Why use Weddings Unlimited?

Create & Live the Event that YOU Want!

An important issue is: YOU ARE IN CHARGE. You make the final choices and decisions. First, Joyce Smith sits down with you and determines what you want to do and provides general guidance. Then you are provided recommendations and ranges of options for each specific area of the wedding.

Enjoy Savings-in-Time

After you have made your basic decisions, potential pre-qualified vendors that work well as a "team" are selected. You are given time-effective, targeted options. If needed, appointments will be arranged for you.

Enjoy Savings-in-Money

You start with a realistic budget. Best-value "team" vendors are chosen. Needed items are not overlooked. Budget busters are avoided. Duplicated costs are eliminated.

Enjoy Effective Coordination

"Everyone enjoyed the wedding - except the bride (or her mother)" - a sad, but often told tale. Weddings are made up of many separate, specialized vendors. Joyce brings the "team" all together. You are free to enjoy your day without having to micro-manage it.

About Joyce C. Smith:

Joyce C. Smith, Master Bridal Consultant™

History:

Joyce Smith, the principal of Weddings Unlimited, founded the business after conducting a family wedding. The need to creatively and effectively bring together many different facets of a wedding was readily apparent in her entrepreneurial vision.

Experience:

She has successfully provided wedding planning services for well over a decade to a broad array of clients, including Grammy Award winner Peter Frampton. At the Cincinnati Art Museum, Border's Books, Joseph Beth Bookstore and the Cincinnati Public Library, she has conducted professional seminars for prospective brides. Her comments and recommendations have been regularly reported in Cincinnati Wedding Magazine and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Recognized as a local authority, she has made featured appearances on Cincinnati TV stations, Channel 12 (CBS), Channel 9 (ABC) and Channel 19 (Fox). National Bridal Guide Magazine has interviewed her several times, the latest being September/October of 2007.

Education:

Her undergraduate degree is in theater arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She calls upon those skills in much the same way that a theatrical producer brings together a production. Creatively she can "see" what the wedding party wants to do. And like a good producer, she knows how to bring together the separate parts to make it happen.

Her graduate degree from Xavier - Cincinnati and postgraduate studies focused on administration. Effective budget and time line management stems from those studies.

Business Plan:

Her business plan was developed and confirmed under the guidance of a business accountant (CPA) and an attorney at law who specialize in small business affairs.

Professional Affiliations:

Joyce is fully accredited by and a Master Bridal Consultant™ of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC). She has taken all of the examinations and passed them with highest honors. In addition to attending and speaking at numerous event & bridal conferences, she provides mentoring services and training as the Ohio State Coordinator to novices in the ABC program.

Beginning in the fall of 2007 Joyce will be teaching at Butler Tech a class for those interested in starting their own wedding business.

As a charter member of the Cincinnati Chapter of the International Special Events Society, Joyce produced an elaborate wedding event that featured guest speaker Preston Bailey, a celebrity wedding and event planner.

Joyce is a current member of the West Chester Chamber Alliance where she contributes to their community awards banquet each year.

Achievements:

The Knot 2007 Best of Weddings Magazine placed (rated by The Knot brides) Weddings Unlimited at the top of their list for our local community and across the nation.

References:

References from both clients and vendors are available upon request.