We at Rustic Rose Hall knows that everyone dreams of hosting an event that envelops guests in beauty. Choosing the perfect lighting, fabrics, and florals can be daunting to the novice. However, making events and weddings beautiful is easy when you have someone like Cheryl Hughes of Special Events Remembered doing the work for you!
Event Planning with Cheryl Hughes
Cheryl Hughes has been working in the wedding industry for 22 years. Her love for creating stunning events began when she coordinated and decorated for her oldest daughter’s wedding. She fell in love with the process and the extraordinary way every bride’s vision comes to life.
The Importance of Professional Planning
Everyone starts the journey to their perfect event with a vision of florals, lighting, fabrics, and other decorations to set the atmosphere. While many know exactly what they want, executing it themselves can be completely overwhelming. Investing in a planner or decorator  is never a waste of money when planning an event. Cheryl Hughes emphasizes the importance of hiring a professional so that the client can enjoy time with their bridal party, family, or friends. Recruiting family and friends to help decorate can leave everyone too exhausted to enjoy the special event. This is why the investment is so important.
Customized Packages
Special Events Remembered offers a variety of packages based on the client’s needs and location. Choosing a cabin or a larger venue can alter the package needed. In addition, Cheryl’s packages can be rentals only or a turn key package where Special Events Remembered provides all the rentals, coordinate, decorate, and takedown decorations at the end of the night. It just depends on how much the client wants to hand over the Cheryl to ensure a magical, worry-free day. Â
Budgeting and Prioritization
Cheryl Hughes recommends that clients have a clear budget. Knowing the budget and choosing elements that fit within it are key to planning a successful event. Additionally, identifying what is most important to the bride—be it the wedding dress, the cake, the venue, or the reception—helps direct the biggest portion of the budget appropriately, allowing for balanced spending across other areas, including decorations.
Cheryl’s Advice
When planning an event, Cheryl insists on booking the location, photographer, DJ, decorator, and coordinator as early as possible. Early bookings ensure that vendors are available and have ample time to understand and meet your expectations. With 22 years of experience, Cheryl Hughes has been part of many weddings and celebrations. Witnessing so many traditions, she suggests skipping things like the cake smash. On the other hand, she has loved the recent trend of the bride presenting her bouquet to her mother or grandmother, which she finds to be a beautiful, love-filled moment.
Finally, Cheryl’s top advice for brides is to make sure they eat and stay hydrated on their big day. Brides often get caught up in making everything perfect—hair, dress, tables, florals, signs, playlist—but it's important to slow down, breathe, and take care of yourself. This way, you can truly enjoy your hard work and watch your vision of a perfect day come to life
Overall, Cheryl’s favorite part of her job is making everything more beautiful than the client could have imagined. From coordinating elegant weddings to decorating simple celebrations, the smiles and gratitude from the family warm her heart.
Special Events Remembered
Want to know more?
Meet Cheryl Hughes at our open house on February 23! Register at www.rusticrosehall.com
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