Meet the Owner

Oh where to begin?? I guess it all started in grade school. My Mom was our Girl Scout leader, and one day she asked me for assistance with planning and organizing an outing for our troop. Within a few hours, I had the Venue/Manager contact information, list of events/activities that were appropriate for our age group and pricing information, to six different places. Needless to say Mom was not expecting so much attention to detail or organization, and I ourbecame our official outing planner.

This led into a very successful role as the Commissioner of Clubs for my high school ASB. I was in charge of setting the activities calendar for the year, ensuring all clubs on campus had at least 2 events to showcase their club, and was responsible for throwing the Welcome Back dance at the beginning of the school year. This position utilized my creative talents as well as my type-A personality to get things done on a very large scale.

Throughout my young adult life, I was routinely called on upon by friends and relatives to plan and decorate their Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. Most notably was a 100-ish person Halloween house party, complete with dj’s, bands and several other performing acts. At that time in my life, this had been the largest design, build and coordination event I had worked on.  

A few years later, it was time for me to tie the knot! 250 people, plated dinner, ceremony at a Temecula winery, reception at a Fallbrook golf course. There were a few times when I almost threw in the towel and ran off to Vegas! However, with the obstacles came a deep understanding what brides/grooms/wedding party/wedding family/guests all go through leading up to, day of, and after a wedding. A bit nerve racking, however gave me powerful tools I use each and every day at Michelle Eileen Events.

The real fun started after having my girls! I was VERY involved with their school’s PTA and was voted in as Vice President my 2nd year participating!! I started with the membership drive. Set up “open enrollment” booths at pick up & drop off times, received a 30% increase in members. Next was the t-shirt order, where I implemented using a school-wide drawing contest. The winners’ art was displayed on the shirt and sweatshirts, which resulted in a 45% increase in sales. The most fun event I orchestrated was the Fall Carnival. I took an ordinary fall carnival, and turned it into a money making, FUN zone! I updated all of the booth games, implemented a wrist band for unlimited games, added a dj, dancing teams, haunted house, laser tag, food vendors…it was a ton of fun and we raised three times more money than any carnival ever had!!

Since then, I’ve created Baby Showers, Birthday’s, Retirement parties, Themed parties, worked with tons of caterers, bar caterers, restaurants, florists, and have planned several corporate functions which all included travel/hotel plans for visiting guests. I've played photographer, bartender, server, coordinator, planner and guest for many of these events, which I believe gives me a much needed hands on approach to planning, coordination and design.

After years and years of go nowhere jobs, I am FINALLY following my business purpose. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for considering Michelle Eileen Events. You are now helping me live my life’s mission…providing quality, professional and FUN weddings/events/parties to my community. I look forward to bringing your idea into reality, coordination of your special day, and having TONS of FUN along the way!!

XOXO,

Michelle Eileen