Grit & Gold Event Co.

Lottie and her team did a fantastic job making our daughter’s wedding the perfect day. They were on top of everything from the start and the wedding ran smoothly. She is highly organized and efficient and responds quickly to questions. Her recommendation for vendors were also outstanding and the combination made for a beautiful, memorable day. I can’t imagine having done it without her and her team.

Grit & Gold sets the standard in wedding planning. Lottie and her team are the dream team to work with when planning your wedding. My husband and I planned a remote wedding in McKinney and were so relieved that she was able to handle vendor meetings on our behalf. She made our dream wedding come true beyond our vision, and was able to manage details we didn’t have the capacity to handle. She has an amazing design aesthetic, is the utmost professional, and a complete joy to work with. I highly recommend her for your wedding or special event.

Words cannot express how absolutely beautiful my daughter’s wedding day was this past February. Lottie brought to life everything we dreamed of and more to make the wedding classy and elegant. From our very first meeting, we knew we had chosen a very professional and creative planner. Lottie had a vision and created an amazing layout. Her vendors are five star. From the gorgeous flowers, to the beautiful table settings, the stage for the band, and our beautiful cake, Lottie has the special touch. During the entire wedding day, Lottie was behind the scenes making the magic happen. She is always available and hands on in every detail. Lottie’s personality is sincere, fun and delightful. Without her guidance and expertise, our daughter’s once in a lifetime event would not have been the fairytale wedding we had always imagined and prayed for. It was truly perfection! Grit and Gold will definitely make your wedding day magical and forever memorable. I just love Lottie Fowler ! Thank you for such a wonderful experience.

Lottie was awesome - really helping to not only provide recommendations of other vendors we should use, but helping to pull the space together of our venue to make it look better than I could have even imagined! She helped me calm down when I got super stressed, and was really organized. She was great!

HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! #1 BEST DECISION!! BEST OF THE BEST!! My wedding was absolutely gorgeous, truly magical, and a night many will remember forever. I owe it all thanks to Grit & Gold and the wonderful team they have. I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU to them for literally EVERYTHING they did. Words can’t begin to describe how grateful I am to them. Everyone knows how many hours of planning every detail and the actual executing that goes into a wedding. Lottie and Jennifer, my amazing planners, were there every step of the way to help guide, inspire, and create this special day. Then to see it all come fruition on the day of and with knowing how much hard work they put in to set up and coordinate, I was overwhelmed with emotion and was so thankful for them. They allowed me to enjoy being a bride as they were hard at work behind the scenes. Choosing Grit & Gold to be my wedding planning partner was the best gift I gave myself, my now husband, and my family, especially with all the beautiful lifetime memories made. I’ll only get married once, but they proved to be the professionals that had expert knowledge, the best vendor contacts/relations, and creative ideas that I could never dream of by myself. I felt like my wedding was truly unique to my experience and I will forever be indebted to Lottie & Jennifer for creating such a wonderful beginning to this new chapter of my life. Thank you. Jordan

We chose Grit and Gold's Partial planning package as most of the major things were already decided and booked prior to engaging a wedding planner (venue, photographer, ceremony location). We wanted a planner to do 2 key things: 1) help with the floor layout as the Ostreum was still under construction and we had some firm ideas of how we wanted the reception to flow and 2) day of coordination. After our first meeting and we explained how we wanted the reception to be laid out, we waited for the floor layout as stated in the contract "Create Floor Layout". When we received it, it had not taken into account what we had asked for, for example, family style seating. When we asked Lottie to re-do it, we got this response via email: "Please note that the package is called a PARTIAL PLANNING. Design is not included." She then directed her assistant to provide log in access to the software where the floor layout is created so we could do it ourselves. After much back and forth - all over email - she agreed to have her assistant re-do it, but by then we'd spent significant time learning the software and doing it ourselves. At this point, we became concerned on exactly what Lottie was going to do as she was not honoring her contract. I asked several times via email what definitions in the contract meant and she refused to answer. She wanted the delta of the $5,500 bill paid 8 weeks prior to the wedding (so 100% paid then) and it was due on a Monday. We had our 2nd face to face meeting scheduled for Thursday ( 3 days later). I asked to wait to pay as I was concerned and wanted to iron out exactly what value she was going to provide based upon what we'd seen so far. Her response was "if you don't pay by midnight on Monday, you will incur late fees every day". When we did not pay by Tuesday, we got a cancellation of contract via email and she excused herself from our contract - with 8 weeks left. I would caution anyone that would want to work with Lottie in a few ways: 1. I think she is used to doing turn key weddings and work within the construct of doing everything the way she wants it - she does not like to be questioned and struggles to take direction from anyone else. 2. She does not provide her cell number and elects to work 100% via email. 3. She has little flexibility and the 2-3 meetings to be given via contract were always based on her availability, which was limited, as I suspect her higher paying, full plan clients took priority. As a side note, we knew from the outset that Lottie had another wedding in Palm Springs the weekend of our wedding and it would be her assistant, Jennifer, that would be our day of coordinator. When things became strained with Lottie, I requested to work full time with Jennifer. That was not well received nor granted. It was around that time that our contract was unilaterally cancelled. She did not show any willingness to work with us to resolve and continue the agreement. Leaving us w/ 8 weeks before the wedding is unprofessional and not indicative of a company with principles based upon delighting their clients.

