Today we’d like to introduce you to Ciara Self and Montgomery Self.
Ciara and Montgomery, please share your story with us.
We have slowly yet carefully curated an event + design company to serve the DFW area & beyond. With Montgomery’s experience in the construction + building industry + project management & my tenured experience in the Interior Design world, starting a business together was almost a no-brainer. After planning our own wedding, going through all the meetings, budget insanity, the tears (yes, there were tears) & literally a DID IT OUR SELF-wedding we feel like we just get it, We had so many people ask us who planned your wedding? It was something that just clicked.
We crave the couples who stray away from traditional and run towards unconventional.
The couples who don’t want just a cookie cutter wedding & would rather create something that best describes them – but most importantly, a day all about love and just a damn right good time.
OUR PROCESS:
Bash is an exclusive wedding planning service, which means we say yes with intention. We want to vibe with our clients, we want you to vibe with us – and make sure it’s a good match. We are a little nontraditional – meaning we like to think outside the box, we don’t like stuffy and we like to break the rules sometimes 😉
Has it been a smooth road?
Nothing is ever a smooth road – if it is then something isn’t right. Obstacles/challenges are what made us who we are today. When we first started our company, we said YES to anyone and everyone – because let’s be honest we were just so excited people wanted to hire us, and believed in us. We figured out fairly quickly that – that wasn’t for us. We found intention within the first year, and decided to take on clients that were good for our creative soul – and clients we vibed with.
We’d love to hear more about BASH CO + EVENTS.
We are a very different design + planning company, especially in Dallas. The wedding industry, especially in The South is still pretty traditional – what stands us apart is that we aren’t.
We love the clients who want to “break the rules” and be a little more personable with their big day or even the clients who want the most intimate wedding and not some 300+ person production. We only offer one service which is pretty rare in today’s industry; which is a full planning.
Why??? Well, from past experience we’ve realized that it just doesn’t make sense for us. We are IN THIS to help create a unique, personable, downright, cool fun wedding for each of our clients – and we just can’t do that when we are just hired for “day off.” Also, there is SO much that goes into planning a wedding, and for us to just come in 31 days prior just doesn’t make sense. We like to know what is going on from day one, we like to get to know our bride & groom AND we like to be fully prepared. Now, we completely understand some clients are fully capable of planning their own wedding, we totally get that- we personally were this way as well for our own wedding – but we just feel like if you’re going to book BASH, hopefully, it’s because you want BASH to fully be there throughout the process, just as much as we want to be there throughout the process with you.
Finding a mentor and building a network are often cited in studies as a major factor impacting one’s success. Do you have any advice or lessons to share regarding finding a mentor or networking in general?
Always be kind to everyone you meet – the last thing you want for yourself or your reputation is a bad rep. Now, that doesn’t mean if you need to get down to business you can’t do so. For us, networking has been tricky both of us still hold full-time jobs while running BASH but anytime we get the opportunity, we always network with whomever we meet. We also don’t compare ourselves to anyone else in the industry – everyone is so different and there is a specific client for everyone.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bashcoevents.com
- Email: yay@bashcoevents.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bashcoevents/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BASHCOEVENTS/
- Other: https://greenweddingshoes.com/rain-didnt-stop-this-industrial-meets-california-inspired-wedding-in-texas/
Image Credit:
Headshot: Ty French, Flowers in Her Hair Elopement: A Sea of Love, Mid Century Modern Wedding: Bradford Martens, SmithChella Wedding: Peyton Rainey. Brass Penny Photography for the Rainy CA wedding
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