I'm not sure if everyone knows this, but my ultimate dream job is to be a wedding planner. and my ultimate dream idol wedding planner is Preston Bailey. I mean, look at this photo (borrowed from the lovely internet) of him. why wouldn't I want to be this? sitting in the back of what is sure to be a Rolls Royce, being driven around the city to your appointments, with as many gadgets surrounding you as you can possibly get.
so you can imagine how excited I was when I found out he was teaching a class at The Learning Annex. I bought my ticket right away (probably was one of the first ten to do so) and waited, impatiently, for the next month until it was finally time for the class.
it was at a hotel and there was legit a line waiting outside the doors for them to finally open so we could go in and sit down. I ended up sitting next to this woman who is a florist in Vancouver. she does the occasional weddings, but her main thing is movies. never thought about it, but all the flowers you see in movies are put together by a florist. she even said she got to do all the floral arrangements for the movie New Moon (all you Twilight fanatics will know what I'm talking about). the scene where Bella gets thrown into a table because a vampire is about to attack her... well, there are flowers on that table. ;)
the class itself was amazing. the first hour and half (was supposed to be just the first hour) Preston talked about how to be successful in this business. I ended up with three pages of notes! and second part was what the title of the class was, "How To Create One-of-a-Kind Events." which, in reality, was really just a chance for Preston to show off his work. but his work is gorgeous, so I didn't mind seeing it too much. ;)
after the class was over he stayed around to sign books and take pictures. I was planning on buying one of his books on Amazon, but when the man who is your idol is there signing books at that very moment you can't really wait for a cheap price (they were of course selling all of his books there - how convenient). so I bought his book (that's the cover of it below), stood in line, got him to sign the book AND got to take a picture with him too (GAHHH)!!
it was at a hotel and there was legit a line waiting outside the doors for them to finally open so we could go in and sit down. I ended up sitting next to this woman who is a florist in Vancouver. she does the occasional weddings, but her main thing is movies. never thought about it, but all the flowers you see in movies are put together by a florist. she even said she got to do all the floral arrangements for the movie New Moon (all you Twilight fanatics will know what I'm talking about). the scene where Bella gets thrown into a table because a vampire is about to attack her... well, there are flowers on that table. ;)
the class itself was amazing. the first hour and half (was supposed to be just the first hour) Preston talked about how to be successful in this business. I ended up with three pages of notes! and second part was what the title of the class was, "How To Create One-of-a-Kind Events." which, in reality, was really just a chance for Preston to show off his work. but his work is gorgeous, so I didn't mind seeing it too much. ;)
after the class was over he stayed around to sign books and take pictures. I was planning on buying one of his books on Amazon, but when the man who is your idol is there signing books at that very moment you can't really wait for a cheap price (they were of course selling all of his books there - how convenient). so I bought his book (that's the cover of it below), stood in line, got him to sign the book AND got to take a picture with him too (GAHHH)!!
my entire walk home I was as giddy as a 12 year-old girl who just got to meet her favorite long-haired pop star.
1 comment:
How exciting! You should post a link to his site in your post - I stalked him online and found that his work, is indeed, incredible! I can totally seeing you doing this too, you have such an eye for detail :)
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