Diamonds and Lace EventScaping is a Mother-Daughter Affair

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BY TIA CAROL JONES

Liddell quickly became one of the most requested planners at the church, where she studied with two of the top wedding planners there. She began to offer her services outside of the church, noticing that all brides were looking for the same caliber of service she provided at the church.

While at the church, she was asked to do a broom for a wedding. She used her creative imagination and her love of crafting to make the broom. Since 1996, she estimates she has made thousands of brooms. The brooms are available as decorative pieces in someone’s home as a house blessing.

Diamonds and Lace EventScaping is a full-service event planning company. The company plans baby showers and milestone birthday parties, in addition to weddings. “Because Today’s Gifts Are Tomorrow’s Heirlooms, Diamonds and Lace is committed to providing goods and services that both meet your needs and suit your tastes,” Liddell said, adding that it also is the company’s tagline.

The company averages two to three weddings per year. The goal is to ensure each couple receives quality time from planning to the day-of the wedding. During the consultations care is taken to listen to what the couples want and to provide quality customer service for them to make their big day special, with attention to detail.

“We get them from the yes, to the I do,” Liddell said. Johnson said being a mother-daughter wedding planning business can be fun and challenging. If she has an idea, she pitches it to Liddell. She said her mother keeps her on her toes.

“It’s been very rewarding, we work well together, and we just play off of each other’s strengths, because we’re both artists, we’re both crafters, we welcome each other’s feedback and we respect each other’s creativity and ideas,” Johnson said, adding they value each other’s opinions. Liddell got her work ethic from her father. He was the regional manager for Columbia Records. Liddell recently retired from her job and is working with Diamonds and Lace EventScaping full time.

Johnson and Liddell said one of their most extravagant weddings happened when they first started the business. It was a 500-person wedding, with dancers, over-the-top décor at a venue that mirrored the event. There also was a wedding that took place recently that had a lot of moving parts, which included food trucks, catered food and overthe-top décor. Johnson described that wedding as amazing.

Diamonds and Lace EventScaping also has planned milestone birthday parties where well-known singers have serenaded the birthday person. One of Johnson and Liddell’s favorite moments was when a well-known singer serenaded someone on their birthday. The look on the birthday guest of honor’s face was priceless.

Throughout the years, Diamonds and Lace EventScaping has planned the same couple’s baby shower, milestone birthdays and other events. Diamonds and Lace EventScaping is putting together a Bridal Expo for Fall of this year.

For more information about Diamonds and Lace EventScaping, visit www.diamondsandlaceeventscaping.com.