4.6 out of 5 stars and 14 reviews
4.6
(14)Serving couples all over Western Washington
About this vendor
At Bridal Wilde, we are committed to excellent customer service, and work diligently to provide all of our clients the most memorable wedding day with the least amount of stress or worry possible. It is our mission to not only serve you, but to work alongside you in creating your dream wedding. We want you to feel valued, heard, and most importantly, like a VIP guest at your own wedding!
Bridal Wilde offers wedding planning, wedding coordination, wedding design, and wedding flowers. There are several different packages to choose from so you can choose what works best to fit your needs. Bridal Wilde is a licensed business in the state of Washington, serves clients all over Western Washington, and comes with many years of experience in the wedding industry.
With Bridal Wilde you can rest assured that your wedding is in capable, experienced hands. We can help with planning your entire wedding ceremony and reception, finishing up the wedding planning you have already started, or coordinating your wedding day so that you can focus on sharing the day with your family and friends. Contact Bridal Wilde for more information or to set up a free, no obligation conference to see if we would be a great match for you.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- Wedding Design
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.
Best of Weddings
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4.6
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When we first talked to Shelley, we knew we wanted her to be our wedding coordinator because she was very knowledgeable and her pricing was very...
reasonable. Even though Shelley lives far, she drove down twice from Bellingham area all the way to Lakewood/South Tacoma for a venue walkthrough and rehearsal/wedding day—we appreciated that a lot. We glad we got her accommodation for one night, but after the wedding, she had to drive 2.5+hrs to get home. Shelley helped us setting up on the day of, and we liked that she does offer to pass on things from other weddings for us to use, like lawn games. She also went to pick up linens ahead of time to save us time with the setup as well. She kept our timeline throughout the day on track and that was super important.
However, there are some things we wish were different.
This is Shelley’s second job and that’s totally fine—honestly amazing (love the hustle), but her communication was so difficult that many times we had to question if we should look for an alternative. We had to both text the same thing many times to get a response—some times we saw the messages were “Read” but no acknowledgement. And we didn’t even have much to ask of Shelley before the wedding in terms of planning (we did all that). We just wanted to follow up on the things she said she would be doing, like venue walkthrough or reaching out to introduce herself to our vendors, which we ended up doing that anyways. We had so much grace for Shelley and understood that life happens, but all we asked for was a reply saying “let me get back to you on X day” instead of radio silence. We texted her our concerns many times as well, and maybe her communication improved for like a day.
During the wedding, a few times we could not find Shelley. She said during consult calls that she would be releasing guests to the buffet, but we had to ask the DJ to take care of that. It was not something that affects us much on the day, just some “where’s Shelley?”moments.
Overall, Shelley showed up and supported her couples. We just wish that the communication was better. We had an amazing team of vendors, but the one vendor who should be our biggest supporter was the one who we had concerns the most.
I originally signed a contract April 2024 for an April 2025 wedding. At first she was good at communicating but then randomly she became impossible to contact. She stopped respondi...
ng to emails, phone calls, and text messages. I would wait multiple days between each attempt at contact so as not to be too pushy. I tried to contact her over a period of a few months with no response. Finally I had no choice but to break the contract, naturally not getting my deposit back. She never did respond to that final email. Thank goodness I had time to switch wedding coordinators. Completely unprofessional. I would look elsewhere for a wedding coordinator.
We are so grateful that we hired Shelley to help with our big day. She was responsive and professional in the weeks leading up to the wedding and even did a venue walk through with...
us the week of the wedding to ensure she knew the flow of the day. I literally wasn't stressed at all on the day of the wedding, because I knew she would make sure everything went according to plan! She even did the cake flowers for our dessert table and helped direct a few teenagers we'd hired for bussing tables, etc. I strongly recommend her - she was reasonably priced and executed my vision flawlessly!
Shelley is THE BEST. She really helped keep us calm, organized, and on track with all of our wedding planning; she made sure we had specific vendors booked when we needed to, kept...
track of all our contracts, and was willing to meet with us regularly via zoom. Bonus: she make beautiful bouquets using Sola wood flowers, me and my bridesmaids loved them and are so excited we can keep them forever.
Wow, where do I even begin?! Shelley was absolutely incredible as our day of coordinator. She worked so hard to make sure our day went smoothly. She worked SO hard to get everythin...
g set up perfectly, and kept me so calm and collected as the bride. I can't even begin to explain how wonderful it was to be able to depend and trust her that everything would go smoothly. Shelley handled things that came up during the day perfectly. She truly went above and beyond. I highly HIGHLY recommend Shelley as a wedding coordinator. She made me feel so calm and I knew I could depend on her! Thank you SO much for everything Shelley!!!
Shelley was a fabulous day-of coordinator for our daughter's wedding. I can't recommend her more. I really wanted to be able to enjoy the day and not worry about the details, and...
I was truly able to trust Shelley to make sure everything happened the way it was supposed to. We appreciated her expertise ahead of time with numerous planning calls and emails. She met us on-site ahead of time to see the facility and ask questions. And on the day of the wedding, she was there, leading the set-up and quietly taking charge all day, keeping things running smoothly. You absolutely cannot go wrong having Shelley at your wedding!
