Amanda Blair by Design

of planning once the school year kicked in. Hiring Amanda was the BEST decision we made. Amanda’s creativity, knowledge of design, thoughtfulness, and professionalism led us to have the most beautiful day. Just by looking at my Pinterest board and talking over the phone, she got a sense of my boho/eclectic style and completely elevated the designs for everything from flower arrangements to table linens. She also brought peace and relief to my mom, whose traditional preferences tended to clash with my style. In addition to that, Amanda was extremely helpful in keeping my husband and I organized and calm as we navigated the rest of wedding planning...especially towards the end. On the day of the wedding, she helped ensure that it was perfect. Not only did I see her keeping my wedding present (a puppy) calm on a leash during pictures, but she was a lifesaver for my husband who could not find the bourbon we buried weeks prior to the day. He must have been digging for nearly 10 minutes when Amanda gave him a break and found the bourbon on her first attempt! If you want your wedding to be the best day of your life, do yourself a favor and hire Amanda. Thank you, Amanda. We are so grateful for you!

out the month and so easy to work with. She created a Google drive for seamless communication, attended our rentals meeting (she helped us find the PERFECT linens), communicated with all the vendors to have everyone on the same page. She takes your wedding vision seriously and has an amazing ability to support and enhance your details to bring everything to life. On the day, Amanda and her team were professional, efficient, relaxed throughout the whole day. We loved the extra touches they added and the unexpected joy of seeing some items re-purposed. I was able to have my wedding day morning fully relaxed and in-the-moment. While all weddings have their unexpected surprises and things go wrong. Amanda and her team kept our families insulated from the issues and we were able to fully enjoy the day and immerse ourselves in the things that mattered to us. Finally, the clean-up was incredible. I wasn't there for this, but my parents didn't have to lift a finger. They were able to pack, organize, and send my parents off under an hour after our send off! Amanda Blair By Design was our greatest investment and I highly recommend her in all respects. We couldn't have done it without her!

a demanding job requiring long hours and weekend work, and he is in the Army and is out-of-pocket often. Not to mention, neither of us are particularly great at design. We had three main goals for our wedding: (1) we wanted it to be laidback and fun, (2) we wanted flowers to be the highlight of our design, and (3) we wanted the planning aspect to be relatively stress-free. Amanda helped us accomplish all of these tasks and so much more! I retained Amanda based on our initial conversation (I could tell she was organized and friendly from the get-go) and on pictures that she posts on her instagram and website (definitely take a look at her previous work). Amanda is incredibly talented, and I’m confident she can bring to life any dream wedding— I’ve seen her work on more traditional weddings as well as non-traditional. We opted for a less traditional wedding that had a mingly atmosphere and food stations in lieu of a sit down dinner. Amanda executed our (fragmented, ambiguous and I’m sure very confusing!) vision flawlessly, and she brought so much to the table that we never would have thought of. She offered really interesting and fun ideas, such as lounges, a greenery centerpiece that hung from our clear-top tent (with the help of Plume Events, who was also incredible to work with), and other great specialty rentals. During the wedding, she was very friendly and professional to our (pretty wild) guests, and to my knowledge everything went smoothly! Everybody told me that you know you have a good planner when you don’t hear about any hiccups or aren’t asked to handle anything — this was my exact experience! Beyond her help on design, Amanda was also always incredibly prompt, responsive and professional.. I can’t tell you how huge of a deal that is! It’s really frustrating to not hear back from a vendor when you reach out, and I never had that issue with Amanda. She was a great sounding board for ideas and questions that I had as well as how to deal with personal, wedding-related issues that popped up in the planning process. She also recommended amazing vendors — I loved everyone we had the opportunity to work with! In fact, when my first photographer that I retained (the only person I retained that wasn’t recommended by Amanda) was first unprofessional and second ended up losing all of our engagement pictures, Amanda connected us with a phenomenal photographer ASAP who we LOVED (Jordan Maunder; the pictures attached to this review are from Jordan!). Very grateful to have had Amanda plan our wedding, and I can’t recommend her enough. She is incredibly talented, professional and sweet — I hope you have the privilege to work with her

s nothing that could stress her out, or anything she wouldn't do. The night of the rehearsal, she and her team stayed to help set-up, and ALL of my other vendors I spoke to upon arriving the day of the wedding told me how amazing of a person, how organized, and how much she was doing to ensure everything was PERFECT! Amanda is SO talented and I would/will use her for any and all future event planning and design projects. Thank you, Amanda and team!!

ght from start, Amanda was able to turn my words and Pinterest finds into the perfect mood board and inspiration for our entire wedding design. She also referred great vendors and was always quick to answer questions and meet with us whenever needed. A few days before our wedding, we came to terms that the rain was going roll in on our wedding day, and Amanda was able to reserve us the perfect tent on incredibly short notice! And on the day of the wedding, we were amazed by her styling abilities and were in love with how she transformed our venue with her impeccable taste. None of guests even knew our ceremony and reception spaces were our "Plan B" because everything looked perfect. We can't thank Amanda enough. We are so grateful that she was recommended to us, and we plan to refer her to everyone!

