About This Vendor
We love the details.
Did you know planning a wedding takes, on average, 250 - 300 hours? Who on earth has time for that?! We do. Backed by "The Elle Girls," you, as our client, will be HAVING a wedding, not PLANNING a wedding.
Details
Wedding Activities
Rehearsals + Parties, Wedding
Wedding Categories
Planning, Day-Of Coordination, Full Service Wedding Planning
Awards and Affiliations
Events By Elle Reviews
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Reviewed On 10/30/2017 by Amber W
I will never be able to thank the Elle Girls enough for helping my husband and I plan the most perfect wedding! We hired them six months before our wedding, after initially trying to do the planning ourselves. This was the best decision we coul...
Reviewed On 10/30/2017 by Katie G
Events by Elle is the best...hands down! They took the time to get to know us and listen to our vision, and used their experience and wisdom to make our day perfect. We loved working with them and truly appreciate the attention and work they pu...
Reviewed On 10/26/2017 by Kaitlynn B
Michelle is Amazing! We were so grateful to have Michelle help us plan our dream wedding from start to finish! We met with multiple even planners after we got engaged but one thing that kept sticking out to me about Michelle was that there real...
Reviewed On 10/23/2017 by felisa l
My hubby and I were very lucky to have worked with Michelle from Events by Elle. She is simply: amazing. She was very attentive, organized, and professional. She gave us tons of great recommendations when choosing other vendors and (much nee...
Reviewed On 10/22/2017 by Lucy S
Events by Elle made my wedding vision come to life. I really could have not gotten through my wedding weekend without them. I hired Events by Elle for a three day event. We had a Welcome Reception on Friday, Wedding on Saturday and Sunday we ha...
Reviewed On 10/16/2017 by Claire R
I hired the Elle girls to plan my event because I am a professional photographer and knew that they could execute my vision perfectly and I could trust them to take care of every single detail that they and the team had worked so hard on for mo...
Reviewed On 10/14/2017 by Michaela L
The Events By Elle team went above and beyond to make sure our wedding was amazing! They provided great insight and money saving tips throughout the planning process and worked so hard during the big day to keep everything coordinated and on ti...
Reviewed On 7/21/2017 by Betsy R
Hiring Events By Elle was one the best things we did to insure a dream wedding day for our daughter. Even though we are in the hospitality business, we don't plan weddings everyday; Jonelle and Michelle do! With all the details and frankly, mo...
Reviewed On 7/21/2017 by Rebecca C
When it came time to plan our wedding, my now husband and I met with several different coordinators before choosing to work with EbyE. I was already feeling overwhelmed, but my husband broke it down very simply by saying, "We liked them the bes...
Reviewed On 7/18/2017 by Rebecca D
I get tears in my eyes just thinking about my wedding as I begin this review. When I reflect on my wedding day I can honestly say that I had absolutely no stress. I was able to spend time with my bridesmaids and enjoy every moment because I kne...
Reviewed On 3/13/2017 by Karl H
We had the pleasure of working with Jonelle for the last year while preparing for our wedding. She was a great guide and resource through out the planning process. She kept us on track with our planning and we never felt overwhelmed. The day of...
Reviewed On 1/19/2017 by Whitney S
My fiancé and I were married in November 2016. It has taken me over two months to come up with a fitting review for Michelle, who I would now easily call my friend. We started planning our wedding about a year in advance and knew we needed help...
Reviewed On 10/30/2016 by Miranda H
The best decision my husband and I made for our wedding was choosing Events By Elle as our wedding planner. Our hope for the wedding process, as well as the wedding day, was for it to be fun, enjoyable, stress free, and memorable - because of E...
Reviewed On 10/28/2016 by Susan A
When our daughter got engaged, we thought we could easily handle planning a wedding. We very quickly found out that we were in way over our heads!! Especially since our daughter was living in Vegas. Events By Elle was recommended to us by a ...
Reviewed On 10/28/2016 by Cena D
My son was married and his "now" wife's family used Events by Elle, and the planner was Jonelle. It was so well organized that it made the entire wedding party and families have a great time with every little detail provided for them. This we...
Reviewed On 10/22/2016 by Kaitlyn K
I hired Michelle with Events by Elle about 10 days after I got engaged. As and event planner myself, my Parents gift to me was a wedding coordinator. I knew exactly how many details and how much coordination would be required to execute the per...
Reviewed On 10/22/2016 by genesa c
The Elle Girls were amazing, we couldn't have had the magical day we did without them! Start to finish, Jonnelle and Michelle were central in bringing our vision to life, coordinating and recommending the BEST vendors, and keeping me sane thro...
Reviewed On 10/21/2016 by Orlando D
We hired Jonelle for our wedding as a day planner. She met with us a month before the wedding to make sure she fit all of our requests and. We had a pretty difficult wedding with a groom from Peru and bride from the US, both living away, so th...
Reviewed On 10/20/2016 by Judy S
As mother of the bride I was over the top impressed with Events By Elle! We had such an incredible experience with Jonnelle! She handled every detail for our family with such professionalism, going above and beyond with everything. Jonnelle i...
Reviewed On 10/12/2016 by Jaclyn S
Ok so if I could give EbyE 10 stars I would!!! You do not want anyone else planning your wedding in KC! My main planner was Jonnelle, but I did meet Michelle a few times and both are incredibly nice people. I was on the fence about getting a w...
Reviewed On 7/29/2016 by Erin M
Having Events by Elle as our wedding planners was the best money we spent in our entire wedding budget. AND they were such a great value—we interviewed at least four planners in the KC area, and Events by Elle were the only ones to really list...
Reviewed On 7/15/2016 by Knot M
we were luck to have met the Elle girls, Jonnelle made planning everything simple. there is a lot of details you do not think about when planning a wedding. she took all of the stress off of my wife, and essentially me. I would recommend them t...
Reviewed On 7/15/2016 by Tara H
I have seriously been putting off writing a review for Events By Elle because I have been worried about properly conveying their perfection and our appreciation for everything they have done for us!
I had never imagined having a wedding plann...
Reviewed On 7/13/2016 by Amber B
You know when you meet or witness someone that is incredibly GREAT at what they do? This is just the tip of the iceberg when describing Jonnelle & Michelle. Not only did they plan and execute the wedding of my best friend's dream- after one des...
Reviewed On 6/10/2016 by Hope J
Jonnelle. Is. Incredible. My wedding wouldn't have happened without her. I owe it all to her. She took my crazy, unorganized ramblings and organized them into the wedding of our dreams. She knew all of the right vendors for us and knew exactly ...
Meet the Team
Michelle and Jonnelle ~ The Elle Girls
Owner
After working in the wedding industry for over a decade, Michelle and Jonnelle partnered up to create Events by Elle in 2012 to give couples a unique planning experience and a day that was strategically designed to represent their personalites. The Elle Girls love of planning and design quickly took them to the top of Kansas City's leading wedding planners. They have since been awarded by The Knot, Wedding Wire and Borrowed & Blue. Their work has been featured in The Knot, KC Weddings Magazine, EA Bride Magazine, The Luxe Pearl, Borrowed & Blue, The Westchester Wedding Planner and more.