A Lovely Universe

ith and was always quick to respond to any inquiries and made our special day stress free! Highly recommend!

a custom package for 60 days out coordination, and from day one, she SAVED me and our wedding. Sarah is beyond professional, always responsive, creative, and had my best interests at heart - always. She knows every vendor well and can give multiple recommendations based off of your preferences and/or budget, it was such a relief working with someone that I know always had an answer! Plus on the day of, she was ON IT -- made sure everything and everyone was exactly as we planned. I am a professional meeting planner so please trust me when I say that Sarah is truly an organized and exceptional wedding coordinator: she will be your best vendor. And, is not only a joy to work with, but is a lovely, kind, sweet human to boot. If you're on the fence about hiring a coordinator, please trust me and hire Sarah!

saw the value Sarah brought. She was, hands down, the most essential vendor we worked with, and we are beyond thrilled we decided to hire her. We did her 6 month package + some a la carte services to help source florist, rentals, etc. We got married at the Asbury Hotel. Sarah's calm demeanor and professionalism put me at ease, making the entire planning process—and the big day itself—a stress-free experience. She managed all vendor communications on the wedding day, allowing me to fully enjoy time with my friends and family without worrying about a thing. Sarah is also incredibly creative. She truly understood the vibe I was going for and helped bring our vision to life, especially with the design of our reception and dinner. She offered fantastic ideas while always keeping our budget in mind. Her network of trusted vendors was also invaluable, ensuring everything ran smoothly. We honestly have nothing but positive feedback for Sarah—she was absolutely perfect. Working with her was an enjoyable and stress-free experience, and we would recommend her to anyone planning their wedding without hesitation!

items or got some of our ideas from and it was all Sarah! Sarah was an absolute lifeline (the entire process) but especially in the months leading up to our wedding - I seriously could not have done it without her! Sarah understood exactly what I was looking for and brought my vision to life - her eye for detail is insane! We added on a few vendors within weeks of the wedding and Sarah took care of it like it was no problem. She is amazing at what she does and will bring such a sense of ease and organization to your day.

the Bride need this service at least a month before and most importantly, the day of the wedding - Sarah was a life saver!. You want all your time, money and efforts to go exactly as you planned without the stress on the big day.. Sarah will take care of details you didn’t even know you needed. She was the glue to all the many pieces of the wedding puzzle. We are so happy we got to work with Sarah and enjoyed every minute of our special day!!

usiasm and guidance throughout the whole process. She got to know my family very well, having dealt with two of our weddings and we were just so grateful to have her. She is so organized, professional, and is always available to bounce off ideas and answer questions. She makes your dream wedding come to life and makes sure you and your partner enjoys every minute of your special day! She is amazing!!

rything would be taken care of and it was! The day was perfect and special and we are extremely grateful to have had her!

realized we needed help. Sarah was the perfect fit for us. She truly listened to what we wanted, understood our budget, and helped us pull off the perfect day for us, never pushing anyone else’s agenda! Every vendor she suggested was as total dream and she helped us prioritize where to use our resources best using her great range of experience. Also, she has stunning design taste! I can confidently say we would still be trying to plan a wedding to this day if we had not hired Sarah and nothing we would have done by ourselves would have been nearly as good! We are so grateful to have found a kind, talented, easy going person like Sarah to work with for our wedding and we cannot recommend her enough!

communicative, helpful, and so so sweet! I knew I had nothing to worry about on my wedding day because Sarah had everything so seamlessly handled. Her calming presence on the day of my wedding was such a blessing.

