June Goals

Happy June the 1st! Summer is officially around the corner and I'm so ready for some pool days and some bbq nights! Spring was absolutely nuts for me which I'm thankful for in many ways, but a somewhat slower month is just what this girl needs to be more intentional with both my personal and business life. July, August, and September calendars keep filling right up, so it's even more important that June be the month where I take it down a notch and create a balanced way of life so when things go back to super busy, I'll be prepared. I also turn 30!!! on June 12th. Deep breaths. Deep Breaths. There are lots of birthday celebrations planned as well as attending The Zac Brown Band concert this Friday and then TAYLOR SWIFT next Tuesday down in Raleigh. Eeek! And looking forward to a lovely wedding with the sweetest of clients later this month. June is going be wonderful, I can already tell! I'm actually pretty excited to turn 30. (something if, I were being honest, haven't always felt) The beginning of a new decade...bring it on! But for starters, let's take baby steps with goals for June! 

June Business Goals

1. Book 2 more weddings for either 2015 or 2016.

2. Stick to block scheduling Monday through Friday. (This is the only type of schedule tool that I've tried that works for me. Look out for a post on how it benefits me soon!)

3. Officially launch the One Sweet Day in May newsletter. Guys, I'm so excited about this one! I can't wait to have yet another way for you to keep up with all the One Sweet happenings! My goal is to have the first issue out by the end of the month! Yay!

4. Comment on more blogs. It's such a great networking tool and community builder and I need to step up my game. 

5. Feature 2 more small businesses for the One Sweet Spotlight by the end of the month.

6. Nail down details for TWO super exciting things happening in the next 9 months. Wish I could tell you more, but my lips are sealed! I know, it's probably super annoying! I'm sorry!!

7. Pre-blog and blog a minimum of 3 times a week.

8. Have all my new client experience printed. It's all finally done and now it's time to put it to work. 

June Personal Goals

1. Make a homemade dinner at least 3 times a week. I'm really bad at this, but we eat out way to much. It's mostly just being lazy and it has got to stop. 

2. Workout at least 5 times a week. This is a biggie. Because Spring was slammed, I let my workout routine slide to the back burner and I have got to get back in the swing of things. 

3. Finish the upstairs gallery walls. Why oh why do house projects never get done? This month I will complete the hallway gallery walls once and for all! 

4. Take the dogs on a walk at least 3 times a week or to the dog park. Sometimes I feel so bad that they are stuck inside everyday and I need to be more intentional with my time with them.

5. Make the bed every morning. Such a simple thing, but it's amazing how it sets the tone for the rest of the day. 

6. Read at least one book. I'm hoping lots of pool days will make this an easy one because I'm not a reader, but would love to be, If you have any recommendations, let me know! 

7. Drink more water. I'm a Diet Coke addict and this Summer I need to make water my go to. 

June (and my 30's!!), I'm ready for you!!  

P.S. Don't forget! Only 2 days left to enter the launch giveaway located on the last post! Good Luck! xoxo

Love,

Michelle 

10 things you don't know about me and launch giveaway!

So I thought I would somewhat do a "Friday Introductions" post on 10 things you may not know about me since I'm giving the blog a new start on life. I've noticed quite a few new faces over on Facebook and Instagram and thought I'd let everyone get to know me a little bit better! So welcome new friends! To celebrate my rebrand, I have included a SUPER fun GIVEAWAY including a few of my favorite things at the end of this post! YAY! Giveaways are my favorite and I just love that I get to throw one! 

For starters (incase you are really new) I'm Michelle! (HI!) I'm 29 years old (almost 30!) and I am a wedding floral designer! I have a blog because I want to share my life with you! I want to bring you behind the scenes of events and share what I love most! So welcome! I am really easy going and open so if there is anything you'd ever like to hear about, let me know! I would love your ideas! 

So here we go!

Image by Andrea Pesce

10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME.

1. I was born on the tiny Island of Bermuda and lived there for over 8 years. I have been back twice and once on our honeymoon last year. It is one of my favorite places in the whole world. In fact, we're planning on taking a 30th birthday/1st anniversary trip in September and I might want nothing more than to go back there. Some might find it crazy not to go somewhere we've never been, but (right now) I can't shake that longing of wanting to be back there...so we'll see! 

2. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 19 years old and my parents never taught me how to drive. My friends taught me the basics and I barely passed my driver's test. Once I had my license I barely drove (only when friends would let me drive their cars) and the day I bought my first car I was terrified because I didn't really know how to drive. Looking back it's funny and I promise I'm a good driver now, but I pretty much figured it out by myself and that day driving my little VW Beetle off the lot was probably the scariest day of my life. But I bought that little car myself at 21 and I thought that was a pretty great accomplishment. Say yes and figure it out after, right? Sheesh.