ence about her that every bride needs around them during the chaos of Wedding Planning. I was not the type of bride that knew exactly what she wanted and had a vision of how she wanted the day to go, so when we started working together and she asked me what look I was going for, I had a hard time articulating it. I have no idea how she did it, but Amanda took the mess of words and pictures I gave her and made my discombobulated vision come to life. Actually, she made it even better than I had envisioned it. Amanda has built a great reputation in the industry and has relationships with vendors that are just as amazing as she is. 90% of the vendors that we selected were recommended by Amanda and I am so thankful for each and every one of them. They were amazing to work with and I knew if she recommended them that they were the best choice. I highly recommend using her for the full package. She is worth every single penny and more. Her attention to detail is impeccable and her knowledge of the wedding industry is extremely valuable. Thank you Amanda for making our wedding a day I will never forget!

at eye for design and detail. She really went above and beyond for us on the day of our wedding- it stormed 30 minutes before our outdoor ceremony and her team switched over to our rain plan flawlessly. She was so organized and on point, I barely ever stressed throughout the entire planning process and day-of. I cant begin to emphasize how wonderful her design and recommendations are. She is also very personable and sweet. Highly recommend Amanda Blair by Design for your wedding!

off without a hitch. I loved that she had different levels of design/coordination that you could choose from. I went with day of coordination and design (partly because I love planning things myself). Not only is she very reasonably priced compared to competitors, but she also had already worked numerous events at my wedding venue and had a good connection with their staff. Amanda goes over and beyond to make sure that she’s got your back when the big day comes. She went with me to my rental appointment, set up a google drive and documents to store and share all wedding day details as they developed, maintained communication through email, set up a final run through meetings at the venue, contacted all vendors, had a face-to-face week before “do we feel good about everything” meeting, ran the rehearsal, coordinated the guest, bridal party, and staff on the wedding day as well as put up all of the decorations so that I (or anyone in my family) didn’t have to stress about any of it!!! This was amazing. She also helped after the ceremony/reception to make sure everything at the venue was back in order and all of my belongings were in my family’s possession. Long story short, I highly recommend Amanda to any bride regardless of how much help you think you may or may not need for EVERYTHING involved in the wedding planning process. Believe me, it is worth every penny!!!

the end of the night. Amanda's simple, elegant style mirrored exactly what we were looking for our big day, and it truly turned out perfectly. We opted for the coordination + styling package, and I'm so glad we did - it was so nice to have her opinion and direction for the overall look for the day. Perhaps her most valuable role in our wedding, though, was how she handled the weather. The week of, the forecast was calling for rain all weekend long, and Amanda made sure we were as prepared as physically possible for it. She gave recommendations but was never too pushy, and though it did ultimately end up raining for basically the entire day, her suggested course of action worked out even better than I could have hoped! What was most helpful is that she was totally realistic and calm, even when both of us were kind of freaking out. We ended up loving our "Plan B" ceremony, especially her suggestion of the florals on the lattice - genius! Amanda and her team are truly just amazing at what they do, and worth absolutely every penny. We could not recommend her more highly!

end, Amanda was there to answer any question we had and anticipated things we didn’t even think to ask. Example of miracle work: about two hours before our ceremony, it was discovered that our suit company sent the best man the wrong suit. I don’t know how she did it, but since she had all of her ducks in a row at the venue, she was able to drive all over town and return with the right suit for the best man, saving the day. Although we mainly used Amanda Blair by Design for coordination services, she has an amazing eye for design and can meet your wedding planning/design needs as well! Thank you so much, Amanda!!

s/helpers. We used Amanda's partial planning and styling services and day-of coordination, as my mom and I had already hired many of our vendors by that time. We did start with her a little later than I would have liked (August 2017 for a January 2018 wedding), but she made us feel so at ease with the rest of the planning. Amanda made a couple of mood boards after we had discussions on how my husband and I wanted our wedding. She made so many great recommendations without overtaking the planning process. Amanda offered so many ideas that I would never have thought of. She has an impressive amount of knowledge of the wedding industry and local vendors which was one of the best parts of the process. She was connected to all the right people for our big day and made it a breeze. One of the best parts of our time with Amanda was her understanding of tough family situations. Inevitably, there is always something that goes wrong during the planning process of weddings and I had a pretty big one with a family member and my husband and I were unsure if we even wanted to have a wedding ceremony at the venue due to that. We were thinking of going to the courthouse to get married but Amanda gave us several ideas and made us feel as at ease as possible. Also, not in her job description but I am so thankful for it, Amanda unzipped me during a break from the reception so that I could breathe for a few! Those few minutes allowed me to enjoy the rest of the evening so much more, seriously! We just sat upstairs in the bridal suite and chatted for a few minutes away from the hubbub. The whole day was just so perfect, and I owe that almost entirely to Amanda. She is worth her weight in gold!

tail or strong design opinions- I know what looks good but it's not always obvious to me how to put the pieces together. ABBD took my vague descriptions of what I liked and just rolled with it- and it was truly perfect. I had so much fun at my wedding reception, and ABBD deserves a lot of thanks for that. I didn't have to worry about any of the logistics or behind the scenes details that make an event a success- they had it covered from start to end! ABBD also went above and beyond- picking up some things for my reception that I forgot on the day of and returning some of my decor the day after so I could relax with my family and friends- both were a HUGE help! Thank you thank you, ABBD!