I absolutely loved working with Lottie to plan our recent wedding! I chose to work with her and her team after viewing her portfolio and falling in love with the aesthetics of her past weddings. She was a huge resource to me as she is connected with some of the very best vendors in Fort Worth. She not only helped book vendors and plan all the logistics of the event, but she also created a vision for our wedding which is something that takes true talent. She was so wonderful to work with; she is empathetic, kind and understanding. I didn't have to worry about a single thing on my wedding day; she had everything handled! I could not have asked for a better event planner!

Lottie & her team are fabulous!! She did a great job of working with my vendors to bring together a cohesive style that represented my husband and me. The week of my wedding, the weather forecast went from sunny and 70 degrees to 30 and raining, and I am so grateful for Grit + Gold taking over and completely re-working our game plan, layout, and design to adjust for the weather. I would have been so incredibly stressed and overwhelmed without them, but due to their experience, I was able to enjoy my wedding-week without any concern. They re-worked our whole wedding plan 24 hours prior & pulled off everything so seamlessly & brilliantly. We had about 350 guests, and I am so thankful we trusted Lottie & her team with our event. These ladies know what they are doing!! -Megan & Grant Senter

Choosing Grit & Gold as our wedding planner was the best choice I ever made! They are professional, thorough, personable, and an absolute joy to work with. Grit & Gold was with me every step of the way during my wedding planning journey. Not only did we have multiple meetings to go over details, but they were INCREDIBLE liaisons between us and our vendors. I know that Grit & Gold truly cared about my wedding and keeping me sane by how responsive they were to every single one of my bajillion emails to them. I was shocked at how stress free I was during the week of our wedding. Grit & Gold made sure that our venue and each of our vendors knew what they were suppose to do and when they were suppose to do it. Our wedding was absolutely PERFECT.. And with a guest count of over 270 people, that is 100% because of Grit & Gold. If you’re getting married, you NEED a wedding planner. If you’re smart, you’ll choose Grit & Gold.

Lottie and her team could run the world!!! She's so professional and kind! I couldn't have asked for anyone better to plan our wedding! She has such great taste and knew every detail to consider!! I had a shorter engagement, but Lottie made it all happen with time to spare! 10/10 recommend her!!

Lottie is beyond a dream to work with as is all of her team! We couldn’t have done it without you!!! You’re a rock star!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Jiongos

We worked with Grit & Gold for our wedding this past June. We absolutely loved working with Lottie! She made everything so much easier and less stressful. She is very well organized and great with coordinating with other vendors. We had a stress free day because of their team. She also does a great job bringing everything together and making it look beautiful. I would highly recommend working with them!

Grit & Gold Event Co. orchestrated the most beautiful day for my husband and I. The vision Lottie created for our big day was beyond what I could have ever expected. She did a wonderful job communicating with me as well as my vendors to make sure all the details came to fruition. If you are looking for someone to assist you in making your dream wedding come true then Grit & Gold Event Co. is the way to go.

