Misty Roberts, '21
Misty Roberts, the visionary behind luxury event planning company, Blissful Moment Events, always dreamed of starting her own business.
As a freshman at Colorado Mesa University, Roberts planned to major in entrepreneurship but quickly pivoted to hospitality management after learning the program offered event planning curriculum.
“I’ve always been the person in my family who plans the parties and vacations, so when I learned that event planning was a career option, I knew it was right up my alley,” Roberts said.
With guidance from CMU’s Career Services and connections within the hospitality club, Roberts secured a pivotal six-month event planning internship. This was followed by her first job as a wedding coordinator for a local wedding planning company, where she honed her craft for two years. Still, a persistent gut feeling pushed her to keep chasing her dream.
“Between my college experience and a couple of years in luxury event planning, I had a lot of connections and knew enough to launch my own business from the ground up, so that’s how it all started,” she said
Roberts took the leap, officially launching Blissful Moment Events in the fall of 2022, a year after her graduation.
Today, Roberts manages a team of three employees, all CMU graduates, and facilitates an annual internship program for CMU hospitality students interested in her industry. Her team plans around 15 luxury weddings annually, orchestrating all aspects from initial conceptualization, decor designing and day-of coordination, ensuring all pieces fall perfectly into place.
In the future, Roberts dreams of expanding the company to offer full-service destination wedding planning in locations like Mexico and Hawaii, to exercise her hand at ultra-luxe, design-heavy events each year.
Just shy of two years into the business, Blissful Moment Events was nominated for a Daily Sentinel Best of the West Award in the Best Wedding Services category and earned the bronze award.
“I’m most proud of the growth we’ve had in such a short amount of time and the quality of our clients,” Roberts said. “It’s so rewarding to design a wedding and see it come to life.”