4/8 RSVP list

Thank you all for registering for our spring luncheon. Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday!!

Emilie Sommer
Whitney Fox
Audra Bayette
Beth Fitzgerald
Spring Smith
Carol Savage
Andree Kehn
Alexandra Daley-Clark
Anne Schmidt
Melissa Mullen
Debra Harmon
Amy Salerno
Claudia Murray
Danielle Peterson
Shannon Post
Angela DiPhilippo
Michele Stapleton
Felice Boucher
Sarah Cross
Rachel Bell
Tiffany Converse
Judy Beedle
Brea McDonald
Sharyn Peavey
Audra Welton
Cyndi Smith

spring luncheon

Our spring luncheon has been announced for Thursday, April 8th at the Danforth Inn in Portland from 12-2p. The cost is $19 and includes food (yummy brunch and dessert) and drink (pomegranate punch!), tax and tip. We must give a final headcount and pay by Monday, April 5th at 12 noon.

Need the password? Email me to be added to our member list.

Hope to see you soon!

contest for new photographers

Safely home and mind spinning from WPPI, the grande dame of wedding photography conventions in Las Vegas, I wanted to alert new photographers to an excellent contest announced there this week by Rangefinder Publishing and liveBooks called emerge.

Geared toward newer (er, emerging) photographers, the photography contest aims to help launch the careers of wedding industry newbies with stellar prizes: a one-year subscription to a liveBooks predesigned website, a one-year subscription to a Pictage account, a one-year subscription to a ShootQ account, a 2011 WPPI VIP pass, a Think Tank Photo belt and a $100 AsukaBook gift card. The top photographer in each category will receive an advertising package from TheKnot.com valued at $1,200, and a professional photography kit from Sony valued at $2,000. Wow!

Click here to check out all the contest rules, and enter your favorite wedding images to win asap (competition ends May 31)!

Business workshop 3/31

San Diego wedding photographer Jared Bauman will be stopping in Portland for a leg of his "Prevail in Business" tour on March 31st. Jared is one of the kindest and most giving in our industry, so be sure to check out this opportunity. Cost is $300 and location is TBD. Click here for more information and early registration details.

Branding & Blogging workshop 2/25

Thursday, 2/25
10a-5p
227 Congress St, Portland

I'm teaming up with Liene Stevens of Splendid Communications in Phoenix (if you don't follow Liene, you definitely should), J Sandifer of liveBooks and Angela Adams for an intensive day of branding and blogging instruction. Catered lunch by Kitchen Chicks. $150 for morning branding session, $150 for afternoon blogging session or $250 for both (including lunch). For more program information and to register, please click here. Hope you can make it!

Fall 09 GTG recap

What a fun night! Thanks to those of you who came out for a wine tasting with Jacques de Villier of Old Port Wine Merchants at Casco Bay Frames & Gallery in Portland.

For those who missed it, shop owner Tony Cox (seen in the picture below with us) chatted about the store's history (been in business for more than 30 years!), a bit about their employees (all are artists), their process (all pieces are custom framed) and showed us the finished result. Then it was back to wine learning and gabbing (Maine's election results as they relate to our business was top of mind), business card swapping and catching up after a busy regular wedding season.

Thanks for hosting, Tony, and for kindly giving gift certificates to us all. And to Jacques for rallying for us. We had a great night! See you ladies in the spring!

Fall gathering: Happy hour 11/5 5:30-7:30p

A lot has happened since we last got together. New women have joined our group, others have opened studios and a few have moved away. Most notable, however, we put our emergency network into practice assisting one of our members with coverage after the unexpected death of her husband. I can't thank each of you enough for your willingness to help, either with time or with donating towards funeral flowers and food. You make me proud and I'm honored to host such a caring group of talented individuals.

The importance of this group, worth repeating, is our ability to call on each other in emergencies, an avenue to meet & expand our referral base and to provide an easy face-to-face format for the sharing of ideas, and to support one another as likeminded women business owners.

In lieu of lunch this fall, let's toast the end of our wedding season with Tony and his team at Casco Bay Frames & Gallery to learn about their custom framing process and enjoy a wine tasting led by Jacques from Old Port Wine Merchants. Spouses and assistants are welcome.

location:
295 Forest Ave # 6
Portland, ME 04101-2018
(207) 774-1260

time:
5:30-7:30p

how:
$15 per person (cash or check payable to emilie inc to cover the wine & food).

We must have a firm headcount by Tuesday, November 7th. Please email Emilie to receive our official Evite to get on the list! See you soon!