Enchanted Garden

Michaela was so helpful as our day of coordinator for our wedding. We hired her after realizing we would need someone to organize our reception decor while we were enjoying our morning. We hired her the day before Thanksgiving and she still coordinated with us over the holiday weekend to finalize the contract. Michaela was responsive to emails and her pricing policy was very clear. I’m pretty type A and organized on my end, so I wanted someone who would follow my directions and execute my vision well. Michaela gave me tasks to complete and offered her suggestions and input on my ideas when she had them. Her advice and guidance was very helpful, but also if it didn’t work for us, she didn’t pressure me or make me feel bad for going in a different direction. She made really great decisions in my absence and handled the very, very windy day that we were all caught off guard by. I was so busy focusing on and preparing for rain, that I didn’t even prepare for it. When my bustle got ripped out of my dress at the reception, my sister was ready to drive back to our rental house on the other side of the property… but I knew that Michaela would have us covered. Sure enough- she did! An entire case of safety pins were available and saved the day. Another thing about Michaela was that I felt truly that she was attempting to be respectful of our money and economical. When I felt like I would need more time, she offered to send the invoice, but suggested that we wait until our final call a month before the event to determine the timeline and make that determination. We did end up adding a little bit of additional time, but not too much. I also wanted to have 2 walkthroughs ahead of the wedding, which Michaela accommodated well. Michaela always responded to my emails and texts, and was great at everything leading up to the wedding, as well as the day of. The morning of the wedding, she was early and texted ahead of time to ask if I wanted space or if I wanted her to come see me when she arrived. It was nice to be able to choose based on what I was feeling in the moment. During the reception, she was great about doing ANY job… picking up slack from the caterer who made some big fumbles, adjusting the timeline on the fly, coordinating with the DJ for announcements, giving me some directions of what to do when food wasn’t ready on time (a great suggestion of going table to table to greet our guests and socialize with them). My friends and family all said that she was the backbone of the reception and I loved the way I could point people over to her if they had or needed something. Overall, I think Michaela was a great hire for a type A bride who needed someone to kick ideas around with and wanted someone who could execute the vision they had very well. If this is what you’re looking for, Michaela is your girl! If you’re searching for someone who can give some more planning support or even full planning, I can’t imagine Michaela couldn’t do that as well. I would trust her ideas and the things she has to offer. Also- a great shout out to her for having free decor!! That was an awesome service to have and really helped us out 🙂