Dana Ashley Events
Kansas City Area, Chicagoland, Destination
About This Vendor
Designing the Details of your Romantic Event
Dana Ashley Events is a boutique Wedding Planning + Event Design firm in the Kansas City area. Dana Ashley is the company’s owner and lead planner, committed to providing a beautiful, personalized day for every couple. Dana began her successful wedding planning career in her hometown of Chicago, IL where she had assisted hundreds couples in celebrating their big day. Her family made a move to the Kansas City area where she continues to design fabulous weddings. For this experienced planner, it’s all about collaboration, communication and creativity to bring her client's wedding dreams to life. Dana Ashley Events provides full-service event design, partial planning , and month-of-wedding coordination.
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Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Planning
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Day-Of Coordination, Destination Wedding Planning, Full Service Wedding Planning, Wedding Design
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Wedding
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Dana will be your lifesaver on your wedding day!! She handled every curveball with ease and took all of our stress away. Dana is so genuine, organized, and professional. She coordinates with all of your vendors ahead of time, creates a detailed...
timeline, and is your point person the day of the wedding. Dana does it all with a huge smile on her face and truly shares in your joy!
Dana was amazing to work with. She was very professional and covered all of the bases for an amazing wedding!
You think you are working with Dana, but when it is all said and done you will walk away with a new best friend! I have never met someone more passionate about weddings and ensuring that we have the best experience possible. Dana was our advoca...
te throughout and I am grateful to now not only call her our wedding planning but our friend!
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My only regret is not hiring Dana sooner to be by my side through the whole process! I was so stressed out from the planning process of finding a venue, florist, DJ, etc. that I decided I needed a coordinator to help me for day of. From the fir...
st day I spoke to Dana she put me at ease. She jumped in a month out from our wedding and took over everything! She is the sweetest person you will ever meet. She turned my mental health completely around and it allowed me to really enjoy the final weeks leading up to our wedding day. The day itself could not have gone better. I credit Dana for all of it!
I cannot recommend Dana and her team enough! We hired Dana Ashley Events for their partial planning package and ended up getting above and beyond the service would could have ever hoped for. Dana provided us with recommendations for incredible...
vendors that we ended up hiring, she helped manage our budget, and (most importantly) helped design an incredible reception. You will get everything you need and more for your wedding if you work with Dana!
When you work with Dana, you get a luxury wedding designer and planner all-in-one. Her aesthetic and eye for what will make your photos "pop" is unmatched in Kansas City. It is not surprise she came highly recommended from both our photographer...
AND venue. When you work with Dana Ashley Events you will get a one of a kind wedding of your dreams.
Dana and her team are fabulous! They made the planning process so streamlined and as stress-free as possible. Our day could not have gone any smoother. Dana was on top of every little detail and made sure we enjoyed our Wedding day to the fulle...
st! You want Dana Ashley Events by your side on your wedding day!
Stop your search here because Dana is the one you need!!! Where do I even begin? From the minute we got off the video call with Dana, we knew she was the perfect person to be our wedding coordinator. She made everything so seamless with her pla...
nning and organizational skills. When she arrived for the rehearsal, she made all my worries about the weekend float away. She made sure that I was not stressed even when the shuttle company didn't have a reservation for our guest. She made sure to book the shuttle that Friday and made sure it was confirmed. Saturday, she made sure that everything was perfect. I couldn't think of anyone else id want to be our wedding coordinator. She not only was the wedding coordinator but became part of the family!
Dana is not only your wedding planner, she’s your best friend, fashion guru, honest opinion, number one fan, etc. I could go on and on. She made the process so lovely for my husband and me, and having her to help us plan our day was the best de...
cision ever. Dana and her family have become family to us, and we are forever grateful ❤️
Dana is amazing!!! We had the absolute perfect night and it was all because of her. She was so attentive to all of our needs and really went above and beyond to make sure our whole day was perfect. She had excellent communication leading up to ...
the wedding day and then helped with every little thing on the day of. We love you Dana!!!!
Dana was so awesome to work with! She made the planning process easy and was always available for questions. On the day of, Dana took care of everything so we could enjoy our day - I can’t recommend her enough!
What can I say about Dana and her role with our wedding? Amazing! Going through a pandemic wedding was difficult but Dana’s support, vision and imagination guided us through the toughest of times. Her attention to detail and experience was vi...
tal to our wedding coming together and it could not have gone better. It simply never would have been the same without her. Dana is an amazing planner but also an incredible person who valued our day as if it were her own. We were so fortunate to be able to work with her and I’d recommend to anyone for the future. You are in the best hands!
Dana was truly so instrumental to bringing my wedding together. As a bride who isn’t the most skilled at building an event space in my mind, I needed serious help in putting my colors together and creating a vision, and that’s exactly where Da...
na THRIVES. She guided me in matching linen colors to flowers to attire and created vision boards for me so I could better see it come to life. When I saw it all come together on the big day, I was blown away by how beautiful it all turned out. Dana was also so helpful in keeping me calm and organized, making sure I didn’t forget a single detail in the months, weeks, days, and even hours leading up to the ceremony. She created a detailed checklist and was so thorough with me so that I could be as relaxed as possible. Further than that, Dana has exceptional taste and recommended excellent vendors, including the venue! The DJ/Strings trio we hired were recommended vendors from Dana, and we received so many compliments on the music, which was so important to us. She also recommended my makeup artist and everyone looked so beautiful, and ALL of my bridesmaids were so happy with their makeup. Dana also reviewed contracts with me to make sure I was getting what I needed and always covered. All in all, I couldn’t have done it without her! I would 10/10 recommend Dana to ANYONE in need of an Event Planner. She has a true passion for event planning and her talent certainly matches that with her exception attention to detail. I still don’t know how she can see so many details in her head!