For your wedding, there's so much going on and so many moving parts, you really need someone on your side who has your best interests in mind, understands your vision, and is able ...
to execute it all. Shelley is definitely that person. I can't put into words how valuable she was not only on our wedding day, but the months leading up. She gave great recommendations, thought of everything that I didn't, and truly put her heart, soul, blood, and sweat into pulling everything off. We had a very big wedding, and my husband and I had big ideas of grandeur for our big day, so this was truly not an easy task. She setup our venue and made everything look how we always imagined it, she corralled the bridal party, family members, and guests, she kept us on schedule, and made sure everyone had everything they needed. Everything went so fast that day that I never even had a chance to go to the bar to get drinks or water, but Shelley made several deliveries to us throughout the day to make sure we were taken care of. There's so much more as well, and so many personal touches that she puts into everything, but I'll just sum it up by saying I can't express the value that you get having Shelley on your team, and she is THE BEST to work with.
Shelley was amazing and went above and beyond. She allowed us to communicate with her at any point leading up to the wedding. She was organized, had lots of great ideas, and took i...
nitiative of the whole wedding to make sure it went perfect for us. Our wedding had zero mistakes and we couldn't be happier with how everything turned out.
Shelley Jefferson was an ESSENTIAL part of our wedding team and completely professional from day one! She was very organized and helpful during the planning portion—she had an incr...
edibly thorough questionnaire that helped us conceptualize and point out any holes in our planning. She even met with us after our second walkthrough to go through any questions to make sure our day was perfect.
She started our wedding rehearsal with "I run a tight ship" (which made us very happy to hear) and that couldn't have been more true. She knew our event's timeline forward and backward and gave clear directions for entrances, placement, and cues. She controlled the crowd needed while still being polite, professional, and staying ahead of schedule! She took lead with the vendors the week of the wedding which took an enormous amount of communication off of our plates.
Her daughter needs an extra special call out for doing some amazing work helping us set up! (She definitely needs a pay raise! :) )
If you still think that a day-of coordinator is a luxury, it's not. IT IS ESSENTIAL! And Shelley is the best one for the job. She was on time, extremely prepared, and always went above and beyond with a smile. She takes an enormous amount of care making sure your day goes as if it were her own. Did I mention that she also has a HUGE decor store for brides to utilize? We don't plan to ever need to get married again, but if we do, it will be with Shelley Jefferson as my day of coordinator.
Why haven't you hired Shelley yet?? Get on it!!
I never thought I would be a bride who could relax on her wedding day but with Shelley I was able to do just that. She is amazing! We used her day of coordinator services but I fee...
l like we got so much more than that. She has a selection of decor you can pick from (and it's gorgeous- we used quite a bit of it!) She also made my bouquets and boutonnieres (which we didn't think we'd have enough flowers for but Shelley made it work). Knowing she was there setting up and making sure everything ran smoothly allowed my husband and I to truly relax and enjoy our day. I feel lucky to have found her! She is incredibly budget friendly but even if you had all the money in the world to spend on a wedding coordinator I'd still recommend Bridal Wilde. L
Shelley was a wonderful wedding coordinator! We hired her as a day-of-coordinator but she did so much more including supervising the rehearsal, creating the bouquets, and helping u...
s find vendors. She was there for the entirety of the wedding including setup and tear down (over 15 hours). Shelley was very responsive to phone calls, texts, and emails and accommodating to locations of events. She was also the only one at our wedding who managed to capture a video of our first dance! We had a beautiful wedding and were very grateful to have her there.
Thank you Shelley!
My husband and I eloped in June and Shelley helped us with a "redo" for family and friends over Labor Day weekend in Leavenworth, WA. Between the elopement and the redo, I became p...
regnant with twins and all of my energy for wedding planning went right out the wedding. Thank goodness for Shelley! She coordinated with all of the vendors and I didn't have to talk to any of them on the day of. On the big day, I gave her a few decor items and pointed her to the venue's decor closet, and gave very vague ideas about the style I was going for. She totally ran with it and I can't believe how beautiful everything looked. To be honest, I went pretty cheap on decor, but she made it look like we spent WAY more on decorations than we really did.
Throughout out the day Shelley would magically appear with a glass of water or a little snack which was a godsend for a pregnant bride! I feel like the entire day went so smoothly, and I didn't have to deal with anything besides greeting my guests and having a good time. I know that Shelley took care of things behind the scenes, but she did such a good job that I am actually pretty oblivious to everything she did through out the day to make everything run smoothly... which honestly, I think is a mark of a great coordinator. She took care of all of the clean up. All we had to do was retrieve a few boxes after the clean up was done.
Overall, I was feeling overwhelmed by having a wedding while pregnant and low expectations for the day. The day turned out to be wonderful and very low stress for me, and I owe that to Shelley.
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Kimberly J. · married on 05/01/2020
Bridal Wilde is simply a must have at your wedding!
Shelley is fantastic! Shelley made my life so much easier, she is easy to work wi...
th and really listens to your ideas and brings them to life. She is dependable, honest and thoughtful and does whatever it takes make sure all things go as smoothly as possible. We had a very large wedding party and Shelley wrangled everyone (10 kids and 13 adults) and got us all down the aisle like it was nothing all while having a smile on her face!
I honestly can't even explain how helpful and kind she was. I would 100% recommend Shelley for any event you have! She is the BEST!
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3476 Unick Road, Ferndale, WA | Serving couples all over Western Washington
