Colorfully Yours Weddings & Events

nicative, and attentive to detail. She ensured our wedding vision came to life! On our intro call, when I was overwhelmed with decisions, she immediately asked what was stressing me out the most—and offered practical, thoughtful solutions (which I ended up taking and was so glad I did!). That moment really helped build my trust in her early on. As a project manager myself, I can be particular about small details and have a hard time letting go—but Amanda was on top of ALL the details leading up to the wedding and kept everything updated and organized for our vendors. She was incredibly proactive, regularly checking in during the month-of—if she hadn’t heard from me, she’d reach out first. The day of the wedding she even lent us many wedding decor items from her personal supply and arranged our decor. While we had simple decor and florals, I had a specific vision, and Amanda executed it perfectly. We are especially appreciative that Amanda packed up nearly all of our reception items and personally delivered them the next day, working around our schedule. That extra step gave us such peace of mind and made it even easier to enjoy our wedding day. Amanda’s pricing is very competitive, especially considering how much she brings to the table. If you’re looking for someone you can fully trust with your wedding day—choose Amanda!

at that point, we had secured only the venue and the bride’s dress and were very close on the caterer. Our wedding was approx. 100 guests in northern VA. When we talked with Amanda, we were initially interested in month-of planning, but ultimately chose partial planning for help with vendor selection. Amanda was up front that she didn’t have much available space, but believed she could fit us in nonetheless, as we didn’t require design services. Prior to the wedding, she was invaluable in identifying and narrowing down available vendors within our budget (florist, DJ, strings, shuttle, photographer, cosmetics). Amanda sent us detailed emails with potential options and helped us connect for consultations. We will note that we would have had more peace of mind had the vendor process been wrapped up a bit sooner; that said, all were secured with enough time, and Amanda was quite responsive and helpful when we communicated our anxiety about that timeline. Amanda uses a tool called AislePlanner (which seems pretty standard among planners we talked with). We did not end up using many of the features of this tool, since we had already started tracking our budget and guest list elsewhere. It did provide us access to a comprehensive to-do list that Amanda prepared, which flagged several items we wouldn’t have otherwise been aware of until it was too late. The key feature was the day-of, minute-by-minute timeline, which Amanda built out for us and kept up to date. That was absolutely essential. Importantly, Amanda was incredible at the rehearsal and on the day of the wedding. She took charge without being domineering, was judicious in pulling us aside to ask questions or move the day along, and handled family questions with a light but firm hand. Special kudos for moving our outdoor ceremony inside after a thunderstorm began 1.5 hours prior to our ceremony start (despite the fact that the rain call had been made 3.5 hours earlier); it seemed to our guests that we had always planned for an indoor ceremony. If she recommends that you add on an additional assistant for the day of for a nominal fee, take her advice—for us, it was well worth it. After speaking with about 7 planners, we learned that fees for planning vary widely! Also, the definitions of services are not the same planner to planner. Based on our conversations, Amanda’s fee for the services rendered was extremely reasonable, yet she did not act like a “budget” option.

mily members, but knew I wanted all of us to enjoy a wedding day clear of as much responsibility as possible. After talking with Amanda I had no worry that she would be able to execute the vision. In addition to the last month of planning, she supported me through family considerations, communicated with all my vendors and confirmed their arrival, advocated for myself and my fiancé so we had time alone built into the schedule, and had a great list of decor and other wedding items we could use from her inventory. I’m grateful that she joined myself, my parents, and the venue coordinator for the walk through. In short, Amanda is organized, calm, and a firm advocate. She was the perfect voice of reason and did not let the venue brush over details we clearly valued for our wedding day. Thank you, Amanda, for your support and expertise!!

rk. Amanda provided invaluable insight on our wedding day timeline and kindly circulated that to our full vendor team. During our venue walkthrough, she brought up so many details I hadn't even thought about, and made expert suggestions on how to address those details. I had a lot of decorative elements that were important to me, and Amanda executed that vision flawlessly. Amanda even has a collection of items available to borrow which came in great handy (easels, candles, cake stands, etc). We experienced some super last minute guest cancellations - I hesitated to text Amanda at midnight on the eve of our wedding, but she replied and addressed those changes expertly. After our wedding, Amanda worked quickly to pack up everything (it was a lot!!!), including items I neglected to make a plan for, like the bouquet and wedding cake - so grateful to Amanda for that!! I highly recommend Amanda as a courteous, organized, and professional wedding coordinator.