lize it as well as someone who was always going to be on our side, and that was Sarah. She saw our crazy, half-baked vision and was able to give us the words and tools and vendors (and timeline) to achieve our dream wedding. My husband loved Sarah from the getgo, between their adoration of methodical planning and music (he will never forget her love of the Replacements)…he was sold. My favorite thing was how seen Sarah always made me feel. I’ll never forget she asked if we should talk to the florists about letting guests take the centerpieces home, and it’s like she saw my culture of stuffing your purse with bread rolls (even if we have breads home) and she embraced it. Weddings are such personal events and we put such high expectations on them (duh. Understandable)—of course that means as a couple, you’re both anxious. Sarah was a calming presence in our life and helped us fill in the unknowns. Important note on inclusivity: Sarah was super helpful and sensitive and thoughtful as we planned. I am Cuban American and from Miami and my husband is Bangladeshi Italian from New Jersey and she helped us make sure the wedding was representative of us. She also heard our concerns in making sure our wedding was a great experience for everyone and their specific dietary restrictions and that we had a wedding weekend that was safe for people of all genders and orientation. Rest assured, if you are a BIPOC, queer person looking for support, look no further!!

above and beyond in every aspect, was super knowledgeable on timeline, local vendors, who and where was best given our wishes and sometimes crazy ideas, and really helped bring everything together seamlessly. I cannot stress enough how important it was for us to have Sarah in our corner through out the entire process and especially the day of. If you are getting married in the New Jersey area you need to work with Sarah and ALU.

edding planning process and wedding day was so much less stressful because we had Sarah and Hayley on our side. We cannot recommend them enough!

Our wedding turned out to be the most incredible stress free day and I couldn't recommend her enough!

ghout the planning process, I couldn’t imagine doing this without her help and experience. Would absolutely recommend to anyone and everyone planning their own wedding!

traveling around NJ/PA to find the perfect venue to setting up every detail on wedding day. Sarah was truly a joy to work with. You can tell how much she values her couples and she makes you feel like family. Her organization, creativity, and vision helped to curate the wedding of our dreams. Our venue even raved about the seamless timeline she provided! I would recommend her services to any couple!

. I became overwhelmed. I’m so thankful for Sarah helping me plan my wedding. She is so organized and kept me within my budget. She is exceptional at what she does and I literally couldn’t have done it without her. My wedding day is the best day I’ve ever had. All the small details came together and everything flowed seamlessly. I wasn’t stressed about anything. I follow her on Instagram and I am amazed at the weddings she plans. Every single wedding looks amazing and beautiful. Thank you Sarah for all the great work you do💕

have to worry about anything day-of, and Sarah really delivered. She helped us stay organized from the start, making sure we had everything documented so that everyone would have less questions if things were to go a little array. She planned a wonderful timeline that made the day so easy and fun, and set up was super seamless. She was in contact with all our vendors right before our wedding to make sure they had all of the right information and timeline, she gave us so much peace of mind. She even came to my parents house the morning of the wedding because we forgot something the venue needed and got it there so we could continue getting ready. I can’t thank her and her team enough, you won’t be disappointed!

ng Sarah there to coordinate our day just made our day carefree and easy. Not only was Sarah there the day of the wedding to make the day run smoothly, but she also helped us the month out which was perfect because we were starting to feel a bit stressed! I cannot recommend Sarah enough for your wedding day!

at ease with all the details and logistics of our wedding, and were ready to go with back up plans and changes at the last minute if needed. Sarah also made the most beautiful seating chart for our wedding and really brought the whole aesthetic to life. I am so thankful I worked with them for our wedding day. Highly recommend!!!

eally helped me fulfill my vision and even stepped up when I needed help with communication with the venue coordinator. My day went extremely smoothly thanks to Sarah organization and time management, don’t hesitate to hire her !

t! She eased all our worries and thought of everything we couldn't have possibly considered and helped up prepare for it. She also had fantastic suggestions and really saved the day when we had another vendor go rogue. She always kept her cool and problem solved, which was very much needed when I'm normally so anxious. She made the entire experience so smooth and joyful and made sure our rehearsal went off without a hitch so when the big day arrived everything went perfectly! We could not have asked for a better planner, who really rolled with the punches as they came and delivered such a beautiful wedding day for us that we will look back on with absolutely joy and gratitude! We could not recommend Sarah more highly! Thank you for making our rainy wedding day so magical!