About harlf years ago when I was planning my destination wedding in los cabos, I had difficulties to keep my timeline on track and collecting all the losen parts to tie out the entire theme of my wedding. And at that time Lottie's website caught my attention. The quality of all her work profiles were consistent in high qualities, and her didn't have tons of review but all five stars. I decided to work with her after we got on a phone call. And later on I realized it was the best decision I could make for my wedding planning. First of all, which is the most import quality for me is that Lottie has absolutely beautiful taste for classy and sophistic weddings. If you are looking for this kind of style, she is the right choice. What's completes her excellent work is that she is extremely organized and responsive. Although we only had one meeting in person, I never doubt that lottie would do the right thing to take care of the planning. She always replied my email and text right away, or let us know her plan ahead of time if she would be tied up with events. And she created a spreadsheet to specify all important details including timeline, seating charts, vendor contacts ect. Lottie even helped me had a phone call meeting with my florist to specify the exact color, name of the flowers and the decors we were going to use. Without her professionality it would be impossible to get the result anything close to what we had right now. And speaking of Jennifer, who designed our wedding gift and signing board, I had to say she is a real artist and delivered beautiful work beyond our expectations. It was not until 6 months after I started my own wedding planning that I had a clear vision of the style I was looking for. I was hesitating at begining to bring planner on board for a lot of reasons. But right now looking at the end product I have to say it was never too late to work with the right person!

My wife and I worked with Lottie and Jennifer of Grit and Gold who were great! We chose the partial planning package 4 months before our wedding date as we had already booked our date and venue and had some other vendors chosen as well (bridal gown, photographer, florist). Most of the planning communication was done by email and some by phone as I don't live in DFW where my wife and the planners are. Also challenging was that we were planning a destination wedding in Los Cabos, Mexico. Lottie was a great liaison with our vendors since we had them coming from multiple places (DFW, California, Los Cabos), reviewing our contracts before signing and making decisions on the presentation and theme of the wedding (I mostly let her and my wife do that stuff). Since we were a little lost on what to do, she helped organize us a timeline and to-do list, coordinated flowers, table setups, was copied on almost every email regarding our wedding with all parties and vendors, helped us put together a day of event timeline, ran the rehearsal the day before with our wedding party, helped the whole day with things we hadn't thought of, plugged holes and put out fires on the day of when they appeared. I also need to recognize Jennifer who provided us some great art: a beautiful watercolor piece for our welcome sign, stationary, hand painted wedding favors. We had a couple conference calls and an in-person meeting which were immensely helpful (this package allowed 3 meetings which we couldn't fully utilize). We had both Lottie and Jennifer assisting on the day of the wedding. With such a challenging project, we couldn't be happier with how everything turned out and thought their planning services were worth every penny.

Never having planned a wedding before, being a new TX resident, MOB lives in CA and the bride works full time, we decided that an event planner would be necessary to lead the wedding planning. We learned a lot from interviewing a few planners and decided Lottie Fowler with Grit+Gold Event Co. had the design aesthetic, expertise and enthusiasm to implement my daughter’s vision for her dream day. Lottie(Grit+Gold Event Co)has a curated team of 5 star vendors that work together beautifully. If she is excited about her recommendation, no question, book it! Go with her recos; they did not disappoint! Lottie took all of my daughter’s inspiration photos to create her mood boards and she nailed the feel and ambiance of a luxurious, romantic, organic, candlelit, outdoor garden wedding at Villa de Lago in Austin, TX! Even with 3 weeks of continual rain prior to wedding day and at the rehearsal, Lottie was cool, calm, and positive leading up to wedding day. We had to tent 2 large outdoor spaces and change our table design & ceremony layouts the prior day. She instilled confidence that our tent plan would be beautiful and it was! Lottie Fowler(Grit+Gold)accommodated our schedule during the year of planning; she kept us updated and moved the planning process along. Most of all the process was enjoyable for mom/daughter to create the event with Lottie. Ultimately, to see my daughter’s happiness and dream day realized was a complete pleasure and gift for this mother and father! It was made possible by the team at Grit+Gold Event Co. And everyone had an awesome time at our party!

Lottie and the Grit + Gold team are incredible! They have a deep passion for their work and their industry, and that is evident throughout the entire planning process. Their eye for design and their network of vendors is truly top notch. I am a professional photographer, and after photographing and attending many weddings, I had a very specific idea of what my dream wedding would be. Lottie did not miss a beat and surpassed my expectations with having my dream wedding come to life. I cannot say enough positive things about Grit + Gold, so reach out if you have any specific questions!

If you are looking for someone to help bring your dream into reality, then you absolutely need to hire Lottie and her team! I work for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Tarrant, and was given the opportunity plan a new recruitment event for our agency. Having no prior major event planning experience, it was a godsend that Lottie was placed in our path because there is no way we could have accomplished all that we did without her support, contacts and guidance. She took just an idea we weren't even sure about working and created a tangible, chic, fun, different and successful event that changed the trajectory of our mission. We had a lot of fun collaborating with Lottie and her team, and appreciated their attention to detail at every step. They incorporated their relationships with vendors and made it a stress-free day of for our BBBS team so we were able to do what we do best - spreading the word on getting involved. I can't recommend G + G enough on every level, and I'm so thankful for their time and talents. We came in seriously under budget, but did not have to sacrifice the look/feel of the event in any way due to Lottie's excellent rapport with those she works with. If we ever have the chance to work with her again, it couldn't be soon enough! We loved every minute, and hope they all know how appreciated they are by their BBBS friends!

