friends both publicly & privately, with some asking if I was hinting at a specific person.  The answer is no, no one specific and everyone specific.

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Let’s face it.  We’ve all done it.  If you say you haven’t, you’re lying!   We sit out in our backyards, or glance out a car window, and we look UP.  Not at the sun, directly, but at the clouds.  And you know you’ve found yourself wondering if you might catch a shape of something floating by.  People have claimed to see anything from the devil himself, to horses, to hearts, to an angel playing a harp.  Either they have very vivid imaginations, are on some powerful drugs or they simply want to believe a cloud is more than a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.

Whatever fuels us, we’ve all done it.  And we’ll continue to do it.  But you do have to wonder..are the clouds looking down and wondering what shapes they’re seeing?  Now, about those moons…..

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