I had the pleasure of designing Emily Shatto’s logo for her jewelry biz e.schatz designs. Everyone loves Emily when they meet her. She’s sweet, kind and super talented. I own several pieces from e.schatz and love every one of them. Her pieces are big, bright and bold- right up my alley.

Emily was also a vendor at GRunveiled. Here is a peek at some of her bridal pieces.

{GRunveiled photo from Nicole Haley Photography}

GRunveiled would never have become a reality without Nate. I can’t think of a more better person to live out my dreams and crazy ideas with. Love ya babe!

{all pics Nicole Haley Photography}

Ok, this space is just beyond creative and wins best GRunveiled space hands down. How can you compete really? It is over the top fantastic. The Cakabakery took GRunveiled to a whole new level. To really put the **icing on the cake** my space was right next door so I could enjoy a few tasty samples throughout the evening. Thanks Jason and Peter! You guys really rock and so do your tasty delectables!

{all photos from Nicole Haley Photography}

GRunveiled 2011 did not disappoint. It totally rocked. It was a fantastic show filled with so many talented and creative people. I had a great time hosting the show with the fabulous Aletha. A special shout out goes to Jen, from J. Studio for all the PR, to Nicole for the amazing photos and to my out of this world friend Elicia for welcoming all of our guests at the door. Thanks to all the vendors who outdid my expectations with their creative spaces. Every year I leave feeling so inspired and re-energized.

Stay tuned for my favorite booth award. There are too many to choose from!

{all pics from Nicole Haley Photography}

GRunveiled 2011 has arrived! We have a fab show planned for tomorrow night. Come out and support local creative entrepreneurs that are passionate about what they do! You’ll find inspiring ideas and lots of yummy samples! Relive last years show or get a sneak peek of tomorrow’s show in our interview with Fox 17.

Save the date for Thursday, February 24th for the second annual GRunveiled. A special shout out goes to St. Cecilia Music Center for hosting the show again this year. We’re in the middle of planning so stay tuned for vendors and further information. In the meantime relive the 2010 show!

Head on over the Catapult today to read some really great and thought provoking articles on “Going to the Chapel”.  I laughed out loud reading this one.   Thanks Catapult for featuring GRunveiled!

Lets just drool over this gem of a location in the heart of Grand Rapids. I had never been in St. Cecilia until it was recommended to me by Aletha for the show. Believe it or not they were my first and last phone call. I called Carla up and explained my idea of the show and she was on board just like that. I hung up the phone and thought to myself huh, guess it’s official, I’m planning a bridal show! St. Cecilia was amazing to work with. Carla was super helpful, flexible and open for anything we threw at her. I highly recommend St. Cecilia for any event. The place has so much charm and character. The arches, mirrors and stain glass details radiate warmth and hospitality. It’s beautiful from the outside in. It was the perfect setting for GRunveiled.

All photos by Nicole Haley Photography

I’m excited to show you my space at GRunveiled! The wonderfully talented Nicole of Nicole Haley Photography was so gracious to come and take photos for us of the evening. She did an amazing job and really captured the evening perfectly.

In the midst of planning the show I had to come up with my own space. As we all know it’s hard to design for yourself and then add the busyness of planning the show. Crazy! In the end it came together and I couldn’t have been more happy with it. It was a group effort of friends and family.  My dad made the tables for me, we cut down a branch from our yard, a creative friend inspired me to create a paper nest, the spring bouquet was a gift from a dear friend and my invitations made up the rest! Viola! It was pretty awesome in the end to have pieces of my space be made or given by people who encourage me every day to live out my creative dreams.

GRunveiled was a huge success yesterday! Despite all the rain we still welcomed over 230 people to the event! I think the vendors had just as much fun as the attendees. It felt like a big ol’ party with a bunch of friends all in a beautiful building. Doesn’t get better than that!  All the vendors pulled through with amazingly creative spaces. I am so proud of all of them! So many guests commented how friendly everyone was and how they were all so passionate about what they were doing. My dream show came true!

A big shout out to Aletha from Pearls Events and Jennifer from J. Studio for coming on board with me and my crazy ideas! Also to all the friends and family who have been so encouraging and supportive. Most of all to my amazing husband who has been doing all the big and little things to keep me sane every day while I’m flying around and encouraging me every step of the way.  This show wouldn’t have gone on without all of you!

I experienced a dream come true last night! I’m still reveling in it…

This is a sneak peek of the event. I’ll have plenty more photos to share from the fabulous Nicole Haley Photography who was so gracious to snap photos for us throughout the evening.

GRunveiled hit the WZZM news this morning! I couldn’t be more happy with the story. WZZM did a great job and like Aletha said, “They have mad editing skills.” ha! It was a lot of fun doing the interview with them, that is once my nerves went away. This show has been so much fun and I’ve learned a ton along the way.

I hope to see you all out tonight at St. Cecilia. The show runs from 6pm to 10pm. We’ve extended our online ticket sales to 3pm today. You can also purchase tickets at the door.

This ain’t your mama’s wedding show so you won’t want to miss it!

Shocked. Lets be honest when I saw this come out yesterday I about fell over.  The Grand Rapid Press went above and beyond with this article. The layout is stellar as well.  If you ever told me that my little idea of GRunveiled would get this big I wouldn’t have believed you. The support and encouragement I have received is out of this world. Thank you GR for showing so much love!

Read the three articles here:

http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/two_grand_rapids_bridal_shows.html

http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/creative_ideas_for_planning_a.html

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/win_tickets_to_gr_unveiled_at.html

Thanks Terri for this amazing article!

And you’re right creativity does rule!