Planned Perfection

Love, Jessica

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:35:15 +0000

Today I was lucky enough to meet Jessica Meadowcroft of Love, Jessica Handmade Invitations. It was definitely a treat to see her designs and hear what she has to offer brides. And on top of that, she gave me the lovely creations below to share with all of you and the brides that I work with!! Just love that.

Planned Perfection looks forward to their first event with Love, Jessica this May. Stay tuned.

The Couture Cakery

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:30:24 +0000

After numerous emails and and occasional run ins, last night I had the pleasure to finally sit down and chat with Jasmine Clouser of The Couture Cakery. She does the most beautiful cupcakes and cakes, and even creates dessert tables, which is my favorite. If you have not heard of her yet, you most definitely need to head over to her website and check out all the wonderful items she offers.

I am looking forward to working with her this year!

Of course I got some treats to take home, and two are already missing

Bride’s Choice Awards 2010

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:08:23 +0000

For the second year in a row, Planned Perfection is pleased to announce we have one WeddingWire’s Brice’s Choice Awards for 2010.

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Planned Perfection has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Planned Perfection is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

2009 – Thank You

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:53:08 +0000

Planned Perfection has a lot to look back and be thankful for in 2009. We ended the year with 24 weddings and boy was it a good time! I have yet to blog some of the events we did, to name a few Lauren and Brett, Lindsay and Chip, Debbie and Jonathan and Megan and Dru! Look for them in the next month or so.

I want to take the time to sincerely thank all of my 2009 clients, you make what I do so special. Being a part of your wedding is an absolute honor and something that I do not take lightly.

To find something in life that you are so passionate about, is truly a blessing. I can not imagine doing anything else. The people whom I get to meet, the families, the wedding professionals, it is all so amazing and unbelievable at times.

This year I learned a lot, especially in the planning and orchestrating of Best of Weddings. It was the first time I took on such a task and am happy that I did. It was no small undertaking coordinating 40 plus vendors, essentially planning 12 weddings in one day, plus a fashion show, and much more.

I am excited for what 2010 and beyond brings. I couldn’t have accomplished what I did this year without the girls that worked with me throughout the year. A big hug and thank you to Marah, Kelly and Diana. These girls are wonderful and I’m happy that they are on my team! In February look for the new About Us section where you can learn a bit more about each girl.

Also a huge thank you to all of the loyal and passionate wedding professionals I work with on a daily basis. I learn so much from all of you and am truly thankful for your friendship and expertise in this field. Again I could not do what I do and be succesful if itwere not for you.

Until next time…

Jonnaysa

Jonnaysa Kirkham, Marah Harbeson, Kelly Meints, Diana Hanna and Amanda Kirkham

Photo by KM Photography

Your Chance is now…

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:50:16 +0000

to bid on a day of wedding coordination. This package is valued at $825.00 and right now the bid is at $250!

We are auctioning off this service over at The Big I 105’s website, you can click here.

This package is not available to any of my exsisting clients, new clients only please. Thank you.

Don’t miss out on this great deal!

The Knot’s Best of Weddings 2010

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:06:54 +0000

We are proud to announce that PLANNED PERFECTION has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2010 Pick! Thank you very much to all of the brides who voted for us!

Click here to see all of the other wonderful Central PA winners!

All in a day’s work!

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:03:58 +0000

Photo by Matthew Tennison.

Food for Thought

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:19:58 +0000

I thoroughly enjoy reading Think Splendid, a Communications Blog. I have been a follower ever since it was just a wedding related blog and now she covers all the wonderful topics of social media.

I really liked today’s post and thought I would share it with you all.

Thoughts on Leadership by Liene Stevens

Real Wedding – Holly and Noah

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:21 +0000

One of Planned Perfection’s summer wedding’s is featured in the most recent issue of The Knot Magazine. Get your copy today to check it out. Some of the wonderful vendors were, Kris from KM Photography who captured the wonderful images, Kelly from All Things Beautiful created the flowers, Rosie from Rosie’s Creative Cakes designed and baked the most delicous cake and Matt from Occasions Djs kept the dance floor packed! See the images below.

You can also check out my blog post from Holly and Noah’s wedding here and here.

Without further delay…pictures from Best of Weddings

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:54:54 +0000

I have to apologize for the long vacation I seem to have taken from the blog. After Best of Weddings I had a lot of down time, which was great…but I don’t think my body knew what to do with itself. I was sick off and on, and then it hit full force last Saturday and I am now just feeling a bit of energy to get some images on the blog.

The show was a great success and I’ll keep the recap for another post. Without further ado some of my most favorite images.

All Photos below by KM Photography.

Gift Bags

Ribbon that was cut beforehand for all the brides!

Verve working hard before the Fashion Show.

Carmina doing being the excellent make-up artist that she is!

Let the Fashion Show begin, looking good in Banana Republic.

Janell Berte Gowns

Winter Cake by House of Clarendon

Designs by Renee, Event Central, Special O, Shumaker PDT

All Things Beautiful

Petals and Beans, Anticipate Invitations, Special Occasions

Anticipate Invitaitons

The Girls of Planned Perfection

All Photos below by Leslie Gilbert Photography:

Hollywood Glamor

Leslie Gilbert Photography

Petals and Beans

Kelly from Planned Perfection getting ready for the brides!

Byers Butterflake Bakery

All Photos by Matthew Tennison Photography:

Ashley and Derek from Lavon Films

Flowers by Paulette

Persnickety Invitations, Grand Events, Studio Jenz, Bella Manse

All Things Beautiful, Designs by Renee, Special Occasions

Matthew Tennison, LaVon Films

Bella Manse

Studio Jenz, Grand Events, Flowers by Paulette

Yours Truly

Lots of blogs coming your way!

