THE PAST FEW WEEKS

Hello dear friends and family, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe/Zapphaire events are back again .

September 11th and 12th(Esohe Alile's wedding )

IT was a real pleasure planning esohe and scott's wedding by the way(his italian and she is benin)
You know when you have a bride that lives abroad and you need to communicate via emails and pictures you know that you really need to work hard at ensuring there is full attention to detail especially with the coordinator in charge of her wedding(zapphaire events end here).
By the way the structure in zapphaire events goes like this--------
we have a head of events dept who oversees two other heads,head of weddings and head of corporate events and they in turn have about 3 coordinators each that report to them ,

Folake omotosho was handling Esohes wedding then she had to leave to go work in an insurance coy,then seyi took over but then had to leave cos of nysc etc.
so good old moi had to personally handle Esohe's wedding in the end

it was very detailed i must say,
she had a particular way her decor had to look like ,so we went to enlist the help of Molara Akinosho of just weddings who got the brief and ran with it.of course has you know with all brides and clients,we had some last minute changes and lara had to change some stuff asap
but she did a fantastic job at the end of the day.I'll post the pics tomorrow.

But the drama before the wedding was something else-

I'll start with the venue thinking the wedding was on a Saturday and not Friday,it took the videographer(tiyan of memories street)going there to do a recon to let me know what the venue organisers were up to.I had to dash there that day and quickly correct the situation.
You can imagine if there had been a booking for Friday already ,that means that we would have been double booked and all. Can't even begin to imagine the whole situation,
but we planners are crisis managers so that really helped me!!!!!!


Then the cake baker for the Eng and moi thot the color of the cake was white because that was the color we both saw when the preferred cake sent by esohe was printed out but luckily again esohe was able to clarify when she came that it was actually cream and no white.phew! close again.
And the list goes on and on,even on the main event day, but you know what the bottom line of everything was that she didn't notice and she loved every single thing about her wedding ,from the ambience to the music(she and her sisters love dancing by the way and she has 6 0f them),her cake etc.
Zapphaire Events was in full form and all staff including myself worked really hard and did a fantastic job.

some of our event partners included
decor- molara Akinosho
cake- plexus cakes(reception)and upper crust(engagement)
dj- dj Tade
smallchops-laredo
cocktails-cocktails in and out
drinks-noble party services
food- wine and gold
dessert-oh la la (who served a particular Italian dessert that Scott loved by the way)

you guys have to pay me for his free publicity ohhhhhhhh!!!!!!!


watch out for the pictures real sooonnnnn!

We at zapphaire events wish them a happy married life and God's hand of favour and blessings be upon them both.

hello guys,i'm back.
Sorry i was a away for a while.I have really been blown away by all the comments.Thanks guys.

Now down to the ramblings of this friday.

This week has been one hectic one.First of all, from moi being tired all the time and then getting to run around for meetings to seal up the latter part of this year and then trying to pamper my hubby and taking care of my baby(who has been a bit cranky,she's teething bythe way).Its been a real rollercoaster but i thank God for His grace and mercy upon my life.

This is just to say thanks to the following people in my life:
A) MY WONDERFUL ,OVERBEARING,LOVING,CARING,IN YOUR FACE MAMA
she's really the best ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Always ready to help me,take care of me etc.I love her to bits.

B) my sister(tosyn,hazel,contradiction(cant recall the other personas pls sis)
shes so so so smart,creative,did i say smart again.so many lovely and brilliant ideas fill her head,
shes the writer,poet,producer,editor,singer,pr person,diva,stylist e.t.c.
She can be a real pain oh but she always shows up.
She forced me to start this blog believing it will boost my profile;i really hope it is anyway.

C) my hubby,babes,d obrut,sir obruntus,etc
i love you oh.i maybe crazy at times but i know u'll do your best to do anything for meeeeeeeee
thanks for putting up with me and loving me.

This is family right now,i'll come to friends later on.so the likes of Tola,layo,omoyemi,moyo,boye,stello,toyin,tara,lisa,folake:dont worry i'm coming.

Question
Which brings me to the question of the week

what roles do friends play in our lives?


Now i'm off to get ready for the wedding zapphaire events is handling tommorrow at muson centre.I'm sure it would be loads of fun and hard work as usual.

I'll give you all the gist when i get back ,hope i won't be tooooooo tired though.

I'll post pics real soon.

my very first post

Gosh im soooooo excited
I get to start my blog, can't wait to let you guys in on who i am

ok ok ok
id thot about this for a while now ,and finally its here
I mean, what do i have to share or talk about?
"A whole lot oh bucky", as Tola would say

today started with me tryin to rest cos of work from the previous week
i mean,there was chapel hill denham's womens ivestment fund, and then on fri mrs kemi balogun was 4o; you know what,she really knows how to throw it down!

zapphaire hostesses were in top form and the decor at expo centre was out of this world.
the entertainment{wildchild,kate henshaw,and then surprise appearances by basketmouth and miss diva diva anita baker who rocked the house}

which brings us to sat where ms. diva anita baker was to perform but threw a tantrum and never did. i didn't like that at all cos this was my chance to show the world and naija that zapphaire was tapping cos my ushers were in top form and our coordination was going smoothly!
kudos also for the service providers because the food, ambience, stage and all the works, were great!
I believe kilimanjaro will rise again, and zapphaire will keep coordinating the classiest shows!

then good ole sunday,the speaker of the lagos state house of assembly turned 50.
zapphaire was there again,but we had some other surprise in store. Thankfully, the likes of niyi,nike,kemi,sam,siji,funmi were all hard at work paying attention to detail and ensuring it went smoothly! They are my good old staff and coordinators oh

which brings me to resting today,but u know what i didn't really rest.
had back to back meetings, then spent some quality time with my hubby and daughter. Mairo is going to be one in October, i am so excited!

can't believe im a mother
lol


i'll be back real soon

all brides tobe,party organisers ,event partners/vendors
get ready for moi