Surprise Invite

01/16/2025

One of my absolute favorite things to be invited to do. (Ingrained in me as I participated in 4H Soeaking contests as a child. Who knew what I was being groomed for?! ) Purchase your bulk season tickets now.
Can’t wait to see you in August with message to Inspire created specifically for this event!!

🎉 INSPIRE BULK TICKET SALE! 🎉

Our Inspire quarterly breakfast series is back and better than ever! 🌟 Be part of this powerful tradition showcasing incredible stories from noteworthy businesswomen in our community.

💥 SPECIAL DEAL: Purchase all 4 events for $100 (a $120 value)!
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📅 Hurry! Offer ends 2/12/25.

📅 2025 Event Lineup:
✨ February 12: Hannah Drake, Co-Founder of IDEASxLab
✨ May 14: Angie Fenton, Editor-in-Chief, Extol Media
✨ August 13: Denise Metzger with Surprise Invite
✨ December 10: Women in Manufacturing Panel - Panelists to be announced

Let’s celebrate hope, resilience, and triumph together in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. 💕

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A special thank you to our sponsors:

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Misty Enright Photography
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06/12/2024

Later Wacky Wednesday start today with summer shift of early morning grandbabies visit - off I go to sprinkle joy wherever I roam today. First stop .. Options- Southern Indiana Networking lunch and then on to senior clients I get to serve and see today!

Still getting to raise funds for growth of business opportunity less than a month out - should you feel inclined to support the mission. Venmo link in comments. Feel free to share also - this requires a village! Grateful for you!!

06/06/2024

This past Sunday I was surprisingly invited into a week long sabbatical of silence. (That’s how Divine Dares happen - unexpectedly and sounding crazy!)

I’m only temporarily breaking my week long silence now, to express my immense gratitude to those of you who traversed the journey with me as I blogged in real time, as well as to those who read my words in the memoir of Heavenly Birth published afterwards.

Monday I broke out in a bizarre rash (maybe to ensure I stay home secluded and without distraction of human interaction) Tonight I was led to revisit my entries from June 1 - June 9th.

Jonnae’s life .. our faith .. my journey as her mother .. can only be remotely understood within those pages! Those of you who weathered emotions to stay with me through the pain, remaining steadfast in faith and gratitude, continue to sustain my fuel for the journey. There aren’t words to express my heartfelt gratitude!!

My account of our journey, though those pages take me back. My tears water the garden of my soul. My faith and gratitude remain unshaken; though many a spiritual earthquake has come to challenge me otherwise!

I love you. I’m grateful for you. I press on because of you!

05/29/2024

FUNny FUNtastic day. Grandbabies see through/enjoy my Wacky Wednesdays .. my oldest never has 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 Grandson wanted me to come to his baseball game WaCky tonight. His father did not. I obliged to son’s wishes. 🙃💜

Wack Attacks that did transpire throughout the day - were smile invoking

05/29/2024

My favorite day of the week! Getting to kick it off with a visit to the grands! Off we go!😜💀😂🎉

05/25/2024

You won’t likely want me to sing Happy Birthday and play guitar as I did for my grandson Easton’s first birthday .. but you, or someone you know, may want me to create a celebratory slide show - birthday/graduation/engagement, anniversary, retirement or any other milestone.

Link to this adorable video for you to see/consider reaching out to me for, is in the comments (as it appears algorithms prefer pics over links in the original post).

05/20/2024

If you’ve enjoyed and are excited about the opportunity that awaits me in July as I appear on The Blox as one of the cast of Season 17, please (and thank you 🙏) make a contribution towards my participation TODAY! I’m $250 away from second payment that’s due by midnight tonight and 2K from total before July.

