Here to provide different planning, coordinating, and consulting services to individuals, non-profit and for-profit businesses - including, but not limited to the following: event/wedding planning, event/wedding coordinating, event/wedding consulting, and fundraising consulting. Our mission is to focus on serving over ourselves.A Texas Limited Liability Company (EIN: 46-3366506)Bodas & Bashes by Brittney falls under the umbrella of Serving Over Self LLC

I believe that a wedding is one of the most important days of a person's life. While incredibly exciting, it can be a time that is full of stressful decisions with the planning, but this is where I like to come in...It is my pleasure and blessing to be able to help plan and/or coordinate weddings! I specialize in focusing on the details and executing wedding plans by partnering with Brides and Grooms to help them plan the day that THEY envision.Brief bio: I started working in the wedding field right after High School during College. I have coordinated several successful weddings and started from the ground up - by observing, asking questions, and developing my own resources. I have experience working for a wedding/event planning company (Jubilations in Wichita, KS) and working at a wedding venue (The Greenbranch in College Station, TX). I also have experience working with out-of-town Brides and Grooms.• I am very comprehensive and detail-oriented in my planning process with clienta. We schedule 2-3 planning meetings to breakdown the wedding piece by piece in a way that is not overwhelming starting from general details to the specifics.• I love to get creative and I am all about making weddings what the BRIDE and GROOM want...we can go traditional or go out-of-the-box in our planning.• I enjoy creating detailed timelines of the wedding weekend and I distribute to all parties involved in the wedding from vendors to the bridal party. • I work closely with vendors to assure that all details are settled and ready to be smoothly executed at the wedding.• I am experienced in executing plans in a smooth and professional manner so that the Bride & Groom just ENJOY their wedding as I guide them through the events of their timeline.I am blessed to have this business where I LOVE what I do. If you want someone to be by your side, fulfilling your vision of your best day ever...I am your wedding planner!

• Responsible for the management and coordination of the logistics for all of our events at the South Central TX Chapter of JDRF -- ranging from our Promise Ball (raises approx. $1.3 million annually), Walk to Cure Diabetes (raises approx. $700,000 annually), and Third Party events (raises approx. $10,000 annually).• Manage, evaluate and work to expand fundraising programs. • In charge of media relations for the chapter with Press Releases, Requests for Coverage and setting up interviews.• Manage & steward all vendor relationships for the chapter• Help set, monitor and maintain our budgets set for the Walk and Promise Ball

Pioneer Bible Translators is an organization near and dear to my heart. Their mission is to spread the gospel to every nation and every tongue as Jesus said we should. I have volunteered the last two years to coordinate the details of their fundraising banquet in San Antonio and provided guidance as to how they can grow their event. Working closely with their staff, I specialized in assisting them with running their registration, trained their volunteers and staff, worked with their vendors, worked with them on the setup and decorations of the event, talked with them about the timing of the event and created a timeline, helped them with the setup and execution of the event, guided them in how to steward their guests, and other miscellaneous duties.

Project RED's mission is to bring hope to families in El Salvador through Reintegration, Education and Development. My role at Project RED was to spearhead fundraising and stewardship in the US to support the 50 families that are supported through this amazing program.• Develop annual and long-range individual/major giving development strategy, goals and budget • Design and implement a strategy to identify, solicit and cultivate new relationships with individual and major donors - and maintaining those relationships• Cultivate and ensure (thru personal contact) the ongoing engagement and support of a portfolio of current individual, corporate, and foundation donors• Develop, implement and manage a planned giving program, supervising gifts made through bequests, trusts, charitable gift annuities, and other planned giving vehicles.• Lead/Assist in the preparation of written materials, including correspondence, solicitation materials, acknowledgements, and regular communications for donors, major gifts donors and planned giving prospects• Provide personal face-to-face presentations and/or Project RED “tours” for individuals as needed• Assist in fostering communication between ED and major donors• Oversee organization of special events (volunteers, auction items, locale reservations, etc.), working closely with the donor who is organizing each event• Develop new events throughout the country to raise awareness and fund support of Project RED• Seek grant proposal opportunities, assisting in their elaboration as needed (grant proposals are currently written by ED) For more information about Project RED, visit: www.projectredelsalvador.orghttp://youtu.be/hoSql0ZfYSwProject RED is a fund under the San Antonio Area Foundation

• Planned and Coordinated: San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Gala (1125 patrons), KLRN Wine Festival (2600 patrons), HEB Baby Expo (8300 patrons), Junior ROTC Championships (5000 patrons), Disney On Ice (42,000 patrons), San Antonio High School Graduations (50,600 patrons), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus (49,300 patrons).• Balanced client, vendor & venue employee needs plus alleviated unexpected surprises professionally and responsibly while respecting facility policies and operational procedures.• Public Address of superiors and peers in pre-event briefing meetings.In addition, Marketing Assistant from January through June:• Formalized written requests for press releases, PR plans, newsletters & organizing trade.• Organized media relation events and worked with network producers to obtain event coverage.

• Coordinated the timing of the wedding from ceremony to reception.• Managed facility to ensure: guest safety, client satisfaction of event flow, and facility protection.• Assisted in coordinating a wedding for a regionally televised show called The Glass Slipper. • Adapted to inclement weather of hurricane Ike quickly and administered the rain plan without a flaw.• Represented the venue at the Fall 2008 Bridal Fair.

• Assisted head wedding coordinator with pre-rehearsal meetings and accompanied her at rehearsals.• Assisted in decorating, serving, maintaining buffet lines, and post-wedding clean-up.