d. She treated the smallest tasks with the same care as the biggest ones. She's incredibly creative, helped with so many fabulous ideas, helped to work within budgets and offered alternative solutions whenever we weren't thrilled with another vendors suggestion. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a planner and will absolutely be using her again for our next party!

available to talk whenever about whatever. If I were to write everything I could about Sarah it would be longer than the Bible probably. Do yourself a favor and hire her I promise you will not be disappointed.

ot even thought about anything pertaining to our party until about 4 months before we got married when more and more people were trickling onto our initially small guest list. I started to panic under the time crunch and was so afraid of throwing a dud of a party, and then Sarah swooped in with all the support and guidance and enthusiasm I needed to keep the integrity of our vision while also giving it a glow-up! She was recommended to me by a family friend who had gotten married a month before us, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that recommendation. She came through with the perfect suggestions and she and her mom even provided our gorgeous flowers! Perfect little bud vases, votive candles, and flowers for the tables, flowers and greenery for our little arch that we got hitched under, and the perfect bouquet and boutonniere for both my husband and my dad. She took over all communication with vendors for the entirely of the month leading up to the wedding, and she helped me find a DJ when I thought we would end up with a music-less party! From behind the scenes, Sarah orchestrated everything from start to finish and we honestly had the most perfect wedding and are thrilled to have the memories we do thanks to her 💖 Thank you Sarah!!! Would absolutely recommend!

touch, which was so appreciated. She also took over the vendor conversations the last 30 days of planning, which alleviated my stress. A true pleasure to work with and would recommend her to any bride!!

er state from your venue so need someone who can point you in the right direction on....everything (also guilty; though I'm sure she'd be just as detail-oriented and helpful even if she's planning your dream wedding away from her stomping ground of the classy Jersey Shore). After interviewing another wedding planner there was no question Sarah was the right choice for us. She's organized and on top of everything (I'm talking emails you back at 10pm on a Tuesday even when you tell her not to! Anticipates things before they go wrong! Tells you what to save money on and what is worth splurging on...the list goes on and on) but laid-back and not type A neurotic. And if she ever was super stressed throughout our short and busy planning process, she never showed it, which is super important when you (the couple) are likely stressed about 800 things behind the scenes. She has a way of making you feel like everything is going to work out. And speaking of which, it does! She helped pull off an enchanted garden-esque wedding for us and 40 of our closest loved ones complete with fielding and executing lots of random but important requests from us (chess-themed cookies, a great trivia host, a bloody mary toast in the middle of our ceremony, a strings' trio that didn't break the bank, a late-night fried chicken delivery surprise for the groom, flowers waiting at the hotel for the bride, etc.) with a smile. She's also a genuinely nice and caring person. A lot of wedding planners are going to look at you like "huh? you don't want bridesmaids and groomsmen?" but she makes you feel confident about whatever traditions you choose to follow / not follow, and gently steers you in the right direction if she thinks you're making the wrong call (trust us, your wedding planner knows best). If you want one of the most stressful processes of your life to be a giant weight off your shoulders, hire Sarah. We're still getting handwritten notes and emails about how our wedding was so perfect, in no small thanks to Sarah's behind-the-scenes wizadry.

with any of them or felt they understood my vision for the day. Upon meeting Sarah, she instantly understood what I wanted without me even having to tell her too many details. Her style is impeccable and she always had new ideas to share. When our initial venue didn't work out, she immediately helped us find a new one which turned out to be our DREAM venue. Over the next year or so of planning, changing my mind on florals, design elements, etc. she was always patient and reassuring. I appreciated her honestly and how her main focus was making our dream day come to life while staying within budget. On the day of, she was on top of EVERYTHING and all of the details. If anything went wrong, I never knew it! I cannot recommend Sarah enough to help make your dream day a reality. She is truly the best! I (and my family) loved working with her and she became a friend to all of us!