This will be week long intense educational experience, game and reality show, where I’ll compete against other entrepreneurs for the title of most valuable or investible business. I’ll be flying back WaCky as filming of the show will be Friday through Tuesday .. (was disappointed that Wacky Wednesday that week won’t be during the shoot but I will advise they keep the cameras rolling as I’ll be creating another WaCk Attack in the air for passengers and flight crew 😂)

For all the support that’s already brought me this far (16 years of Wacky Wednesdays) and keep me going, there aren’t words adequate to express my gratitude. I’m the one out here creating smiles and joy - but you help fuel the journey! 🙏🎁💫🎉

https://venmo.com/u/Denise-Metzger-2020
(last four of my phone number if it asks 4297)

05/18/2024

Father's Day will be here before you know it. You can gift him the gift of his lifetime - something unique and long lasting that will be priceless for years to come.

I'm going to do these at highly reduced rate for the first 5 who take advantage of the offer. Limited time only, as we get to get on this now. But once we have initial call, I'll take over and you've got nothing else to do but wait for me to create and send you the most meaningful video imaginable!

A personal, celebration, tribute documentary honoring a special dad for Father’s Day. This is a 2 minute trailer of the larger Celebration of Life video on t...

05/15/2024

I’ve got a Wacky Wednesday video and message to share with you later .. but for now .. may your wet ☔️ Wednesday be wacky and wonderful!!!! 💫🦄🎉✨

05/06/2024

** LIMITED TIME ONLY** (pictures are of last 4 mothers celebrated … will yours be next?)

Mother's/Father’s Day Special. No matter where you live, you can take advantage of this offer for one of a kind gift that keeps on giving.

$250 for up to 10 video participants.

I'll give you instructional tips for capturing video of each participant saying one word they'd use to describe the person being celebrated and a salutation like "I love you!" or "Happy Mother's Day" (This could actually be a magnificent gift to a graduate, bride and groom, grandparent, birthday ...ANY occasion for anyone to experience love and celebration!)

I'll edit and add music and provide a youtube link for you to share with any loved ones you'd like to share it with. (Pictures and additional stories can be added later for additional cost.)

05/05/2024

Anyone close to me, knows why this reel below (in comments) would land so true for me. Over the past 5 plus years, you’ve been such an integral part of helping me find my way back to the full spirited, joyful woman I am, when I wasn’t sure I could.

I went through the fire, the full fall, deepest remorse, self loathing, guilt, shame and want to party hop in my sleep … a video of your stories about me, intended to be surprise parting gift for my boys in the future, ended up being a massive, priceless surprise gift to me in the Present; reminding me who I’ve been my whole life, not who I succumbed to on one day. So I kept going.

Your reflecting back to me who I am and an unstoppable faith .. delivered me to the door step of self forgiveness and safe haven of Grace!

I’m on a mission to support others in finding the same. Through Surprise Invite I’ll be adding so many ways to contribute to healing and happiness through celebratory life documentaries.

The sooner I raise the funds necessary for the The Blox educational boot camp and entrepreneurial reality show experience awaiting me in Tulsa this July - the sooner I can stop asking for the financial help to get there.

I’m 3K away - ALL donations help!!! I may be the one leading this change in the way we live and “die” through life celebration and the power of gratitude, but I’m only able to keep going because of our human and divine connection and this being a co-creation.

Thanks to each of you for being there in so many invaluable ways. Words can’t convey my gratitude!!

https://venmo.com/u/Denise-Metzger-2020

05/01/2024

I’m a Wacky Wednesday mess of cotton candy colors and unicorn spirit today. I’ve tried and tried to get myself into a Derby one and it’s not possible for this one! I can’t feel excited about horses (I do 💗 them!!!) not having a say in whether their fate is euthanasia this week (not to mention all it takes for them to be “in the running “) or the increase of human trafficking that will occur this week. Lots of money that could be utilized in other ways and still benefit Louisville!