I worked with Lottie for my wedding at the Fort Worth Zoo and she was such a dream! The venue was still being built during the planning process and she came on site visits with us to check on the progress and to get design ideas - which is pretty hard to do since you can’t see the space yet – but she was amazing! I had an idea of the look and feel that I wanted and Lottie really brought it to life. She took the time to listen to all of my ideas, add some of hers and connect me with other great professionals for floral, rentals, dance floor, you name it. Everything went so smoothly the day of the event and I know that was all thanks to Lottie and her team! We had a short window of time to set up at the zoo and they got everything done in the allotted time – and we had a big wedding 300+ people. I wasn’t worried about a thing the day of and neither was anyone in my family and that is all thanks to Grit and Gold!

Lottie and her crew made my daughter's wedding day spectacular! They did it all! As MOB, I had absolutely nothing to worry about at all. They had it all covered. They turned a blank venue into a magical place in the space of 90 minutes! Lottie has amazing vision and creativity. I couldn't have done it without Lottie and her crew! I highly recommend using Grit & Gold Event Co. They are truly amazing!

Lottie, simply put, is the best wedding planner in the Dallas Fort Worth market, if not the county. She is equal parts creative, talented, organized, and driven. She goes above and beyond for her clients day in and day out, and you will never meet another planner that cares more about her clients or works harder for her clients than Lottie. She is one of the top designers in her field, and is truly gifted at creating curated, intentional events for her clients. I would highly recommend Lottie as one of the most qualified, dedicated, and knowledgeable planners in the industry!

I'm a wedding planner and designer based in DFW, and I hired Grit + Gold to manage the Month Of Coordination of my wedding in Vail, Colorado. I'm extremely logistically minded and detail oriented, and Lottie and her team made the last month leading up to my wedding a breeze. They confirmed details with all of my vendors and navigated me through any issues that I overlooked with amazing guidance and advice. They are so knowledgeable and have a wealth of experience that will ensure that you are well taken care of. The weekend of my wedding was an absolute dream and everything went perfectly down to the smallest detail, because of the Grit + Gold team. I didn't even notice the color of the napkins or the specialty dishware that I so carefully chose, because I was having too much fun with all of my guests enjoying the weekend! Lottie and team are a kickass group and I wouldn't have trusted anyone else with my big day. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone!

Lottie is a literal superhero. When my April wedding had surprise 35 degree temps, she created an indoor ceremony on the fly that looked like it had been planned for months. We hired Grit + Gold not only to coordinate vendors but also for creative design. Honestly, I could not have dreamed of a more beautiful day than they put together for us. Lottie delivered 1000 times over and I'm so grateful for her team. Worth every penny!

We worked with Grit and Gold from the very beginning of wedding planning. We got our lead planner, Jennifer, in the middle of the planning and she took on the challenge wonderfully. She is organized and executed a PERFECT timeline, ceremony, and reception layout for us. She coordinated our vendors very well! All of our vendors were suggested to us from Grit and Gold and we loved how professional and dependable every single one of the vendors were. All of our guests were smiling and having so much fun all night because there were no hiccups or problems at all the entire night. The night just flowed beautifully! Our guests said the wedding was perfect and it was the most beautiful wedding they'd ever been to. I would've been lost without Jennifer and Grit and Gold.

Originally, I had not intended to hire a wedding planner, and as the day got closer I realized I was in over my head. I did a little online research, decided to check out Grit+Gold, and after meeting Lottie, I knew I had found my wedding planner!! I could finally relax, knowing I had the support of a team of experts, not only to make sure the day-of went perfectly, but to guide me smoothly through the whole planning process! Lottie was wonderful and did a great job of interpreting the many ideas in my head and then executing them in a way that came together more beautifully than I could have imagined. She was instrumental in keeping me on track with priority decisions and general scheduling. As a busy career woman, this was invaluable! We are forever thankful to Lottie, and her team, for such a beautiful day that we will never forget!

