Let There Be Love

Jessica and Let There Be Love were are day-of planners for our wedding at Marianmade Farm as well as our self-catered rehearsal dinner the night before. I was a high-maintenance groom who had thought of everything from Thursday to Sunday, and once the wedding began, I was just experiencing it, and not thinking about the details *at all*. This, a week later, is the highest praise I can give, which is that Jessica ran everything so smoothly that I never had to THINK about the wedding and only experience it. She rules. She is extremely flexible with her services and while we were planning most of what we wanted, she helped us find the vendors and solve problems that we couldn't from New York for our Maine wedding (she found us hair, transportation, and a solved few other vendor things). At Marianmade, Jessica knows the venue and the management backward and forward and as a result was anticipating things we'd never have thought of, while also accommodating our specific needs. (See also: recovering from a lightning storm) As a coordinator for a rehearsal dinner we catered ourselves, she helped us plan, budget, acquire rentals, and set up the whole dinner—her team moved tables, bussed plates and glasses, and when there was a thunder and lightning storm and the POWER WENT OUT, she was on the scene with the property's generator and got the music and lights up and running so fast no one even noticed. Her services for this night were an incredible value. LTBL were our day-of coordinator (with just a few planning add-ons), but exceeded the value of such a role by doing so much behind the scenes as well as leading up — we were given a minute-by-minute planning document that let our vendors coordinate behind the scenes and never ask us questions. Also, Jessica quickly figured out who the high-maintenance member of our team was (the groom!) and managed his expectations while also putting a WALL up between the us/our wedding parties and the vendors. I recall the DJ coming to ask me something, right in the heat of everything, and Jessica physically putting a hand in the air and saying "he doesn't answer any more questions, it's his wedding," and taking care of it! Also, when it came time to rehearse and actually coordinate the ceremony, Jessica again came to the event with experience and flexibility that helped us realize our perfect day. Not much else to say! Jessica is the best, and you should hire her, and if you're getting married at Marianmade, you should double hire her!