Stardust Celebrations was started in 1999 by Marsha Ballard French and Jenifer Cline as a privately owned wedding planning and full service wedding department store. Prior to opening Stardust, Marsha and Jenny completed three training courses in wedding planning, completed a preceptorship at a local Dallas Church and then made several trips to Chicago and New York visiting with top wedding gown designers to gain knowledge on gown construction and styles. Their modest beginning started in a lovely old turn of the century Victorian cottage on Routh Street in the uptown neighborhood of Dallas. Their vision was to not only become a one stop shopping experience for brides and their families, but to also become known as a company that provided the prettiest wedding attire, the best bridal salon service and the most respected wedding planning throughout Dallas and Fort Worth.

By 2000, expansion was necessary; a second location was opened in Plano and the Dallas salon was renamed LuLu's. They also took on another partner, Bob French. Fortunately for us, Bob is a superb business manager, which allows Marsha and Jenny to remain focused on selection of the fabulous apparel and accessories while at the same time, maintaining a very busy wedding planning practice. To date, they have planned hundreds of weddings and dressed over 1,000 brides.

Today, the business remains focused on brides and their families. We believe that a wedding is not just about selecting a perfect gown, but also about helping a family with any and sometimes all the details surrounding the wedding. At Stardust and LuLu's, the staff of well trained individuals are dedicated to helping the bride and her family have fun and avoid stress though out the wedding planning process.

As an introduction to our staff, our owner’s backgrounds are below:

Marsha is the current president of the American Association of Wedding Planners and has become one of the few Master Certified Wedding Planners in Dallas. Prior to starting Stardust, Marsha worked in the health care industry. She became the president of a large utilization review company at the age of 34 and later founded and sold a successful software company. By background, Marsha began her career as a registered nurse and later earned a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Jenny is a Master Certified Wedding Planner. She is an alumnus of Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Jenny’s past executive positions as a CEO and as a chief operating officer have given her extensive business and planning experience.

In his role as business manager, Bob takes care of all banking, accounting and facility issues. He is an alumni of University of Michigan where he jointly completed an engineering degree and a MBA.

Max is the official Stardust mascot and all around friendly terrier. In his role, he prefers to stay in the background, but every once and awhile around 6:00 PM, you may see Max as he finishes his nightly walk around the salon. Jake is rarely seen since his manners are not yet honed. It is doubtful unless you request a meeting that you’ll get to visit with this hound dog. Little LuLu is our cute Pug, who just waits to run out and greet our guests. As you can see, we love our pets.