Eleanor Ivey Campbell, Owner

What Makes Me Different? 

I can work with tight budgets -- I'm on one myself. 

I'm more of a planner than a designer. 

I have been married myself.

I'm a native of the area and have worked at most venues and with most all local vendors.

LOCAL I am a native of Asheville. The Ivey side of my family has been in North Carolina since the 1600's. The other side of my family is from Iceland. I have also lived in Charleston, S.C., Raleigh/Durham, and Atlanta.

PROFESSIONAL I graduated from Asheville School and have an B.A. Degree from Duke University. I believe strongly in customer service, which to me means both big things--  like going above and beyond the contract to make sure the client is happy -- and little things -- like returning phone calls and emails promptly.  

ORGANIZED  I am naturally a very organized person, not in the Martha Stewart vein, but more in terms of paperwork -- making budgets, lists, calendars, schedules, filing, and also in terms of communicating. I'm also great with computers. I check and recheck everything, but I am not so detail-oriented that I lose sight of the big picture. I can see the trees and the forest at the same time.

EXPERIENCED  I have been planning weddings and events here for 15 years. After 12 years in retail, (and being involved in numerous weddings), I purchased a bridal shop called Weddings  for You in 1993.  The owner, a  dear lady named Madeline Metts, helped train me in all things bridal. I found that I enjoyed the planning side of weddings more than the retail side. So I closed the shop, changed the name to Events for You, and have been doing wedding and event planning ever since. Examples of events I have managed are: weddings, reunions, holiday markets, trade shows, open houses, and the Asheville Holiday Parade.