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:37:42 +0000

So sorry for the lack of blogging lately. I have lots to share with you but have been taking a bit of a hiatus to rest up and relax! Stay tuned…we have lots of pictures to share from Best of Weddings and some exciting news for Planned Perfection.

Congratulations to Kelleny Oum

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:35:37 +0000

…for winning 4 tickets to Best of Weddings Susquehanna Valley! We are so excited that she will be traveling from Boston, MA to attend the show! We hope you have a relaxing day, enjoying all of Susquehanna Valley’s most talented vendors.

Best of Weddings – Less than 3 weeks away!

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:14:08 +0000

Well we are getting down to the wire and I can’t believe this event is less than 3 weeks away! The energy I have is the same that I get the week of Christmas! I am so excited to showcase to all of you the most FABULOUS vendors, and how creative of an industry we have, right here in LANCASTER!

Photo by KM Photography

Champagne Registration to live music. Each preregistered guests gets a gift bag.

There will be 3 beautiful ballrooms, with a different group of vendors in each -

Freedom Hall A: Main Level 1(Decor will be Indian, Tuscan, Miami Beach and Asian)
Commonwealth Ballroom: Level 2 (Decor will be Hollywood Glamor, Black/White, Bright Colors and Nature)
Heritage Ballroom: Level 3 (Decor will be the 4 seasons)

A Man Lounge, equipped with flat screen tv’s with the game on, beer on tap and plenty of room to relax.

A Couture Fashion Show, dramatic lighting, awesome music by DJ Freez, and the best in best attire by Janell Berte, Pappagallo and Banana Republic.

Live Ballroom Dancers featuring “The First Dance.”

Some of the best salons, travel companies, transportation providers and jewelers and not to mention some of our favorite downtown boutiques!

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Planned Perfection is giving away 4 tickets!!!! We want to hear from you what has been the biggest headache in planning your wedding. Email me your stories at jonnaysa@plannedperfectionpa.com or comment to this post. The winners will be randomly selected next week and get to enjoy a stress free day at Best of Weddings Susquehanna Valley!

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Kristi and Jeff – 10/24/09

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:54:04 +0000

So cute! Good thing she thought to buy white umbrellas for her wedding party!A

Awesome photo by Leslie Gilbert

Last weekend Kelly and I had the absolute pleasure of coordinating Kristi and Jeff’s beautiful wedding downtown Lancaster! The Church located on Duke street was absolutely beautiful and just a walk across the street, through the parking garage was their reception site, The Lancaster Marriott!

Kristi had such beautiful details! All the paper stationary was designed by her and was so pretty! Not to mention the fabulous Candy Buffet she had that coordinated so well with her overall look and feel of the event.

I was also excited for this event because I had the pleasure of seeing 3 of my past clients, Kathy and Hayden (I don’t have a link because it was from before I started blogging), Diana and Scott, and Rachel and Brett!

The gowns were just so gorgeous!

First Dance

For more beautiful images from this event please check out Leslie’s blog here, and the awesome slide show she put together!

Kristi had a team of all star vendors and we couldn’t have pulled off this event if it weren’t for them!

Leslie Gilbert Photography

All Things Beautiful

Rosie’s Creative Cakes

Jenz Yoder from Studio Jenz

Deswert Production

The Lancaster Marriott

I also have to note, the bridesmaids dresses were so elegant and beautiful and complimented the bride’s dress very well! And the mothers of the bride were so classy in their black floorlength gowns…stunning!

Here are some snap shots I was able to take.

Beautiful Grand Head Table

Rosie's Creative Cakes - Stunning

Packed Dance Floor

Wish Tree

Congratulations to Kristi and Jeff! You were a most fabulous couple to work for !

Jessica and Greg Bartman – 10/18/09

Jonnaysa Kirkham — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:13:26 +0000

Last Sunday Diana and I had the pleasure of being a part of Jessica and Greg’s beautiful wedding ceremony and reception at The Leola Village Inn, Casa Di Fiori…which we just love soooo much. I met with Vivi (Mother of the Bride) and Jessica over a year ago when they first came to me for assistance. Because they are not from the area, Diana of Planned Perfection worked on creating a wedding filled weekend for the bridal party, families and all friends. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans for everyone Nonetheless, the wedding was beautiful.

Beautiful Bride’s bo-k by All Things Beautiful.

From the very intimate Jewish Ceremony to the oh so heartfelt speech from the groom…ladies he brought out excerpts from his journal, that the bride had never heard before, and read from the days that he first met Jessica and just knew she was the one (even though she had a boyfriend of 7 months at the time), to the their first kiss and all of their great moments together. It definitely was a tear jerker, especially when the groom him self was getting chocked up and the bride was sobbing. Oh I’m a sucker for it all!!

I have never seen a couple so at ease with each other and so in love. They just knew each other inside and out and complimented each other so well. (side note: they dated for 17 years before this day!)

The reception had great food, dancing and of course the fun filled Hora!

New Ceremony Set-Up at Casa, we loved it!!

Bridesmaids Bo-ks by All Things Beautiful

Byers Butterflake Cake!

Look how Special Occasions Linens knows how to dress a table!

Table recognizing important family members on their wedding day…it was a conversation starter for sure!

Beautiful Head Table for 16, table scape by All Things Beautiful

Again, Kelly and her team are so amazing…all the centerpieces were different and so beautiful

Thanks to these wonderful vendors who made everything so seamless

Casa Di Fiori at Leola Village Inn

All Things Beautiful

Special Occasions

Andrea Kelly Photography

Occasions Disc Jockeys

Byers Butterflake Bakery