About this vendor
Weddings are our passion! Whether you want your wedding to be traditional, eccentric or something out of a fairytale, we will design and execute the wedding of your dreams! As You Wish...creating extraordinary events one engagement at a time.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelorette Party
- Bridal Luncheon
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.036 reviews
I cannot express adequately how happy I was with Brandi and As You Wish! She helped me pull off a fantastic wedding in 90 days, including assisting me in the finding wonderful ven...
dors that helped make the event incredibly special and so much fun for our guests. Brandi is such a sweetheart and great at what she does. When there was an issue with our venue not having tablecloths that we had agreed upon, she was able to reach out to one of her contacts and get them to the site before our dinner started with our guests none the wiser. I would recommend her without reservation to anyone and everyone who needs an event planner!
Would recommend for wedding day coordination package.
The best decision I made throughout the entire planning process was hiring As You Wish Wedding and Events. Brandi is absolutely amazing. Working full-time the thought of planning a...
wedding was incredibly daunting, but Brandi made the entire process fun and stress-free. She is professional, responsive, punctual, and incredibly easy to get along with. She got to know me, listened to me and picked the perfect vendors for me and our wedding. She always scheduled meetings at a time that was convenient and worked with my schedule. Brandi had every detail handled, including ones that would have never crossed my mind. The As You Wish team went above and beyond; my wedding day was absolutely perfect!! We are so grateful for Brandi and her team, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!
We highly recommend As You Wish Virginia in Chesapeake because it would be hard to imagine finding anyone willing to go the extra mile as these ladies did for us. My daughter and I...
were impressed with Julie and Brandi from our first point of contact and even more so when we interviewed them at their lovely office. We found them by reading reviews and we are so happy we did. Not only do they have the experience, creativity and expertise we were seeking but they are just so very nice. When our band, whom we found before we met with As You Wish shared, "You are so lucky to have these women..We have worked weddings with them and they know how to handle anything that could come up during a reception. We have seen wedding coordinators stress out the bride and MOB by going to them with issues instead of handling it themselves." I cannot imagine any planner/coordinator better than As You Wish!
We hired Julie off of a friend's recommendation and she couldn't have been a better choice. Julie was organized, prepared, and professional. She took the wedding planning seriousl...
y. Building up to the wedding she was helpful in so many ways but the most incredible help was with my wedding gown. I don't have any family locally so Julie came to my final dress fitting AND she stored my gown for the month before the wedding so that I didn't have to keep it in my small apartment. That is just one of many ways she went above and beyond.
I am a worrier and my wedding was one of the most care-free days I can remember. She managed nine vendors, along with the wedding party, and family members. It was no small task! To this day, my friends and family say that it's the smoothest, best-coordinated wedding they've been to.
I am so grateful for Julie and her As You Wish team. I'd recommend them to anyone.
I would highly recommend As you wish wedding planning. The services were amazing! Julie and her team were extremely organized!!! We enjoyed the entire experience from start to fi...
nish. Julie assisted with so many aspects which was extremely helpful! Especially since I do not have family within the area. Looking back, we would not have changed a single aspect of our wedding! As You Wish was really able to create our ideal wedding.
Julie was exactly what I needed for a wedding planner! She was so wonderful to work with and helped take a lot of the stress off of me. A few hours prior to the wedding, we ran int...
o a flower problem, so Julie and her team ran to the local florist to take care of it themselves. In my opinion, this act was above and beyond. They were willing to help in any way to make the day what I had envisioned! She went to vendor appointments with my mom since I lived out of town, she organized all of my vendors day of schedules with them, kept my bridal party in the loop so I didn't have to, and ran everything effortlessly the day of. I highly recommend Julie with As You Wish!!
As soon as I made an inquiry for a "day of" coordinator, Julie contacted me right away. And although I ended up going with a family friend on this instead of using As You Wish, Ju...
lie contacted me after that to warn me about a recent transition in staffing at my booked venue. I think that spells out "going above and beyond" and while I hope my upcoming marriage lasts and I'll never have a need for a wedding coordinator myself, I will tell my friends or anyone else I know who's planning a wedding about As You Wish.
