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| "I was married in an outdoor ceremony on a beautiful Saturday evening in Rochester Michigan a few years ago. Money was tight back then and my budget did not allow much for flowers or anything else for that matter. With a little practice, and using my degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising, I was able to create all of my bridesmaid’s flowers as well as all the centerpieces. Several of my guests told me how |
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much they loved the flowers and wanted to know who did them for me. Well, imagine their surprise when I told them that I did all the flowers!
Using my creativity I was able to add slight variations to the traditional wedding ceremony. Several of my guests told me that I did a wonderful job and that I should go into the party planning business. Well, that’s when I met Pam Drake, a freelance illustrator who owned her own greeting card company. I was purchasing her cards for gift baskets for my other company, Hannah’s Baskets, for close to a year before it hit me. I figured that if I was making silk floral arrangements, custom invitations would be the perfect compliment for a party planning business. Pam and I have been creating beautiful parties, weddings and corporate events ever since.
We both figured that party and event planning wasn’t for everyone, and that we could all use a little help now and then. That’s why we chose S.O.S. as our company name.
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| "I have always been a creative and energetic person! I seldom, if ever, sit down for any length of time (just ask my family and friends)! However, with a family to raise and the general responsibilities of life, my creative side was placed on the back burner for many years. In 1989, I decided it was time to bring that love to the forefront! I returned to college to complete my degree in Fine Arts. During that same time, I began designing and producing
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note cards from pencil illustrations and selling them to family, friends, co-workers and local gift shops, and haven't stopped since!
About four years ago, I was introduced to Lisa by a close business acquaintance who thought the two of us would have something to offer each other in terms of business. She was running a successful gift basket company, and I was a freelance illustrator and owner of an online greeting card company. The meeting was strictly business, but we hit it off, right from the start! For about a year, Lisa was purchasing my note cards for her gift baskets. It wasn't long after that, that she asked if I would be interested in designing hand-made wedding invitations for a business idea she was working on. Since I already owned my own business, I was a little reluctant to jump into anything else. Fortunately, she wasn't satisfied with that answer, and before I knew it, she and I were standing in line at the County office signing our names to our new partnership, "S.O.S. of Rochester"! |
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