A Dazzling Day...Weddings by Darcie WEDDING PLANNER

Sacramento/Sierra Tahoe ~ El Dorado & Amador Co. Foothills

$1,295 starting price

About this vendor

Start your planning with experience + enjoy your engagement!! Help with collaborating your vision + creative unique ideas will allow you to enjoy the process as you will be freed of the time consuming legwork, appointments/ meetings, all it takes to create your dazzling wedding day. Wedding Planning Services: $1295- $1695 /Day of Coordination $2595-$2895/Creative Theme Design + Day of Coordination $3895+/Full Coordination to include but not limited to • Wedding venue recommendations, negotiation /selection • Creative unique decor design • Flowers, Décor, lighting + more • Catering /menu development to meet your style + budget • Wedding professionals, recommendations • Photographers, Videographers, (Personal Hair & MUA) • Entertainment, Live Musicians + Bands Guest Accommodation Recommendations

Prices & packages

Couples usually spend $3,000

Details

Business Attributes

Woman-owned Business

Destination Weddings

Destination Wedding Planning

Planning

A la Carte Wedding Planning
Day-Of Coordination
Destination Wedding Planning
Full Service Wedding Planning

Wedding Activities

Getting Engaged
Engagement Party
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Bridal Luncheon
Engagement Party

4.3

out of 5.0

11 reviews

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8/27/2023 • Chelsey B

I hired her for full service wedding planning due to being a few months PP from 2 back to back babies and having bad PPD/PPA I was not in a place to be planning a wedding of over 100 people. When asked about invites she told me to go on a wedding website and find some and then said no to the first ones I did and was iffy about the ones I went with... But didn't want to send me any that she deemed correct. She fought me about wanting a simple cake and wanting to spend the money on other things. Then talked crap about me on her Facebook page. (if I would have seen before the wedding she would have been fired) Rehearsal was a mess. Wedding day I almost walked out before my groom. I noticed he hadn't walked yet so stopped. When she went to check on him she came back and blamed my kids. I talked to everyone who was in the area and my kids were fine. Darcie also fought with my husband about putting my 2 yr old and 10month old in a metal wagon in 109 degree heat. She wouldn't work with my photographer. It was so weird wanted the photographer to write her own time line.. But she wasn't the wedding planner and how in the world does that make sense to have two different timelines. Darcie then changed the timeline on the photographers all night. She clearly said they could go take pictures of the venue and then quickly all the sudden decided it was cake time WAY earlier than planned. Someone had to run and get the photographers. She also wouldn't coordinate any part of the morning time.. Her reason being that SHE wouldn't be there. I'm the bride but ok. We had a shuttle service from downtown to the venue. She had me coordinate that. My mom specifically said she didn't want to pay $10k for flowers. Flowers were $10k. We didn't get options for florists even when expressing our feelings toward the price. She said "flowers are expensive". Crazy because we had a small bridal party and after talking with others, there are options for less expensive in the area. We had our bag of important wedding supplies left at the hotel. Darcie didn't tell anyone when we still had a ton of people at the hotel who could have grabbed it... It had our guest book, instapix camera, cake cutter (super important and we had saved for 10 yrs), along with other important items. When asked about it Darcie told me she told my step dad (confirmed she didn't), but just a few days prior wanted to have a whole conversation about not wanting to deal with my parents even if they are paying, I am the bride and she only wants to deal with me. Her communication was awful. Emails, texts, phone calls were all over the place. It was like she had a conversation with me in her head and expected I somehow heard it. My mom, Darcie and I could not agree on table linen colors. i told Darcie her and my mom made me feel like I couldn't get the color I wanted and what did she do?Ordered the color SHE WANTED not the one I did. Then the Burgundy linens didn't match. Mismatched black would have looked better. After the wedding she went on my Facebook page and took my profile picture taken by my photograper that she was terrible to and used it on her business page to promote her business. I sent her a message to take it down and her response was to block me. So I then had my photographer reach out to her about Copyright infringement and all the sudden she took it down. There are so many coordinators in the area. Don't go with the person unwilling to change and adapt for 30 yrs. ✌️

5/26/2023 • Hannah H

Darcie provides exceptional attention to detail. She maintains communication throughout the planning process and has great connections to vendors. She has a great ability to see the vision for the wedding you want, and make it happen.

1/07/2023 • Jamie B

I am so grateful for everything Darcie did to make Jake and Kendra's day so perfect! Her experience and expertise both early in the process and throughout the day of the event helped create a magical evening for both participants and guests. I would recommend Darcie for all of your wedding planning needs.