I cannot begin to describe how happy and pleased we were with Julie Morgan and the entire staff of As You Wish Weddings. Julie and her staff handled all of our wedding day needs a...
nd made sure everything ran smoothly and on time. They made sure my daughter's wedding was perfect! They are absolutely amazing! Any Bride-to-Be should consider using As You Wish for their wedding. They will be sure to make it a perfect day!
I hired Julie and As You Wish for my daughters wedding. She performed the job of day of event planner. She far exceeded our expectations. She was there with advice prior to the ...
event and is one of the most organized people I have come to know. She and her team were outstanding. I wanted to enjoy the wedding and not worry about the details. Julie took the entire event on her broad shoulders and handled every detail, and there were lots of them, with the utmost professionalism. She and her team were not under foot but took good care of the Wedding Party and Me with grace. I would highly recommend Julie and As You Wish to anyone who wants to enjoy their child's biggest day without any worries.
Julie and her team helped to make our dream wedding a perfect reality. There is no way that we could have done any of it without her! She was always just a phone call away for an...
y of our questions, and she made sure that everything went smoothly on the actual day itself. She made wedding planning fun for everyone - including my husband!
We would highly recommend her for anyone!!
Five months before our wedding I looked into hiring a Day of Coordinator! Julie, owner of As You Wish Event Planning, was my saving grace!
Even though Julie and her team were h...
ired only for Day of Coordination she was extremely helpful throughout the rest of my wedding planning process and my listening ear when I needed to vent.
As soon as I had met with Julie, I knew she was the right coordinator for us! She is extremely sweet and generous, very thoughtful and such a creative and talented eye for what she does! Always one step ahead, and willing to go above and beyond to make your special day that more memorable!
Even though I was a very indecisive bride she had patience with me, she was able to envision our wedding the same as I was, and she was able to put it into action with some very creative ideas that I would have never thought of!
Julie was constantly there for me whenever I needed her, willing to go to vendor meetings with me and even willing to help with the DIY stuff I was trying to tackle by myself! With her emails and phone calls, she was always checking in to make sure I was doing what was needed, she made me feel as though I was her only bride, with her full attention and that I had hired her for more than just Day of Coordination.
Had I known what I know now, I would have hired Julie earlier in the wedding planning process and for her full service! (And my now husband totally agrees!)
Having a Day of Coordinator was such a relief – being able to completely trust Julie and knowing she wouldn't let a single wrong thing happen the day of the wedding, I didn’t have anything to worry about! And for that I couldn't be more appreciative of her and her staff! Julie is definitely the best at what she does and our special day wouldn't have been so memorable without her!
Julie is an amazing lady and an even better wedding planner! We obtained the day-of services package for budget reasons and Julie made sure that we did not forget anything in the y...
ear leading up to the wedding. We met with her numerous times, she was prompt and helpful in responding to questions and she kept us organized throughout the process. On the day of the wedding she brought a team of people and saved our wedding from crisis in the middle of the day. There is nothing she won't do to make sure your day is amazing and stress free. Additionally, her prices and packages are extremely reasonable. I highly recommend her services to every bride who wants to make sure that her day is stress free and fun and who wants to make sure no detail is forgotten. Julie really goes the extra mile and she works incredibly hard. I could not have had a successful day without her. Thank you Julie!!!!
Julie and her team went above and beyond to make my wedding day absolutely wonderful. She met with me many times before the wedding to make sure we were on the same page with all o...
f the details and timing. On the day of my wedding, she and her team made sure everything ran smoothly and all of the vendors knew where they needed to be. Before walking down the aisle, my bridesmaids commented that I was probably the "calmest" bride they had ever seen, and I owe that all to Julie and the As You Wish team, because I truly felt taken care of and was able to be stress-free on my wedding day.