I have so many good things to say about Lottie, but let me first start off by saying that Lottie is one of the most amazing and talented wedding planners I have ever had the pleasure of working with. All of Lottie's designs are breathtakingly stunning and styled with so much love. She knows exactly how to make her designs photograph like a dream. You will be so glad you picked her as your wedding planner because she truly is the best!

Lottie and her team made our wedding day an absolute DREAM!!! Grit+Gold was the best money we spent by far! We purchased the "4-Point" package for coordination on the day of and our planner Jennifer Gardner was so organized and really took the time to get to know us personally and understand our vision. The result was an absolutely magical backdrop for our special day. Admittedly, I obsessed over every decision and dollar we spent but they were so patient and earned our trust with their relentless attention to detail and creativity. The peace of mind they afforded my family and I was truly PRICELESS! Everything went off without a hitch and they allowed us to really experience the pure joy of the day--stress free!! A gift that will last us a lifetime!

The one word to describe what Lottie meant to us is “lifesaver.” For busy, over-stressed brides-to-be, I would definitely recommend having a wedding planner, and I would say Lottie is the best of the best. She literally swooped in and took charge of our wedding. From our first initial meeting, I felt a huge sense of relief and comfort knowing that Lottie would get the job done. She took the time to get to know me and figure out my style, and then helped me locate vendors who could turn our dream wedding into a reality. She was always available to calm my nerves and answer all my last-minute questions, and on the day of our wedding, she ensured that our wedding went smoothly. I can’t express just how much Lottie meant to us – we love you, Lottie!

We had a great experience with Lottie & Grit and Gold! Lottie and team had a great balance between great design/creating the look you want along with strong project mgmt and organizational skills. We appreciated how Lottie always gave her view of what would work best - even if different than our initial preferences. She always had the best interest of the bride & groom and the event. Lottie also has a circle of trusted partners for any need that jumped in as we needed them - which was a big help. They handled both our rehearsal dinner and the wedding reception and did a great job!

Being relatively new to the Fort Worth area, I wasn't expecting much of a celebration when I found out I was expecting. In steps Lottie and her Grit and Gold crew. The surprise shower they threw me was the chicest thing I have ever seen. The color scheme, the cake, the calligraphy backdrop- all done in impeccable taste. Thank you Lottie for the perfect baby shower and making me feel so loved and welcomed!

The design was flawless and the vendors were handled on the day of the wedding. However, the lack of communication the day of the wedding was amazing. The wedding party still could not point out the wedding planner in a crowd. Many issues arose during the ceremony and reception and it was difficult to find the planner to help resolve. The wedding planner did not know that the officiant's microphone went out during the ceremony which makes us wonder where she was while it was happening. Again, design and look was fantastic; but lack of support and human interaction for the wedding party, bride, groom, and family on the day of what shocking.

These people are nothing less than amazing! To be honest, I wasn't sure it was really necessary to hire a planner, but in the end, I wouldn't dream of trying to pull off a wedding without Lottie and her team! I was someone who loved everything (my Pinterest board would go from vintage to modern in a click). I liked all types of wedding things and couldn't exactly decide what I wanted. Lottie is a design genius and was able to help pinpoint my vision. She executed it perfectly. Aside from creating the exact feel and atmosphere I had dreamed of, Lottie was there EVERY step of the way. She helped find/hire other vendors, read contracts, make table runners when we couldn't find the ones I envisioned, rented pieces when the venue didn't have what we wanted, scored deals on things through her own personal contacts, and so on and so on. I could really go on for days. Lottie took care of everything and made me stress-free on the most important day of my life. Her assistant, Robin, kept things moving smoothly the day of the wedding. She made sure we were ready to go! Her sweet demeanor helped the nerves go away before walking down the aisle and made us feel like we were the most important people in the world. I can't thank them enough!!! If you are looking for a team of people who are ready and willing to get you MORE than what you've dreamed of... GRIT + GOLD is the ONLY way to go!!

Simply put, Lottie (Grit & Gold) gets things done! If you want to turn your wedding into the dream you have in your head, and ALL OVER your Pinterest boards, then you need Grit & Gold! I can't imagine doing my wedding without Lottie and her team...they thought of all the little things and took care of all the small, unavoidable problems - without me ever knowing about it! Her vision as well as connection to the greatest vendors that are passionate about their craft combined to make my wedding the magical and memorable event that it was!

I had the wedding of my dreams! Im a very busy person and didnt have a whole lot of time to plan on my own so I hired Lottie. She recognized my vision right from the beginning and ran with it and OMG she did AWESOME!