Belle Beauty Design and Events By Stacy Lunceford

cannot blame Sam (the lead planner who was in charge of my day) but instead blame the owner Stacy, who I hired and signed a contract with from the beginning to be the planner. Somewhere in the planning process she booked another wedding and decided to split up the associates between the two weddings. Something that was never discussed until after she signed another contract with another couple. Which to be honest was never discussed, instead was something I just had to deal with because I had already signed a contract with them. I think my wedding was underestimated and poorly planned. For example, my entire wedding party including myself was forced to be on site the morning of decorating the tables, ceremony, and all other areas because we observed what had not been done and had to take matters into our own hands. When we should have been enjoying ourselves getting ready together. I was asked to take photos of all of my decor items and then also put them into bins with labels and an itemized list of what was in those bins for the planners to know exactly where those items went. None of which matched the photos that I had originally dropped into the google drive that they had asked for. A list of things that were not done : -mothers and grandmothers NEVER received their corsages (I found them in the fridge the day after while cleaning up. This was brushed off like it didn’t matter which only left me more DISAPPOINTED. -My ENTIRE WEDDING PARTY including myself had to go to my venue the morning of to help get the venue decorated, whether it was due to lack of staffing, or one of the planners being a few hours late I will never know but it could have been prevented. - My welcome/seating chart was not only incomplete and missing wax stamps but the area looked nothing like my photo. Me and my brother spent an entire week setting these designs up for each area and then dropped them into the google shared folders and they still looked nothing like our original photo. -Champagne tower area was missing bows on the stems. (This tells me they again ran out of time) -I never once saw my toss bouquet. that was never able to be given to the mother of the bride because it was nowhere to be found. - the finer details like the bows on the goblet glasses were not only missed but instead placed sporadically on the bud vases. I’m sure it was due to lack of time but this is another reason why this company was unprepared. Had they told me ahead of the day that they didn’t think 2 planners would have been enough we would have gladly discussed adding another assistant because the venue was larger than they anticipated. -our timeline ran 30-50 minutes behind THE ENTIRE DAY because my wedding party had to make runs back and forth from my bridal cottage to the venue to help decorate because we saw how things were not being done. -my brother (man of honor) was drenched in sweat from decorating both the ceremony site and reception area and missed multiple photos of us getting ready because he had to take one for the team and finish Setting up the bud vases for the tables in the reception hall. I will never forgive this company for the way my brother cried from having missed out on those moments with me. - Sams assistant was close to 2 hours late the day of. -After spending and entire week purchasing, labeling, itemizing the bins, and putting photos of each area. The items were just thrown back into whatever bin was in front of them. So to me that meant they didn’t care at all about anything because my day was over with. -because of the timeline being so behind due to such poor planning my entire day was a circus. There were photos I never got with because we were SO RUSHED. I could go on but these reviews can only be so long. I cannot blame Sam for all of these things because she did her best to try and get done what she could as she is just one person. She also was extremely helpful with printing out my place cards for me due to printing issues, and helped me make one of my yard signs last minute because my cricut machine was not working correctly. So for her I am grateful and understand that she is just one person. I do believe all of the mishaps that occured on the day of could have been prevented with just a quick conversation about adding an extra assitant to our invoice. I expected this company to make my day easier but instead it was a circus. An absolute circus. It has taken me a whole month to even sit here and talk about the day because of how unhappy I was and still am. I even reached out to the owner Stacy Lunsford, to set up a time to discuss how we felt and give feedback and she completely ignored my message. So my best advice to anyone looking into this company for hire is to DO NOT hire this company and look elsewhere. I surely wish I had. My day was a disaster and as a bride I feel I need to let others know exactly how my day went with this company.

eautiful flowers and designs, the planning process ahead of the wedding left things to be desired. We originally started working with one of her assistants, Sam, who made multiple mistakes that could have been better. One example—when we went cake tasting, Sam didn’t put in the correct address in the calendar invite and we went to the wrong bakery that was a 45 minute drive out of the way—wasting an hour and a half of our time and causing us to nearly miss the tasting at the correct location. Throughout the course of planning, I believe there was only one phone call, Zoom, or meeting that Stacy and her team were on time for. Stacy ended up taking over our planning process after several more issues. While working with Stacy, it felt like I was asking her questions and forcing her to be on top of stuff versus the other way around. Stacy is a very creative person, and we really appreciated how beautiful she made our day and event space. She even resewed a wedding dress strap of mine after it broke! My main piece of feedback: Stacy would be a great planner for a laid back type of bride. For brides and grooms that are more type A and highly attentive to detail, I think a planner with a more proactive, detailed, and organized approach may be a better option.

all critical information we would need to operate our photo booth smoothly. Everything went very smoothly on the day of!

impressed with the pictures she had to show us from previous wedding and felt that they matched our vision well. Additionally, she was super friendly, easy to talk to, and super confident! She definitely made the whole process a lot easier on me, providing a whole Google Drive folder of planning documents to help along the way. She drove all the way up to meet with us several times, and was able to find an amazing florist for our special day. While the day of the wedding is mostly a blur to me, I remember her and Sam being *on point* and on top of it all, and from my perspective everything ran rather smoothly. She's so fun, so friendly, and so easy to work with!