Popping the BIG Question

Popping the BIG Question

Proposals have been on my mind lately mainly because one of my best friends, Jenna, just got engaged!! I’m so happy for her and her fiancé, Derrike. They are super excited to start a new chapter in their lives together. And I’m so happy for them!

While proposals are on my mind I have been thinking about all the planning, time and not to mention money guys or girls (it is the 21^st century) put into preparing the perfect proposal. So I did some research on many ways people can propose to the love of their life. Of course my first source was YouTube, I typed in the search bar - cute proposals. After balling my eyes out because of how adorable and meaningful these proposals were I had to move on.  As continuing I found out that there isn’t a right or a wrong way to propose, but if you’re planning a proposal read on. Here are some cute and clever ways of popping the big question.  

•  Scavenger hunt
•   Flash mob
• Confessing your love

Scavenger hunt

Now we see – especially on YouTube the scavenger hunt proposal. I’m not saying that this is not a cute and romantic way of proposing because I think it’s adorable. I think if the significant other can make the other work a little harder for that ring I say go for it. The scavenger hunt can go either a public sort of way or a private personal way.

To make it a public way you would send your significant other out in on town to accomplish little tasks such as going shopping for an outfit, getting lunch with his/her friends that you've already planned in advance. Every step they meet up with someone they know such as mutual friends, their friends, or even family members. In the end you have prepared them for your proposal.

As for the private setting you can send them around the house looking for clues that would remind them of you along the way.  

Either proposal with the scavenger hunt is always a fun and exciting way to get your partner moving around. Plus it reaches the inner child of them by making them playing a cute little game.

Flash Mob

I actually didn't know that this was a big thing until this week. A flash mob proposal would consist of having a community of people participating in your proposal. They would be dancing around in unison and entertaining your future fiancé before popping the question. This is obviously a VERY public proposal. Which can be a lot of fun and I would assume a ton of planning. If you just feel like screaming at the top of your lungs to inform the whole world how much you love your significant other, the flash mob proposal would be for you.  If your partner is into great entertainment, and being part of the community, go for it. The bigger the better, right!?

Confessing Your Love

Obviously a proposal is all about telling the other person how much they mean to you and not seeing a day without them in your life. The confessing your love proposal is more of an intimate proposal. With this you can prepare poetry, or a speech that will express all of the emotions you feel for that person. This is how Derrike proposed to Jenna. He took her on a walk that overlooked a lake climbed up on a bolder and confessed his love for her. Although I wouldn't put it past him to want to scream at the top of his lungs to express his love for her, the intimate setting I believe suited their relationship the best.

All in all no matter how elaborate or planned the proposal is it’s all about the love between two people who are taking the next step. Whether it’s making your significant other work just a little harder for that ring or telling them how much you love them while overlooking a lake. It’s all about the two of you wanting to spend the rest of your lives together, forever and always.

Congratulations Jenna and Derrike!! 

And 

To all who are engaged!

HAPPY PLANNING!!

Life After College

Intro.

Hey all,

As a recent graduate from University of Wisconsin Whitewater I have found myself very busy trying to find my spot in this big world. I am currently an intern with Timeless Events LLC as well as working at my local movie theater and at Payless. All of which I enjoy, the only problem is I want a big girl job. The search begins.

But first lets start from the beginning...

Let me tell you one thing. If I were to go back and talk to my 13 year old self to inform her that her plan of graduating college with the boy of her dreams while having an awesome job as an elementary teacher would not really happen, that  would most likely crush her. If those dreams actually had fallen all in order, that would of probably save a lot of time, but the experience of terrible dates, the stress of choosing a major and unforgettable memories with my friends would most likely not exist today. Plus who wants to live a perfect life when you can live an interesting one.

As mentioned before I wanted to be an elementary teacher, but unfortunately you kind of need to be able to stand kids. Don't get me wrong, I love kids, I just don't think surrounding myself with 25 of them everyday would keep me sane for long. Kudos to those who can do that.  Instead I changed my majored to public relations and minored in art. That is where my dream of becoming a wedding/event planner/coordinator took it's first step.

The dream first struck me while I was in High School helping with an annual Madrigal Feaste. I was able to help the event planner and it was an amazing experience. I loved everything from setting up, running and taking down the show. But I always had my heart set on helping kids learn, so I majored in education, while the passion for event planning was put to the side. Until one day while babysitting when it hit me that I really am not a fan of paint in my hair,  and having a headache from kids screaming that I realized this may not be the best position for myself.

Throughout Sophomore year of college I had the major stress that many go through, the stress of what the heck am I going to do for the rest of my life. BIG decision, the panic struck and I felt like I had very little time to choose. As the stress becoming too much to handle my brother asked me the simple question: "Allie what is your dream job," simple answer "I want to be a wedding/event planner", he then asks "why don't you do that?" And then it clicked.

Now that you know the story of my BIG decision, I want to share with you my passion for planning - if you didn't get it from my blog name. I am a planner with passion. I want to help people in need whether it's their wedding, a corporate event, or their kids birthday party. So with this blog I want to keep my fellow readers  up to date on what I think is interesting in the planning world. As well informing you on events that I work, or even help plan. I am a somewhat new blogger so bare with me on possible mistakes that I may make.

If you are ready to take the trip of my life after college with me, lets go.

Allison McMaster