Meet Carol, Founder of Bride St. Louis
Hello! I’m Carol, the founder and owner of Bride St. Louis. I’d love to share a little about myself, my passions, and what inspired me to create Bride St. Louis LLC.
With a background in marketing from Fontbonne University, I have always been drawn to creativity and connection. I’ve been happily married for many years to a wonderful man, and we share our home with two beloved rescue dogs, Tippy and Teagan. My passions include wedding and landscape photography, traveling the world, and embracing the great outdoors as an avid hiker and explorer. I’m also a dedicated marathon runner, having completed seven marathons—starting later in life—and, at heart, I am a true romantic.
My journey in the wedding industry began as a vendor, where I quickly recognized two critical needs: affordable marketing solutions for businesses and better education for brides. These became the foundation of Bride St. Louis, and after 14 years and more than 70 wedding shows, they remain at the core of our mission.
Bride St. Louis is built on integrity, honesty, and an unwavering commitment to providing the best marketing services for our vendors. No matter how much we grow, our dedication to supporting you will never change.
I’m excited to be part of your journey—whether you’re a vendor looking to grow your business or a bride planning the wedding of your dreams!
We want your wedding to be Magical, Amazing & Beautiful !!
We are EVERYTHING WEDDINGS and we produce The Bride St. Louis Wedding Show, The Southern Illinois Wedding Shows, The Washington Wedding Show and the Bride Central MO Wedding Shows that brides love! BrideStLouis.com is the largest, most comprehensive and complete wedding resource for the bridal community in the St. Louis area. We specialize in helping all brides and grooms plan their most amazing wedding ever! BrideCentralMissouri.com is dedicated to the central region of Missouri.
We started in 2012 with a very simple web site which provided detailed information on all wedding professionals, making BrideStlouis.com a quick and easy one-stop solution to connect with any vendor brides might need. It soon expanded by request to a wedding show that was different – more fun, more educational, and one that was more personal – some called it a boutique show. We wanted vendors and brides to have quality time to connect and talk amd get to know each other. Our shows are more personal and eliminated what is for some couples, an overwhelming experience when going to other similar type events.
Our mission from the very start was to provide a show which offer couples a more personal experience, and one that offered education to help couples make the right decisions when planning a wedding. A corresponding second mission was to provide quality Wedding Professionals a more affordable means of connecting with brides and grooms.
Our mission from the very start was to provide a show which offer couples a more personal experience, and one that offered education to help couples make the right decisions when planning a wedding. A corresponding second mission was to provide quality Wedding Professionals a more affordable means of connecting with brides and grooms.
It’s now 14 years later – and 12,000 of you LOVE Bride St. Louis. We now offer 7 to 8 Wedding Shows during the year, have expanded to Southern Illinois and Columbia, Missouri. Our HUGE 2 DAY Wedding Expo in January offers FREE SEMINARS. Every detail of wedding planning is covered, so that at the end of the two days, Brides & Grooms have an amazing experience, have fun, win prizes and have the confidence of going forth to plan their wedding. Once a year, we host the RUN for the DRESS – where brides can purchase a gown for a fraction of their retail cost. We have HUNDREDS of Blog Posts on EVERYTHING WEDDING. Our web site is the perfect place to find and connect with your perfect venue.
Our web site, continues the focus on education but we have limited our VENDOR listings to only those vendors who are vetted and participate in our events and who are Preferred Wedding Partners. And what that means for you, is that you can be assured of quality, professional, reliable service….as every wedding vendor is of a caliber that provides quality and dependability. That’s STRESS-FREE Wedding Planning.
After all – we’re EVERYTHING WEDDING!
The joy of getting engaged to the nitty-gritty of putting the actual celebration together is easy when you follow BrideStLouis.com. Thank you for signing up and allowing us the privilege of helping plan your wedding.
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