Trust me, I don’t at all like being a party pooper!Anyone who knows me though, knows I won’t pretend I’m someone I’m not or fake my way through an experience .. nor am I able to keep a point to myself if I thinks it’s worthy of questioning and conversation. 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

Regardless - I do hope ALL enjoy the gift of this Present day and freedom of choices we have. Not all do. It’s a beautiful blue sky, sun filled day and none should be taken for granted or let slip away without some smiles and joy.

Off I go to do just that … ✨💫🦄🙏🎁🎉

04/30/2024

If you’re local, there’s still time for me to create one for YOUR mama! And if not .. get with me to create one of these for your father. They’re the gift that keeps on giving!! (Right Diana?! 💜)

Family and Friends share their description of the woman they all call 'mom' as a special Mother's Day surprise. The full personal documentary can be seen on ...

04/24/2024

Check out this FUNtastic group of amazing people who serve our senior communities and are quite artistic! Loved getting to share creative Wacky Wednesday networking and painting with them at The Mansion on Main event tonight!

If you’ve not had a tour of their facility get down there and check out their beautiful spaces and community!

04/10/2024

June 1 will mark 16 years since Jonnae’s Celebration of Life. As these pics convey

the standing room only,
Wacky Wednesday themed party (on a Sunday), with a theme of celebrating Heaven’s newest star

showed everyone there what’s possible in lieu of a dreadful funeral.

The journey I’ve been on to share the story and paint a picture of possibility, launch a business of services to create options for others wanting to celebrate life more then mourn death has been arduous, invaluable, FUNtastic and life changing!

I have the opportunity to take this to a national platform and amplify the dream of having a Celebration of Life event space and business into reality. I couldn’t have created that Celebration of Life without support of family, friends and community - and I certainly won’t be able to do this without the same.

I’m $400 away from making my place on the cast of an entrepreneurial reality show official. I will get to stretch myself for the next 2 months in fundraising for the rest. This will not be what I consider fun, but if I can make the conversation, expectation and experience around death and dying fun - I can certainly perceive FUNdraising as the same.

If you will make a one time donation, (whatever amount you feel compelled to) you’ll help make this FUNraising ride into filming week of The Blox more fun!

TIA for financial support, as well as encouragement, celebratory hugs, high fives, fist bumps and sharing this post!

https://venmo.com/u/Denise-Metzger-2020

04/08/2024

I’ve been selected to be on a reality show for entrepreneurs and super excited about the opportunities this experience will create for the growth of Surprise Invite and increased impact We GET To create!

I say WE because I get to put a 1K deposit down by the end of the week as my RSVP (pay to play with some skin in the game) I will have time to raise the rest (another 3K) before the filming begins in Tulsa, mid July.

Some of my amazing network has already pitched in to get me to $400. Actually it was one of them who said at the Connect Louisville Networking lunch today, “You only need 10 of your network to contribute $100 - count me as your first.” (Thank You Bruce Widener with Strata7!)

If you’ll help support this FUNtastic opportunity with a contribution, I’ll be adding rewards for backers (once I submit this initial down payment) for you to choose from. Things like a consultation for radical Celebration of Life. You choose my Wacky Wednesday theme and destination for special visit. Motivational Presntatins. Video discounts and more.

TIA for support! I know this will lead to massive growth and impact. Feel free to share on your pages. We may have mutual friends who won’t see my post, but will see yours.

Venmo is Denise-Metzger-2020 (4297)
Zelle (502-931-4297)

thank you. Thank You! THANK YOU!!! 🙏🎁😉

04/08/2024

I’ll be with a client during the estimated Eclipse time - so donated my solar glasses to by backseat passengers “just incase” 😂

03/28/2024

My branding and marketing materials get response all the time which shows my degree in commercial art and graphic design is in action all these years later, even though not my main focus, as I grow Surprise Invite. That said, I’ve got some amazing opportunities a side hustle will help fund.

If your brand could use revamping, some cohesive marketing materials that grab attention or you could use an artistic mind that would help your business stand out and be more memorable - please reach out! I’d love to create something for you!