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COVID was indeed a year like none other; it was my first full year in business, and I was looking forward to the 12 weddings that we booked. Well, I'm sure you could imagine how this went. We had a few cancellations and majority of our weddings were postpone to 2021. I decided to scale things back and use this time for more education and mentorship by seasoned planners who've been in the industry for some time. As I connected and talk to vendors here in Charlotte, Crystal’s name kept coming up. One day I was picking my daughter from school and the after-school teacher also mentioned Crystal's name to me. I knew then, needed to reach out to this, Crystal! I decided to send her an email regarding her mentoring program.

Crystal responded very quickly to my email and was open to scheduling a meeting with me. My meeting with Crystal was more than I could imagined! She was friendly, open, and to the point. Prior to our meeting, Crystal ask that I send her a list of questions/topics I wanted us to discuss. Crystal came very prepared to our meeting and gave me sound advice from how to handle my business, to connecting with vendors, pricing, marketing, how to stay true to myself, different tools to use as a planner and so much more! Our schedule meeting time was finish and we didn't event touch half of the items on my list. Without hesitation Crystal sent not one but two additional zoom invites to ensure I left the meeting feeling assured that I received all the information I needed to get me on the right track. Since then, I have implemented many processes I learned through my mentoring meeting with Crystal. It has helped tremendously! We've booked numerous Full-Service Events, been published with Munalunchi Bride, and connected with many great vendors locally and world-wide. 

Thank you, Crystal, for passing on your knowledge to a new planner, I'll forever be grateful.

With love,
  

Evelyn Kibwana 
Events by Evelyn