Hey ya'll!

I'm Lisa, owner & principal planner of Purple Crane.  I am a native South Carolinian, wife to an extremely talented photographer and an 80's pop trivia nerd. My event planning  journey began in the early 2000's when I started planning destination vacations for friends & family.  After obtaining my marketing degree, my career path led me to planning & coordinating government and civic events.  While many event planners are self-taught, I continued to further my education in the event industry by becoming formally trained in Meeting & Event Planning at the University of North Carolina, joining MPI--the largest meeting & event planning professional network in the world, and commencing course to obtain my CSEP (Certified Special Events Professional) designation. My formal event planning education and near-decade of experience allows me to remove the burden of planning the perfect event from my clients and give them the gift of time back.