3. I hate Roller-coasters. Like really hate them. No bad experiences, but I think I come close to having a panic attack when I'm at an amusement park and someone says their going to make me go on one. They find it funny, I guess. I was with Chris and his family at Disney World back in 2012 and he said if I went on Space Mountain he would never try and get me on another one ever again. So I went on it and it was terrible as expected. We bought the photo which has everyone else smiling with their hands in the air and then there's me clinging on for dear life. Ugh. And Chris still tries to get me on them whenever we're at Busch Gardens...Never falling for that again. 

4. I collect Starbucks city mugs. However, only from cities I've traveled to. The only exception is one from Australia that my friend sent me while she was studying abroad and who would say no to a mug from Australia? 

5. Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry...like really cry. Not tears of joy, Like uncontrollable sobbing and I have no idea why. The only other person I have seen with this same issue is Kristen Bell when she was on the Ellen Show a few years back. I've never related to anything more in my whole life. It's like I'm so excited that my emotional level goes so high and it doesn't know what to do so it makes me start hysterically crying. It freaks Chris out sometimes and I've almost had to leave the table at a restaurant after laughing about something on the menu (I think) turned into a full on meltdown...classy. Sometimes I wonder why Chris married me haha.                                                                                                                                Here is the link with Kristen Bell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jw3T3Jy70

6. I can't whistle. I've tried, it's just not going to happen for me. 

7. I love movie soundtracks and most of my music library consist of them. My favorites include The Parent Trap, Bride Wars, This is 40, Legally Blonde, and Enchanted. 

8. Speaking of music, I can rap every word of Nelly's Grillz and Nicki Minaj's Superbass and do frequently (behind closed doors.)

9. I am a total homebody and love our home more than anything. Sure, I love weekend getaways and exploring new places, but I would take dinner on the couch with a RedBox movie or a good show over any night out ever. I absolutely love hosting people in our home and some of my favorite memories come from the get-to-gethers we've had here. Home is where the heart is could not be more true for me. I actually start to get a little homesick if I'm away for more than a couple days. 

10. I had never seen snow before moving to Virginia. I was 23 years old and it was March 1st, 2009. Richmond got almost 14 inches of snow and I just remember how beautiful it was and how quiet everything was. I grew up in South Florida where the seasons are Summer and Christmas. Snow was never even a thought growing up. I think I fell in love with Virginia the first Fall I was here. I had never seen the leaves change color either. It is so magical here when the seasons change and I'm so happy I have found exactly where I belong. 

I hope you've taken the time to look around and get acquainted with the new One Sweet Day in May, Here at the blog you can expect blog posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the Summer. I'll be sharing a few One Sweet Brides and One Sweet Spotlight creatives, some house projects that we are working on, and some behind the scenes posts too! I can't wait!

Now for an Amazing giveaway! I just told you 10 things that you didn't know about me and now I'm giving away a few of my very favorite things! These items are not sponsored in any way and fully purchased by me.

One lucky winner will win ALL of the following...

The Southern Weddings Planner 

#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Armoruso 

A notecard set from Kate Spade 

A $50 Target Gift Card 

A $25 Starbucks Gift Card

Just follow the instructions using the Rafflecopter below! The giveaway will end on June 2nd at midnight! 

Good Luck! 

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Introducing the new One Sweet Day in May!

Holy Moly guys it's here. 

It's been hard to think of exactly what to write here. I haven't had the words really. I have been thinking about this day for literally 7 months and it's finally here. Like a kid on Christmas, I just can' t stop smiling. One Sweet Day in May is my baby and now she's all grown up. This little company is honestly what I think about every second of every day. It hasn't been around too long, but it's my whole heart. I wanted a space that shows my clients exactly who I am and what they can expect from the One Sweet Day in May experience and here it is. 

 Ashlee Proffitt is to thank of all the gorgeousness and when I meet her in November at the Creative @ Heart Conference I will be sure to give her all the hugs I owe her (which is about a million). I first contacted Ashlee back in October and we set a date for March 1st to get started. A whole 5 months away. Yikes! So I set up a little site as a sit in and it worked, it did it's job, but it wasn't me. Well that all changes today my friends and I get to FINALLY share it with you. 