Not only is Julie unbelievably talented and organized, but she was also such a joy to work with. We met over dinner one evening and over wine another time. She was a refreshing "break" from the sometimes hectic times that come with planning a wedding. We were able to laugh and truly enjoy one another's company as we discussed the most important day of my life.
Julie and As You Wish are the absolute BEST! And I'll be recommending them to all of my friends and family in the future.
As an event planner, it was very hard for me to turn over the coordination of my daughter's wedding day to someone...that someone had to be very special, professional, detailed, an...
d confident! I found all of those qualities and more in Julie at As You Wish! Every detail was attended to and the coordination and interaction with the vendors was superb! Julie and her assistants became our eyes and hands on the wedding day and I got to enjoy just being the 'mother of the bride' on the big day and enjoying our family and friends! What a fantastic day...thanks to Julie!
I cant even begin to describe how much of a help Julie was. My wife and I read reviews of As You Wish and went in for an initial meeting to determine if she would be a good fit for...
us. From that initial meeting, we knew that we wanted to work with her and that we were going to be working with an extremely detailed, professional, and easy going person in Julie. Julie was amazing in keeping contact with all of our vendors and making sure everyone was on the same page. She kept us updated on everything going on with our vendors and solved so many problems that we we encountered in wedding planning. She always responded to us in a timely manner. Even when there was a chance for rainy weather, Julie made sure to have everything prepared so that our wedding would not have been ruined or more stressful. Lucky for us, no rain! On our wedding day, Julie and her team were on top of everything. There was absolutely no chaos that we witnessed. Our wedding day went more smoothly than we could have ever imagined!
Without Julie's help, our wedding experience would have most likely been very different. We are so happy that we decided to go with Julie and would recommend her to anyone who is planning a wedding! She was great to work with and went above and beyond to ensure that our wedding day and wedding planning experience were as great as possible!
I just want to say if you're on the fence if a wedding planner is worth the spend, it is! Julie especially!
We used Julie as a day-of-event coordinator and I cannot say enough...
amazing things about her and her staff! I myself am an event planner so I knew I didn't want to worry about all the day-of details but I was terrified that I wasn't going to be able to communicate my vision to make it a reality. We are also from out of town so we had to rely on emailing and phone calls, limited face-to-face meetings, when it came to communicating exactly what we wanted. Julie and her staff took our words and ideas and made them even better than we could have ever imagined!
My mom was also the coordinator for my sister's previous wedding and I knew what a headache and hassle it was and all the moments she missed worrying about setting things up, I didn't want her to feel that way on my day. She certainly did not and I know her & my dad enjoyed multiple dances thanks to Julie's amazing coordination!
We got married at the Hermitage Museum & Gardens in Norfolk which is already a spectacular venue, we had so many small personal details to our event that I wanted to make sure went perfectly. My mom and I were very DIY and we were able to pass off all of our tiny details to Julie and she set everything up exactly how we wanted. It was great to do that hand off 2 weeks before the wedding so I could focus on being the bride and enjoying family in town.
It has been almost 3 weeks since our wedding and our guests are still talking about how amazing it was and how everyone was PERFECT!
My groom was also extremely pleased with Julie and her amazing staff. We would recommend her to anyone and everyone.
Julie came recommended to me and I liked her immediately. She is patient, efficient, knowledgable and did I mention patient. I had more then one bridezilla meltdown moment, plann...
ing my wedding from across the country and she was always great and listening to my freak out and then solving the problem. On the day of our wedding, the one thing that I swore wouldn't happen, happened--it rained. And we had cancelled the tent for out outdoor reception. We were able to pull a last minute tent but the entire evening had to be reworked as far as the layout and flow of the night. Julie took care of everything and did it with a smile on her face. She brought two assistants who also worked their tails off and I will forever be grateful for all three of them saving my butt on my wedding day.
Simply amazing day of services that made my dreams come true. Don't know what I would have done without Julie and her team!