and pulled off the wedding of our dreams, despite the tight timeline. Sarah is professional, extremely responsive/available to your needs, prompt in all communication, knowledgeable, creative, and highly organized. She helped us manage our vision, time and our budget, and she had great recommendations where/when we needed them. She was the voice of reason I needed throughout the process when moments felt overwhelming. Sarah checked in on us all throughout our special day to ensure our satisfaction with every detail. She also followed up after our wedding to see if there was anything we were displeased about so she might help us resolve outstanding issues with vendors. There is simply no world where we could have pulled off our wedding without Sarah's expert help and guidance. I can't recommend her enough!

our wedding suite & mailed them all out, sarah helped create our color palette and vibe for the wedding, as well as all of our signage. Sarah provided ideas on how to make the night one we will never forget. As time ticked down and the wedding got closer, Sarah coordinated communication with all of our vendors and got everyone on the same page (we had well over 7 venders)! Sarah also created a stunning and detailed day of timeline for us and our vendors to follow. The entire wedding day was flawless. Everything went off without a single bump in the road! Sarah left no stone unturned! Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

to work with and helped us with any questions and concerns that popped up through the planning process. As for the wedding day itself, she was heart of the operation. Not only did she make our wedding day timeline and coordinate the day, she helped decorate! She designed signs for our reception and was there that morning to ensure the decorations matched our vision board. We were so happy to have a wedding planner who understood us and took away more than half the stress of wedding planning. We will be looking forward to working with her for future events!

within budget or tell your where she believes we should splurge and why. Everything was perfect leading into the event and everyone who attended or saw photos pointed out that we made the right choice by going with A Lovely Universe! She helped me stay on training and remain calm by acting like a bit of a therapist through it all. Book Sarah!!!!

tages of wedding planning. The entire idea of wedding planning seemed overwhelming and stressful until Sarah stepped in and made the whole process seamless, stress-free, and fun! Her organization skills, amazing creativity, calm demeanor, and impeccable taste helped Andrew and I to feel 100% confident in relying on Sarah to design our wedding day. She went above and beyond to make our wedding dreams come true and even ended up exceeded our expectations. We are so grateful to A Lovely Universe for making our day so special!

I was able to see how thoughtful and organized she was for her wedding day as well as creative and with a sense of whimsy. I could tell that it was incredibly important for her to create an experience for her guests and to make sure they were taken care of and enjoyed themselves fully. As a couple, they created so many of the decor items themselves to make sure their wedding felt personal and I know she would work with any couples to make sure their wedding felt unique and personal as well. Sarah's personality is as genuine and as sweet as they come. In a world that can be very high stress, she took any changes with grace and made sure she enjoyed the process. I know you will love working with Sarah just as much as I did!

e understood my preferences and aesthetic immediately (and responded quickly!). She had a multitude of super cute options and the hardest part of the process was figuring out how to narrow it down to a few pieces! I loved that she offered products made by small businesses that were affordable and nontoxic, and that I could send the girls a personalized note in the beautiful boxes. It was all so sentimental and fit my personality perfectly. And my bridesmaids loved them and were especially raving about the candles! I couldn't recommend working with Sarah enough. She was so professional, extremely timely with her communications, she translated my preferences superbly, and she worked within my budget (which is hard when you have a big crew!). And even beyond that, when one of my bridesmaids' boxes wasn't delivering because of a mailbox issue, she solved it with the local USPS office, and it was all the way in California! I truly couldn't believe how above and beyond she went with this, and it was truly a pleasure to work with her. Whether it's for a custom project or an event, work with Sarah! She has an incredible track record and is a delight to work with!!

oxes that I’ve used a million times for a quick personalized gift. When it came to planning my wedding in the middle of covid last summer, I contacted Sarah after not having a clue what to do. She helped to organize a great little outdoor shower that was perfect and so special! I highly recommend her for any event. She’s organized, responsive, and very creative. Would use her again in a heartbeat!