1/06/2023 • Thelma D

Darcie was great! She doesn’t take on too many weddings at one time to dedicate her time to the bride and groom. She takes her role very seriously and she’s a professional who you can trust.

1/01/2023 • Amanda B

We got married in Oct. 2022, but are just now writing this review because we did not want to relive and reflect on the negative experiences we had on our wedding day. We hired Darcie for the full wedding planning service, but we did not get that at all. It ended up being us who selected and communicated with all our vendors. And the vendors she recommended were not within our budget, so we had to look for our own. We should have seen this red flag from the beginning. Her communication with us could have been better. The emails she sent were all over the place, unclear, and disorganized. She has poor attention to detail, as evidenced by her poor communication with us and the lack of coordination leading up to and on the big day. Our wedding day coordination was very subpar, and it seemed like all the planning we did was a waste. So many things went wrong, and it could have been prevented or mitigated by her. To name a few, she was not present in the retreats while getting ready, and we could have used her direction as to where to go or what to do. It was complete chaos with us and our small bridal party of 4. We also had tri-tip as an entrée, but she didn’t even think of letting us know to rent knives. A majority of our guests, including her, ordered tri-tip and they complained at how difficult it was to cut the meat since they were using the venue-provided butter knife. She didn’t even have the initiative to ask the venue to give steak knives. In addition, we were served AFTER our guests, and Darcie sat there eating her food while we didn’t even have our food yet. Isn’t she supposed to be advocating for us as our planner? Her attire was also unprofessional, as she wore a sundress and sandals to our semi-formal event. There was a lack of communication between her and our venue coordinator. We even asked if we can debrief with her the day after our wedding to provide our feedback and perhaps get some explanation on what transpired, but she simply was not interested and said she was unavailable. She didn’t even leave it open for us to coordinate a date/time where she was available to talk. We wrote her an email instead looking for clarity and provided feedback, and the only reply we received was “thank you for your feedback”. We feel that this could have been handled more professionally with a debrief after our wedding. We feel that if we hired someone else, our wedding day could have run more smoothly and without these preventable errors. Overall, we strongly DO NOT recommend hiring her.

8/08/2019 • Mai F

Darcie was amazing!!! I highly recommend her- she was helpful throughout the whole process and was very detailed in her work.

5/09/2018 • Heidi J

Darcie helped me so much with every aspect of my wedding. She thought of things that I had never thought of and she handled anything that came up. I literally had to show up the day of the wedding and just be present in the moment. She is amazing!!

11/16/2016 • Jennifer M

We are so thankful to have hired Darcie to help with our wedding. We enlisted her help after recognizing we did not want to gamble with a DIY approach. Her experience, access to industry professionals and her by-your-side approach was INVALUABLE. It saved us so much time, gave us much needed peace of mind and most importantly our wedding was better than we ever expected. We, too, were pleasantly surprised at how affordable her service was. Without a doubt, the investment was worth every penny!

11/11/2016 • EDCVC J

Darcie volunteered her expertise and materials to our non-profit organization for our First Annual Signature Event. Darcie maintained fluid communication through the months leading up to the event. She also was was a fountain of knowledge for local catering, bakery, party supplies and anything party/event related. Darcie was organized and very detailed oriented but most of all she maintained an optimistic and happy attitude throughout the event. She maintained calm and assured that everything was running effectively so that we could all enjoy the event. I can honestly say that thanks to her, we had an incredibly successful and beautiful event. I sincerely recommend Darcie for wedding/event planning.

10/19/2016 • Jennifer M

My Husband and I honestly can’t give enough praises to Darcie Wagner Swedelson and her Company, A Dazzling Day. Once I found Darcie she hit the ground running. Literally! We had limited time to plan and a limited budget to work with. Darcie managed to pull it off successfully! She created a lovely garden wedding for us. She took my vision and made it real. For our special day she completely transformed a space. Darcie is a warm and vibrant person. Her demeanor made all the difference for me in planning such an intimate moment in my life. Having her there took all the stress away from me. I was able to really enjoy my wedding day. In the end I found a true friend in Darcie. I highly recommend her. She is great at what she does. Please don’t hesitate to contact her for your special day.

6/21/2016 •

Our big day could NOT have gone any smoother. When you think of your big day you really want it to be the best. When you book with Darcie you will get the best. She made every transition so smooth and made our wedding the most memorable day ever. Sounds cliche, i know. But its the truth. I wouldnt recommend anyone else. Thanks Darcie!! We love you.