My husband and I could not have more good things to say about Julie and her team. We were so thrilled with her service throughout our wedding planning process, but seeing how Julie...
and her staff pulled everything together on the day of our wedding was nothing short of awe inspiring. They made sure every detail was perfect down to managing a surprise ice cream truck for my groom. We certainly would not have been able to pull off what turned out to be a perfect day without the As You Wish team!
Julie's service didn't stop at the wedding; during our honeymoon she made calls on our behalf to two of our vendors to follow-up on minor issues that arose the day of our wedding. She continued to check -in with us until these issues were resolved to our satisfaction. Julie easily could have parted ways with us following our wedding, but her continued assistance speaks to her committment to her clients.
We really can't thank Julie and her team enough for making our vision become a reality. We know they worked very hard on our behalf and we were so very pleased with the outcome!
When do you know you have a great wedding planner? When something goes wrong and she takes care of it immediately! We had a few hiccups with our reception and Julie and her staff s...
tepped in and fixed them. Before that, in the planning, she was just delightful, helpful, calming, and wonderful to work with. She kept us on track throughout, gave us great suggestions for music, catering, wedding gowns, and more. She was with us the entire weekend and on the day, she made everything run like clockwork. She may even have had a hand in the stunning fall weather we had! I recommend her wholeheartedly!
My fiance and I knew that we were in good hands right from our first meeting. We were undecided on where we wanted to get married but after meeting with Julie and telling her our i...
deas she knew right away that we should go to the Botanical Gardens. She was so helpful during the planning process giving us recommendations for the best vendors in the area and helping keep us on track up until the day of. Even before the wedding itself we knew that Julie was worth every penny! The day of the wedding I knew that Julie and her team had all of the details covered and I was able to enjoy it. She put us in great hands not only with her staff but with the awesome vendors that she recommended and our wedding could not have been anymore PERFECT!!! Thank you Julie : )
Julie was an amazing wedding coordinator from the day that we hired her. She is extrememly organized, punctual, and knowledgeable about the wedding industry. She works very hard to...
help you plan the wedding YOU want. I highly reccommend using her services, she is beyond worth every penny you will pay for her. She did an excellent job handling the logistics and communication between our vendors (even suggesting great ones to use) and helped make my wedding day stress free! If I were to plan my wedding all over, I would absolutely hire her again. Not only did we appreciate her hard work but she is also enjoyable to interact with and every vendor we worked with also told us how great they thought she was. Thanks Julie for all that you did to make my wedding day better than I ever imagined!
I didn't know how much a wedding planner can help, and my advice to ALL brides is hire this amazing planner. She took the stress off and had creative ideas that really made my wedd...
ing so special. I tell all my engaged friends to spend the most it was the best spent money in the whole wedding.
Thanks to As You Wish team (Julie & assistant), our New Years Eve wedding went smoothly, looked amazing and met with rave reviews! I was actually able to relax and enjoy my own wed...
ding, which was exactly what I wanted since I'm used to running around at weddings as the photographer. Leading up to the wedding, Julie helped me coordinate and communicate with vendors, listened to both our ideas and concerns and on the big day made sure everything went according to plan and even looked like she was having fun doing it!
I am a control freak...but I promised myself I would not turn into a bridezilla so I thought that the best thing to do was hire a wedding planner. Funds were really tight so I cou...
ld only afford a "day of event" wedding coordinator. And since I'm a control freak, I HAD to plan the entire wedding on my own, from 200 miles away (I was getting married in my hometown). What was great about Julie was that she knew that I lived out of town, and even though I hired her just for "day of", I felt like she helped me every step of the way. She checked on me about once a month to make sure I was ok and on top of my wedding planning... and even suggested vendors when I was having doubts with who to go with (and I just about went with everyone she suggested!)
When the wedding week came, she had already made a wedding day time line and gone over the schedule with all the vendors. I just handed over all my stuff, all my instructions and all my stress over to Julie and her team. All I had to do was get married and enjoy the day with my husband. And that's just what I did!