Being branded is a huge thing to do, it's an investment and it really makes you find and learn exactly who you are. And that is just what I needed. I blogged a while back that I was thinking of jumping into full wedding planning and then backed off. Could I be good at it? Definitely. But I want to be great at florals and I felt (still do) that that is where my heart is. I ended up being truly thankful that Ashlee couldn't start my brand until March because it was time I and One Sweet Day in May needed. And what I have is this tiny little spec of the internet that looks and feels like me. I told Ashlee that I was really wanting a mix of Kate Spade inspired details with the romantic feel and devotion to marriage like that of Southern Weddings. And she gave me just that, in my own "One Sweet" way.

For starters, I have logo! A real gorgeous logo that's all mine!!  I thank my lucky stars for Taylor Schumann She is the lovely lady behind this beautiful creation and I just love her. Along with being an incredible calligrapher she has an amazing story of strength and survival over on her blog that you should read. Truly inspiring. Plus the girl's hilarious and keeps me laughing daily through her Facebook and Instagram posts. 

Taylor thank you for giving me your time and talent. My new logo is perfect and I will be putting it on absolutely everything. There are so many other people to thank for making this happen. I honestly was surrounded by the best team of people to bring this to life.

Here's a look into what we created through this process starting with my super fun and girly brand board. 

To Ashlee- Thank you for getting to know me and giving me exactly what I wanted. Thank you for your patience and giving me the tools to take One Sweet Day in May to the next level. Your support, encouragement, and your talent for branding amazes me and I'm so thankful to have been able to work with you. 

Andrea Pesce is the one who took all these stunning images of the One Sweet Office and my head shots for the rebrand. Which I can't wait to show more of. I am so thankful for your friendship Andrea. You are such a talented photographer and I love that you have found a niche with creative entrepreneurs. I will cherish these photos forever. We need another coffee date soon.

To my industry friends, What would I do without you. Especially Anna and Amy. Owning your own business is weird and different and I'm so thankful to have friends like you who get it. Anna, Thank you for your honesty and suggestions throughout this process. Thank you for your internet/blogging smarts and pragmatic views on things. And Amy thank you for lending your creative eye to every photo text I sent you the past few months. You two were like my secret little team and I'm so lucky to have you both in my life.  Friends like these are so important and I love mine dearly. Whether it's business advice, a website glitch, or sending a virtual high-five, industry friends get you through the worst days and celebrate even your littlest wins with you. It sometimes gets lonely here in this little office of mine and knowing I have a little tribe that are only a text away makes it so much better. 

To my family, lifelong, and non-industry friends. Thank you for taking the time to listen to me. I love you guys so much. You all give me your time even when you don't know what the heck I'm talking about. You let me vent and just talk my little heart out (and you all know this girl can talk haha) Thank you for sharing in my excitement every step of the way and putting up with my texts asking your opinions. You were the ones I asked the important questions to. The questions that gave me the answers that really made me understand what I wanted One Sweet Day in May to be. And hearing all of you say "that is so you" was the best feeling. 

To Christopher, I love that you thought the old One Sweet Day in May was perfect, but also supported me when I wanted to take it to the next level. Thank you for loving me even when I don't deserve it. I know this whole process has made me a little M.I.A. the past few weeks, but you were a huge piece of the puzzle on the rebrand journey. After all, One Sweet Day in May started with you. This wouldn't exist if it wasn't for you. I know it's hard to understand sometimes what what'm doing with little business of mine, but thank you for letting me follow my dreams, even if if means the house is a disaster thanks to my crazy ideas. Thank you for bringing me dinner and snacks when I work well into the night. Thank you for being patient with me when I asked you a thousand questions and made you listen to all my website content to get it perfect. Your honesty is something I will always need. I couldn't do any of this without your support and understanding, so thank you and I'm very grateful I get to walk through life with you. I love you very much. 

And last but definitely not least I want to thank Ashley and Tyler Herrinton of The Herrintons. They created my fun little promo video and were so patient when I messed up almost every sentence...side note, speaking while being filmed is a little terrifying haha. I am obsessed with my video and quite honestly have watched it about a dozen times just this morning and have texted Ashley with almost nothing but celebration emojis, but they are so talented and my video portrays my business perfectly! I love them so much and be sure to check out the video over on my about page. 

Tomorrow I'll be doing a little Friday Introductions post for those of your that are new around here. And there will also be a super fun giveaway with some of my favorite things that you're not going to want to miss. Thank you for all the texts, phone calls, and sweet emails this week, y'all are the best! 

Welcome to the new One Sweet Day in May. I hope you love it as much as I do. 

Image by Andrea Pesce Photo.