DERAILING WEDDING DAY DISASTERS

When clients hire Sweet Beginnings, they’re getting much
more than a wedding consultant or event planner. They’re getting a tailor, mediator,
accountant and endless other personnel roles Sweet Beginnings will fill in handling the
responsibilities of a wedding or corporate event.

The sewing kit Sweet Beginnings founder and president Elana Lancit carries with
her at all times has saved countless brides and bridesmaids. One bridesmaid fell while
dancing on a four-hour wedding cruise and tore her dress from top to bottom. On
another occasion, a bride tore her train during the evening’s first dance. Lancit quickly
solved both potential disasters with her typical aplomb.

“While the bride was having dinner I was on my knees behind her sewing things
up,” Lancit said. “If I wasn’t there, it would have been a nightmare. But solving problems
is all part of the excitement. They’re all the things you think will never happen, but
happen. The more stress, the better it is for me.”

Sweet Beginnings sweats the details and handles the stress for its clients. A fullservice
wedding consulting and event-planning franchise, Sweet Beginnings also offers
full décor and chair-cover rental services for events ranging from small gatherings to
extravagant galas. Each package is individually tailored to each client’s budget, style
and needs.