Living and DC and trying to plan a wedding elsewhere always has its challenges. Thankfully, I felt comfortable with Julie handling things, and she has a great sense of reading peop...
le, where she knows what you want without really having to say much. And having her took a huge weight off everyone's shoulders, not just me. We hired her for the day-of, but she worked with my family and I from the day we hired her. She's always available when you need her, very organized, and has a great support staff.
I absolutely would recommend this company to anyone. The girls are so sweet and so eager to help make your day the best it can be. I had SEVERAL issues at my wedding and they helpe...
d make the issues go away. My parents said they couldnt have done without Julie Morgan!
I had a destination wedding...so Julie was THERE and helped me NOT stress being on the opposite coast. Julie is EXTREMELY detail oriented & thorough. Julie is professional and com...
petent in every facet of her job. She was there for me every DAY and during every detail of the planning process with priceless ideas I wouldve forgotten. She is a very calm person (which is SO important during SUCH a stressful time!)...and has the ability to make things happen no one wouldve imagined. I wouldve been MISERABLE & LOST without her! She was PRICELESS to me and my entire wedding went PERFECTLY with everyone raving about it being the most beautiful and BEST they had EVER been TO!! ALL which would NOT have happened without HER...not even CLOSE!!! After having been through the entire process...I would say a wedding planner is THEE most important expense. JULIE MORGAN is truly INVALUABLE!!! There is NO ONE you could HIRE that would EVER come close to ALL she does, and the peace she brings!!!
After my wedding, my father (i.e. wedding purse strings) said that Julie was worth every penny and that he would have paid more for her in a heartbeat. My jaw dropped. While I whol...
e-heartedly agree with him, I have never heard my dad say he would have paid more. For anything.
Julie was more than worth it. Julie completely impressed my husband and I with her attention to detail, event planning and professionalism, and she treated me as if I was the only bride she was working with. I truly felt she was invested and took the time to make our wedding unique and special for us.
Because of Julie, I was able to completely relax and enjoy every moment of the day. Most brides say how their wedding day flew by and the end of the day came too quickly, but Julie allowed me to soak in every detail and moment. Not one detail was overlooked and Julie thought of absolutely everything. I would definitely recommend Julie and As You Wish to anyone looking to make their day special and want to enjoy every wonderful minute. I cannot say enough good things about Julie and her team!
From the very first meeting, it was clear that Julie was on top of her game. As the mother of the bride, I was responsible for a lot of the wedding decisions and planning because m...
y daughter lives in Texas. Julie was willing to work with a long-distance bride and make sure the bride felt included in decisions. She did a great job of keeping the bride up-to-date on what was going on as planning got more and more detailed. Julie asked a lot of questions to make sure she had a clear understanding of what we were looking for and then she worked to make all those ideas into one cohesive theme. I especially appreciated her vendor recommendations and that she usually gave me at least three choices so that I could really find the ones who best fit our personalities. Some of the vendors I ended up choosing were well known in our area and I might have found them on my own but there were several that I would never have found and they turned out to be absolutely top notch people--real hidden gems that I hope soon get all the accolades they deserve!
I really had no idea about all the things that a wedding coordinator will do! Julie made the planning so easy. It was so great to be able to send her copies of all my vendor contracts and have another pair of eyes to review all the details and catch any discrepancies that I might have missed. Her attention to detail prevented many errors, including the planned delivery of the groom's cake to the rehearsal dinner (instead of the reception, which is where it was really supposed to be!). It was so helpful to have her at the vendor meetings and multiple walk throughs at the venue. Julie really worked hard to make sure everyone was on the same page and that on the event day things would run as smoothly as possible. I feel like we really benefitted from Julie's prior relationships with a lot of the vendors. She knew exactly what to expect from them and that made planning the day go more smoothly. I also appreciated that she knew the venue so well and knew exactly what they would and wouldn't allow.
