Snow Days

So here I am, knee deep in ice, 2 days into what looks like will be a 4 day no-school increment weather work from home and still entertain kids kind of situation. How am I handling it? With lots of creative outlets. Today baked home made banana bread and then moved onto double chocolate brownies and while they were both baking (did you know that banana bread takes over an hour to bake? I was shocked! Shocked I tell you!) I found these nifty sites to help me get even closer to the big launch of the Duncanvilel Bridal Fair. If you are an event planner or business owner you might find these resources handy in the future.

My first new love is the website EventBrite.com - great site for selling tickets online. What makes them so great? For starters it is almost idiot proof- it was so easy to navigate that I give it a two thumbs up on design and function. The style for the templates were easy to choose too- nothing over the top, simple but good options. This site is perfect for churches, small groups or businesses (like mine) or non-profits that want an easy way to announce their event and then pre-sell tickets.
Next new love? Speaking of tickets... we have my new favorite site: TicketPrinting.com. I have 1000 bridal show tickets on their way to me as we speak! Amazing pricing, easy to use- though I think that some might get frustrated with the tiny font on the designing part. But if you have good eyes then you'll be loving it too!
 At our bridal shows, I love to have our brides wear "I'm The Bride" stickers to help identify them to the vendors so I traveled on over to Zazzle.com - what a fun playground that is. I wish that stickers would make a comeback just so I can give them all my money! They have a vintage line that I am seriously in love with. But the fun does not stop there my friends- no I was able to make my own freaking postage stamps!!! Yes I said "make my own postage stamps!" Seriously can this world we live in get any cooler? I made some for Providence Place and I am going to get the LSM Logo reformatted to make ours as well. I am a huge believer in the US and International Postal services and actually like to get cards in the mail, so I try to send them out to my clients as well. How great will it be when not only will my clever little address labels are designed to perfection but that my postage stamps match as well? (can't do that with an email!) Life is good my friends, life is good.

With all that said and done, though it doesn't sound like work it really was a long day, we are moving along nicely in the world of trade shows and events. Even with kids running around in the back ground and trying to manage this company during the worst weather that Dallas has seen in 15 years- it was still a pretty good day of great cyber-finds and workplace success! I hope that these little nuggets of joy come in handy in the future for ya! I'll keep you posted on what I find and submit my credit cards to tomorrow on Snow Day #3!