A little bit about me:
I stumbled upon the world of wedding planning mostly by accident. In college, I was required to complete an internship in order to graduate. There weren’t many available, but one did catch my eye: Texas Weddings, one of the largest wedding publications in the state, needed an assistant for one of their sales representatives. I applied and was accepted, and there was no turning back.

During my time interning at Texas Weddings I was exposed to many aspects of the wedding industry and found that I enjoyed them all. From touring new wedding venues, to acting as a photo shoot set assistant on multiple occasions, to organizing fashion shows at various open houses and trunk shows, to sitting in on meetings between brides and their potential vendors – I loved it all. This was right up my alley, and after my internship was over I continued to be involved in the wedding industry working for my first mentor.

When I finished college, I knew exactly what field I wanted to be in. I first worked for a beautiful venue on Lake Travis as one of their three event planners. Eventually I opened my own company, Glass Slipper Events. When my husband’s job brought us to Denver, I found Save the Date Events and immediately started working with Debbie.

I will always remember the first wedding I organized back in Texas. It was an older Asian couple, and their ceremony was a mix of traditional Vietnamese and Christian rituals. The day went smoothly, to my great relief, and everyone had a lovely time. I have coordinated over 30 weddings since then, each one unique and beautiful.

There are two moments at a wedding that I love the most. The first is when the bride first steps out of the changing room, glowing, flowers in hand, hair in place, ready to walk down the aisle. This is actually the most stressful part of the day for me as a wedding planner, but I know it is The Big Moment for the bride. My other favorite moment is when the ceremony is over and the reception has not yet begun – that small piece of time that the bride and groom have to themselves. Beautiful.

I am really excited to now be involved in the Denver wedding and event planning scene. I’m very familiar  with the vendors and venues, and have assisted and coordinated numerous weddings since I began work with Save the Date Events. I am a religious reader of wedding-related blogs and magazines which helps me stay current with all the trends and styles. I will be posting a blog entry every week, each related to an important aspect of a wedding.

You can read more about me in this blog post.  Stay tuned for my etiquette series starting on Monday!

Gabby Cavalli, Colorado Wedding Planner
Save the Date Events

We are growing at Save the Date Events and are currently interviewing for assistant coordinators and interns for 2009. If you are looking to start your own business, we are not the right company for you. We are looking for team players…for our team. Here are the details:

• You must be a either a junior or senior in college with an above average GPA or have a four year degree.
• You love to work evenings and weekends, especially on Saturdays in the summer.
• You are very computer literate and tech savvy
• You have access to your own computer with Internet on a daily basis
• You can be on your feet for long periods of time
• You love weddings
• You have your own transportation
• You can take direction well, can multi-task and work well under pressure
• You are a people person who can easily start a conversation with anyone

Internships are unpaid. Assistant coordinator positions are part-time paid positions with no benefits. Applicants must have relevant wedding or event industry experience to be considered for an assistant coordinator position. For our assistant coordinator positions, we would love to have someone who is interested in working with us on a regular, long-term basis with the possibility of being a wedding consultant in the future at Save the Date Events.

Application Process:
Read through our entire website and browse the blog so that you know more about Save the Date Events. Submit your cover letter and resume via email to Debbie. We would love your cover letter to ’sell us’ on why you should be an intern or assistant at Save the Date Events. Please do not call us about these positions. Inquiries are only accepted through email.

While we work extremely hard at Save the Date Events, we also like to have fun. We guarantee is will the most fun you’ve had at a job AND the hardest you’ve ever worked!

• We won a Knot Best of Weddings 2008 Award for Colorado Wedding Planners
• We were nominated for the Denver 7 A-List AND took 2nd place in the Wedding Planner category
• We successfully planned and coordinated 20+ events in 2008
• We started using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
• We toured over 50 Colorado venues to keep the most current database for our clients
• We started using premier professional wedding planning software to ensure the absolute best service for our clients
• We attended more than 20 networking events
• We joined the Better Business Bureau as an accredited business
• We continued to learn, grow and network with the Association of Bridal Consultants organization
• We were asked to be a preferred wedding planner on more than 10 preferred vendor lists at venues we worked at this year

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