Dana is the sweetest ever! She helped me day and night plan my perfect day. Her attention to detail and passion for what she does is like no other. I was a Chicago suburbs bride and she was able to help me virtually on appointments with other v...
endors, color choices and itinerary for the day of. I could not have asked for a better planner for my big day! She truly cares about her clients. I would 100% recommend Dana Ashley Events to any bride for their big day.
I decided to look for a wedding planner a few months into the planning process and I am SO glad I found Dana!! She was so sweet from day one and helped put my mind at ease on our wedding day so we could just enjoy ourselves. She is so organized...
and had the perfect response anytime I needed an opinion. Dana is so genuine and a great planner- we would most definitely recommend her to others!!
Dana was wonderful to work with. She did way more then I could have expected in the planning process and it was so helpful. Having her be there to coordinate the day of was a huge help and being able to depend on her for the end of the evening ...
was so helpful. Highly recommend!
Dana is the best wedding planner out there. When it comes to someone to take all the stress off and never miss a detail, she checks every single box with flying colors. Planning a wedding can be so overwhelming, especially when it comes down to...
the little details.. Dana has so much experience and will without a doubt deliver you your dream wedding.
As the owner of a wedding venue, I have worked with countless planners. Dana of Dana Ashley Events is, by far, the best of the best. Her ability to bring visions to life is second to none; she owns the execution of event days and creates a seam...
less flow for the venue, couple and guests. Dana Ashley Events is, without question, our preferred event planning firm.
Dana seriously makes wedding dreams come true!! The vision, design, aesthetic and coordination....unbelievable! We had the most elegant, breath-taking, flawless wedding day we could ever imagined and Dana was instrumental in making that happen!...
Absolutely incredible.
Dana was absolutely incredible to work with from start to finish! Her energy is infectious and she really put us at ease throughout the entire planning process. Our wedding day could not have been any more perfect and Dana was so instrumental i...
n making that happen!!
Planning a last minute wedding literally in 2 months due to a destination wedding cancel, we needed help with rehearsal and day of coordinating. Dana met with us for the first time a month out and jumped right into planning. She is outstanding ...
and so thrilled with her coordination! Made it the best day ever for my kids. Thank you so much Dana. You ROCK!!!
My partner & I made the decision to not postpone our wedding due to COVID and got married in July 2020. Dana's Mini-Wedding package offering was the PERFECT fit for our day. We got everything we ever wanted with our closet family and friends; s...
implified, stress-free and affordable. Would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to get married this year!
Navigating trying to have a wedding during a global pandemic was not something we ever anticipated. Downsizing, change of venue, multiple date changes - it was enough to drive anyone insane!! Working with Dana immediately took the stress out of...
everything and she took care of every detail! Come wedding day, it was better than I could have imagined if it had happened in a normal world! Dana brought me the peace I needed during this time and I couldn't imagine going through this without her!
Our coordinator Dana (if I could give her 6 stars, I would!) was beyond helpful with everything from layout of the room to maximize our dance floor, to putting together our timeline, to actual setup of decorations on the day-of. Our night was a...
bsolutely perfect and we would highly recommend Dana to anyone!
Dana was our coordinator and she was so sweet! She met with us several times and was so detail oriented, especially as things changed along the way. We picked out colors, linens, flowers, the whole nine-yards and it changed several times but Da...
na was so accommodating and encouraging at every step. She was happy to make adjustments to our seating and venue layout and was so attentive on the day of the event to make sure everything ran smoothy. Highly recommend her to ensure a wonderful wedding day!
Dana is so organized and really knows how to keep the wedding planning process on track. She was so great to bounce ideas of off and really listened and understood what we wanted to accomplish for our wedding day, and helped us achieve that. Fr...
om valet service to uplighting, she had contacts and suggestions for everything! Our wedding was gorgeous and Dana was definitely the best choice for us to plan our perfect wedding!
We had the best wedding ever, and it had so much to do with our planner, Dana, who won us over from day one with her warm, gracious and insightful advice on the wedding planning process! Even when questions or problems came up, Dana was always ...
quick to respond, both via phone and e-mail, and did everything she need to in order to provide us with the most incredible day ever
Dana Ashley is a miracle worker! We had a very unique situation that required us to plan and execute our wedding in only 8 weeks. The day we called Dana, she got to work and helped us secure our venue and all of our vendors within the first 5 d...
ays! She really put us at ease and made the entire experience incredibly stress-free when it could have been the exact opposite. Our wedding day was more beautiful than we could have ever imagined! We could not have done this without Dana Ashley Events at our side. She is the best!
Dana was fantastic! She had every detail handled; answered every question we had with patience and great recommendations,and was just so very kind and easy to work with. We felt so confident with her on our wedding day it was extremely easy to ...
sit back, relax, and enjoy the moment. Thank you, Dana, for the perfect day and I highly recommend her as a planner for future brides/grooms.
Dana was absolutely incredible to work with! She was truly one of the friendliest and most genuine people I have ever met. She made the planning process so easy for us with her depth of knowledge and contacts, and helped us build our dream wedd...
ing from the ground up. I recommend Dana to anyone looking to ensure they have the best wedding day!
Contact Info for Dana Ashley Events
Kansas City Area, Chicagoland, Destination
Meet the Team
Dana Ashley
Owner
Hi, I'm Dana Ashley! I’ve been working in the wedding industry for 10 years helping hundreds of happy couples say 'I do'! Aside from weddings, my other passions are family, interior design, cooking, and organizing. My favorite part about being a wedding planner is creating a day that perfectly reflects who my couples are and celebrating their BEST DAY EVER. The best compliment I get is when a couple says, “that’s so US”. I'm a great listener and I have so many ideas, let's make your wedding dreams come true.
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