It was especially great to have Julie there for Tara's bridal portrait appointment! She really styled that whole event and it would not have been the same without her! Her ideas for accessories and jewelry were fabulous and really allowed Tara to have several different "looks" for her pictures. Her suggestion for having a makeup artist/hair stylist onsite really paid off. Without Julie, it would have been a completely different experience.
Julie was key in providing ideas for so many different aspects of the wedding! Both the bride and I follow her blog and love that she is on top of all of the new wedding trends. In particular, her blog was directly responsible for our selection of bridesmaid dresses and the amazing brooch bouquet. Neither of us had ever seen or heard of brooch bouquets but once we saw a picture of one on the blog it was love at first sight and then it really became one of the themes of the whole wedding. We were able to include brooches from my late sister's jewelry collection on the beautiful wedding cake and the florists added some jewelry bling to the arrangements, all at Julie's suggestion. Her attention to detail became apparent as soon as the guests walked into the ceremony site and all the elements came together to present the themes of the wedding--romance and vintage elegance. Beautiful, elegant floral arrangements, delicately scented candles, classical m
Julie and her staff made my wedding day and the months leading up to it a dream come true. From the first time we met, I knew we would hit it off and work very well together. She g...
ave me everything thing I needed to plan every single detail. She gives you guidance when you ask and when she feels you may need it but never would ever push anything on me, just suggest ( all of her suggestions I used :) ).
My parents did not understand the need of a wedding planner and they were not too excited about us hiring her, but as I danced my first dance with my father, he looked at me and said, " Beth, we could not have done this without her".
She made sure every single detail was perfect. She kept my family and me calm during the stress of the day of and made it so we could enjoy every moment of this very special day!
Her staff were very professional and they all went above and beyond just to make sure every detail was attended to. She also was veryhelpful after the wedding getting all the rentals and gifts to the correct locations.
She was ALWAYS very quick to respond to e-mails and phone calls.
The Value outweighed the cost a million times over!!!
I had the most perfect day of my life, and I will always be greatful to Julie and her staff for being there for us every step of the way.
I love you Ladies, Thank you!!!
Julie is so good at what she does. She is super organized and remembers every little detail. She develops an extensive time-line to ensure the day runs perfectly. I really don't kn...
ow how we could have done it without her. By having Julie coordinate our wedding, we didn't have to worry about anything on our wedding day....we could truly just enjoy the day. Thanks Julie!!!
I have so many good things to say, I just don't even know where to begin. From our first meeting I knew Julie was exactly who we were looking for! She is absolutely the sweetest pe...
rson and such a good listener. She always has creative and innovative ideas, as well as great suggestions for sticky situations. She was never more than a phone call or e-mail away, no matter what was going on. I LOVE that she met with our vendors and made countless phone calls that we weren't able to do ourselves. I was a little stressed the day before the wedding...but the day of went so smoothly knowing Julie and her awesome crew were taking care of business! I just can't say enough how much we appreciate all she did for us. I've handed out her cards and recommended her services to anyone I've heard of planning a wedding. She is very true to her company name, "As You Wish," because she plays such a huge role in making your day everything you wish it to be.
The name says it all "As you Wish" was a dream come true. Julie and her team went above and beyond my expectations and made our wedding day absolutely perfect. It is obvious that...
Julie is passionate about what she does and it shows in ALL she does. A big thank you to Julie and her team- if you are looking for a wedding planner- honestly look no further- Julie will make your wedding day stress free :)
Julie Morgan and her team at As You Wish did an AMAZING job on my wedding day. We hired Julie six months away fro
our wedding day, after terminating a different coordination team...
due to unsatisfactory performance. Julie immediately stepping in and kept the ball rolling. She is extremely organized and very detail oriented. She maintained a binder specific to us with our contracts, timeline, room diagram, seating chart, etc. We even met the weekof the wedding to do a mock set up, which she took pictured to capture the perfect table scape and decor I wanted. I simply loved how
she wanted everything to be beyond perfect for us on our
day! The whole day was seamless. If anything went wrong I certainly don't know about it. She is definately on her game and can give David Tutera a run for his money any day!
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