HE'S SO ORIGINAL
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viewsAshley Baber
By skirtySteph, Thursday, May 13, 2010
Occupation: Owner + Principle Wedding Planner at Ashley Baber Weddings, LLC {www.ashleybaberweddings.com}
I live in: Atlanta
My work: designing, planning and coordinating weddings of all styles and sizes in Atlanta, Virginia, throughout the Southeast + beyond.
My favorite possession: A ring I had made from diamonds and rubies that were in various jewelry pieces that belonged to my Grandmother.
My hometown: I grew up in a small town in Western Maryland.
Words I live by: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle and “What goes around comes around.”
I can’t live without: My husband, three pugs, e-mail, manis/pedis, traveling and red wine.
I’m inspired by: Love. All things vintage. Fresh flowers. Traveling. Entrepreneurs.
What keeps me awake at night: Lots and lots of wedding details, my never ending to do list, and what’s next- how to keep growing my business.
One thing I never want to do again: Be naive.
My passion: Facilitating an important part of a love story that will last for generations to come.
Right now I’m reading: “The E-Myth Revisted” by Michael E. Gerber
The one item that has changed my life: My GPS. I am one of the most directionally challenged people you will ever meet.
Favorite website: Twitter.com
The food I could eat every day: Margaritas/Chips/Queso/Guac
The food I never want to eat again: Raw Oysters
If I were a superheroine, I would be: Gaia (Captain Planet).
The best thing I ever won: the respect of people I admire.
I still can’t get the hang of: driving a stick shift.
I wish I’d known: your first love and your soul mate aren’t always one in the same.
The world would be a better place, if only: everyone recycled and no one gossiped!
I’d like to learn to: speak fluent Spanish.
Something most people don’t know about me: I have a degree in Kinesiology and Applied Physiology and a minor in Philosophy from the University of Colorado (Boulder). Also, most people (even some of my family members!) don’t know that my husband and I eloped. His parents pressured us to get married before we moved across the country together. We had a full wedding and reception 9 months later.
The worst idea I’ve ever had: trying to get a tan every summer for years. Instead I would get a severe sunburn. Every summer. For years.
My first job: I was a cashier at McDonald’s when I was 15.
What are you most vain about? I am told I have great eyes and cute dimples…
What do you fear the most? Losing people I love.
Early bird or night owl?: A Night Owl that has started faking it as an Early Bird.
I feel strongest when: I am surrounded by my family and friends.
When I grow up, I want to be: a leader and mentor in my industry. A great Mother. A philanthropist. Still madly in love with my husband.
At the end of a long day, the first thing I want to do is: Change into pajamas, kiss the hubs, hug the pugs and dive into a glass of great red wine.
Always... keep calm and carry on.
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