This is a question my friends and family asked me quite a lot, so I wanted to share the answer with you. To me, not every wedding planner is right for every client. In order for you to get to know me better and to know if I’m the wedding planner for you, here is why I decided to become a wedding planner.
Since my youngest age, I have always loved weddings. I remember having sparks in my eyes every time I was watching a movie with a wedding. It was the same when I was a guest at weddings. I am a huge romantic and to me weddings are the promise to love one another for the rest of their lives. Who dreams of eternal love? As cheesy as it sounds, I am!
I am absolutely obsessed with organisation and everything around it! It find it very comforting when everything is under control. When I was younger, I loved planning my birthday parties or even creating games for my sisters’ birthdays. Every one in my family knows I’m the organised one and do not hesitate to turn to me when they need help planning family events. Outside of event planning, I love when things are well organised and stored in the house. I have contained a lot of items in the house to improve storage space and make it more efficient. Funny enough, my organisational trait tends to spread on my loved ones!
It is through watching a movie, I learned that Wedding Planner was a thing. In France it is only recently that couples are hiring Wedding Planner to help them. It is cultural for French couples to organise their weddings by themselves, which is the idea I grew up with. But when I learned that it was possible to combine the two things I love into a job, I was over the moon! I was only 15 but I clearly knew what my dream job was, becoming a Wedding Planner!
I also had another dream in mind – going abroad to study – which was perfect as I knew it would be easier to do my dream job in a country that follows the same culture in regards to wedding planner compared to France.
From that point, a long journey was ahead of me. I needed to pass the French exam called Baccalaureate. Then I convinced my parents to let me go abroad to continue my studies. They were completely on board (and I’m really grateful for that) but they wanted me to have another degree in France as a plan B in case my plan A was not successful. I’ve spent two years at university to study business and management. Then left France for Scotland where I continued my studies in the same field for two more years. And one dream ticked off the bucket list! 🙂
My Wedding Planning journey started with a a workshop with Dominique Douglas called “The life of Wedding Planner” in September 2018. This workshop confirmed that becoming a Wedding Planner was really something I wanted to do!
After that, I enrolled in a Wedding Planner diploma and got my degree. I created Mademoiselle Wedding soon after in February 2020. A month before the world fall apart. But this would never prevent me from accomplishing my dream. I trained with UK Alliance of Wedding Planner and became an Associate Wedding Planner.
In short, I became a Wedding Planner because:
- I adore weddings and they make me dream
- I love and am passionate about organising in general
- Combining Wedding with Organisation is everything I could wish for
- Helping others realise their dream wedding or event is something I really cherish
- Being the witness of a magical moment between two people in love
- Using my skills and passion into one job
I hope that with this article you get to know me a little bit more. If you feel I am the Wedding Planner for your event, do not hesitate to contact me, I’ll be more than happy to get to know you and your project more! ☺️
Photo Credit: Derek Dunlop
